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2. The effect of atmospheric composition on the production of hydrogen cyanide: implications for the origin of life

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Author:
Gruen, Danielle Sarah
Title:
The effect of atmospheric composition on the production of hydrogen cyanide: implications for the origin of life
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
prebiotic chemistry
origin of life
spark discharge
hydrogen cyanide
File:
Download DanielleGruenThesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Blair Hedges, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. Investigating Consistency and Stability of Temperament in Two Strains of Rattus Norvegicus

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Kayllie
Title:
Investigating Consistency and Stability of Temperament in Two Strains of Rattus Norvegicus
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
temperament
personality
behavior
Long-Evans
Sprague-Dawley
enrichment
chronic mild stress
open field
novel object
File:
Download Wang_Kayllie_InvestigatingTemperamentinRats.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. Rat Strain Differences in Response to an Unexpected Reduction in Reward

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Open Access
Author:
White, Amanda Marie
Title:
Rat Strain Differences in Response to an Unexpected Reduction in Reward
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
successive negative contrast
laboratory strain difference
individual behavior variation
neuroscience
animal behavior
File:
Download White_Amanda_StrainDifferencesRewardReduction.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. The Function of Microtubule Polarity in Drosophila Dendrites

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Open Access
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

9. A qualitative study on first-semester Penn State women's social networks, drinking patterns, and risk for sexual assault

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Open Access
Author:
Love, Gillian Ashley Romberger
Title:
A qualitative study on first-semester Penn State women's social networks, drinking patterns, and risk for sexual assault
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
college transition
social networks
drinking patterns
hooking up
sexual assault
File:
Download Love_Gillian_AQualitativeStudy.pdf.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Faculty Reader

10. P2X3 Expression in DRG Neuron and Effects on Blood Pressure Response Following Femoral Artery Occlusion

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Jialiu David
Title:
P2X3 Expression in DRG Neuron and Effects on Blood Pressure Response Following Femoral Artery Occlusion
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
P2X3 receptor
muscle afferents
peripheral artery disease
ATP
blood pressure
NGF
File:
Download Jialiu_Li_-_SHC_Honors_Thesis_in_Biology.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jianhua Li, Faculty Reader

12. Effects Of Transgenic Virus Resistance On Populations Of Cucurbita Texana

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Open Access
Author:
Deveney, Troy Wilson
Title:
Effects Of Transgenic Virus Resistance On Populations Of Cucurbita Texana
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Cucurbita pepo
Erwinia tracheiphyla
plant-herbivore-pathogen interaction
virus resistant transgene
zucchini yellow mosaic
File:
Download Deveney_Final_Thesis_v2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew George Stephenson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Understanding the interactions between GABAAR and synaptic adhesion proteins neuroligin1 And neuroligin2

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Open Access
Author:
Khristov, Vladimir Rouskov
Title:
Understanding the interactions between GABAAR and synaptic adhesion proteins neuroligin1 And neuroligin2
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Neurolign
GABA
Immunoprufication
Western
File:
Download Khristov_Vladimir_GABAAR_Neuroligin.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gong Chen, Faculty Reader
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor