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Faculty
Development Projects
Mercury Contanimants in Commercial and Recreational Finfish of Narragansett Bay,
Rhode Island
(2006 - Present)
Investigator:
David Taylor, Roger Williams University
Mentor: Diane
Nacci, Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract:
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic environmental contaminant affecting human
health, and exposure occurs mainly via dietary uptake of
contaminated fish. To minimize exposure, state agencies issue
advisories for the consumption of marine fish that are
species-specific, but not geographically-specific.
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Pilot Projects
A Field-Deployable
Direct Readout Solution-Based SERS Method for the Rapid and Sensitive
Detection of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables (2008 - Present)
Investigator: Radha Narayanan, University of Rhode Island
Mentor:
Chris Brown,
University of Rhode Island
Abstract:
The use of pesticides in fruits and vegetables can have a great negative
impact in human health and has resulted in several types of cancers,
reproductive problems, fetal deaths, birth defects, as well as kidney
and liver damage. More
Pilot
Undergraduate Student Training Projects
Horizontal Gene
Exchange and Genome Evolution of Viruses in an Aquatic Environment (2008 -
Present)
Investigator:
Marcia
Marston, Roger Williams University
Abstract:
Bacteriophages are
responsible for the virulence of many bacterial pathogens.
Phage-encoded virulence factors include the shiga toxins in
pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli, the cholera toxin in Vibrio
cholerae, and the botulinum neurotoxins in Clostridium botulinum.
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