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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

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

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

Author:

Taylor, Madison Lee

Title:

Diversity of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates in Northern Latitude Corals

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Symbiosis
Japan
Climate Change
Conservation
Symbiodinium
Corals

File:

Download MTaylor_FinalThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Todd C. LaJeunesse, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chon, Grace Eunbin

Title:

THE GENETIC ANALYSIS OF DETONATOR IN D. MELANOGASTER DEVELOPMENT

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

detonator
drosophila melanogaster
UAS/Gal4
developmental biology
RNAi knockdown
deficiency
caudal regression
sirenomelia
genetic mutation
birth defect
TMEM132a
TMEM gene family

File:

Download FINAL.THESIS.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Aimin Liu, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Jethon, Annalise M

Title:

Potential Viral Symbiont in Leaf Cutter Ant System

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

virus
totivirus
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
mutualism
symbiosis
leaf cutter ants
Attini ant system
Attini

File:

Download FINAL_thesis_Jethon.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Marilyn J Roossinck, Thesis Supervisor
Benoit A Dayrat, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Trabocco, Kyle Corsini

Title:

Genotypic Diversity of Coral in Palau

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

coral
bioerosion
ecology

File:

Download Kyle_Trabocco_Thesisupdate.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

Author:

Sprayberry, Kristen Maria

Title:

History of stress affects cell-mediated immunity

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

cell-mediated immunity
PHA
phytohemagglutinin
fence lizards
fire ants
immunology
stress
glucocorticoids
corticosterone

File:

Download Sprayberry_Kristen_HistoryofStress.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Tracy Lee Langkilde, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mandel, Jenna Lauren

Title:

Characterizing Neuronal Response to Simultaneous Axon and Dendrite Injury in Drosophila

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Neuron
Axon
Dendrites
Drosophila
Injury
Regeneration

File:

Download thesis_actual_final_submission_day_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor