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BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv6.5.5//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oursymposium.sites.unlv.edu/ X-WR-CALNAME:Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Fall 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium X-WR-CALDESC: REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211115T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211120T000000 DTSTAMP:20211028T000000 UID:MEC-5d75b942ab4bd730bc2e819df9c9a4b5@oursymposium.sites.unlv.edu CREATED:20211028 LAST-MODIFIED:20211115 PRIORITY:5 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:HNSE-P3-5. Electrochemical Damage of Biological Matter DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nKevin Ayala Pineda1\nDrake Joseph1, 2\nNicholas Pudar3\nAngelica Diaz Tremillo1\nFaculty Mentor: Michael Pravica, Ph.D.1\n1College of Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy\n2Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\n3School of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences\nABSTRACT\nIn the crisis of the coronavirus COVID – 19 pandemic and the urgency of creating quick methods for creating high-quality vaccines, here we present preliminary results that aim at utilizing electrochemistry on a virus with minimal damage to the capsid, and thus target the DNA/RNA to denature the virus. For this project, we worked with biological matter. In this report we discuss the results of DNA and TMV electrochemically damaged in an aqueous solution. The samples were analyzed via Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), NMR, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The DNA’s fingerprint was significantly altered in all three spectra. Whereas the TMV had significant differences in the CV and NMR but not the UV-Vis spectra.\nThis research was funded by UNLV’s TRIO McNair Scholars Institute, which is housed within UNLV’s Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach and funded under the TRIO Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program by a grant (P217A170069) from the U.S. Department of Education. \n URL:https://oursymposium.sites.unlv.edu/program/electrochemical-damage-of-biological-matter/ ORGANIZER;CN=The Office of Undergraduate Research:MAILTO:our@unlv.edu CATEGORIES:Health & Natural Sciences & Engineering END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR