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212. Using Artificial Intelligence to Recognize Wheat Stripe Rust Disease

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Open Access
Author:
Singh, Vinay
Title:
Using Artificial Intelligence to Recognize Wheat Stripe Rust Disease
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Artificial intelligence
Wheat stripe rust disease
Machine learning
Food insecurity
Climate change
Plant diseases
PlantVillage
File:
Download Singh_Vinay_Using_Artificial_Intelligence_to_Recognize_Wheat_Stripe_Rust_Disease.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Hughes, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Honors Advisor

213. Chromosome level genome assemblies of Drosophila pseudoobscura determine Cuernavaca sequence inversion breakpoints and rearrangement mechanisms

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Open Access
Author:
Dutzman, Nicole
Title:
Chromosome level genome assemblies of Drosophila pseudoobscura determine Cuernavaca sequence inversion breakpoints and rearrangement mechanisms
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Genetics
Drosophila pseudoobscura
Genome Assembly
Oxford Nanopore Sequencing
Chromosomal Inversions
Inversion Breakpoints
Cuernavaca
Heterozygosity
Repetitive Sequences
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Template.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Benoit A Dayrat, Thesis Honors Advisor

215. The Role of HDAC3 in Memory Updating via the Objects in Updated Locations (OUL) Task

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Open Access
Author:
Wright, Destiny
Title:
The Role of HDAC3 in Memory Updating via the Objects in Updated Locations (OUL) Task
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
memory updating
aging
mice
memory reconsolidation
HDAC3
hippocampus
age-related cognitive decline
memory impairments
epigenetic mechanisms
File:
Download Destiny_Wright_Schreyer_Thesis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Janine Kwapis, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

216. A Measure of Platelet Activation and Aggregation Across Two Flow Regimes to Minimize Thromboembolic Events in Blood Pumps

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Open Access
Author:
Sturgis, Hannah
Title:
A Measure of Platelet Activation and Aggregation Across Two Flow Regimes to Minimize Thromboembolic Events in Blood Pumps
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
thrombosis
flow cytometry
platelet activation
gel-filtered platelets
aggregation
File:
Download Sturgis_Hannah_thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Benoit A Dayrat, Thesis Honors Advisor

217. A Longitudinal Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance in the Sediment Samples of the Delaware River Watershed and in the Clinical Infections in the Reading Hospital

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Open Access
Author:
Sindhar, Safitaj
Title:
A Longitudinal Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance in the Sediment Samples of the Delaware River Watershed and in the Clinical Infections in the Reading Hospital
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Antibiotic Resistance
Delaware River Watershed
Tetracycline
Ampicillin
Enterococcus
Escherichia coli
Polymerase Chain Reaction
DNA
Berks County
tet(A)
tet(R)
ctx
oxa
blaP
File:
Download Sindhar_Safitaj_LongitudinalAnalysisofAntibioticResistance.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tami H Mysliwiec, Thesis Supervisor
Sandy Feinstein, Thesis Honors Advisor

218. Food Resilience in the Face of Catastrophic Global Events: Initial Computational Analysis of Nuclear Winter Scenarios on Rice

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Open Access
Author:
Viswanathan, Vishnu
Title:
Food Resilience in the Face of Catastrophic Global Events: Initial Computational Analysis of Nuclear Winter Scenarios on Rice
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
nuclear
offset
genomics
rice
File:
Download Nuclear_Winter_Thesis_Revision_V2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jesse R Lasky, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

220. Cannabinoids as Neuroprotective Molecules in Photoreceptors following Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration in Zebrafish Retina

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Open Access
Author:
Proano, Renata
Title:
Cannabinoids as Neuroprotective Molecules in Photoreceptors following Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration in Zebrafish Retina
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
cannabinoids
hemp
CBD
THC
Zebrafish
retina
age related macular degenaration
biology
therapeutic
neuroprotective
anti-inflammatory
rods
cones
photoreceptor
retinal degeneration
light-induced retinal degeneration
CB-13
novel therapy
immunofluorescence
animals
tissue preparation
cryosectioning
oxidative stress
endocannabinoid
receptors
model organism
File:
Download Renata_Proano_Thesis_Final_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Salvatore Lucia Stella, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Sairam V Rudrabhatla, Thesis Honors Advisor
Nik Tsotakos, Faculty Reader