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Author:

Botvinov, Julia

Title:

Evaluating The Chronic Variable Stress Paradigm as a Model Suitable to Test for Stress Resilience of Mice

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

stress resilience
GABA
anxiety
somatostatin
anhedonia

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Thesis Supervisors:

Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor
Yingwei Mao, Faculty Reader

Author:

Lo, Chenyu

Title:

Sex-specific effect of the circadian clock gene Per1 in the retrosplenial cortex for context fear memory formation

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Circadian rhythms
Memory
RSC
Gene expression

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Thesis Supervisors:

Janine Kwapis, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Asthana, Shravan

Title:

The Role of Exon Junction Complex Factor RBM8A in Synapse Formation: A Glial Lens

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD
ADHD
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurology
Neuroscience
RBM8A
Exon Junction Complex
EJC

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Thesis Supervisors:

Yingwei Mao, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sandiford, Jalyn

Title:

Exploratory Study on the Role of Gas6 in Vascular Inflammation

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Gas6
Sickle Cell Disease
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay
Western Blot

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Thesis Supervisors:

Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Yingwei Mao, Faculty Reader

Author:

Terranova, Tatiana

Title:

The Genetic Basis of Mimicry in Bumble Bees

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Bombus
evo-devo
pigmentation genetics
Mullerian mimicry
color genetics
bumble bee

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Thesis Supervisors:

Heather M Hines, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bhalodia, Riya

Title:

Role of Ikaros in Tumor Suppression in Leukemia

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Ikaros
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
ALL
R-loops
epigenetic regulation

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Thesis Supervisors:

Sinisa Dovat, Thesis Supervisor
Sairam V Rudrabhatla, Thesis Honors Advisor
Nik Tsotakos, Faculty Reader

Author:

Hallahan, Dana

Title:

Selective Blocking of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in the Frog Optic Nerve

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
Frog
Visual System
Optic Nerve
Optic Tectum
Retina
Nav
Prilocaine
Gene
Gene Sequences
TTX
Tetrodotoxin
Selective Blocking
Toxins

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Thesis Supervisors:

Elizabeth Anne Dudkin, Thesis Supervisor
Hans Schmidt, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Giombetti, Allison

Title:

Evaluating the foraging preferences of the avian community in tropical urban areas

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

urban landscapes
bird foraging
dietary guilds
resource abundance
Puerto Rico

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Thesis Supervisors:

Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Thesis Supervisor
Charles T Anderson, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Anziano, Emma

Title:

MiR-200a Expression in the Ventral Hippocampus after Adolescent Restraint Stress in C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ Mice

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Adolescence
Stress
Gene expression
miR-200a

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Thesis Supervisors:

Helen Marie Kamens, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Axtell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Schreiber, Madelynn

Title:

Evolutionary Mechanism Governing Protein Multimerization in Cnidarian Shak6 and ShakR2

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Electrophysiology
Cnidarians
Evolution
Kv Channels
Neuroscience
Shaker Channels

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Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Timmins, Ellie

Title:

The Influence of Plant Neighborhood Diversity on Herbivory and Arthropod Communities in Experimental Tropical Forests Communities

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

plant diversity
herbivory
arthropods
arthropod abundance
arthropod species richness
plant neighborhood diversity

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Thesis Supervisors:

Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Thesis Supervisor
James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Puckerine, Mikaili

Title:

Investigating the Evolution of Inward and Outward Rectifying Phenotypes in Plant Voltage Gated Potassium Channels

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

electrophysiology
plant
algae
ion channels

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Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Thieu, Thanh Mai

Title:

Investigating the Role of 1Q21.1 in Neurological Disease-Related Behaviors

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASD
Schizophrenia
SCZ
Neurodevelopmental Diseases
1q21.1
Copy Number Variant
Neuroscience
Behavioral Science

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Thesis Supervisors:

Yingwei Mao, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Temmer, Katherine

Title:

Effect of ZNF804A Knockout on A-βeta Formation in 5FAD Mice

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular models
Transgenic Mice
Alzheimer's disease

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Thesis Supervisors:

Yingwei Mao, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Vijaya Krishnan, Maha Lakshmi

Title:

Comparative Cross-Sectional Analysis of Body Composition, Energy Status, and Triad-Related Symptoms in Japanese and American Female Distance Runners

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Female Athlete Triad
Racial differences
Ethnic differences
Female Athlete Triad
Cultural differences
Body Composition
Energy Availability
Energy Deficiency
Menstrual Function
Bone Mineral Density
Female Athlete

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Thesis Supervisors:

Mary Jane De Souza, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor