1. Designing Optimized Protein Molecular Weight Markers Applicable to both Coomassie Staining and Western Blotting Open Access Author: Shibata, Yoshitaka Joey Title: Designing Optimized Protein Molecular Weight Markers Applicable to both Coomassie Staining and Western Blotting Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: protein molecular weight markersSDS-PAGEWestern blottingIgG antibody bindingpolycistronic expressionprotein expressionprotein purification File: Download Shibata_Thesis_DesigningOptimizedProteinMWMarkers.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Song Tan, Thesis SupervisorWendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Exploring the Causes of Muscle Dysfunction Associated with Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency in the Model Organism Caenorhabditis elegans Open Access Author: Jan, Judy Title: Exploring the Causes of Muscle Dysfunction Associated with Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency in the Model Organism Caenorhabditis elegans Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: C. elegansMuscle FunctionAdenylosuccinate Lyase DeficiencyPurine Metabolism File: Download Final_Thesis_Draft_Judy_Jan.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis SupervisorDavid Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Role of NusG in the Regulation of pyr Gene Expression in B. subtilis Open Access Author: Koka, Kunal Title: Role of NusG in the Regulation of pyr Gene Expression in B. subtilis Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: pyrimidine biosynthetic operontranscription terminationNusGPyrR File: Download Thesis_Final_-_Koka.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Paul Babitzke, Thesis SupervisorWendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. 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
5. Adenylosuccinate Lyase Plays a Role in Neuromuscular Coordination Open Access Author: Peifer, Mia Title: Adenylosuccinate Lyase Plays a Role in Neuromuscular Coordination Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: C. elegansAdenylosuccinate Lyase DeficiencyPurine MetabolismNeuromuscular Coordination File: Download Peifer_Mia_Adenylosuccinate_Lyase_Plays_a_Role_in_Neuromuscular_Coordination.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis SupervisorTimothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Investigating Strain Level Diversity Among Natural Co-Isolated Vibrio Fischeri Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Harter, Rachel Title: Investigating Strain Level Diversity Among Natural Co-Isolated Vibrio Fischeri Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: transformationbacteriastrain diversitygenomicgeneticvibrio fischerisymbiosismutualismeuprymna scolopesmicrobiologymolecular biologybiochemistryquorum sensing File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis SupervisorWendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor