| James MacLeod Cytokine Regulation of IL-7 Receptor Alpha Gene Expression
Division: | Life Sciences | Category: | Senior | Region: | Ottawa | City: | RR#2 Dunrobin, ON | School: | All Saints H.S. | Abstract: | This experiment is designed to collect data regarding the gene expression of the interleukin-7 receptor alpha (CD127). Gamma chain sharing receptor cytokines down-regulate CD127, and the purpose of this experiment is to investigate this down-regulation. Quantitative methods for quantifying mRNA transcripts encoding total and membrane bound CD127 will be utilized. |
Awards | Value | International Summer School for Young Physicists Award Sponsor: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | $2 500.00 | Honourable Mention - Health Sciences Senior Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research | $100.00 | Total | $2 600.00 | |