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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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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, C. elegans, pathogenesis assay, BLI-3, Candida , 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

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

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

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

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

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 C. elegans

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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