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1. CHARACTERIZING NEURAL RETICULON 1 AND DETERMINING THE MECHANISM OF MAINTAINING A DIFFUSION BARRIER IN THE AXON INITIAL SEGMENT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER NEURONS

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Author:
Luna, Esteban
Title:
CHARACTERIZING NEURAL RETICULON 1 AND DETERMINING THE MECHANISM OF MAINTAINING A DIFFUSION BARRIER IN THE AXON INITIAL SEGMENT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER NEURONS
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila melanogaster
neurons
diffusion barrier
reticulon
ankyrin 2
FRAP
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

2. The Function of Microtubule Polarity in Drosophila Dendrites

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Author:
Parmar, Manpreet Kaur
Title:
The Function of Microtubule Polarity in Drosophila Dendrites
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Microtubule Polarity
Dendrites
Drosophila melanogaster
Minus-end-out microtubule
Plus-end-out microtubule
polarized trafficking
Kap3RNAi
Rtnl2RNAi
Class I neuron
ddaE
morphology
endosomes
mitochondria
File:
Download Parmar_Manpreet_FunctionofMicrotubulePolarityinDrosophilaDendrites__Final_4-9-12_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Gong Chen, Faculty Reader

4. Interactions of Hsp23, FoxO, and ESCRTIII-Vps24 in Mediating Proteostasis in Drosophila melanogaster Flight Motor Cells

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Author:
Fatima, Shahroz
Title:
Interactions of Hsp23, FoxO, and ESCRTIII-Vps24 in Mediating Proteostasis in Drosophila melanogaster Flight Motor Cells
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila melanogaster
neurodegeneration
proteostasis
heat shock
Hsp23
FoxO
ESCRTIII
Vps24
autophagy
proteasome
File:
Download Fatima_Shahroz_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Fumiko Kawasaki, Thesis Supervisor
Katriona Shea, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Genetic Analysis of Protection from Environmental Stress-Induced Degeneration: Characterization of a Loss of Function Drosophila Mutant for the Cytoplasmic RNA Exosome Component, dSKI2

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Author:
Moon, Mackenzie Taylor
Title:
Genetic Analysis of Protection from Environmental Stress-Induced Degeneration: Characterization of a Loss of Function Drosophila Mutant for the Cytoplasmic RNA Exosome Component, dSKI2
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila melanogaster
neurodegeneration
heat shock
pele
SKI2
Ski complex
infertility
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Faculty Reader

7. Genetic analysis of the Drosophila ESCRT-III complex protein, VPS24, reveals requirements in lysosome homeostasis and autophagy

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Author:
Florian, Jonathan
Title:
Genetic analysis of the Drosophila ESCRT-III complex protein, VPS24, reveals requirements in lysosome homeostasis and autophagy
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila melanogaster
neurodegeneration
VPS24
ESCRT
autophagy
lysosome homeostasis
File:
Download Jonathan_Florian_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Fumiko Kawasaki, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. Phenotypic variablility associated with the 15q11.2 CNV region in a Drosophila melanogaster model for neurodevelopmental disorders

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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 region
Drosophila melanogaster
neurodevelopmental disorders
genetics
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Supervisor
James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

9. Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation

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Author:
Deal, Jack
Title:
Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Elk
Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
Heme
Kinetic Model
Axon Initial Segment
Gating Mechanism
Boltzmann
Affinity
Drosophila melanogaster
Ankyrin
Fluorescent Microscopy
Xenopus
Potassium Channels
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Supervisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. Investigating the molecular mechanisms of axon and dendrite regeneration in Drosophila peripheral neurons.

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Open Access
Author:
Swope, Rachel
Title:
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of axon and dendrite regeneration in Drosophila peripheral neurons.
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
axon regeneration
dendrite regeneration
Drosophila melanogaster
Exocyst complex
endoplasmic reticulum
membrane
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Ming Tien, Thesis Honors Advisor