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Author:

Travor, Mark D

Title:

PP2A-PR72: Interactions with β[Heavy]-Spectrin and Investigation of Roles in Apical Polarity and Endosomal Trafficking

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Actin
Cytoskeleton
Drosophila
Spectrin
PP2A

File:

Download Travor_Mark_PP2A_and_BetaH_Roles_in_Endosomal_Trafficking_and_Polarity.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Graham Hugh Thomas, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael Axtell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lee, Megan E

Title:

Diversity of Short Sequences Among Genomes of Inversion Strains in Drosophila Pseudoobscura

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Drosophila Pseudoobscura
Drosophila
inversion strains
short sequences
repeats
inversion
cline
polymorphic
motifs

File:

Download Lee_Megan_DiversityofShortSequencesofDrosophilaPseudoobscura.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hafer, Terry Lee

Title:

Dendrite Regeneration Mechanisms After Damage

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Neuron
Dendrites
Drosophila
Injury
Damage
Regeneration
Glial Cell
Glia

File:

Download Hafer_Terry_DendriteRegenMechanisms.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader

Author:

Mccarl, Lauren Hope

Title:

Mutant Analysis of the RNA Polymerase II Carboxy-terminal Domain

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

RNA Polymerase II
CTD
Drosophila
beta-galactosidase assay
qRT-PCR
transcription
mutant analysis

File:

Download Lauren_McCarl_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lesko, Elizabeth May

Title:

sLats1 Involvement in Cellular Proliferation and the Hippo Cell Signaling Pathway

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

sLats1
Hippo Pathway
Drosophila
HEK293A
Plasmid

File:

Download Lesko_Elizabeth_sLats1RegHippoPathway.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Zhi-Chun Lai, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Patel, Mit A

Title:

Microtubule Severing Proteins Mediate Minus-End Growth in Drosophila Neurons

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

microtubules
minus-end
neurons
severing proteins
Drosophila

File:

Download Honors_Thesis_-_Mit_Patel_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Tamminga, Mila Anne

Title:

Calcium and Microtubule Activity After Explosive Injury in Drosophila

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Drosophila
Neurons
Neuronal injury
Model system organism
Microtubules
Calcium

File:

Download Tamminga_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mandel, Jenna Lauren

Title:

Characterizing Neuronal Response to Simultaneous Axon and Dendrite Injury in Drosophila

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Neuron
Axon
Dendrites
Drosophila
Injury
Regeneration

File:

Download thesis_actual_final_submission_day_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lee, David Francis

Title:

Examining Ribosomal Localization based on Microtubule Polarity in Drosophila melanogaster Neurons

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Neurons
Drosophila
Ribosomes
Microtubules
Rolls
Lee
Fluorescent Microscopy
Developmental Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Trafficking

File:

Download FINAL.Thesis.Lee.David.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor

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:

Drosophila
neurodevelopmental disorder
CNV
RNAi
UAS/Gal4
deficiency
microdeletion

File:

Download ASarker_Thesis_SHC_Final_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Faculty Reader