11. Cost-effective Molecular Weight Standards for Protein Size-exclusion Chromatography: HISftnA and HISDps Expression and Purification Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Howells, Joshua Title: Cost-effective Molecular Weight Standards for Protein Size-exclusion Chromatography: HISftnA and HISDps Expression and Purification Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Size-exclusion chromatographymolecular weight standardsEscherichia coli bacterial ferritinEscherichia coli DNA-binding protein from starved cells File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Song Tan, Thesis SupervisorSong Tan, Thesis Honors AdvisorJean-Paul Armache, Faculty Reader
12. Engineering Mitochondrial Transport Control Using Miro1 Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Litvak, Michelle Title: Engineering Mitochondrial Transport Control Using Miro1 Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: miro1proteinmitochondrial File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Nikolay Dokholyan, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors AdvisorJean-Paul Armache, Faculty Reader
13. Investigating Regeneration, Function, and Shape of Drosophila Sensory Dendrites Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Bernard, Annabelle Title: Investigating Regeneration, Function, and Shape of Drosophila Sensory Dendrites Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Dendrite regenerationDrosophila melanogasterNociceptionFunctional recoveryPruning File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Melissa Rolls, Thesis SupervisorTimothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
14. Optimization of Size Exclusion Chromatography Protein Standards Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Mongia, Advay Title: Optimization of Size Exclusion Chromatography Protein Standards Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Size Exclusion ChromatographyProtein Standardsprotein expressionprotein purificationgel filtration chromatographybacterioferritin File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Song Tan, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
15. 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
16. Chemogenetically Induced Activation of Cortical Somatostatin Interneurons Results in Enhanced Pyramidal Neuron Activity in Rodent Models Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Hutsell, Alexander Title: Chemogenetically Induced Activation of Cortical Somatostatin Interneurons Results in Enhanced Pyramidal Neuron Activity in Rodent Models Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Chronic StressChemogenetic ManipulationPrelimbic Cortexmedial prefrontal cortexSomatostatin InterneuronsPyramidal CellsInhibition and Excitation in the brain File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Bernhard Luscher, Thesis SupervisorTimothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
17. Engineering of an Aptamer Tagged Dengue Virus for RNA Imaging Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Lombard, Clair Title: Engineering of an Aptamer Tagged Dengue Virus for RNA Imaging Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Dengue VirusFlavivirus Life CycleRNA Imaging Techniques File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Joyce Jose, Thesis SupervisorTimothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
18. 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
19. 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Chang, Benjamin Title: 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNARibozymesSplicingHigh-throughput Pipeline File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
20. Resilience of the Symbiosis Between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Cook, Rachel Title: Resilience of the Symbiosis Between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SymbiosisTransgenerational effectDietReproductionEuprymna scolopesVibrio fischeri File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors AdvisorTimothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis Supervisor