1. CONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CYAN FLUORESCENT-EXPRESSING POLIOVIRUS Open Access Author: Yang, Ziwei Title: CONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CYAN FLUORESCENT-EXPRESSING POLIOVIRUS Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: VirologyBiochemistryMolecular BiologyMicrobiologyPoliovirus File: Download Ziwei_Yang_s_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis SupervisorCraig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors AdvisorJoyce Jose, Faculty Reader
2. CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS IN EPIDEMIC STRAINS OF ZIKA VIRUS Open Access Author: Horan, Sean Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS IN EPIDEMIC STRAINS OF ZIKA VIRUS Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Zika virusmutationNS5 polymeraseprecursor membrane proteinenvelope proteinpre-epidemic strainepidemic straininfectionvirulenceconvergent evolution File: Download Horan_FinalThesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joyce Jose, Thesis SupervisorDr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Generation of Chimeric Zika Viruses To Study Capsid Specificity and Assembly Process Open Access Author: Liu, Xinyi Title: Generation of Chimeric Zika Viruses To Study Capsid Specificity and Assembly Process Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: ZikaFlavivirusCapsidComplement File: Download Undergraduate_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joyce Jose, Thesis SupervisorPaul Babitzke, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Differences in Flavivirus NS1 Phenotype Open Access Author: Toner, Shay Title: Differences in Flavivirus NS1 Phenotype Area of Honors: Microbiology Keywords: dengue virusZika virusflavivirusNS1Flaviviridaedeer tick virusactin remodeling File: Download Shay_Toner_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joyce Jose, Thesis SupervisorLorraine C Santy, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. Developing an in vitro Protease Assay for Determining the Transmembrane Topology of SARS-CoV-2 nsp6 Open Access Author: Nasal, Benjamin Title: Developing an in vitro Protease Assay for Determining the Transmembrane Topology of SARS-CoV-2 nsp6 Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SARSCOVIDcoronavirusprotein topologytransmembraneproteasemicroscopylive cell imagingwestern blottingdouble membrane vesicle File: Download Schreyer_Thesis_FINAL_COPY.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joyce Jose, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. 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