1. Investigation of the Behavior of RNA G-quadruplexes from the Human Genome under Physiological Conditions Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Veglia, Karleigh Title: Investigation of the Behavior of RNA G-quadruplexes from the Human Genome under Physiological Conditions Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: G-QuadruplexesRNA Folding File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. The Effect of the Small RNA RyhB on the Structure of its mRNA Targets Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Grecco, Samantha Title: The Effect of the Small RNA RyhB on the Structure of its mRNA Targets Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: sRNARyhBgene expression profilingin vivo chemical structure probingpulldown assayantibiotic resistancestructure-function relationship File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorYing Gu, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Development of a Functional RNA-Identifying Computational Pipeline and its Application to SARS-CoV-2 Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Forstmeier, Peter Title: Development of a Functional RNA-Identifying Computational Pipeline and its Application to SARS-CoV-2 Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SARS-CoV-2RNApseudoknotsSNPsRNA structure conservationframeshifting elementFSE File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. 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
5. Thermodynamic Parameters of Non-Watson-Crick Base Paired Structures in In-vitro and In-Vivo-Like Conditions Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Winemiller, Atlas Title: Thermodynamic Parameters of Non-Watson-Crick Base Paired Structures in In-vitro and In-Vivo-Like Conditions Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: RNAthermodynamicsnon-Watson-Crickin vivo-like File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorStewart Anthony Mallory, Thesis Honors AdvisorElizabeth A Jolley, Faculty Reader