Venture into the new and exciting world of proteomics. To get a brief glimpse into but one of the endeavors into this ever expanding field, use the links to the left.

Originally, the topic was explored for an International Baccalaureate Extended Essay. In Dr. Cairine Logan's lab at the University of Calgary, I helped with some of her reasearch over the summer through the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer Program (run through the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research). Half of the research done for this webpage was completed this winter with additional help from Kim Cochrane. My teacher supervisor, Mr. Ulaszonek, was also an integral part of both the essay and this webpage.

There are two different procedures used in this invesigation. The first of which is "immunohistochemistry". The second part of the procedure involved "gel electrophoresis". The abstract briefly describes the content of this webpage. For specifics on these procedures, please refer to the methods section.

The only software used to contruct this webpage is a basic notepad program and an Internet Explorer browser. The figures were edited using a combination of Photoshop and a basic Paint program. Hardware used includes a digital camera mounted onto a microscope and a scanner. The "Special Skills" needed to create this webpage include the use of HTML basics and a basic Paint program to create graphics.

The antibody used for this experiment was kindly provided by Dr. Clare Baker from the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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