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Author:

Brosius, Daniel

Title:

Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor on Enteric Neuron Structure and Function

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
AHR
TCDD
Melatonin
ENS
Cyp1a1
nNOS

File:

Download thesis_DanielBrosius.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew David Patterson, Thesis Supervisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Poly, Stephanie

Title:

CsrA-Mediated Activation of ymdA Translation

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

CsrA
ymdA
gene expression
translational activation

File:

Download POLY_S_2020_Thesis_Final_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Paul Babitzke, Thesis Supervisor
Ming Tien, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gandhi, Avani

Title:

Structural analysis and characterization of novel class Id ribonucleotide reductases

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ribonucleotide reductase
DNA repair
X-ray crystallography
metallocofactor

File:

Download Avani_Gandhi_SHC_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Amie Kathleen Boal, Thesis Supervisor
Teh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Yount, Taylor

Title:

Diffusion of Bacterial Quorum Sensing Molecules within the Squid Light Organ

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Quorum Sensing
Host-Microbe Symbiosis
Strain Diversity
Bacteria
Vibrio fischeri
Squid
Euprymna scolopes
Bioluminescence

File:

Download Taylor_Yount_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis Supervisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Brogan, Anna Pauline

Title:

Quinoline-based Small Molecules Inhibit the ClpP Protease in Bacterial Cells

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

microbiology
biochemistry
small molecules
ClpP
quinolines
chemical biology

File:

Download thesis_final_draft_w_shc_edits__4-21-20_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ken Keiler, Thesis Supervisor
Paul Babitzke, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hussain, Sheherbano

Title:

Investigating the Role of FakA and FakB in Lipoprotein Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

lipoproteins
FakA
FakB
staphylococcus aureus
TLR activity
acylation
TLR2/1
TLR2/6
fatty acids

File:

Download hussain_sheherbano.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Supervisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Jayakar, Gopal

Title:

Random Forest Classification in Copy Number Variation Discovery

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

CNV
Machine Learning
Sequencing
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Random Forest

File:

Download Thesis_Jayakar.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Supervisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Shaun Mahony, Faculty Reader

Author:

Davison, Alexis

Title:

Identification and Characterization of trans-Translation Inhibitors

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

trans-translation
antibiotic resistance
ribosome profiling
KKL-4669
high-throughput screen
luciferase reporter assay
bacterial pathogens
Caulobacter
in vitro transcription/translation assay

File:

Download Davison_Alexis_Thesis_Sp2020.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ken Keiler, Thesis Supervisor
Ying Gu, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Liu, Xinyi

Title:

Generation of Chimeric Zika Viruses To Study Capsid Specificity and Assembly Process

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Zika
Flavivirus
Capsid
Complement

File:

Download Undergraduate_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Joyce Jose, Thesis Supervisor
Paul Babitzke, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Shibata, Yoshitaka Joey

Title:

Designing Optimized Protein Molecular Weight Markers Applicable to both Coomassie Staining and Western Blotting

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

protein molecular weight markers
SDS-PAGE
Western blotting
IgG antibody binding
polycistronic expression
protein expression
protein purification

File:

Download Shibata_Thesis_DesigningOptimizedProteinMWMarkers.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor