1. The Study and Inactivation of the Enzyme Hyaluronidase Open Access Author: Shipelskiy, Yan Title: The Study and Inactivation of the Enzyme Hyaluronidase Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: HyaluronidaseHyaluronic AcidHyaluronateBovine Testicular Extract File: Download FinalSubmittedThesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorPhilip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorKarl Todd Mueller, Thesis Honors AdvisorBratoljub Milosavljevic, Faculty Reader
2. A Computational and Experimental Approach to the Analysis of Ionized Nucleobases Open Access Author: Ahluwalia, Amarpreet Kaur Title: A Computational and Experimental Approach to the Analysis of Ionized Nucleobases Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: RNA CatalysispKa shiftingIonized NucleobaseNucleobaseRNA File: Download Thesis_Final_Submit_Reduced.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorChen Pei David Tu, Thesis Honors AdvisorKenneth S Feldman, Faculty Reader
3. Synthesis of Novel Bivalent Mimetic Ligands for Mannose-6-phosphate Receptors Open Access Author: Marshall, Jared Scott Title: Synthesis of Novel Bivalent Mimetic Ligands for Mannose-6-phosphate Receptors Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: M6PGlcNAc-M6Phydrolase sortingmimetic ligands File: Download Marshall_Jared_synthofbivalent.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis SupervisorPrzemyslaw Maslak, Thesis Honors AdvisorPhilip C. Bevilacqua, Faculty Reader
4. Investigating Properties and Characteristics of G-quadruplex Structure, Folding, and Fluorescence Open Access Author: Sherlock, Madeline Elizabeth Title: Investigating Properties and Characteristics of G-quadruplex Structure, Folding, and Fluorescence Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: Nucleic AcidsRNA foldingG-QuadruplexesFolding CooperativityIntrinsic fluorescence File: Download Thesis_MES_2014.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorRaymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors AdvisorScott A Showalter, Faculty Reader
5. Investigating the Folding of the Class I Type II PreQ1 Riboswitch in Cellular Conditions Open Access Author: Luteran, Emily Michelle Title: Investigating the Folding of the Class I Type II PreQ1 Riboswitch in Cellular Conditions Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: preQ1riboswitchRNAfoldingcellular conditions File: Download Emily_Luteran_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorRaymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors AdvisorScott A Showalter, Faculty ReaderXin Zhang, Faculty Reader
6. Investigation and Structural Analysis of Innate Immune Sensor PKR Activation by the Clostridia Bolteae Twister Ribozyme Open Access Author: Anmangandla, Ananya Title: Investigation and Structural Analysis of Innate Immune Sensor PKR Activation by the Clostridia Bolteae Twister Ribozyme Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: RNARibozymePKRProtein Kinase RInnate ImmunityBiochemistryChemistryFunctional RNAsTwister Ribozyme File: Download AAnmangandla_UGThesis2017__1_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorRaymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. TOWARDS THE INVESTIGATION OF THERMALLY STIMULATED MULTIPLE TURNOVER IN THE HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME Open Access Author: Shelton, Kimberly Kathleen Title: TOWARDS THE INVESTIGATION OF THERMALLY STIMULATED MULTIPLE TURNOVER IN THE HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: ribozymeRNA World Hypothesishammerhead ribozymetemperature dependencethermocycling File: Download Shelton_Thesis_Final_b.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorRaymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors AdvisorAndrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor