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Histone H4 lysine 20 methyltransferase SUV4-20H2 regulates mitotic fidelity
Keyword:
Chromatin
,
Aurora B
,
Methyltransferase
,
Mitosis
,
Histone Posttranslational Modification
, and
Centromere
Creator:
Hahn, Sabine
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-11-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Elucidating Mechanisms of Replication-associated Synthetic lethality with RB loss and PARP inhibition
Keyword:
DNA damage
,
RB1
,
Retinoblastoma
,
PARP
,
Replication
, and
Epigenetics
Creator:
Gutierrez Zamalloa, Luis
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-11-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Neuroanatomical Predictors of Suicidality in Women with Dissociative Identity Disorder
Keyword:
Subcortical volume
,
Predictors
,
Dissociative Identity Disorder
,
Suicidality
, and
Cortical thickness
Creator:
Linnell, Lilly-Beth
Advisor:
Nephew, Benjamin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-08
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Defining the mechanisms contributing to genomic instability following RB loss
Keyword:
Mitosis
,
Aurora B kinase
, and
Genomic Instability
Creator:
Crowley, Elizabeth
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Understanding and Managing Emerging Fungal Infectious Diseases-Virulence Mechanisms, Drug Resistance and Discovery of Novel Antifungal Agents
Keyword:
Antifungal tolerance
,
Candida species
,
Fungal infectious disease
,
Novel treatment
,
Candida auris
, and
Antifungal resistance
Creator:
Yang, Bo
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Development of Environmentally Responsive Synthetic Promoters for Application in Soil
Keyword:
Biosensor
,
Pseudomonas
,
Butanol
,
Promoter
,
Synthetic Biology
, and
Gene Expression
Creator:
Bruno, Matthew
Advisor:
Farny, Natalie
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Functionalized Aptamers for Lead (Pb (II)) Biosensing and Therapeutic Applications
Keyword:
Heavy metals
,
Aptamers
,
Lead biosensing
,
Lead
,
Lead aptamers
, and
Therapeutic for acute lead poisoning
Creator:
Ramis de Ayreflor Reyes, Solimar
Advisor:
Farny, Natalie
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
The role of RNase E in Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
Keyword:
mRNA cleavage
,
RNA degradosome
,
mRNA degradation
,
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
,
Transcriptome
, and
RNase E
Creator:
Zhou, Ying
Advisor:
Shell, Scarlet
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-01-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
INVESTIGATION OF A DOMAIN V-MEDIATED REGULATORY MECHANISM BETWEEN THE DROSOPHILA EGFR AND KEKKON1
Creator:
Putnam, Alexander E.
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-02-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Elucidating the Function of Myosin XI in Polarized Cell Growth and Investigating the Chitin-induced Calcium-mediated Immune Response in P. patens.
Creator:
Galotto, Giulia
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Elucidating Mechanisms of Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Keyword:
Tuberculosis
,
mRNA degradation
,
Mycobacterium smegmatis
,
Stress Response
,
Ribonucleic acid
, and
mRNA stability
Creator:
Vargas Blanco, Diego A.
Advisor:
Shell, Scarlet
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-01-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Heterochromatin HIstone Methylation Regulates Genome Stability
Creator:
Herlihy, Conor P.
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-01-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Should I stay or should I go? The fight or flight defense responses in Taxus cell culture
Creator:
McKee, Michelle C
Advisor:
Roberts, Susan Celia
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Elucidating a Conserved Myosin XI-RabE GTPase Interaction that is Required for Polarized Cell Growth in Plants
Keyword:
Rab GTPases
,
RNA Interference
,
Polarized Growth
,
Vesicle Trafficking
,
Structure-guided Mutagenesis
, and
Myosin XI
Creator:
Orr, Robert G.
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying Enhanced Bioavailability of Artemisinin Delivered Orally as Dried Leaves of Artemisia annua
Keyword:
Inflammation
,
Artemisinin
,
Artemisia annua
,
Cytochrome P450 Inhibition
,
Malaria
, and
Bioavailability
Creator:
Desrosiers, Matthew R.
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Neuromodulation of Sex-Specific Pheromone-Mediated Behaviors
Keyword:
Pheromone
,
Social Behavior
,
Sex-Specific
,
Bioaffinity Probe
,
G protein-coupled Receptor
, and
Neuropeptide
Creator:
Reilly, Douglas K.
