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Useful references:
Periodic Table,
Amino Acid List
www.assignments.pingrybiology.com
Notices:
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Feb 1. Test will
be online until Tuesday night.
Please make sure all submissions are
made on time.
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Jan 25. Grades
from the last few quizzes will be up on
ThinkWave by the end of the day. I
will provide you with information
allowing you to access your graded work
online as well. Papers will
usually be returned to you
electronically.
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Jan 19. I just
updated the course calendar. Sorry
for the delay. Please make sure
you are familiar with the observations
and concepts related to the potato core
osmosis activity. The quiz on
Friday will review topics related to
this.
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January 11.
Keep up with readings for the week.
The worksheet I assigned last week is
due on Wednesday. Another reading
quiz on Friday.
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January 4.
Welcome to Pingrybiology.com. You
will have to become familiar with the
resources on this page quickly.
Upcoming assignments and downloadable
copies of all handouts are all on the
"Course Calendar".
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Pingry phage!!!
 Image
of bacteriophage
isolated from soil samples at Pingry.
Project supported by Dr. Vince Fischetti, Dr.
Ray Schuch, and Jonathan Schmitz (Fischetti Lab)
at the Rockefeller University.
This
Siphoviridae was isolated by Brooke C.
and Danielle L.
Pingry students
have isolated
phage cultures
from soil sample collected
around the school since the 2006-2007
academic year.
Students in Science
Research learn how to manipulate phage in
the laboratory while learning about their
current applications in biotechnolgoy and
industry.
Antibiotic-resistant
infections are increasingly becoming a problem
as some strains now even resist "last-resort"
drugs like Vancomycin. The CDC estimates
that close to 1.2 million patients acquire a
drug-resistant infection in the hospital every
year and for about 99,000 of these patients, the
infections results in death. The CDC also
reports that methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) alone kills more
people in the US than AIDS every year.
Drug-resistant bacteria including tuberculosis
(TB) has always been one of the top killers in
developing countries but has now returned to be
significant public heath problems even in
developed countries.
The Fischetti lab
is developing phage enzymes as an anti-bacterial
agent. They have successfully demonstrated
that phage enzymes can be
used to kill
pathogenic bacterial strains including B.
anthracis (anthrax) and MRSA.
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