2023
Differentiation of Boron Reagents within Chan-Evans-Lam Oxygen Methylation, Angela Chavez, Honors Project
Evaluating the Feasibility of a Multiplex qPCR Assay for Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis and Lymphatic Filariasis from Urine, Siobhan Dietz, Honors Project
The Role of Cargo-Motor Connectivity in Transport by Ensembles of Dynein, Hana Hieshima, Honors Project
Base Excision Repair of Oxidative Guanine Lesions in Nucleosomes Initiated by Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase, Alina Jarrett, Honors Project
In vitro Toxicity and Mutagenicity Evaluation of Sesquiterpene Lactones Derived from Neurolaena lobata as Potential Drug Candidates for Lymphatic Filariasis, Chloe Leach, Honors Project
Engineering Fn3 Protein-Drug Conjugates for Targeted Cancer Therapy, Vivien Qiao, Honors Project
Parasites of the Kalahari Desert Black Rhinoceros: Investigating Nematode Diversity via 18S Metagenome Sequencing: Devising Genomic Methods for Sensitive and Reliable Detection of GI-borne Rhinoceros Parasites, Margaret K. Weber, Honors Project
A Potential Microbiological Agent to Combat Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Infection of Elms, Jennifer Wise, Honors Project
2022
The Effect of a Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator on the Developing C2C12 Proteome, Ahlenne Abreu, Honors Project
CRISPR-Mediated Transfection of Brugia malayi in a Co-Culture System, Sohpia Chertock, Honors Project
Development and Optimization of Molecular Diagnostic Assays for the Sensitive and Specific Detection of Schistosoma Species, Sara Halili, Honors Project
Knockdown of Core Clock Genes in Aedes albopictus and Aedes polynesiensis, Sungwoo Hwang, Honors Project
Synthesis and Optimization of Fn3-Pvdma Protein-Polymer Conjugates for Targeted Drug Delivery Applications, Yeji Lee, Honors Project
Genome-Wide Identification of Brugia Malayi Transcription Factor Binding Sites Using ChIP-Seq, Grace Mosley, Honors Project
Immunity Gene Knockdown in Aedes Albopictus and Aedes Polynesiensis Using RNA Interference, Rachel E. Pietrow, Honors Project
Characterizing the Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Effects of an Engineered Protein That Recognizes Mesothelin Tumor Biomarker, Florence Yunan Qian, Honors Project
Development of an Iron-catalyzed Oxidative 𝛼-Amination Method to Couple Carbonyl Derivatives with Primary Sulfonamides and Other Nitrogen Sources, Fubin Song, Honors Project
The Phenotypic and Molecular Correlates of Colicin Resistance in E. coli, Helen Wang, Honors Project
Chan-Lam Oxygen-Cyclopropylation of Aliphatic Alcohols, Miranda Wu, Honors Project
2021
Dopamine production by gut bacteria and its role in the progression of Parkinson's disease, Arianna Ratih Tidball, Honors Project
2020
Modelling Parkinson's disease in cultured mouse salivary gland cells, Anna Jacoba Benton, Honors Project
Defining the role of the reelin signaling pathway in neurogenesis and behavior - a zebrafish model of autism spectrum disorders, Grace Kathryn Nevil, Honors Project
The effect of human body temperature on the proteo-transcriptomic responses of commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli, Isidora Stanković, Honors Project
Analysis of neurolenin bioactivity in adult Caenorhabditis elegans and Dirofilaria immitis, Grace Caroline Wessels, Honors Project
2019
Toxicity and mutagenicity evaluation of antifilarial neurolenin derivatives as potential drug candidate for lymphatic filariasis, Lydia Pedrick DeAngelo, Honors Project
Investigating the relationship between the structure and function of the dynein microtubule binding domain, Sarah Jane Flaherty, Honors Project
Synthesis and characterization of protein-polymer conjugates for receptor-specific cellular internalization, Julia S. Kim, Honors Project
Detection of a putative Brugia malayi POU-homeodomain transcription factor binding to its congate promoter, Hafsa Mohamud Mire, Honors Project
The effect of an anabolic steroid on the proteome of developing muscle cells, Emily Ann Morris, Honors Project
Effects of aging and omega-3 fatty acid diet on medical gastrocnemius muscle proteome, Marguerite Aurora Pacheco, Honors Project
A method for verifying RNA integrity in mosquito nucleic acid extraction, Bethlehem Asnakew Yigzaw, Honors Project
2018
Characterization of proteins engineered to bind mesothelin for targeted cancer therapy, Daniela Amoakohene Deny, Honors Project
Expression cloning and analysis of a putative Brugia malayi POU-homeodomain transcription factor, Nicole Frumento, Honors Project
Using organocarbonates as safer electrophilic reagents, Bezawit Sirak Habtesellassie, Honors Project
What does your hair smell like? : identifying and modifying hair affinity for volatile molecules, Jinyi Yang, Honors Project
2017
Clocking multifluorescent protein expression in yeast, Emmie Marie Knobloch, Honors Project
HSP25 interactome, Natalie Sarah Kolber, Honors Project
Nanoscale cargo transport of spherical DNA origami structures by ensembles of molecular motor proteins, Jessica Marie Morgan, Honors Project
Identification of TPX-2 promoter binding proteins in the parasite Brugia malayi : a novel approach to stage specific anthelmintic drug discovery, Amalia Rose Sweet, Honors Project
DNA-catalyst conjugates for site-selective transformations in biological sciences, Yu Zhang, Honors Project
2016
Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of a cisplatin-modified DNA 9-mer, Emily Anne Boerger, Honors Project
Synthesis and analysis of multi-functional polymer hydrogel biomedical materials, Anna Laura Carroll, Honors Project
Analysis of creatine kinase expression and regulation throughout C2C12 myogenesis, Arcadia June Kratkiewicz, Honors Project
Protein engineering for receptor-mediated drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier, Natalie Durham Sorkin Smith, Honors Project
Size matters not : the importance of sRNAs in adaptive thermoregulation in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Madeleine Sutherland, Honors Project
2015
Engineering microproteins targeting the interface of tumor biomarkers Mesothelin and MUC16, Katia Sophia George, Honors Project
Does a correlation between severe/regressive autism and viral co-infection exist?, Mojdeh Mostafavi, Honors Project
Temperature regulation of biofilm formation in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Gemma Louise Regan-Mochrie, Honors Project
NMR spectroscopy of the mutagenic DNA duplexes, Lindsay Morgan Roth, Honors Project
Identification of thioredoxin peroxidase-2 (tpx-2) promoter-binding proteins in the filarial parasite, Brugia malayi : a targeted approach to vaccine and drug candidate discovery, Krithika Venkataraman, Honors Project
2014
Therapeutic effects of Quisqualis indica on lymphatic filariasis, Naihan Chen, Honors Project
Myogenic carbohydrate transcriptome in murine C2C12 cells, Anagha Inguva, Honors Project
Safer methylation of oxygen nucleophiles using orthesters, Yuan Ji, Honors Project
Whole-transcriptome study of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli response to human body temperature (37° C), Da Yae Lee, Honors Project
Mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling during C2C12 myogenesis, Nhu Tran Nguyen, Honors Project
The zebrafish radial fiber proteins define the diencephalic glial bridge as a heterogenous population of astroglial cells during forebrain commissure formation, Risha Sinha, Honors Project
Elucidate the gene regulation in Clostridium lijungdahlii, Jing Zhang, Honors Project
2013
²³Na- and ³⁹K-NMR studies of monensin- and valinomycin-mediated ion transport through liposomal membranes, Colby Rachel Loew, Honors Project
Using targeted proteomics to examine desmin regulation during C2C12 myogenesis, Aunaly Palmer, Honors Project
2012
The identification and characterization of a circadian clock gene in Brugia malayi, Ruth Maria Eichinger, Honors Project
Decoding the promoter of the thioredoxin peroxidase-2 gene of Brugia malayi, Nguyen Phuong Huynh, Honors Project
Elucidating the molecular basis of Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrPto activity within Nicotiana species, Sarah Evelyn Lim, Honors Project
2011
Characterization of the promoter of the Brugia malayi thioredoxin-peroxidase-2 protein gene, Adeola Phebean Awodele, Honors Project
The effects of fever temperature on gene expression in Escherichia coli, Germaine Yeku Nendah, Honors Project
Mitogen activated protein kinase expression in murine C2C12 myogenesis in vitro, Astia Norton Roper-Batker, Honors Project
The effects of surface chemistry and nanoscale topography on biofilm colonization and growth, Carmen Say, Honors Project
2010
Thermodynamic and conformational features of the Spiroiminodihydantoin (Sp) lesion in duplex DNA, Megana Dwarakanath, Honors Project
Gramicidin A and cyclic peptides channel conductances in black lipid membranes, Nataliya Herasymova, Honors Project
Galectins and lymphatic filariasis : exploring the role of Brugia malayi galectins in parasite persistence, Margaret Mumbi Mongare, Honors Project
Heat shock protein localization after exercise based on muscle fiber type in mouse biceps brachii, Nicole Christine Rothenheber, Honors Project
Differential proteome profiling analysis of murine skeletal muscle following a single bout of exercise, Laura Lindsay Smith, Honors Project
2008
Novel small regulatory RNA molecules in B. malayi : a route to discovering new potential drug targets for human lymphatic filariasis, Zinmar Aung, Honors Project
Effects of blood on the degradation of DNA from Filarial parasites, Syeda Qadri, Honors Project