1. Comparative Analysis Between SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2: Genomic Similarity, Spike Protein Homology, and Government Funding as it Relates to Vaccine Development Open Access Author: Foresman, Bridget Title: Comparative Analysis Between SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2: Genomic Similarity, Spike Protein Homology, and Government Funding as it Relates to Vaccine Development Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SARS-CoVSARS-CoV-2Vaccine DevelopmentMERS-CoVGovernment FundingNIH RePORTER File: Download BridgetForesman_FinalThesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joel E Segel, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Validation of Pseudo Virus Neutralization Assay (PVNT) for Domestic Cattle SARS-COV-2 Natural Infection Open Access Author: Quraishi, Meysoon Title: Validation of Pseudo Virus Neutralization Assay (PVNT) for Domestic Cattle SARS-COV-2 Natural Infection Area of Honors: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Keywords: SARS-CoV-2pseudo virus neutralization assayDomestic Cattleindirect ELISAPVNTCOVID-19 File: Download Validation_of_Pseudo_Virus_Neutralization_Assay__PVNT__for_Domestic_Cattle_SARS-COV-2_Natural_Infection_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Ruth H Nissly, Thesis SupervisorRobert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Development of a Functional RNA-Identifying Computational Pipeline and its Application to SARS-CoV-2 Open Access 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: Download Forstmeier_Thesis_2022_final_revised.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorTeh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
