1. Investigation of the Behavior of RNA G-quadruplexes from the Human Genome under Physiological Conditions Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Veglia, Karleigh Title: Investigation of the Behavior of RNA G-quadruplexes from the Human Genome under Physiological Conditions Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: G-QuadruplexesRNA Folding File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Development of a Functional RNA-Identifying Computational Pipeline and its Application to SARS-CoV-2 Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Forstmeier, Peter Title: Development of a Functional RNA-Identifying Computational Pipeline and its Application to SARS-CoV-2 Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SARS-CoV-2RNApseudoknotsSNPsRNA structure conservationframeshifting elementFSE File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. The Diversity of Co-isolated Strains of Vibrio fischeri Reveals New Insights into the Establishment of Multistrain Symbioses Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Donnelly, Aidan Title: The Diversity of Co-isolated Strains of Vibrio fischeri Reveals New Insights into the Establishment of Multistrain Symbioses Area of Honors: Microbiology Keywords: Vibrio fischeriEuprymna scolopesSymbiosisStrain diversityBacteriaSquidBioluminescenceQuorom SensingSD50Host-microbeMutualismCo-isolated File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Mechanisms of FXR Activation by Synthetic Ligands Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Meinert, Emily Title: Mechanisms of FXR Activation by Synthetic Ligands Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: nuclear receptorssite-directed mutagenesisdual luciferasetransformationmammalian cell culturesynthetic ligandbile acid File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: C Denise Okafor, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. Novel Risk Scores for Adverse Effects During Initiation of Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs: A Machine Learning-Based Statistical Approach for Remote Patient Monitoring Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Pallod, Aditi Title: Novel Risk Scores for Adverse Effects During Initiation of Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs: A Machine Learning-Based Statistical Approach for Remote Patient Monitoring Area of Honors: Biotechnology Keywords: Anti-Arrhythmic DrugsRemote Patient MonitoringCardiologyMachine LearningRegression Modeling File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Jean-Paul Armache, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Associations Between Child Environmental Enteric Dysfunction And Stress Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Bialek, Lexie Title: Associations Between Child Environmental Enteric Dysfunction And Stress Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Environmental Enteric DysfunctionOxidative stressBiomarkerGut-Brain Axis File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Timothy Charles Meredith, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors AdvisorAudrie Lin, Thesis Supervisor