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1. ASSESSMENT OF THE SERUM PREGNANCY-SPECIFIC PROTEIN B TEST TO DETERMINE PREGNANCY IN FREE-RANGING ELK (Cervus elaphus)

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Author:
Silva Seixas, Julia
Title:
ASSESSMENT OF THE SERUM PREGNANCY-SPECIFIC PROTEIN B TEST TO DETERMINE PREGNANCY IN FREE-RANGING ELK (Cervus elaphus)
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Elk
Pregnancy
Pregnancy-specific protein B
PSPB
ELISA
Post-mortem
Uterine examination
Accuracy
File:
Download JuliaSilvaSeixas_Undergraduate_HonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jenny Suzanne Fisher, Thesis Supervisor
Benoit A Dayrat, Thesis Honors Advisor
Justin D Brown, Faculty Reader

2. SPECIES DELIMITATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF HIGHLY VARIABLE MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN THE HOLARCTIC SOCIALLY PARASITIC BUMBLEBEE, BOMBUS FLAVIDUS

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Author:
Williams, Sarah Danielle
Title:
SPECIES DELIMITATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF HIGHLY VARIABLE MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN THE HOLARCTIC SOCIALLY PARASITIC BUMBLEBEE, BOMBUS FLAVIDUS
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
bombus flavidus
coi
species delimitation
psithyrus
bombus fernaldae
File:
Download Williams_Sarah_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Heather M Hines, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. INNATE FEAR MODELING THROUGH PREDATOR ODOR EXPOSURE IN AWAKE RODENTS – AN FMRI STUDY

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Open Access
Author:
Messner, Christopher K
Title:
INNATE FEAR MODELING THROUGH PREDATOR ODOR EXPOSURE IN AWAKE RODENTS – AN FMRI STUDY
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuroscience
Stress
Innate Fear
Odor Exposure
File:
Download Final_Schreyer_Thesis__2__Correct.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Yingwei Mao, Faculty Reader

8. DIRECT ASTROCYTE TO NEURON REPROGRAMMING FOR FUNCTIONAL REPAIR IN INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE MOUSE MODEL

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Open Access
Author:
Huang, Pengqian
Title:
DIRECT ASTROCYTE TO NEURON REPROGRAMMING FOR FUNCTIONAL REPAIR IN INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE MOUSE MODEL
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
ICH
collagenase
stroke
neuronal loss
direct conversion
NeuroD1
Hippocampus
Striatum
astrocytes
neuronal recovery
File:
Download Final_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

12. BINDING AFFINITIES OF FLAVINS TO RIBOFLAVIN BINDING PROTEIN USING FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY AND ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY, AND ESTIMATED BINDING ENERGIES USING COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES

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Author:
Yazgi, Habib A
Title:
BINDING AFFINITIES OF FLAVINS TO RIBOFLAVIN BINDING PROTEIN USING FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY AND ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY, AND ESTIMATED BINDING ENERGIES USING COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Riboflavin binding protein
Riboflavin
Cancer
Folate receptor alpha
Binding energy
Binding affinity
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
ICM-Pro
File:
Download Yazgi_Habib_Riboflavin_Binding_Protein.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Julie B Ealy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sandy Feinstein, Thesis Honors Advisor

13. 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:
Download Moon_Mackenzie_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Faculty Reader

14. INVESTIGATING THE LARVAL COMPETITIVE ABILITIES OF DIFFERENT CHROMOSOMAL INVERSION PATTERNS WITHIN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA

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Author:
Kutz, David James
Title:
INVESTIGATING THE LARVAL COMPETITIVE ABILITIES OF DIFFERENT CHROMOSOMAL INVERSION PATTERNS WITHIN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Inversion
polymorphism
heterogeneous environment
competitive ability
competition
File:
Download Kutz_Thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael Axtell, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Beneficial Effects of NeuroD1-Mediated Direct Astrocyte-To-Neuron Conversion

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Author:
Mok, Yung Kin
Title:
Beneficial Effects of NeuroD1-Mediated Direct Astrocyte-To-Neuron Conversion
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
glial scar
NeuroD1
stab injury
in vivo conversion
glia to neuron ratio
brain repair
CNS injury
astrocyte to neuron ratio
direct reprogramming
neuron regeneration
File:
Download Thesis__Yung_Kin_MOK.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor

16. Regulation by the Ron Receptor Tyrosine Kinase to Attenuate Central Nervous System Inflammation in a Model of Atherosclerosis

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Open Access
Author:
Alnemri, Diana Mary
Title:
Regulation by the Ron Receptor Tyrosine Kinase to Attenuate Central Nervous System Inflammation in a Model of Atherosclerosis
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Central Nervous System
Inflammation
Ron
Microglia
Neuron
File:
Download THESIS_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

18. Altered resting-state brain activity in a postnatally developing valproic acid mouse model of autism

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Author:
Lovell, Trevor Thomas
Title:
Altered resting-state brain activity in a postnatally developing valproic acid mouse model of autism
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Autism
Mouse
Resting-State
Brain Activation
c-Fos
Valproic Acid
Serial Two-Photon
Immunohistochemistry
File:
Download Trevor_Lovell_-_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Yongsoo Kim, Thesis Supervisor
Sairam V Rudrabhatla, Thesis Honors Advisor

20. Investigation of cell wall uptake, trafficking, and organization in Arabidopsis thaliana using a metabolically incorporated click reporter

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Open Access
Author:
Price, Emma Caroline
Title:
Investigation of cell wall uptake, trafficking, and organization in Arabidopsis thaliana using a metabolically incorporated click reporter
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
arabidopsis thaliana
pectin
click chemistry
CuAAC
SPAAC
fluorescence
microscopy
plant cell wall
fucose alkyne
File:
Download Price_ThesisFinal.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Charles T Anderson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor