11. Effects of Breaking Spectrin Network via Tobacco Etch Virus Protease on Heart and Fight Muscle in Drosophila Open Access Author: Kiran, Amogh Title: Effects of Breaking Spectrin Network via Tobacco Etch Virus Protease on Heart and Fight Muscle in Drosophila Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: spectrincytoskeletondrosophila heartTEV proteasespectrin cleavage File: Download final_thesis_submission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Claire Madison Thomas, Thesis SupervisorDr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor
12. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FaRLiP PHYCOBILIPROTEIN COMPLEX BY DELETION MUTAGENESIS IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7335 Open Access Author: Turner, Gavin M Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FaRLiP PHYCOBILIPROTEIN COMPLEX BY DELETION MUTAGENESIS IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7335 Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: FaRLiPCyanobacteriaPhycobilisomeSynechococcus sp. PCC 7335 File: Download Turner_Gavin_FaRLiP_7335.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Donald Ashley Bryant, Thesis SupervisorDr. Ronald Albert Markle, Thesis Honors Advisor
13. Small Oligonucleotide Models of the Twister Ribozyme Active Site Open Access Author: Tracey, Matthew Allan Title: Small Oligonucleotide Models of the Twister Ribozyme Active Site Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNARibozymeTwisterChemistryBiochemistryTwister RibozymeRNA Catalysis File: Download Tracey_Matthew_ModelsForTwister.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorDr. Teh-hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
14. CHARACTERIZATION OF A LIBRARY OF DEGENERATE OPERATOR SITES FOR THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BETI FOR USE IN A MODEL-GUIDED DYNAMIC TIME-DELAY GENETIC CIRCUIT Open Access Author: Clauer, Phillip Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF A LIBRARY OF DEGENERATE OPERATOR SITES FOR THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BETI FOR USE IN A MODEL-GUIDED DYNAMIC TIME-DELAY GENETIC CIRCUIT Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Synthetic BiologyMetabolic EngineeringBiological Engineering File: Download Thesis_Clauer.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Howard M Salis, Thesis SupervisorDr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor
15. POTENTIAL ROLE OF A TYROSINE LIGAND IN STABILIZING THE MIXED-VALENT DIIRON (II/III) COFACTOR OF MYO-INOSITOL OXYGENASE Open Access Author: Cioffi, Katherine Joyann Title: POTENTIAL ROLE OF A TYROSINE LIGAND IN STABILIZING THE MIXED-VALENT DIIRON (II/III) COFACTOR OF MYO-INOSITOL OXYGENASE Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: myo-inositol oxygenasemetalloenzymesmixed-valent diiron oxygenaseenzymology File: Download Cioffi_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Thesis SupervisorCraig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor
16. INVESTIGATING THE MECHANISM OF NEUROD1 IN ASTROCYTE REPROGRAMMING BY CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION Open Access Author: Jayachandran, Kailash Title: INVESTIGATING THE MECHANISM OF NEUROD1 IN ASTROCYTE REPROGRAMMING BY CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: NeuroscienceNeuroD1AstrocytesGlutamatergic NeuronsReprogrammingMaria KrasilnikovaKailash Jayachandran File: Download Jayachandran_Kailash_NeuroD1.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Maria Krasilnikova, Thesis SupervisorDr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
17. Examining Drosophila melanogaster wing size upon tissue specific RNAi-induced knockdown of candidate gene regions of neurodevelopmental disorders Open Access Author: Sarker, Avik Moni Title: Examining Drosophila melanogaster wing size upon tissue specific RNAi-induced knockdown of candidate gene regions of neurodevelopmental disorders Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Drosophilaneurodevelopmental disorderCNVRNAiUAS/Gal4deficiencymicrodeletion File: Download ASarker_Thesis_SHC_Final_Submission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis SupervisorDr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors AdvisorDavid Scott Gilmour, Faculty Reader
18. Development of High Strength, Rapidly Degradable Bone Composites for Treatment of Osteoporosis Open Access Author: Smith, Jessica Title: Development of High Strength, Rapidly Degradable Bone Composites for Treatment of Osteoporosis Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: biomaterialscitrateosteoporosisorthopedicsorthopedic materialsorthopedic fracturesPOCbiomedical engineeringmaterial sciencebioengineeringxylitol File: Download BME_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jian Yang, Thesis SupervisorYing Gu, Thesis Honors Advisor