Hi Emma! We are conducting this research to ultimately discover new bacteriophage for use in the future of medicine. Bacteriophage are used to kill bacteria that are antibiotic-resistant, which will become a more common issue in the future. There is an unknown number of morphologies, genomes, structures and more. We want to discover more for the database in order to be a potential match for future research and patients in need.
Hi Danielle! Bacteriophage are used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and has shown effective in the human body. This is important for deadly bacterial infections that seem like they have no cure. M. smeg is known to be in the same “family” as Tuberculosis, so it has the potential to be effective in killing TB bacteria growth.
Hi Rachel! When the sample in the gel smears, it means the DNA was degraded in the isolation of the DNA. Smearing shows that there are no bright and tight bands in the gel, which would have shown ladder length and led us to a PCR test to make a cluster hypothesis.
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Great presentation! I was curious about why you are conducting this research? What problem(s) are you trying to solve?
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Hi Emma! We are conducting this research to ultimately discover new bacteriophage for use in the future of medicine. Bacteriophage are used to kill bacteria that are antibiotic-resistant, which will become a more common issue in the future. There is an unknown number of morphologies, genomes, structures and more. We want to discover more for the database in order to be a potential match for future research and patients in need.
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Good job! Why did you name the phage Cheesburger?
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Thank you! My partner and I decided on “Cheeseburger” because neither of us eat red meat, so we thought it was a witty name 🙂
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What type of health treatments would it be used for?
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Hi Danielle! Bacteriophage are used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and has shown effective in the human body. This is important for deadly bacterial infections that seem like they have no cure. M. smeg is known to be in the same “family” as Tuberculosis, so it has the potential to be effective in killing TB bacteria growth.
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What do you mean by “smearing” in Figure 4? Why did this invalidate the results?
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Hi Rachel! When the sample in the gel smears, it means the DNA was degraded in the isolation of the DNA. Smearing shows that there are no bright and tight bands in the gel, which would have shown ladder length and led us to a PCR test to make a cluster hypothesis.
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