Karen Beljan, BS '05, Environmental Engineering
Beljan, of Eden, New York, evaluated remediation alternatives to improve the water quality of Onondaga Lake, ultimately helping to develop a method to aerate the lake that would improve the water and ecosystem.
(Photo: KC Kratt, MFA '84)
We use microarray technology to determine the chemokine and cytokine responses and interferon production by human peripheral blood monocytes exposed to Severre Acute Respiratory Virus.
Date Open: May 31, 2007 to Feb 28, 2010
Suggested Skill Set: Basic sterile technique for handling microbial cultures.
Familiarity with immunological methods such as enzyme immunoassay, virus neutralization by antiserum.
Molecular biology of DNA hybridization, DNA amplification (PCR methodology).
Compensation: Credit, Voluntary, Work Study
Professor(s): Arlene Collins, Ph.D. (acollins@buffalo.edu)
Department: Microbiology
Address: 218 Sherman Hall
Phone: 829-2161