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Author:

Dubowy, Christine Marie

Title:

The Positional Requirement for the Aspartate Residue in the ExbD Transmembrane Domain

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Escherichia coli
iron transport
TonB
ExbD
transmembrane domain

File:

Download thesis_041910_final3.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kathleen Postle, Thesis Supervisor
Kathleen Postle, Thesis Supervisor
Ming Tien, Thesis Honors Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader

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

Author:

Bauer, Bradley William

Title:

Investigating the Rcs Phosphorelay in Escherichia coli as a Target for Novel Antibiotic Development

Area of Honors:

Microbiology

Keywords:

Antibiotic resistance
Escherichia coli
Rcs phosphorelay
RcsB

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Bauer51.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Teh-hui Kao, Faculty Reader
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

Author:

Fanelli, Samantha Lynn

Title:

Comparative Sequence Analysis of Non-typable H Antigens of Pathogenic Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Area of Honors:

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Escherichia coli
E coli
bacteria
pathogenic
sequence analysis
H type
Shiga toxin

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Chitrita Debroy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lester C Griel Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Porter, Morgan Leigh

Title:

Detection Of O Antigens In Escherichia Coli Using Molecular Methods

Area of Honors:

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Escherichia coli
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

File:

Download Morgans_Complete_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Chitrita Debroy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lester C Griel Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Smith, Alexander Brock

Title:

GENOME-WIDE SCREEN FOR THE INDUCTION OF PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE AND AMINOARABINOSE MODIFICATIONS ON ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Escherichia coli
lipopolysaccharide
phosphoethanolamine
microbiome
transposon sequencing
metabolic endotoxemia
eptA
feoB

File:

Download Smith_Alexander_LPSMod.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy Meredith, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Reyer, Jessica

Title:

Identification of Inhibitors of the Sigma E/Hfq Pathway in E. coli

Area of Honors:

Microbiology

Keywords:

Sigma E
Escherichia coli
antibiotic resistance
Stress response

File:

Download J.Reyer_Thesis_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bhimwal, Rijul

Title:

Exploring The Interaction Between Colicin B And The TonB Dependent Transporter FepA Using Colicin B Mutants

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TonB
Colicin B
FepA
Outer Membrane
Bacteriocin
Escherichia coli
Gram-negative

File:

Download Rijul_Bhimwal_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kathleen Postle, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sindhar, Safitaj

Title:

A Longitudinal Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance in the Sediment Samples of the Delaware River Watershed and in the Clinical Infections in the Reading Hospital

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Antibiotic Resistance
Delaware River Watershed
Tetracycline
Ampicillin
Enterococcus
Escherichia coli
Polymerase Chain Reaction
DNA
Berks County
tet(A)
tet(R)
ctx
oxa
blaP

File:

Download Sindhar_Safitaj_LongitudinalAnalysisofAntibioticResistance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Tami H Mysliwiec, Thesis Supervisor
Sandy Feinstein, Thesis Honors Advisor