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Author:: Davis, Bradley William
Title:: Characterization of Intracellular Organization within Aqueous Biphasic Systems Serving as Cellular Mimics
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: aqueous phase separation
partitioning
sequential enzymes
coacervate
macromolecular crowding
File:: Download Davis_Bradley_PhD_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

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Author:: Erbakan, Mustafa
Title:: Advancing Rhodobacter sphaeroides for Functional Expression of Medically and Industrially Relevant Membrane Proteins
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Membrane Proteins
Heterologous Expression
Aquaporin
Cellulose synthase
Proteopolymersome
File:: Download Mustafa_Erbakan_Dissertation_07-21-2014_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Sheereen Majdzarringhalamaraghy, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

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Author:: Moroney, George J
Title:: Characterization of Early Membrane Adhesion Activity with a Drift-corrected Optical Trap
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Focal adhesions
mechanotransduction
optical trap
drift correction
File:: Download Moroney_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Taylor, Joshua Ollen
Title:: Toward a Computational Model for Macroscopic Predictions of Device-induced Thrombosis
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: thrombosis
computational fluid dynamics
medical device
platelet adhesion
magnetic resonance imaging
LDV
File:: Download Taylor_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Keefe B Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Scott Meyer, Committee Member
Thomas Neuberger, Committee Member
Dr Brent Craven, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member

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Author:: Vanarsdale, Eric Scott
Title:: Fabrication and Characterization of Hydrogel-filled Nanoliposomes for Applications in Nanomedicine
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: liposomes
nanomedicine
nanoparticles
File:: Download Eric_VanArsdale_Masters_Thesis_-_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Sheereen Majd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Li, Shihui
Title:: Programmable hydrogels for cell catch and release
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Hydrogel
aptamer
restriction endonuclease
cell adhesion
molecular reconfiguration
nondestructive cell release
File:: Download Dissertation-Shihui_Li.pdf
Committee Members:: Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member

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Author:: Frazzette, Nicholas James
Title:: Comparing Novel Techniques for Measuring the Bending Modulus of Lipid Bilayer Membranes in Erythrocytes
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: mechanobiology
bending modulus
mechanotransduction
lipid bilayers
membrane bending
erythrocytes
TCSPC
fluorescence
File:: Download Frazzette_MS_Thesis_v3.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Zhang, Yao
Title:: Mechanics in erythrocytes and multicellular structures
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: red blood cell
deformability
coarse-grained modeling
traction force
multicellular structures
epithelium dispersion
File:: Download YaoZhang_dissertation_2016.pdf
Committee Members:: Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member

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Author:: Park, Soohyun
Title:: Development of Proteoliposome- and Nanowell-based Platforms to Assess P-glycoprotein Transport Activity
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Giant liposome
P-glycoprotein
Multidrug resistance
Pore-spanning bilayer
File:: Download SPark_doctoral_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sheereen Majd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sheereen Majd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Outside Member
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Kang, You Jung
Title:: MIMICKING AND TARGETING BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES USING GIANT PROTEOLIPOSOME AND POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Giant Unilamellar Vesicles
Hydrogel
Nanoparticles
Nanoprecipitation
Electroformation
File:: Download Thesis_fianl_YJ.pdf
Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sheereen Majd, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
James R Connor, Outside Member
Sheereen Majd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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