Introduction to Student Articles about Investigating Genes of Unknown Function in Yeast Undergraduates Investigate
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This special section of the JSRIUE presents the work of biology students who completed undergraduate research projects during the fall semester of 2023. As part of the Molecular Biology Laboratory course, supported by the IU East School of Natural Science and Mathematics and a grant from the Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Council, students carried out research and wrote papers to showcase their findings. Using bioinformatics tools and laboratory experiments, each research team investigated a gene of unknown function, or GUF, in the budding yeast, S. cerevisiae. Although this yeast is commonly used to bake bread and brew beer, scientists study yeast to learn more about how genes and cells function. For example, insights from S. cerevisiae, a single-celled eukaryotic organism, established our understanding of the cellular machinery that human cells use to grow and divide.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
- Student authors waive FERPA rights for only the publication of the author submitted works.
Specifically: Students of Indiana University East voluntarily agree to submit their own works to The Journal of Student Research at Indiana University East, with full understanding of FERPA rights and in recognition that for this one, specific instance they understand that The Journal of Student Research at Indiana University East is Public and Open Access. Additionally, the Journal is viewable via the Internet and searchable via Indiana University, Google, and Google-Scholar search engines.