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1. The Penn State Protein Ladders: An Inexpensive Source of Protein Molecular Weight Markers Appropriate For Both Coomassie Staining and Western Blotting

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Open Access
Author:
Santilli, Ryan Thomas
Title:
The Penn State Protein Ladders: An Inexpensive Source of Protein Molecular Weight Markers Appropriate For Both Coomassie Staining and Western Blotting
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Recombinant Protein Molecular Weight Markers
SDS-PAGE
Western blot
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Exploring Mechanisms of Microtubule Polarity Establishment and Regulation in Drosophila Melanogaster

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Open Access
Author:
Yanoshak, Emily
Title:
Exploring Mechanisms of Microtubule Polarity Establishment and Regulation in Drosophila Melanogaster
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
drosophila
neurons
neuroscience
microtubules
positive regulation
TRIM9
Klp61F
microtubule polarity
File:
Download Emily_Yanoshak_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. Evaluating Direct Astrocyte-to-Neuron Cellular Reprogramming in Spinal Cord Injury and ALS Mouse Models

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Open Access
Author:
Kerstetter, Connor
Title:
Evaluating Direct Astrocyte-to-Neuron Cellular Reprogramming in Spinal Cord Injury and ALS Mouse Models
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Spinal Cord Injury
SCI
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ALS
Cellular Reprogramming
ND1
Ngn2
Isl1
Lhx3
SOD1-G93A
Astrocyte-to-Neuron Conversion
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Investigation of Striatal Astrocytes to GABAergic Neuron Conversion In Vivo in Huntington’s Disease Mouse Model

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Open Access
Author:
Xu, Kevin
Title:
Investigation of Striatal Astrocytes to GABAergic Neuron Conversion In Vivo in Huntington’s Disease Mouse Model
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
ND1
Dlx2
Huntington's Disease
HD
GABAergic neurons
transcription factors
gene therapy
striatal astrocytes
R6/2 mouse model
astrocyte-to-neuron conversion
ND1
Dlx2
Huntington's Disease
HD
GABAergic neurons
transcription factors
gene therapy
striatal astrocytes
R6/2 mouse model
astrocyte-to-neuron conversion
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Aimin Liu, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. Evaluating The Chronic Variable Stress Paradigm as a Model Suitable to Test for Stress Resilience of Mice

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Restricted (Penn State Only)
Author:
Botvinov, Julia
Title:
Evaluating The Chronic Variable Stress Paradigm as a Model Suitable to Test for Stress Resilience of Mice
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
stress resilience
GABA
anxiety
somatostatin
anhedonia
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Supervisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Honors Advisor
Yingwei Mao, Faculty Reader