Undergraduate Scholars Program
The Undergraduate Scholars Program (USP) is one of the largest multidisciplinary undergraduate research programs at MSU. We are here to help undergraduate students in all disciplines pursue research, scholarship, and creative projects.
The Undergraduate Scholars Program (USP) facilitates, supports, and promotes undergraduate research and scholarship by providing funding and logistical support directly to students.
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The link between serum cortisol levels within an American Indian community
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)The purpose of this study is to understand the link between serum cortisol levels within an American Indian community. Stress levels can be determined by serum cortisol, which have a direct impact on the immune system. ... -
Combining both Qualitative and Qualitative Measures
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)This project investigates serum levels of cortisol within a federally recognized tribe. Cortisol, a steroid hormone, is produced and released via adrenal gland function. Relevant to this study, cortisol can be detrimental ... -
Antibiotic Potential of Flathead Fungi and Flora
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Widespread overuse of antibiotics in medical and agricultural industries has resulted in extensive antibiotic resistance at the global level, which poses an immediate threat to human health. The most commonly used antibiotics ... -
A Mixed-Methods Community Investigation of Trauma and Depression Incidence within an Indigenous Population
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)American Indians experience some of the highest health disparities in the nation per ethnicity, to include lower life expectancy and disproportionate stress, poverty, discrimination in the delivery of health services, poor ... -
West Nile Virus 2016
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)The Goal of the West Nile Research on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation is to find the presence of the WNV. There are many steps to take in getting some answers. The first step is trapping and identifying the mosquitos ... -
Targeted Deletion of IFNγ- and GM-CSF-Activated STAT Proteins
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Various CRISPR-Cas systems act as adaptive immune system in the archaeal and bacterial domains. These systems utilize captured fragments of foreign genetic sequences to enable the prokaryote to defend against specific ... -
Generation of Human Monocytic-Activating Leishmanial Parasites
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Macrophages and other monocyte-derived cells are used by the immune system in response to environmental stimuli and the polarized effect of the response can have beneficial or detrimental outcomes in different settings. ... -
Analysis of Correlations Between Low Resting Heart Rate, Personality Tendencies, and Decision Making
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Low resting heart rate has been found as a prevalent biological marker for personality tendencies along the antisocial spectrum. Additional characteristics that emerge along the antisocial spectrum include superficial ... -
TRIMmunity and MAGE Interactions
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Interferon (IFN)-β is involved in immune responses against viral infections. Some TRIM proteins, such as TRIM5 and TRIM22, are IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) since their expression levels increases in response to IFNβ-intitiated ... -
Injury Patterns among Skiers and Snowboarders at a Mid-Size Ski Resort
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)The purpose of this research project is to determine the injuries, injury rates and injury patterns of skiers and snowboarders at a mid-size Montana ski resort. This research may help gather information vital to developing ... -
Generating Antimicrobial Surfaces with Electrospinning Methods
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)The health care industry is constantly working to improve methods for maintaining environmental hygiene in our everyday lives. In school cafeterias, for example, plastic trays are decontaminated on a daily basis with ... -
Analyzing the Effects of Treating Human Lung Cell Tissue with a Low-Level Chronic Metal Mixture
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)In 1983, Butte, Montana was designated a Superfund site due to the impact of over a century of mining activity. A recent study was conducted analyzing the accumulation of 36 elements in the hair and 11 elements in the ... -
How can the Gallatin Valley Lactation Program utilize Department of Family Services home-visit data to analyze breastfeeding rates for at-risk families?
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Research was conducted by examining already-existing, deidentified data sets concerning breast feeding data from the Montana Department of Family Services and information from Home Visiting, which is part of Gallatin City ... -
Gap junctions in the development of the nervous system
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Gap junctions are intercellular ion channels composed of two intermembrane protein complexes called connexons, which are bound together forming an intercellular pore. These pores then allow for passive transport of small ... -
Vicarious Victimization: An Overview of Prevelance, Predictors, Symptoms and Outcomes
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Conversations around vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, compassion fatigue and/or vicarious victimization have taken place in victim service provider occupations since the 1990s. Overall, the focus has ... -
Fossil record of the Rock Iguana genus Cyclura (Family: Iguanidae) in Cuba: implications for its systematics, paleoecology, and paleodistribution
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)The West Indies is one of the areas with highest biodiversity and number of endanger species in our planet. Circumscribed to this area is the genus of Rock Iguanas, Cyclura. For very long time, it has been study to understand ... -
Reconstructing suicide vs. elevation datasets and related analyses
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Dr. Mark Greenwood has authored a locally published textbook for STAT 217 – an intermediate statistics course offered at MSU – and is interested in incorporating an exploration of data on county suicide rates and a possible ... -
Pelvic Sexual Dimorphism in Modern Birds (Aves: Neornithes) and Its Evolutionary Relationship with Relative Egg Size
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)Pelvic evolution from non-avian to avian dinosaurs (modern birds) is often assessed biomechanically, with functions ranging from weight-carrying, ventilation, and locomotion/flight. Recently, reproduction has been hypothesized ... -
Characterization and Comparison of Vertebrate Voltage Sensing Phosphatases
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)The voltage sensing phosphatase (VSP) is a transmembrane protein which regulates the phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP) signaling pathway in a voltage dependent manner. The membrane potential is an important signal in ... -
Growth of ZnTe Nanowires for Observation with Femtosecond Pump-Probe Microscopy
(Montana State Univeristy, 2017-04)In an effort to contribute to the search for alternative fuel sources, we propose to examine the excited state behavior of piezoelectric ZnTe nanowires, which have applications as mechanical energy harvesters. Our initial ...
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