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Charlyne

Charlyne interned with Dr. James Potter, Chairman of the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Department at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Potter studies Ca2+ Regulation of Muscle Contraction. Charlyne’s research centered on the role of the proteins involved in muscle contraction. The purpose of the research is to discover many additional proteins involved in muscle contraction, by looking for specific similarities between different types of proteins.

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Charlyne and her supervisor Carlos, describe some of their lab equipment.	Charlyne discusses the different behaviors of cardiac muscles fibers when immersed in different solutions.

Here, Charlyne prepares protein samples from cardiac muscle fibers for later analysis, under the watchful eye of her supervisor Carlos.	Watch as Charlyne separates cardiac muscle fibers under the microscope. She must acquire one single fiber from a bundle of entangled fibers, in preparation for an upcoming experiment. It is much harder than it looks!

Charlyne prepares protein samples for spectroscopy. She then performs spectroscopy on those samples.(Part 1)	Charlyne prepares protein samples for spectroscopy. She then performs spectroscopy on those samples.(Part 2)