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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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Open Access
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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Open Access
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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Open Access
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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Open Access
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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Open Access
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