Advisor:
Srinivasan, Jagan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Host-fungal pathogen interactions: A study of Candida albicans and mammalian macrophage and epithelial cells at the transcriptional level
Keyword:
RNA-sequencing
and
Candida albicans
Creator:
Delorey, Toni Marie
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
The Gametocytocidal Activity of Whole-Plant Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra Tea-Based Therapies against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro.
Keyword:
Malaria
,
Artemisia afra
,
Artemisia annua
, and
Gametocyte
Creator:
Snider, Danielle A
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-13
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Identification and characterization of novel putative virulence factors in Candida albicans
Keyword:
Fungal infections
Creator:
Issi, Luca
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-09-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
The Effects of Phytohormones on Growth and Artemisinin Production in Hairy Root Cultures of Artemisia Annua L.
Keyword:
Phytohormones
Creator:
McCoy, Mark Christopher
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Characterization of arginine methyltransferase PRMT8 in cells with increased plasticity
Keyword:
cancer biology
,
reprogramming
,
senesence
,
proliferation
, and
arginine methylation
Creator:
Hernandez, Sarah
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Analyzing the role of lipid elongases in Drosophila development: From barriers to behavior
Keyword:
elongases
,
Behavior
, and
epidermal barrier
Creator:
Gupta, Prachi
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Decoding Neural Circuits Modulating Behavioral Responses to Aversive Social Cues
Keyword:
C. elegans
,
Behavior
,
tyra-2
,
neurons
, and
neurobiology
Creator:
Chute, Christopher
Advisor:
Srinivasan, Jagan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Oxygen-mediated basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) effects on adult human dermal fibroblasts
Keyword:
developmental plasticity
,
basic fibroblast growth factor
,
hypoxia-inducible factor
,
human fibroblasts
, and
low oxygen
Creator:
Kashpur, Olga
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effect of roots on artemisinin and flavonoid production in shoots of Artemisia annua.
Keyword:
Artemisinin
,
Root; Trichome; Grafting
, and
Flavonoid
Creator:
Wang, Sibo
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Towards automating micropropagation: from cells to shoots to plants in one step
Keyword:
mist reactor
,
micropropagation
,
poly-L-lysine
,
somatic embryogenesis
, and
plant tissue culture
Creator:
Fei, Liwen
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Fibroblast activation and pro-fibrotic phenotypes: modulation by FGF2 and MAPK signaling
Keyword:
myofibroblast
,
MAPK
,
fibrosis
,
FGF2
, and
fibroblast
Creator:
Dolivo, David
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Examining the Potential Threat of Pesticide and Pathogen Exposure on Wild Bumble Bees: Proposed Lethal and Sublethal Mechanisms Contributing to Pollinator Decline
Keyword:
voluntary task switching
,
pollinator
,
Antimicrobial peptides
,
bumble bee
,
clothianidin
,
Bombus impatiens
,
neonicotinoid
,
sickness behavior
,
ecotoxicology
,
cognitive flexibility
, and
serial reversal
Creator:
Mobley, Melissa Walsh
Advisor:
Gegear, Robert J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-01-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Deciphering the Role of Kekkon5 in BMP signaling and Cell Junction Biology
Keyword:
LIGs
,
Cellular adhesion
, and
BMP signaling
Creator:
Menon, Harita
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-05-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Understanding and Managing C. albicans Infections
Keyword:
iron uptake
,
filastatin
,
Candida albicans
, and
animal models
Creator:
Harwood, Catherine
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Roles of regulation of mRNA cleavage in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Keyword:
oxidative stress
,
RNase J
,
mRNA cleavage
, and
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Creator:
de Camargo Bertuso, Paula
Advisor:
Shell, Scarlet
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-05-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Kekkon6 and Kekkon3 - Novel Insights into the Kekkon Family
Keyword:
Kekkon Family
,
LIGs
, and
Tricellular Junctions
Creator:
Arata, Michelle Denise
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
A Microfluidic Platform for Exploring Learning Behavior in C. elegans
Keyword:
C. elegans
,
Learning
, and
Microfluidics
Creator:
Tran, Karen
Advisor:
Albrecht, Dirk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-09-07
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Analysis of Myosin XI Localization During Cell Division in Physcomitrella patens
Keyword:
Physcomitrella patens
,
Cell Division
, and
Myosin XI
Creator:
Sun, Hao
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-07
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Development of a fungal virulence assay using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host to identify mechanisms of host pathogen interactions.
Keyword:
ROS
,
Cap1
,
<I>C. elegans</I>
,
pathogenesis assay
,
BLI-3
,
<I>Candida</I>
, and
Adhesion
Creator:
Jain, Charu
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Incorporating chromatin interaction data to improve prediction accuracy of gene expression
Keyword:
genome structure
,
gene expression prediction
, and
linear mixed effects model
Creator:
Li, Xue
Advisor:
Wu, Zheyang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
A mechanism for the FGF2-mediated down-regulation of integrin alpha-11 identified through studying altered adhesome of human dermal fibroblasts undergoing early Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition
Keyword:
FGF2
,
ECM
,
hESC
, and
ITGA11
Creator:
Grella, Alexandra R
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Roots and hormones: synergistic control of artemisinin production in Artemisia annua L. shoots
Keyword:
roots
,
Artemisia annua
,
Artemisinin
, and
hormones
Creator:
Nguyen, Khanh Van T
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-12-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effects of Temperature, Light Intensity and Quality, Carbon Dioxide, and Culture Medium Nutrients on Growth and Lipid Production of Ettlia oleoabundans
Keyword:
Temperature
,
medium nutrient
,
light quality
,
light intensity
,
Ettlia oleoabundans
,
biodiesel
,
carbon dioxide
, and
algal biomass
Creator:
Yang, Ying
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 in Maintenance of Multipotency in Human Dermal Fibroblasts Treated with Xenopus Laevis Egg Extract Fractions
Keyword:
Cellular reprogramming
,
FGF2
,
Xenopus laevis egg extract
,
Stem cells
,
Pluripotency
, and
Induced pluripotent stem cells
Creator:
Kole, Denis
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Cytoplasmic Adaptor Protein MIG-10 Interacts With Abelson Target ABI-1 During Neuronal Migration In C. Elegans
Keyword:
C. elegans
,
MIG-10
,
Neuronal Migration
, and
ABI-1
Creator:
Flaherty, Erin
Advisor:
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Phylogenetic Characterization of the Kinesin Superfamily and Functional Analysis of PpKin14-Vs in Physcomitrella patens
Keyword:
moss
,
PpKinesin14-Vs
,
chloroplast photorelocation
,
intracellular motility
,
microtubule
,
gene knockout
,
phylogenetic analysis
, and
kinesin
Creator:
Shen, Zhiyuan
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effects of Developmental Stage, Exogenous Sugar Composition, and Reactive Oxygen Species on Artemisinin and Related Compounds in Artemisia annua
Keyword:
reactive oxygen s
and
artemisinin, sugars, metabolism, development
Creator:
Arsenault, Patrick Ryan
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Transformation, Growth, and the Cytoskeleton: Tools to Study Oil Producing Algae
Keyword:
kinesin
,
toxicity assay
,
microalgae
,
biodiesel
,
growth assay
,
oil producing algae
,
protoplasting
,
microgrowth assay
,
electroporation
,
Transformation
,
cytoskeleton
, and
protoplast
Creator:
Collatos, Angelo Robert
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Construction and Analysis of a Modified Yeast Strain for Next Generation Biofuel Production
Keyword:
fermentation
,
genetic engineering
,
biofuels
,
lignocellulose
, and
yeast
Creator:
Swana, Jeffrey Ross
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
C. elegans MAP Kinase Mutants Show Enhanced Susceptibility to Infection by the Yeast S. cerevisiae
Keyword:
MAP kinase pathways
,
S. cerevisiae
, and
C. elegans
Creator:
Yun, Meijiang
Advisor:
Politz, Samuel M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-05-14
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Src kinase and Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer
Keyword:
Src kinase
,
PSA
, and
Androgen Receptor
Creator:
Saxena, Parmita
Advisor:
Politz, Samuel M.
and
Languino, Lucia R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Identifying the Molecular Mechanism of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Detection in the Fungi Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans
Keyword:
S. cerevisiae
,
C. albicans
,
IAA
, and
Indole-3-acetic acid
Creator:
Perelta, Alisha Nicole
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Artemisinin Biosynthesis: Developmental and Sugar Regulation of mRNA Levels
Keyword:
Artemisinin
,
regulation
, and
transcription
Creator:
Vail, Daniel Robert
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effects of Cellular Apoptosis on Productivity of a Mammalian Cell Culture Process
Keyword:
productivity
and
apoptosis
Creator:
Cote, Shelly A.
Advisor:
Iorio, Alexander A. Di
,
Rulfs, Jill
, and
Lee, Brian
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Human Ependymin-1 Neurotrophic Factor Mimetics Reduce Tau Phosphorylation and Cellular Apoptosis in Vitro and in Vivo in Alzheimer's Disease Models
Keyword:
amyloid beta
,
tau phosphorylation
, and
apoptosis
Creator:
Ronayne, Rachel E.
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-09-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Myosin IX: A Single-Headed Processive Motor
Keyword:
motor protein
and
myosin superfamily
Creator:
Kambara, Taketoshi
Advisor:
Ikebe, Mitsuo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-06-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Endogenous Localization and Expression Patterns of Aurora Kinases B and C in Mouse Oocytes and Early Embryos
Keyword:
embryo
,
oocyte
, and
meiosis
Creator:
Lima, Christine A
Advisor:
Overstrom, Eric W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-05-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
A dissection of Kekkon5 and its role in mediating epithelial junction architecture
Keyword:
LRR
,
Immunoglobulin domain
,
Armadillo
,
Cellular adhesion
, and
Kekkon5
Creator:
Ernst, Christina Lynn
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Award:
Provost's MQP Award
Use of a Neurotrophic Factor Mimetic to Block Amyloid Toxicity in Alzheimer's Disease Models
Keyword:
Creator:
Rawal, Devika
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-01-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Analysis of the Kekkon Family in Neuronal Development
Keyword:
Kekkon
,
Development
,
LIG
,
GAL4
,
Drosophila
,
RNAi
, and
nervous system
Creator:
Plada, Edith Vanina Machado
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-08-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Alpha-Poly-L-Lysine As A Potential Biosorbent For Removal Of Hexavalent Chromium From Industrial Waste Water
Keyword:
poly-lysine
,
chromium
,
Biosorbent
, and
Polymer enhanced Diafiltration
Creator:
Chakraborti, Amrita
Advisor:
Iorio, Alexander A. Di
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-05-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Male Dominance and Sexual Selection in the Crayfish Orconectes quinebaugensis
Keyword:
crayfish
,
sexual selection
, and
dominance
Creator:
Warren, Amy H
Advisor:
Mathews, Lauren M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Neuronal Migration: Investigating Interactions of the Cytoplasmic Adaptor Protein MIG-10 in <I>C. elegans</I>
Keyword:
Migration
,
MIG-10
,
Neuroscience
, and
yeast two-hybrid
Creator:
Ficociello, Laura Faraco
Advisor:
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-01-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Optimization of Polymer Enhanced Diafiltration system by studying copper removal from aqueous solutions using Lambda-carrageenan
Keyword:
Rheology
,
Equilibrium dialysis
, and
Tangential Flow Filtration
Creator:
Mathur, Aditi
Advisor:
Crusberg, Theodore C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-08-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Extraction and Partial Characterization of a Lipophilic, Fungicidal Molecule Associated with Serum Albumins
Keyword:
fungicidal
,
Candida albicans
,
albumin
, and
vaginal immunity
Creator:
Ericson, Brett Richard
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-08-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Combined Fermentation and Recovery Using Expanded Bed Chromatography
Keyword:
Pichia pastoris
and
expanded bed chromatography
Creator:
Cochran, Keith Jacob
Advisor:
Iorio, Alexander A. Di
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Evidence of an interaction between the actin cytoskeletal regulators MIG-10 and ABI-1
Keyword:
cell migration
and
actin cytoskeleton
Creator:
McShea, Molly A
Advisor:
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-08-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Sugar Control of Artemisinin Production
Keyword:
Artemisinin
,
sugar
,
signal
,
sugar analog
, and
Artemisia annua
Creator:
Wang, Yi
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
"Prediction of ""First Dose in Human"" for Radiopharmaceuticals/Imaging Agents Based on Allometric Scaling of Pharmacokinetics in Pre-Clinical Animal Models"
Keyword:
Radiopharmaceuticals
and
Alometric Scaling
Creator:
Onthank, David C
Advisor:
Bagshaw, Joseph C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Enhanced Animal Cloning: the Effects of Demecolcine on the Anaphase Promoting Complex in Mammalian Development
Keyword:
encleation
,
cloning
, and
demecolcine
Creator:
Troccolo, Paul M
Advisor:
Overstrom, Eric W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-01-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Characterization of Value Nutritions 5-Androstenediol Product and its Proliferative Effects on the LNCaP Cell Line
Keyword:
5-Androstenediol
,
Prostate cancer
, and
Nutraceuticals
Creator:
Grouf, Jaime L
Advisor:
Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-10-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Indole-3-Acetic Acid as a Quorum-sensing Molecule in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Keyword:
IAA
,
S. cerevisiae
, and
quorum sensing
Creator:
Hunter, Ally
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-08-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Mechanism of Reversal of Alzheimer's Disease A-beta Induced Neuronal Degeneration in Cultured Human SHSY Cells Using A Neurotrophic Ependymin Mimetic.
Keyword:
Caspases
,
SOD
,
Ependymins
, and
Alzheimer's
Creator:
kapoor, varun
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-07-16
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effect of a Codon Optimized DNA Prime on Induction of Anti-Influenza Protective Antibodies
Keyword:
Virus
,
Immunology
,
Antibody
,
DNA
,
Influenza
,
Virology
, and
Vaccine
Creator:
Parker, Christopher S
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
and
Politz, Samuel M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-04-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Partial Restoration of Cell Survival By A Human Ependymin Mimetic In An In Vitro Alzheimer's Disease Model
Keyword:
Ependymin
,
SHSY
,
Alzheimer's
, and
LDH
Creator:
Stovall, Kirk Hiatt
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
AP-1 Is Required For CMX-8933-Induced SOD Upregulation And Is Translocated In Response To A Human EPN Mimetic
Keyword:
Ependymin
,
Neurotrophic factor
, and
AP-1
Creator:
Saif, Sakina
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Evaluating Terminal Differentiation of Porcine Valvular Interstitial Cells In Vitro
Keyword:
TGF-B1
,
substrate
, and
valvular interstitial cell
Creator:
Hinds, Heather C
Advisor:
Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Long-term effects of habitat and management changes on steelhead production: results from an individual-based model
Keyword:
individual-based model
and
Oncorhyncus mykiss
Creator:
Bolduc, Melanie B
Advisor:
Tyler, Jeffrey A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Metal Anion Removal from Wastewater Using Chitosan in a Polymer Enhanced Diafiltration System
Keyword:
Chitosan
,
Biosorption
, and
Polymer enhanced Diafiltration
Creator:
Shetty, Ameesha R
Advisor:
Iorio, Alexander A. Di
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Telomerase Activity and Telomere Lengths in Fibroblast Cells Treated with Ependymin Peptide Mimetics
Keyword:
Ependymin
,
telomerase
, and
telomere
Creator:
Hirsch, Erica
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Ependymin Mechanism of Action: Full Length EPN VS Peptide CMX-8933
Keyword:
SOD
and
Ependymin
Creator:
Kaska, Jennifer Lynn
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Genetic differentiation in Alewife populations using microsatellite loci
Keyword:
fixation indices
,
genetic differentiation
,
microsatellite
, and
alewife
Creator:
Chilakamarri, Sunita R
Advisor:
Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-31
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effects of inoculum density, carbon concentration, and feeding scheme on the growth of transformed roots of Artemisia annua in a modified nutrient mist bioreactor
Keyword:
transformed roots
,
MIST
, and
bioreactor
Creator:
Towler, Melissa J.
Advisor:
Wyslouzil, Barbara E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Attempts to clone the Limulus ependymin gene, and the effects of a human ependymin peptide on human SHSY neuroblastoma cells
Keyword:
Limulus
,
Ependymin
,
SHSY
, and
neuroblastoma
Creator:
Arca, Turkan
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Analysis of mig-10, a Gene Involved in Nervous System Development in Caenorhabditis elegans
Keyword:
MIG-10
,
signal transduction
,
axon outgrowth
,
C. elegans
, and
cell migration
Creator:
Stovall, Elizabeth L.
Advisor:
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Phytoestrogens May Inhibit Proliferation of MCF-7 Cells, an Estrogen-Responsive Breast Adenocarcinoma Cell Line
Keyword:
PCNA
,
phytoestrogens
,
Breast Cancer
,
MCF-7
, and
genistein
Creator:
Pfeiffer, Thomas J.
Advisor:
Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Aeration and Mode of Nutrient Delivery Affects Growth Of Peas in a Controlled Environment
Keyword:
Oxygen
,
pisum sativum
,
root hypoxia
,
advanced life support
,
bioregenerative life support
,
ethylene
, and
carbon dioxide
Creator:
Romagnano, Joseph F.
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-01-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Evidence for the existence of juvenile hormone in the horseshoe crab
Keyword:
horseshoe crab
,
juvenile hormone
, and
Limulus
Creator:
Levin, Tracy M
Advisor:
Gibson, Daniel G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Spatial and Temporal Coordination of oskar mRNA Localization and Translation During Drosophila Oogenesis
Keyword:
oogenesis
,
Drosophila
,
oskar mRNA
, and
axis specification
Creator:
Koppetsch, Birgit S.
Advisor:
Theurkauf, William
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Ependymin Peptide Mimetics That Assuage Ischemic Damage Increase Gene Expression of the Anti-Oxidative Enzyme SOD
Keyword:
Anti-Oxidative Enzyme SOD
and
Ependymin
Creator:
Parikh, Suchi Vipin
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Environmental Quality Assessment of Georges Bank for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Keyword:
Georges Bank
,
Atlantic cod
, and
environmental quality
Creator:
Sellers, Ana M.
Advisor:
Tyler, Jeffrey A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Using DNA Fingerprinting to Assess Genetic Structure of the Vernal Pool Amphibian Rana sylvatica
Keyword:
vernal pool conservation
,
DNA fingerprinting
,
wood frog
,
fragmented habitat
, and
Rana sylvatica
Creator:
Beatini, Salvatore J.
Advisor:
Robakiewicz, Philip E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Synthetic Genes for Antimicrobial Peptides
Keyword:
Antimicrobial peptides
,
synthetic genes
, and
protegrins
Creator:
Borrelli, Alexander P
Advisor:
Bagshaw, Joseph C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Cloning and Expression of Plasmids Encoding Multimers of Antimicrobial Peptides Indolicidin and PGQ
Keyword:
expression
,
Antimicrobial peptides
, and
multimerization
Creator:
Morin, Kimberly M
Advisor:
Mello, Charlene
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effects of artificial polyploidy in transformed roots of Artemisia annua L.
Keyword:
tetraploid
,
Artemisinin
,
hairy roots
, and
secondary metabolites
Creator:
De Jesus, Larry
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
In Vitro Analysis of FGF-23 Induced Gene Expression
Keyword:
microarray
,
expression
,
growth
,
phosphate
,
factor
,
fibroblast
,
RT-PCR
,
gene
,
real
,
time
,
phosphatonin
, and
FGF-23
Creator:
Pazmany, Csaba C.
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-01-14
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Developing Compatible Techniques for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Stroke Pathophysiology
Keyword:
physiology
,
animal models
,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
,
pathology
,
stroke
, and
MRI
Creator:
Brevard, Mathew E.
Advisor:
Ferris, Craig F.
,
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
, and
Gibson, Daniel G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-09-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Survival and Differentiation of Implanted Skeletal Myoblasts in the Native and in the Cryoinjured Myocardium
Keyword:
desmin
,
cryoinjury
,
myosin heavy chain
,
infarction
,
differentiation
,
dexamethasone
, and
myoblasts
Creator:
Razvadauskaite, Giedre
Advisor:
Molnar, Gyongyi
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-01-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Two genes, dig-1 and mig-10, involved in nervous system development in C. elegans
Keyword:
MIG-10
,
dig-1
,
C. elegans
, and
nervous
Creator:
Burket, Christopher T
Advisor:
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-11-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Analysis of Telomerase Activity and Telomere Lengths in Human Umbilical Cord Cell Populations During Ex Vivo Amplification of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Keyword:
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
,
Telomerase Activity
, and
Telomere Lengths
Creator:
Chomal, Manish R
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-12-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
DNA Binding Activities in Cerebellar Granule Cell Neurons Recognizing the Promoter for The GABA(A)-alpha6 Receptor Subunit
Keyword:
NF-1
and
granule cell neuron
Creator:
Stock, Rachel E.
Advisor:
Kilpatrick, Daniel L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-08-22
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Telomerase Activity in Human Umbilical Cord Cell Populations Containing Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Keyword:
Umbilbical cord blood
and
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Creator:
Murthy, Vidya
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Activation of TNF alpha, IL1-beta and Type-i IFn Pathways in human umbilical vein endothelial cells During Dengue 2 Virus Infection
Keyword:
Type-I IFN
,
Dengue virus
,
IL1-beta
, and
TNF-alpha
Creator:
Warke, Rajas V
Advisor:
Bosch, Irene
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-04-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Developmentally Interesting Cytokines Upregulated During Human Stem Cell Amplification In Vitro
Keyword:
Stem cells
and
cytokines
Creator:
Amaral, Lizabeth Pereira
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-04-22
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
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