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Author:

Fuentes, Daniela E.

Title:

Dynamics Of Molecules And Membranes During The Early Stages Of Focal Adhesion Formation

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Mechanotransduction
endothelial cell
focal adhesion
membrane raft
adhesion

File:

Download Fuentes_Daniela_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Butler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Koback, Meghan Jo

Title:

Giant Lipid Vesicles Encapsulating A Synthetic Cytoplasm As A Model System To Investigate Cellular Fission and Differentiation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ATPS
Aqueous phase separation
Aqueous Two-Phase System
Polyethylene glycol
Dextran
Giant Vesicles (GVs)
lipid bilayer
vesicles
liposomes

File:

Download thesis_4_9_12_130pm.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Special Member

Author:

Khanna, Payal

Title:

Role of CD82 tetraspanins in regulation of extracellular signals within the tumor microenvironment during transendothelial migration

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

tetraspanins
cytokines
melanoma
cadherins
cancer
endothelial

File:

Download Thesis_draft_July_3rd.pdf

Committee Members:

Cheng Dong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Margaret June Slattery, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Special Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Special Member

Author:

Sutermaster, Bryan A

Title:

Development of Novel Ultra-Deformable Cationic Liposomes for siRNA Delivery to Fibrous Tumors

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

liposome
siRNA
cancer
drug delivery

File:

Download SutermasterThesis2012_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor