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Author:

Stephen, Camille Simone

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS INVOLVED IN IRON REDUCTION AND BIOFILM FORMATION IN GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Geobacter sulfurreducens
biofilm
iron reduction
electrode

File:

Download Camille_Stephen_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Tien, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Tien, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Cruz, Francisco

Title:

IDENTIFYING REDOX PARTNERS AND A ROLE IN OXIDATIVE STRESS FOR IRON-SULFUR FLAVOPROTEIN (ISF) FROM METHANOSARCINA THERMOPHILA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Iron-sulfur flavoprotein
oxidative stress
methanosarcina thermophila

File:

Download PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
J Martin Bollinger Jr, Committee Member
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Christopher Falzone, Committee Member

Author:

Graham, Joel Edward

Title:

Carotenoid biosynthesis in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002: Identification of the enzymes and the carotenoids

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

aromatic carotenoids
carotenoids
carotenes
myxoxanthophyll
lycopene cyclase
synechoxanthin
carotenoid biosynthesis

File:

Download jegdissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member
Juliette Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Biddle, Jennifer Frances

Title:

Microbial populations and processes in subseafloor marine environments

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

microbiology
biogeochemistry
archaea
ocean drilling program
FISH-SIMS
metagenomics

File:

Download JFBiddle_Thesis_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Allen T Phillips, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Reichlen, Matthew James

Title:

Functional Assessment of Transcriptional Regulation in the Methanogen, Methanosarcina acetivorans

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Archaea
Transcription
Methanogen
Methanosarcina
acetivorans

File:

Download Final_thesis_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Antonkine, Mikhail L.

Title:

PsaC SUBUNIT OF PHOTOSYSTEM I: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS AND NMR SOLUTION STRUCTURE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ferredoxin
Photosystem I
NMR
conformational change
paramagnetic
iron-sulfur protein
solution structure
PsaC
iron-sulfur clusters

File:

Download Antonkine_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Christain J Falzone, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Mingyu

Title:

The electron transport of acetate-grown Methanosarcina acetivorans

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

electron transport
acetate
Etp
Rnf
Archaea
methanogenesis
methanogen
Methanosarcina acetivorans

File:

Download Mingyu_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Panasik, Nicholas

Title:

STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR THERMOSTABILITY AND THERMAL DEPENDENCE OF ACTIVITY IN ALPHA/BETA BARREL GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

directed evolution
psychrophile
structure
thermostability
alpha/beta barrel

File:

Download panasik.etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Koerner, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Allen T Phillips, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Shipkowski, Stephanie Ann

Title:

Alternative Functions for the Beta-Galactosidases of Microorganisms Found in Environments Without Lactose

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

beta-galactosidases
glycoside hydrolase family 42
Bacillus
gene synteny
arabinogalactan

File:

Download Shipkowski.pdf

Committee Members:

Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Allen T Phillips, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Zimmerman, Sabrina Anastasia

Title:

Understanding the Biochemistry and Physiology of the Gamma Carbonic Anhydrases in Methanosarcina thermophila

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

carbonic anhydrase
aceticlastic methanogensis
hydrogen bond network

File:

Download ZimmermanSphdThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Juliette Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Almishwat, Mohammad Ali

Title:

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC ENZYMOLOGY OF NUCLEOTIDE INCORPORATION BY A-FAMILY DNA POLYMERASES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

DNA polymerase
A-family
DNA replication
DNA
Nucleotide incorporation
time-resolved
structural enzymology
X-ray crystallography
high-fidelity

File:

Download AlMishwat_PhD_Dissertation_2019_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Hafenstein, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Outside Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
Ken Keiler, 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