Tensile Properties of Chicken Skin Treated With Trypsin-EDTA

Class: BE210
Group: 102_A3

Members:

Sakil Chundydyal

Kevin Hou

Arnav Mukherjee

David Tseng

Date: April 2006

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This lab aims to expand on the chicken skin lab such that the effects of trypsin-EDTA on tensile properties of chicken-skin will quantified; specifically, the values for Young’s moduli between treated and untreated chicken skin will be compared to determine whether treatment with trypsin-EDTA will yield different tensile properties.

Central Hypothesis:

Treatment of chicken skin with trypsin-EDTA will yield a significantly lower value for Young’s modulus than untreated chicken skin.

Objectives:

1. To quantify the effects of treatment of chicken skin with trypsin-EDTA.

2. To become familiar with the process of treating skin cells with trypsin-EDTA.

3. To assess the extent to which desmosomes stiffen skin tissue.