Water Quality Researcher

Karen Beljan, BS '05, Environmental Engineering

A Lake Divided: Modeling DO in Onondaga Lake

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)

Innate Immune Responses To SARS Virus

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.

Research Project Information

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

Faculty / Professor Contact

Professor(s): Arlene Collins, Ph.D. (acollins@buffalo.edu)
Department: Microbiology
Address: 218 Sherman Hall
Phone: 829-2161