Presentation Year

2020

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Hailey HughesBiochemistryUndergraduate Student,Paige HannemannBiochemistryStaff,Georgia SackBiochemistryStaff,Kim WhiteBiochemistryFaculty

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The changes in proteome human muscle tissue were analyzed using protein extraction and quantification techniques, SDS-PAGE, and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Muscle tissue samples were collected at defined postmortem intervals from a single body at the Forensic Investigation Research Station (FIRS) in Grand Junction, CO. These techniques were used to identify decomposition products of the rectus femoris muscle proteins that occur ​post mortem. The ultimate goal of this research is to correlate protein decomposition product masses (via mass spectrometry analysis) to distinctive postmortem intervals measured in accumulated degree days (ADD).

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Yes

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826

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