"Isolating" New Information by Alexis Hansen

Hansen, Alexis

Undergraduate Student

Biomedical Engineering

Pediatric Pulmonology

2020-03-04

2020 submissions

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This drawn image contains a depiction of an agar plate used for growing bacteria. The plate has Staphylococcus aureus streaked out for single colonies on it. In the Welsh lab, this research study utilizes bacterial samples from clinical patients are plated similarly and are sent to the state hygienic lab for whole genome sequencing. The whole genome sequence is received and then processed for analysis. A combination of bacteria, a person represented by the letters of their whole genome sequence, and a DNA double helix can be seen on the plate. The lungs surround the image because this research is benefitting patients with Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic lung disease.

1st place in the 2020 Undergraduate Student Category

whole genome sequencing
bacterial isolates
clinical

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University of Iowa. Lichtenberger Engineering Library
University of Iowa. College of Engineering. NEXUS Program
Virgil M. Hancher Auditorium

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