1. Biophysical Characterization of TRBP and Pdx1 Open Access Author: Evans, Declan Marshall Title: Biophysical Characterization of TRBP and Pdx1 Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNAIDPTRBPPdx1 File: Download Declan_Evans_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Scott A Showalter, Thesis SupervisorDr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Small Oligonucleotide Models of the Twister Ribozyme Active Site Open Access Author: Tracey, Matthew Allan Title: Small Oligonucleotide Models of the Twister Ribozyme Active Site Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNARibozymeTwisterChemistryBiochemistryTwister RibozymeRNA Catalysis File: Download Tracey_Matthew_ModelsForTwister.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorDr. Teh-hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Identification and Towards Verification of Riboswitch Candidates in the Human Gut Microbiome Open Access Author: Mouck, Matthew M Title: Identification and Towards Verification of Riboswitch Candidates in the Human Gut Microbiome Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNAGut MicrobiomeRiboswitch File: Download thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Development of a Functional RNA-Identifying Computational Pipeline and its Application to SARS-CoV-2 Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Forstmeier, Peter Title: Development of a Functional RNA-Identifying Computational Pipeline and its Application to SARS-CoV-2 Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SARS-CoV-2RNApseudoknotsSNPsRNA structure conservationframeshifting elementFSE File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Chang, Benjamin Title: 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNARibozymesSplicingHigh-throughput Pipeline File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor