Theses from 2023
A Study of Tissue-Specific Rho Signaling Activation During Tubular Organ Formation in Drosophila, Charlotte Jean-Louise Adams
SVIP Dependent Tubular Lysosomal Restoration: A New Direction in VCP Diseases, Ankita Basu
Determination of the Internal Return Mechanism Catalyzed by Enzyme VldE: Molecular Dynamics Analysis, Derek Rodney Bratcher
Switch-like Behavior of Lysosomes and VCP Supports Spermatocyte Health and Development in Drosophila, Tyler James Butsch
The Kinetic Characterization of Malonyl-CoA Reductase, Mirela Cavuzic
Functional Domains of the HSV-1 UL37 Protein in Virus Infectivity and Retrograde Transport in Neurons, Carolyn Clark
Predicted Structure and Functional Roles of Alphaherpesvirus Tegument Protein UL37 in Virion Morphogenesis and Innate Immunity, Therese Marie Collantes
The Global Transcription Factor Fur Is Activated by Binding a [2Fe-2S] Cluster to Maintain Iron Homeostasis in Escherichia coli, Chelsey Rene Fontenot
Influence of Metabolic Interventions on Animal Aging and Lifespan, Bhaswati Ghosh
Using Machine Learning to Measure Changes in Immunity due to Climate Change in the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, Nathaniel T. Haulk
The Impacts of Immune Challenges on Fish Behavior and Physiology, Teisha King
YEAST CRF1P: AN ACTIVATOR IN NEED IS AN ACTIVATOR INDEED, Sanjay Kumar
Evaluating Vaccine Management Strategies for Edwardsiella ictaluri Infections in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Brandy Malbrough
The Regulation of Autoimmunity Genes in Pancreatic β-Cells by NF-κB, Thomas Malone Martin
Tissue Resident Regulatory T Cells and Immunopathology During Influenza Infections, Michael McGee
Characterizing MarR Homologs That Mediate Bacterial Fitness and Survival, George Chukwuemeka Nwokocha
Integrative Taxonomy, Systematics, And Natural History of Two Understudied New Guinean Snake Lineages (Elapidae, Toxicocalamus Boulenger, 1896; Natricidae, Tropidonophis Jan, 1863), Jackson Ryan Roberts
A Klebsiella Pneumoniae Membrane Protein Family Required for Antibiotic Resistance, Capsule Formation, and Virulence, Vijay Tiwari
INVESTIGATIONS OF EMERGING ZOONOTIC AND VECTOR-BORNE VIRUSES AT THE JUNCTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN, AND ANIMAL HEALTH, Erik A. Turner
Effects of a Major Hurricane on Dynamics, Structure, and Composition of Mississippi River Delta Forests, Lance C. Umlang
The Role of Metallothioneins in Copper Homeostasis in Arabidopsis, Matthew Vandal
Regulatory mechanisms of epithelial tube formation during Drosophila embryogenesis, Vishakha Vishwakarma
Neural Mechanisms of Resiliency and Susceptibility After Repeated Social Defeat, Christy R. Wayne
The Characterization of Selected α- and β-Carbonic Anhydrases of Arabidopsis thaliana, Hiruni Weerasooriya
Dissertations from 2022
Understanding Community Assembly Processes of Foundation Species Within Hyper-diverse Ecosystems, Carrie Barker
Inhibition of Biotin Carboxylase by Three Antibacterial Compounds, Matt Craft
Insights into the Speciation Process from Genomic and Phenotypic Analysis of an Avian Hybrid Zone in Amazonia, Glaucia Christina Del-Rio
Evolution of Freshwater Fishes in the Northern Neotropics, Diego Elias
A Membrane Transporter Required for Quorum Sensing and Virulence of the Rice Pathogen Burkholderia Glumae, Asif Iqbal
ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY OF FECAL MICROBIOMES OF FRATERCULA ARCTICA AND CROSS-COMPARISON OF FECAL MICROBIOMES OF DIFFERENT AVIAN FEEDING TYPES, Eric Jose Ramon Martinez
Effects of Riverine Barriers on Avian Evolution in the Amazon Basin, Andre Eugene Moncrieff
Consequences of Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Tropical Cyclone Disturbance Regimes for Fish Assemblage Dynamics Conditionally Depend on Life-History Traits and Niche Characteristics, Stephen Edward Potts
Drug Resistance in the Canine Filarial Parasite, Dirofilaria immitis: Emergence and Clinical Epidemiology in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, Cassan Nicole Pulaski
The Importance of CO2 Recapture in the CO2 Concentrating Mechanism of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, Ashwani Rai
A Subspecies-Level Database of Amazonian Bird Distributions, with Inferences on Suture Zones and Conservation, Marco Antonio Rego
Chloride Channels that Mediate a Transient Nitric Oxide-dependent Synaptic Polarity Switch in Retinal Amacrine Cells., Tyler Christopher Rodriguez
Sodium Mediates Developmentally Plastic Responses in Plants and Herbivores, Luis Santiago-Rosario
Role of CD38 in Pulmonary Host Defense against Gram-negative Pneumonia, Xiaoqian Shan
Graph-Based Computational Approach to The Study Of Cancer Pharmacotherapy, Manali Singha
Comparative Genomics and Virulence Studies of Streptomyces Soil Rot and Scab Pathogen Species, Natasha Soares
REDOX TRANSITION OF IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS IN MITONEET, Homyra Tasnim
Novel Roles for Viral GPCRs in CMV Latency and Immunity, Timothy White
The Association of CUZD1 and STAT5 in Adipocytes, Zachary Wigger
Spatiotemporal Transcriptome Diversity and Responses to Salinity Tolerance in the Extremophyte Schrenkiella Parvula, Chathura Wijesinghege
Dissertations from 2021
Late Embryogenesis Abundant Proteins and Mitochondrial Membranes from An Animal Extremophile: Insights into Severe Water Stress, John Marcus Anderson
Functional and Phenotypic Evaluation of Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Heart, Cassandra Marie Bonavita
Coilin Expression During Nucleolar Stress in the Drosophila Brain, Kathryn Rose DeLeo
Distribution, Diversity, and Biogeography of Anaerobic Carbon Monoxide Uptake by Microbial Communities in Soils and Sediments, Amber N. DePoy
Role of AIM2 Inflammasome in Pulmonary Host Defense Against Staphylococcus aureus-induced Pneumonia, Bibek Dhakal
Genome-Wide Analysis Of Peg3 Downstream Genes, Subash Ghimire
Evolution of Extreme Habitat Specialists in the Dark: Cavefishes and Anglerfishes, Pamela Hart
Transgenerational Effects of Parental Crude Oil Exposure on Gulf Killifish Morphology and Fitness, Chelsea Dakota Hess
Genetic Structuring and Community Assembly in Neotropical Birds, Oscar Johnson
Micro- and Macroevolution of Drab Plumage Color in Birds, Rafael Marcondes
Determinants of Fine-Scale Heterogeneity in Mosquito-Borne Virus Systems, Elizabeth Handly Mayton
Genomic Studies of BEAF-32 in Drosophila, John Keller McKowen III
Evidence for Perchlorate-Coupled Molybdenum and Nickel Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase CO Oxidation and Characterization of Novel Perchlorate-Reducing Haloarchaea, Marisa Russell Myers
Insights into Abscisic Acid and Phosphatidic Acid Signal Transduction Dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana, Ruth Wanjiru Ndathe
The Role of a DedA Family Membrane Protein in Maintaining Extreme Polymyxin Resistance of Burkholderia thailandensis, Pradip Raj Panta
Understanding Potassium Toxicity Stress Responses of the Extremophyte Schrenkiella Parvula Using Systems Biology Approaches, Pramod Pantha
Historical DNA Solves an Evolutionary Mystery and Explains the Origin of a Novel Phenotype in the New World Quails, Jessie Frances Salter
The Evolution of Dietary Adaptations in Small Mammals: From Muscles to Microbes, Mark Thomas Swanson
Investigation of Arabidopsis Extremophyte Relatives, Schrenkiella parvula and Eutrema salsugineum Reveals Different Roads Leading to Salt Stress Tolerance, Kieu-Nga Thi Tran
Informing Viral Surveillance of Oropouche Virus: an emerging arbovirus, Christine E. Walsh
Theses from 2020
Do Ground Layer Microhabitats in Old-Growth Pine Savanna Influence Recruitment of Longleaf Pine?, Matthew Blanchard
Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Reproduction and Ontogeny of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis), Charles Alexander Brown
Regulation of MPCs and KAT8 During Adipogenesis and Nutritional Regulation, Jasmine Burrell
The Evolution of Bivalve Shell Matrix Proteins, Mark Ira Duhon II
Natural Variation and Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change Stressors in Marine Invertebrates, Joanna Sarah Griffiths
Edwardsiella Ictaluri Is Capable of Persisting in Channel Catfish by Evading Host T Cell and Cell Death Responses, Elizabeth Watts Griggs
The Effects of Radical Containing Combustion Derived Particulate Matter in Adult Mouse Respiratory System, Jeffrey Harding
Habitat Fragmentation and Range Margin Effects on Dispersal and Interactions between Competitors, Rachel Roxann Harman
Biogeography of Biological Control: Spatial Variation in Agent-Host Interactions, Nathan Harms
Insights into Desiccation Tolerance: Properties of Late Embryogenesis Abundant Proteins from Embryos of Artemia franciscana, Blase Matthew LeBlanc
Function, History, and Ecology in the Exceptional Radiation of Murine Rodents, Jonathan Allen Nations
The Roles of Host Species, Geographic Scale and Environmental Stressors in Shaping the Composition of Coral Microbiomes, Alicia Marie Riegel Parker
Evolution of Green Blood in New Guinea Lizards: Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Comparative Genomics, Zachary Rodriguez
Genomics and Population History of Black-headed Bulbul (Brachypodius atriceps) Color Morphs, Subir B. Shakya
Sexually Dimorphic Oxytocin Receptor-Expressing Neurons In The Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus Regulates Maternal Behavior, Kaustubh Sharma
Investigating the Role of TORC1 and the Transcription Factor Sfp1p in the Regulation of HMO1 Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mathew Damien Smith
From Regulation of Secondary Metabolites to Increased Virulence under Sublethal Dosage of Antibiotics: An Unprecedented Role of Global Regulator, MftR, in Burkholderia thailandensis, Sudarshan Singh Thapa
Molecular Mechanisms of Boron Toxicity Tolerance in Plants, Guannan Wang
Functions of CDK/cyclin Complexes in Endoreplication Regulation by the CDK Inhibitor SIAMESE, Kai Wang
Dissertations from 2019
Characterizing the Roles of Nuclear Proteins DBC1, G9A, and GLP in Adipocyte Function and Metabolic Health, Ashley Ann Able
The Use of Geospatial Modeling and Novel Diagnostics to Detect and Map Risk Factors of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Feira de Santana, Brazil, Ryan Harry Avery
The Drosophila Neuroblasts: A Model System For Human Ribosomopathies, Sonu Shrestha Baral
Insights into the Role of Vibrio PecS - a MarR Bacterial Transcriptional Regulator., Nabanita Bhattacharyya
Phylogeny and Evolution of Swallows (Hirundinidae) With a Transcriptomic Perspective on Seasonal Migration, Clare Elisabeth Brown
Composition and Ecology of Avian Communities Along Elevational Gradients in Borneo, Ryan Christian Burner
The Impact of Anthropogenic Noise on Fish Behavior, Communication, and Development, Julie Butler
Dynamical Modeling in Cell Biology with Ordinary Differential Equations, Renee Marie Dale
Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly; In vivo Analysis of the Methanogenic SUF System, Evan Dunkle
Characterization of Bunyamwera, Batai, and Ngari Viruses: Unrecognized Arboviruses of One Health Importance in Rwanda, Marie Fausta Dutuze