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Produced by Darren K. Woodland Jr., 2017 Knowitall.org Spring Semester Intern Dr. Ernest E. Just was born in Charleston, S.C. in 1883. He was an African American biologist, teacher, and scholar who...
Cells as a System
Organisms and their parts are made of cells. Cells are structural units of life that vary in essential functions. The essential function of a cell involve chemical reactions that take place between many different types of molecules like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, DNA, etc.
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Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., talks about his lab’s research of genes involved in fungal development - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s...
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John Weidner, Ph.D., looks at catalysts for fuel cells - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities. These...
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Melissa A. Moss, Ph.D., talks about advances being made in Alzheimer’s Disease research and explains how protein aggregates in the brain can lead to the progression of this disease - The “diSCovering...
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Their research is mainly cell interaction and they focus on: heart muscle cells, Neurons, cancer cells and stem cells. They study those cells due to the complicity of the diseases. Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D...
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Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D talks about cyber research and how different cells are put together to form a tissue that treats disease. Through fundamental research they are using a biochip as a tool to create...
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Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D explains biochips. A biochip is very close to a computer chip but they put it in a cell culture dish to make it very clean to culture a cell. The chip is made of silicone which is...
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Richard Visconti, Ph.D., gives a quick overview of the significance of stem cell research - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s...
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Delphine Dean, Ph.D., a bioengineer at Clemson University, gives an overview of the science of bioengineering - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers...
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Richard Visconti, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. in Dept. of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology at MUSC, talks about stem cell research in study of regenerative medicine & what it means for potential cures...