Dissertations from 2012
Modeling effects of instream variables, land use, and life history attributes on community structure of freshwater mussels in Louisiana streams, Wesley Michael Daniel
The role of gylcoprotein K (gK) in the ocular and neuropathogenesis of herpes simplex virus-type 1 (HSV-1), Andrew Timothy David
Koutango: under reported arboviral disease in West Africa, Jaime Matias de Araujo Lobo
Invasion of smooth brome into North American tall-grass prairies: impact on native plant/herbivore species and mechanisms responsible for successful invasion, Forrest Paul Dillemuth
The functional morphology of the intermandibulo-cervical envelope of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Brooke Hopkins Dubansky
Effects of hurricanes and fires on understory hardwoods in pine savannas, Darin Ellair
Characterization of the Promoter and Insulator Activities of the Scs' Insulator, Yu Ge
Bird ecology and conservation in Peru's high Andean petlands, Richard Edward Gibbons
Development and characterization of a murine model of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Britton Grasperge
Effects of coastal dynamics on colonization of Louisiana wetland plants by fungal endophytes, Demetra Kandalepas
Autoregulation of the TFC6 promoter and effects of mis-expression of TFC6 protein levels, Kimberly Le Blanc
Immunization of West Nile recombinant envelope Domain III with equine CD40 ligand protein vaccine induced specific immune response in rabbits and horses, Shiliang Anthony Liu
Ecological speciation of King rails (Rallus elegans) and Clapper rails (Rallus longirostris), James Michael Maley
Generation and characterization of high CO₂ requiring mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Yunbing Ma
Environmental and landscape determinants of population genetic structure and diversity of the great fruit-eating bat, Artibeus lituratus, in Atlantic forest remnants in South America, Eve Sutherland McCulloch
Defense gland protein from Coptotermes formosanus, Ioan-Horia Negulescu
Metabolic downregulation during diapause in embryos of Artemia franciscana, Yuvraj Nanasaheb Patil
Genomic Expression Response to Experimentally-Weathered South Louisiana Crude Oil in Gulf Killifish Profiled Across Tissues, Doses and Time., Whitney Rose Pilcher
Unraveling Ecological Effects on Social Behavior. Insights from Tent-roosting Bats, Maria Sagot
Insights into the role of PFKFB3 in cancer, Minsuh Seo
Investigating the physiological roles of YqjA and YghB: members of the conserved DedA membrane protein family in Escherichia coli, Rakesh Sikdar
Diversity of yeasts associated with wood and the gut of wood-feeding insects, Hector Raul Urbina
Investigation of the Growth and Survival of Bacteria from Mars Analog Environments When Exposed to Mars-like Conditions, Bharathi Vallalar
RSD-2 mediates RDE-4-independent antiviral silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans, Rui Zhang
Osmoregulation and acid-base tolerance in fish, Shujun Zhang
Theses from 2011
Costs and benefits of induced responses in soybean, Amanda K. Accamando
Arginine metabolism in the Edwardsiella ictaluri- channel catfish macrophage dynamic, Wes Arend Baumgartner
Inhibition and nucleic acid binding studies of the carboxyltransferase component of bacterial acetyl-CoA carboxylase, Brian Benson
Arbovirus phenotype alters transmission potential, Rebecca C. Christofferson
The ecology of congeneric resprouters and reseeders (Hypericum spp.) along fire-frequented pine savanna ecoclines, Raelene Marie Crandall
What is the importance of oil and gas platforms in the community structure and diet of benthic and demersal communities in the Gulf of Mexico?, Sara Terrebonne Daigle
Comparative biogeography of the arid lands of central Mexico, Jesus Abraham Fernandez
Characterization of Spiroplasma mirum and its role in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Hilari Maree French
Identification of genetic and environmental factors that control exopolysaccharide expression and phase variation in the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus, Katherine Garrison-Schilling
Structural and functional insights of human 5-lipoxygenase, Nathaniel Carson Gilbert
Insights into the Molecular Mechanism of Streptomyces ipomoeae Pathogenesis: Thaxtomin C Biosynthesis and Regulation, Dongli Guan
Functional analysis of Nopp140 and P5CDh1 in Drosophila melanogaster, Fang He
Evolutionary history of isolation and dispersal in North American ground skinks (Scinella lateralis), Nathan Daniel Jackson
Regulation of gene expression by chromatin boundary elements, Richard Alton Kleinschmidt
Effects of granivores and herbivores on pine savanna groundcover vegetation, Ellen Ruth Leichty
Population-level responses of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, to chronic nutrient enrichment in a New England salt marsh, Konner Chadwick Lockfield
Mapping and modeling of neglected tropical diseases in Brazil and Bolivia, Paula Mischler
HMO2, a yeast HMGB protein that preferentially binds to DNA ends, Sreerupa Ray
Manganese (II) and Protein Oxidation as Determinants of Bacterial Ionizing Radiation Resistance, Jana Ronnette Robins
Biochemical and genetic insights into asukamycin biosynthesis, Zhe Rui
The expression of cardiotrophin-1 is differentially regulated in murine and human obesity type II diabetes, Kelesha Crystal Sarjeant
The tick response to Rickettsial dissemination during typical and atypical Rickettsial infection, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn
Calcium-dependent mechanisms in the chicken retina, Merve Tekmen
Diversity gradients at geographic scales: effects of environmental characteristics and stochastic diversification, Juan Sebastian Tello
The biological activity of rare carbohydrates and cyclitols in Coptotermes formosanus, Lucas James Veillon
Seed rain and advance regeneration in secondary succession in the Brazilian Amazon, Lindsay Michelle Wieland
Thermodynamics of DNA binding and break repair by the Pol I DNA polymerases from Escherichia coli and Thermus aquaticus, Yanling Yang
Dissertations from 2010
Structure and organization of canopy bird assemblages in lowland neotropical rainforests, David Lawrence Anderson
Predator-prey interaction in estuarine bivalves: size selection, effects of salinity, and indirect interactions, Barry Richard Aronhime
Testing models of biological diversification: morphological evolution and cladogenesis in the neotropical furnariidae (Aves: Passeriformes), Santiago Javier Claramunt Tammaro
The evolution of freeze tolerance in a historically tropical snail, Alice B. Dennis
In vitro and in vivo evaluation of a Brucella putative hemagglutinin, Lauren E. Duhon
Population genetics and systematics of a species-rich clade of Neotropical reef fishes, the tubeblenny genus Acanthemblemaria, Ron Israel Eytan
Evolution of YY1, YY2, REX1 and DNA-binding motifs in vertebrate genomes, Christopher Don Faulk
The role of bone marrow in SIV pathogenesis using the Rhesus macaque model, Amy F. Gill
A study of passalid beetle prokaryote and yeast gut symbionts, Stephanie Rachelle Gross
Mechanisms Promoting Spatial and Temporal Variability in Plant Defense, Alyssa Stocks Hakes
14-3-3 sigma interacts with liver X receptor beta, Emily Ann Jackson
Connections between individual dispersal behavior and the multi-scale distribution of a saproxylic beetle, Heather Bird Jackson
Functional characterization of a zinc finger protein AEBP2, Hana Kim
Evolutionary dynamics of bird populations in Southeast Asia, Haw Chuan Lim
Comparative studies of innate host defense mechanisms against virulent and avirulent species of microsporidia, Amber Lynn Mathews
Modulation of Cholinergic Signaling in Embryonic Zebrafish: Anatomical and Behavioral Consequences, Evdokia Menelaou
Retrotransposon-mediated genomic dynamism, Thomas Joshua Meyer
Ecological assembly of high-diversity plant communities: dispersal, competition, and environmental filtering in longleaf pine savannas, Jonathan Andrew Myers
The role of physical and ecological barriers in the diversification process of birds in the Guiana Shield, northern Amazonia, Luciano Nicolás Naka
Embyronic Nicotine Exposure and Its Impact on Spinal Neuron Development in Zebrafish, Latoya Telameca Paul
Urate responsive MarR homologs, Inoka Chinthana Perera
Patterns and mechanisms of the exploitation of mutualisms, Ellen McGrail Reid
Functional characterization of a non-cytoplasmically localized Dps protein from Deinococcus radiodurans, Brian Reon
Genetic and cytological investigation of Nucleostemin-1 in Drosophila melanogaster, Raphyel Ojomo Rosby
OspC in the pathogenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi, Sunita V. Seemanapalli
In vivo and in vitro pathogenesis of Francisella asiatica in tilapia nilotica (Oreochromis niloticus), Esteban Soto
The conserved dedA family of E. coli membrane proteins: genetic and topological analysis, Kandi Sheral Thompkins
Signaling of integrin lower leg and transmembrane domains, Wei Wang
Reproduction in female diploid and triploid eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica): comparison of gonadal changes correlated with prostaglandin E2, Esther Faith Young
Theses from 2009
Characterization of endoreplicated nuclei in Arabidopsis thaliana, Rasheed A. Ahmad
Biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters and intracellular iron metabolism, Jacob Philip Bitoun
Collpas as activity hotspots for frugivorous bats (Stenodermatinae) in the Peruvian Amazon: underlying mechanisms and conservation implications, Adriana Bravo Ordonez
Investigations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ergosterol biosynthesis, Kristy Marie Brumfield
Comparative phylogeography of Neotropical birds, Curtis Wade Burney
Innate Immune Responses in the Central Nervous System Following Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 7 and TLR9 Activation, Niranjan Babu Butchi
Influence of tick transmission on the host response to Rickettsial infection, Soma Chowdhury
Testicular toxicity and the potential for 1, 2 -ethlyene dichloride (EDC) to initiate epigenetic disruption of the paternal genome, Harold J. Daigle
The effects of geomorphology and primary productivity on neotropical leaf litter herpetofauna: implications for Amazonian rainforest conservation, Jessica L. Deichmann
Characterization of the 'glutamate effect' on the solution thermodynamics and function of the large fragments of the type I DNA polymerases from E.coli and T.aquaticus, Daniel J. Deredge
Functional implications of the neuromuscular transform in decapod crustacean locomotion, Richard Burkett Dewell
Detection of stress biomarkers in sperm, embryonic, and early larval states of aquatic invertebrates following pesticide exposure, Karen Perry Favret
Development and application of Dissociable Antibody Microarray (DAMA) staining technique, Guanyuan Fu
A systematic investigation into relationships within Mexican pocket gophers, Thomomys umbrinus (Rodentia Geomyidae), Amber Gates
Evidence that the Boundary Element-Associated Factors BEAF-32A and BEAF-32B affect chromatin structure in Drosophila melanogaster, Matthew Kenneth Gilbert