scientific journal, such as Maintain contact with Dr. Glass to analyze SPE data collected in the Photochemistry and Photobiology. spring. Fall 2015 Take Biostatistics, Proteins and Successful proposal of Honors Biotechnology, Epidemiology, and thesis. Population Biology at the University Development of reliable of Otago. methods for isolating the Complete 1 HNR498 hour while chemical markers of melanin reviewing scholarly literature and from skin tissue samples proposing Honors thesis. utilizing SPE. Maintain communication with Dr. Glass regarding advances in melanin literature and any changes to SPE protocol. Winter 2016 Familiarize myself with laboratory techniques and establish detailed plans for spring research. Spring 2016 Conduct HPLC analysis with Develop protocols to separate melanin-containing samples. melanin markers using HPLC. Take Quantitative Analysis, Validate HPLC methods at Genetics, and Neuroscience. Duke. Complete 2 HNR498 hours. Present at SURF. Summer 2016 Continue research with SURE. Quantify the chemical markers of melanin in skin tissue Obtain tissue samples from Duke samples. University to analyze with SPE and HPLC-MS. Develop insight into the relationship between melanoma and the ratio of eumelanin to pheomelanin. Fall 2016 Analyze data from the summer and Present at the Southeastern begin drafting a manuscript for Regional Meeting of the journal publication. American Chemical Society (SERMACS). Correspond with researcher in Japan to verify accuracy of HPLC-UV Develop further insight into the results. relationship between melanoma and the concentration of the Take Biochemistry, Seminar in chemical markers of melanin. Neuroscience, and Medicinal Chemistry. Complete 2 HNR498 hours. Winter 2017 Collect final data needed to complete Submit manuscript to the project and finalize manuscript scientific journals for publication. such as Pigment Cell and Begin writing Honors thesis. Melanoma Research, Journal of and Complete 2 HNR498 hours. Chromatography,
Maintain contact with Dr. Glass to analyze SPE data collected in the spring. scientific journal, such as Photochemistry and Photobiology. Fall 2015 Take Biostatistics, Proteins and Biotechnology, Epidemiology, and Population Biology at the University of Otago. Complete 1 HNR498 hour while reviewing scholarly literature and proposing Honors thesis. Maintain communication with Dr. Glass regarding advances in melanin literature and any changes to SPE protocol. Successful proposal of Honors thesis. Development of reliable methods for isolating the chemical markers of melanin from skin tissue samples utilizing SPE. Winter 2016 Familiarize myself with laboratory techniques and establish detailed plans for spring research. Spring 2016 Conduct HPLC analysis with melanin-containing samples. Take Quantitative Analysis, Genetics, and Neuroscience. Complete 2 HNR498 hours. Develop protocols to separate melanin markers using HPLC. Validate HPLC methods at Duke. Present at SURF. Summer 2016 Continue research with SURE. Obtain tissue samples from Duke University to analyze with SPE and HPLC-MS. Quantify the chemical markers of melanin in skin tissue samples. Develop insight into the relationship between melanoma and the ratio of eumelanin to pheomelanin. Fall 2016 Analyze data from the summer and begin drafting a manuscript for journal publication. Correspond with researcher in Japan to verify accuracy of HPLC-UV results. Take Biochemistry, Seminar in Neuroscience, and Medicinal Chemistry. Complete 2 HNR498 hours. Present at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS). Develop further insight into the relationship between melanoma and the concentration of the chemical markers of melanin. Winter 2017 Collect final data needed to complete the project and finalize manuscript for publication. Begin writing Honors thesis. Complete 2 HNR498 hours. Submit manuscript to scientific journals such as Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, Journal of Chromatography, and
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