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Author:

Rummel, Sheryl Ann

Title:

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND EVALUATION OF SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

synthetic receptors
VEGF
calixarene
vancomycin

File:

Download SAR_ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Blake R Peterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member

Author:

Reigh, Stephanie Ann

Title:

Syn Bases: Their Prevalence, Relevance, and Functional Utility in Functional RNA

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA

File:

Download Reigh_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brunker, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

SURFACE IMMOBILIZED DNA FOR USE IN BIOSENSING

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surfaces
encoded nanoparticles
polymerase chain reaction
ligase chain reaction
nucleic acids
biosensing
amplification
soft lithography
microcontact printing
general chemistry lab

File:

Download brunkerfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Morrow, Thomas J

Title:

Programmed Assembly of Biofunctionalized Nanowires for Biosensing Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Assembly
Nanowires
Dielectrophoresis
Photolithography
DNA

File:

Download Tom_Morrow_Final_Submitted_Thesis_etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Wostenberg, Christopher William

Title:

The role of dsRBDs in the miRNA maturation pathway

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dsRBD
miRNA
NMR
MD
DGCR8
Dicer
Drosha
IDP
FCP1
RAP74

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member

Author:

Zaccardi, Margot Joan

Title:

mechanistic analysis of the tryptophan biosynthetic enzyme indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase
enzyme kinetics
mechanism of IGPS
thermophilic enzymes
enzyme engineering

File:

Download Zaccardi_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Special Member

Author:

Wilcox, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Development and utilization of spectroscopic and chemical methodologies for investigating pKa shifting in nucleic acids

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
nucleic acids
2-aminopurine fluorescence
pKa shifting

File:

Download Wilcox_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member

Author:

Cacace, David Neal

Title:

Biomimetic Mineralization of Calcium Carbonate in Aqueous Biphasic Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Aqueous two-phase systems
calcium carbonate
intermediate chelation
mineralization vesicles

File:

Download DNC_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Kwok, Chun Kit

Title:

Structural and Functional Roles of RNA Structure in Regulatory Processes in Plants

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
RNA structure
RNA folding
Plants
Arabidopsis thaliana
G-quadruplex
regulation
DMS
SHAPE
LMPCR
Structure-Seq

File:

Download Thesis_CKK_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Mary Assmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Strulson, Christopher A

Title:

toward understanding RNA structure, folding, and function in cells

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
ribozyme
molecular crowding
macromolecular crowding
catalysis
compartmentalization
folding cooperativity

File:

Download Christoper_Strulson_Thesis_Toward_Understanding_RNA__Structure_Folding_and_Function_in_Cells.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member