211. Mechanisms of FXR Activation by Synthetic Ligands Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Meinert, Emily Title: Mechanisms of FXR Activation by Synthetic Ligands Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: nuclear receptorssite-directed mutagenesisdual luciferasetransformationmammalian cell culturesynthetic ligandbile acid File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: C Denise Okafor, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
212. Engineering of an Aptamer Tagged Dengue Virus for RNA Imaging Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Lombard, Clair Title: Engineering of an Aptamer Tagged Dengue Virus for RNA Imaging Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Dengue VirusFlavivirus Life CycleRNA Imaging Techniques File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Joyce Jose, Thesis SupervisorTimothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
213. The Toll of SARM1/TIR1—A Novel NAD-Consuming Enzyme Open Access Author: Argento, Ian Title: The Toll of SARM1/TIR1—A Novel NAD-Consuming Enzyme Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: C. elegansNAD+MetabolomicsBiochemistryLongevity File: Download Argento_Ian_The_Toll_of_SARM1_TIR-1_A_Novel_NAD-Consuming_Enzyme.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Melanie Mc Reynolds, Thesis SupervisorLorraine C Santy, Thesis Honors Advisor
214. Associations Between Child Environmental Enteric Dysfunction And Stress Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Bialek, Lexie Title: Associations Between Child Environmental Enteric Dysfunction And Stress Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Environmental Enteric DysfunctionOxidative stressBiomarkerGut-Brain Axis File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Timothy Charles Meredith, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors AdvisorAudrie Lin, Thesis Supervisor
215. Localization of PIP2 in HGF-stimulated epithelial cell migration and Integrin Recycling Open Access Author: Buskirk, Austin Title: Localization of PIP2 in HGF-stimulated epithelial cell migration and Integrin Recycling Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: epithelial cell migrationintegrin recyclingPhosphatidylinositol-45-biphosphate (PIP2)Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionEndosomal System File: Download Corrected_Austin_Buskirk_thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Lorraine C Santy, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
216. 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Chang, Benjamin Title: 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNARibozymesSplicingHigh-throughput Pipeline File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
217. Resilience of the Symbiosis Between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Cook, Rachel Title: Resilience of the Symbiosis Between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SymbiosisTransgenerational effectDietReproductionEuprymna scolopesVibrio fischeri File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors AdvisorTimothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis Supervisor
218. Role of NAD+ consumers in Lipid Homeostasis Open Access Author: Munoz, Isabella Title: Role of NAD+ consumers in Lipid Homeostasis Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Caenorhabditis elegansNAD+PNC-1metabolismlipid accumulationNANAD+ consumers File: Download Munoz__Isabella-_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Melanie Mc Reynolds, Thesis SupervisorTimothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
219. Adenylosuccinate Lyase Plays a Role in Neuromuscular Coordination Open Access Author: Peifer, Mia Title: Adenylosuccinate Lyase Plays a Role in Neuromuscular Coordination Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: C. elegansAdenylosuccinate Lyase DeficiencyPurine MetabolismNeuromuscular Coordination File: Download Peifer_Mia_Adenylosuccinate_Lyase_Plays_a_Role_in_Neuromuscular_Coordination.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis SupervisorTimothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
220. Cost-effective Molecular Weight Standards for Protein Size Exclusion Chromatography Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Sokol, Joshua Title: Cost-effective Molecular Weight Standards for Protein Size Exclusion Chromatography Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Size exclusion chromatographyGel filtration chromatographyGlobularLiquid chromatographyProteinRecombinant DNASEC-MALSAnalytical UltracentrifugationSedimentation equilibriumMetal affinity chromatographyIon-exchange chromatographyMolecular weight File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Song Tan, Thesis SupervisorYing Gu, Thesis Honors Advisor