1. Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor on Enteric Neuron Structure and Function Open Access Author: Brosius, Daniel Title: Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor on Enteric Neuron Structure and Function Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Aryl Hydrocarbon ReceptorAHRTCDDMelatoninENSCyp1a1nNOS File: Download thesis_DanielBrosius.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew David Patterson, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Diffusion of Bacterial Quorum Sensing Molecules within the Squid Light Organ Open Access Author: Yount, Taylor Title: Diffusion of Bacterial Quorum Sensing Molecules within the Squid Light Organ Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Quorum SensingHost-Microbe SymbiosisStrain DiversityBacteriaVibrio fischeriSquidEuprymna scolopesBioluminescence File: Download Taylor_Yount_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Investigating the Role of FakA and FakB in Lipoprotein Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus Open Access Author: Hussain, Sheherbano Title: Investigating the Role of FakA and FakB in Lipoprotein Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: lipoproteinsFakAFakBstaphylococcus aureusTLR activityacylationTLR2/1TLR2/6fatty acids File: Download hussain_sheherbano.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy Charles Meredith, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Random Forest Classification in Copy Number Variation Discovery Open Access Author: Jayakar, Gopal Title: Random Forest Classification in Copy Number Variation Discovery Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: CNVMachine LearningSequencingGenomicsBioinformaticsRandom Forest File: Download Thesis_Jayakar.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors AdvisorShaun Mahony, Faculty Reader
5. Phenotypic variablility associated with the 15q11.2 CNV region in a Drosophila melanogaster model for neurodevelopmental disorders Open Access Author: Gould, Dagny Title: Phenotypic variablility associated with the 15q11.2 CNV region in a Drosophila melanogaster model for neurodevelopmental disorders Area of Honors: Biology Keywords: 15q11.2 CNV regionDrosophila melanogasterneurodevelopmental disordersgenetics File: Download thesis_final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis SupervisorJames Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Exploring the Molecular Biology of Class III DA Drosophila Neurons - Mediators of Gentle-Touch Sensation Open Access Author: Ratnasamy, Philip Title: Exploring the Molecular Biology of Class III DA Drosophila Neurons - Mediators of Gentle-Touch Sensation Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: drosophilagentle-touchbiochemistrymolecular biology File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Melissa Rolls, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Comparison of CryoSPARC and RELION in Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis Open Access Author: Amjad, Wajid Title: Comparison of CryoSPARC and RELION in Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Structural virologyCryo-EMCryo-EM Single Particle AnalysisStructural biologyCoxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) File: Download Amjad_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Susan Hafenstein, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
8. Genotypic and Phenotypic Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes and Environmental Microbiota Obtained from Food Processing Environments Open Access Author: Bartlett, Katie Title: Genotypic and Phenotypic Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes and Environmental Microbiota Obtained from Food Processing Environments Area of Honors: Microbiology Keywords: Listeria monocytogenesantimicrobial resistancewhole genome sequencingfood-borne pathogen File: Download Bartlett_Katelyn_HonorsThesis2.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jasna Kovac, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
9. Assessing Sex Bias in Neurodevelopmental Disease-Associated Genes Open Access Author: Scanlon, Bradley Title: Assessing Sex Bias in Neurodevelopmental Disease-Associated Genes Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: geneticsdrosophila melanogastersex biasneurodevelopmental diseasesgenesmolecular biologyRNA interference File: Download Scanlon_Finalthesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors AdvisorScott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader
10. Topic Modeling as an Approach to Deduce Tissue-Specific Regions in the Human Genome Open Access Author: Patel, Radha Title: Topic Modeling as an Approach to Deduce Tissue-Specific Regions in the Human Genome Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Topic ModelingTranscription Factor BindingLatent Dirichlet AllocationRegulatory DNA SequencesTissue-Specific RegionsHuman Genome File: Download final_draft_thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Shaun Mahony, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
