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Author:

Harouaka, Ramdane

Title:

A Flexible Micro Spring Array for Viable Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Circulating Tumor Cell
CTC
Cell Enrichment
Microfiltration
BioMEMS
Cancer Metastasis

File:

Download Ramdane_Harouaka_Dissertation_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Siyang Zheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siyang Zheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Trivedi, Darshan V

Title:

Allosteric Communication and Force Generation in Myosin Motors

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

Myosin
Actin
FRET
Motor Proteins

File:

Download DT_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Martin Yengo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Martin Yengo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa M Shantz, Committee Member
Thomas E Spratt, Special Member
Blaise Peterson, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Espah Borujeni, Ehsan Allah

Title:

Purification of plasmid DNA using membrane-based processes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Plasmid ultrafiltration
Plasmid isoforms separation
Plasmid purification
Membrane fouling
Backpulsing in ultrafiltration

File:

Download Ehsan_Allah_Espah_Borujeni-_PhD_Dissertation-Submitted_to_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Yalei

Title:

Investigating the cellular functions of kinesin, microtubules and +TIPs using in vitro reconstitution, microscale engineering and novel statistical techniques

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

microtubule
kinesin
cellulose synthase
spindle
micro-fabrication
in vitro reconstitution
statistics

File:

Download Thesis_Mater_20141209_unlink.pdfDownload Movie_3.1_microtubule_zippering.aviDownload Movie_3.2_microtubule_Curls2.avi

Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Long, Melissa Katherine

Title:

Identifying the function of kinesin-13 family members and how they contribute to neuronal development.

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

kinesin-13
Klp59C
Klp10A
neuronal development
microtubules
cell polarity

File:

Download MelissaLong_MastersThesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wendy Hanna Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Binabaji, Elaheh

Title:

Ultrafiltration of Highly Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrafiltration
Memebrane
Concentration
Formulation
Monoclonal antibodies
Biotechnology
Purification

File:

Download Ela_Binabaji-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Axe, Jennifer Michelle

Title:

Investigations of the dynamic amino acid networks in the alpha-subunit of tryptophan synthase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

tryptophan synthase
NMR
CHESCA
amino acid networks

File:

Download Axe_Dissertation_eTD_upload_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tian

Title:

From Structure to Dynamics: Direct Visualization of Primary Plant Cell Walls by Atomic Force Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

plant cell walls
AFM
dynamics
biomechanics
loosening
growth

File:

Download Tian_Zhang_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Deffenbaugh, Nathan C

Title:

Single-molecule microscopy step detection algorithms: kinesin motor proteins and the cellulose synthesis complex

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

single-molecule microscopy
step detection
kinesin
motor proteins
cellulose synthesis complex
hidden Markov models

File:

Download DeffenbaughNathan_MastersThesis_May2015_1.pdf

Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Li

Title:

Investigation of the molecular basis underlying a multi-step model of axon injury responses

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

axon regeneration
neuroprotection
microtubules
gamma-tubulin
Nmnat
DLK
JNK
fos
caspases
mitochondria

File:

Download ChenDissertationJuly15.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member