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1. DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL MULTIPLEX PCR METHOD FOR DETECTING THE MAJOR CLONAL COMPLEXES OF HEALTHCARE- AND COMMUNITY-ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA)

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Open Access
Author:
Schwalm III, Nathan Daniel
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL MULTIPLEX PCR METHOD FOR DETECTING THE MAJOR CLONAL COMPLEXES OF HEALTHCARE- AND COMMUNITY-ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA)
Area of Honors:
Food Science
Keywords:
MRSA
PCR
microbiology
File:
Download Final-thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Supervisor
Edward G Dudley, Faculty Reader
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Identification of Putative Virulence Biomarkers in Pathogenic Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

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Open Access
Author:
McIntyre, Emily Abbie
Title:
Identification of Putative Virulence Biomarkers in Pathogenic Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
Area of Honors:
Food Science
Keywords:
Virulence
Pathogenic
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
STEC
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
EHEC
Escherichia coli
foodborne pathogens
File:
Download mcIntyre_emily_identification_of_putative_virulence_biomarkers.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Edward G Dudley, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. Prevalence of USA300 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Hershey Medical Center and the Development of a Novel Multiplex-PCR Method to Detect USA300 MRSA

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Open Access
Author:
Bjanes, Elisabet Laura
Title:
Prevalence of USA300 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Hershey Medical Center and the Development of a Novel Multiplex-PCR Method to Detect USA300 MRSA
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
Antibiotic resistance
molecular evolution of MRSA
epidemiology of infectious disease
USA300 MRSA
novel multiplex-PCR
File:
Download Bjanes_Elisabet_2014_Development_of_Novel_M-MPCR_to_Detect_USA300_MRSA.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. Utilization of vegetables in surplus in Pennsylvania to make a shelf stable tomato sauce substitute for a non-profit food production organization

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Open Access
Author:
Hetherington, Morgan Louise
Title:
Utilization of vegetables in surplus in Pennsylvania to make a shelf stable tomato sauce substitute for a non-profit food production organization
Area of Honors:
Food Science
Keywords:
surplus vegetables
non-profit
tomato sauce substitute
food waste reduction
File:
Download Morgan_Hetherington_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Luke La Borde, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Honors Advisor
Carl Daniel Azzara, Thesis Supervisor

6. DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES PERSISTER CELLS AS THE POPULATION TRANSITIONS FROM EXPONENTIAL PHASE TO LONG-TERM-SURVIVAL PHASE SUGGESTS THEIR TRUE NATURE AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION

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Open Access
Author:
Gu Liu, Carmen
Title:
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES PERSISTER CELLS AS THE POPULATION TRANSITIONS FROM EXPONENTIAL PHASE TO LONG-TERM-SURVIVAL PHASE SUGGESTS THEIR TRUE NATURE AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION
Area of Honors:
Microbiology
Keywords:
persister cells
Listeria monocytogenes
biological function
nature
persisters
long-term-survival phase
exponential phase
fitness
File:
Download GuLiu_Carmen_PersistersListeria.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ming Tien, Faculty Reader