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Author:

Golden, Carla Esther

Title:

Investigating a Potential Effect of an Immune System Challenge On Temperament

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

neuroscience
animal behavior
anxiety
trade-off
immune system

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Draft.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cao, Kerry

Title:

Genetic Analysis in Drosophila Reveals a Novel Role for the ESCRT Component VPS24 in Synaptic Transmission

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Drosophila
VPS24
synaptic
transmission
paralysis
genetics
ESCRT
vesicle
neurotransmitter

File:

Download Kerry_Cao_Honors_Thesis_in_Biology_2013.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Fumiko Kawasaki, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kang, Satbyol

Title:

Over-expression of Ubiquitin C inhibits exacerbated chemically induced skin tumorigenesis in Pparβ/δ-null mice

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Pparβ/δ
chemoprevention
Ubc
skin tumorigenesis

File:

Download 2-Satbyol_Kang_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Saperstein, Jonathan Charles

Title:

Phenotypic Plasticity of Dispersal Characteristics of the Invasive Thistle Carduus nutans in Response to Mowing and Fertilizer

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Carduus nutans
dispersal
phenotypic plasticity

File:

Download Thesis_Draft_-_Final_Version.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Katriona Shea, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Henry, Staci Lynn

Title:

Role of ron receptor tyrosine kinase in atherosclerotic plaque composition

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

atherosclerosis
inflammation
macrophage
Ron
apoptosis
collagen
necrosis

File:

Download Henry_Staci_RonAtheroscleroticPlaqueComposition.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Leopold, Ian Stuart

Title:

MOLECULAR EVOLUTIOINARY GENETICS OF THE DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA THIRD CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENTS.

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Drosophila pseudoobscura
cline
inversion mutation
third chromosome

File:

Download 2014_03_31_Leopold_Ian_Thesis_SWS.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cui, Ruda

Title:

Subcellular Localization of Neuronal Proteins by Immunoelectron Microscopy

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

immunocytochemistry
electron microscopy
Drosophila
nervous system
microscopy

File:

Download Cui_Ruda_ImmunoElectron_Microscopy.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Richard W Ordway, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dawson, Matthew Zachary

Title:

Evidence for a Role of β-subunit Splice Variants in Establishing G-protein Heterotrimer Specificity in Arabidopsis thaliana

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Arabidopsis thaliana
G-protein
beta-subunit
hormone signaling
receptor-like kinase
yeast 2-hybrid
phenotype assay

File:

Download Biology_Thesis_Dawson.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sarah Mary Assmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Yeh, Hana

Title:

Using Small Molecules To Convert Human Astrocytes Into Functional Neurons

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

gong chen
astrocytes
small molecules
conversion

File:

Download Honors_Thesis_Hana.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Burke, Elysia Anne

Title:

Elucidating the role of GODZ-mediated palmitoylation in GABAergic inhibition

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

GABA
Neuroligin2
palmitoylation
GODZ

File:

Download thesis_final_PDF.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor