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Author:

Sutherland, Catherine

Title:

Developments in Structure Based Drug Design: A Promising Method for Targeting Rifampicin Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA Polymerase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Rifampicin
Rifampin
Resistance

File:

Download Sutherland_MSThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Katsuhiko Murakami, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Jean-Paul Armache, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Joyce Jose, Committee Member

Author:

Kopp, Dale

Title:

A Motif in the ExbD Disordered Domain Mediates TonB System Signal Transduction

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TonB
Signal transduction
ExbD
ExbB
Intrinsic disordered regions
Conserved motifs
protein-protein interactions

File:

Download Dale_Kopp_-_Dissertation-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Postle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Outside Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Singh, Suprita

Title:

Characterizing the functional role of the transcriptional regulator PfAP2-G2 in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Plasmodium falciparum
AP2-G2

File:

Download Suprita_Singh_Thesis_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf

Committee Members:

Manuel Llinas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manuel Llinas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Eugene Lindner, Committee Member
Shaun Mahony, Committee Member
Andrew Fraser Read, Outside Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shin, Yeonoh

Title:

Structural Basis of Bacterial Transcription: Investigation of Mechanisms of Reiterative Transcription and Ribosomal RNA Transcription by X-ray Crystallography and Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Transcription
RNA polymerase
X-ray crystallography
Cryo-electron microscopy
Ribosomal RNA
Reiterative transcription

File:

Download YeonohShin_DissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Katsuhiko Murakami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Babitzke, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Outside Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wasilko, Nathan

Title:

Sulfur Acquisition by the Marine Bacterium Vibrio fischeri Promotes the Establishment of a Mutualistic Symbiosis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Vibrionaceae
sulfate assimilation
squid-vibrio
sulfur
symbiosis

File:

Download Wasilko_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ken Keiler, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Outside Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lesnansky, Alana

Title:

The Search for Novel Proteins Involved in the TonB-Dependent Energy Transduction System

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TonB
ExbB
Overproduction Lethality
Proline
Escherichia coli

File:

Download Thesis_Alana_Lesnansky.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Charles Meredith, Committee Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Soulier, Nathan

Title:

Light-harvesting proteins and complexes in cyanobacteria acclimated to far-red and low-light conditions

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Photosynthesis
Cyanobacteria
Phycobiliprotein
Phycobilisome
Allophycocyanin
Far-Red Light Photoacclimation
Low-Light Photoacclimation
Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Phycocyanobilin
Cyanobacteriochromes
Photoacclimation
Light Harvesting

File:

Download Nathan_Soulier_Thesis_Final_7-8-21.pdf

Committee Members:

Don Bryant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Don Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Outside Member
Timothy Charles Meredith, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kho, Kelvin

Title:

Identification and Elucidation of the Roles of Lipoteichoic Acid Tailoring Enzymes in the Cell Envelope of Staphylococcus aureus and Other Firmicutes

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Staphylococcus aureus
Firmicutes
Cell envelope
Teichoic acid
Lipoteichoic acid
Glycosylation
Gram-positive

File:

Download Kho_K_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Charles Meredith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Charles Meredith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ken Keiler, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Outside Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Palowitch, Gavin

Title:

Structural basis for diverse metallocofactor usage in class I ribonucleotide reductases from bacterial pathogens

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ribonucleotide reductase
RNR
metallocofactor
bacterial pathogens
biochemistry
bioinorganic chemistry
class I
iron
manganese
tyrosyl radical
radical chemistry
PCET

File:

Download Palowitch_dissertation_2021_final_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Amie Kathleen Boal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Manuel Llinas, Outside Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xin, Xiaoran

Title:

The Characterization of Cellulose Biosynthesis Regulators and Their Influence on Cell Wall Architecture

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

cellulose synthesis
cell wall
cellulose synthase

File:

Download 2020_Xiaoran_Xin_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ying Gu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ying Gu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh-Hui Kao, Committee Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Sarah Mary Assmann, Outside Member
Paul Babitzke, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair