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Author:

Carado, Anthony James

Title:

New Instrumental Developments in Cluster ToF-SIMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

c60
cluster tof-sims
orthogonal tof-sims

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Robert Allen Schlegel, Committee Member

Author:

Szakal, Andrea

Title:

THE HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS (HDV) RIBOZYME AS A MODEL FOR RNA CATALYSIS AND FOLDING

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA folding
RNA catalysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

McGraw, Adam Philip

Title:

Protein-RNA interactions involved in regulation of the tryptophan biosynthesis operon (trpEDCFBA) in Bacillus subtilis

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

protein-RNA interactions
mRNA stability
TRAP
RNA structure

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member

Author:

Vu, Bao-Han Christie

Title:

Structural Characterization of the Truncated Hemoglobin from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

paramagnetic
nmr
truncated hemoglobin
hexacoordinate hemoglobin

File:

Download BCVU_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Borup, Birthe

Title:

Cysteine Biosynthesis and Sulfur Fixation in the Archaea

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NifS
cysteine desulfuration
IscS

File:

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Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Lubner, Carolyn E

Title:

Direct Solar Hydrogen Production From Photosynthetic Nanoconstructs

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular wire
hydrogenase
Photosystem I
solar energy
hydrogen

File:

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Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Member

Author:

Vuletich, David Andrew

Title:

A Phylogenetic and Structural Study of Truncated Hemoglobins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

truncated hemoglobins
NMR
H/D exchange
Phylogeny
heme-protein crosslinking

File:

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Committee Members:

Juliette Lecomte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member
Donald Bryant, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Proctor, David James

Title:

Studies of the Molecular Origins of Thermodynamic Stability in RNA Secondary Structure

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
biophysics
structure
thermodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member
George I Makhatadze, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member

Author:

Chakravorty, Dhruva Kumar

Title:

HYBRID QUANTUM/CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF HYDROGEN TRANSFER REACTIONS IN ENZYMES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

DLPROTEIN
EVB
DHFR
ketosteroid isomerase
KSI
WHAM
Umbrella Integration
hydrogen transfer

File:

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Committee Members:

Prof Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member

Author:

Moody, Ellen Marie

Title:

Stability in Nucleic Acid Hairpins: 1. Molecular Determinants of Cooperativity and 2. Linkage between Proton Binding and Folding

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
DNA
pKa shifting
cooperativity
expandability
thermodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Falzone, Committee Member
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Whitman, Elisabeth E

Title:

Identification and Biophysical Characterization of Factors Influencing the Thermostability of Biological RNAs

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA folding
macromolecular crowding

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Knappenberger, Jane A

Title:

MODULATION OF THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC PROPERTIES IN b HEMOPROTEINS: CHARACTERIZATION OF A FAMILY OF PsaE-CYTOCHROME b5 CHIMERAS AND SYNECHOCYSTIS sp. PCC 6803 HEMOGLOBIN

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

b hemoproteins
thermodynamic stability
urea-gradient gel electrophoresis
folding kinetics
loop anchor modification

File:

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Committee Members:

Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member

Author:

Keighron, Jacqueline D

Title:

NANOPARTICLE BIOCONJUGATES AS “BOTTOM-UP” ASSEMBLIES OF ARTIFICAL MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

multienzyme complex
specific activity
bioconjugate

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Sokoloski, Joshua Edward

Title:

Calorimetric Studies of Site-Specific Ligand Binding By RNA

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
RNA

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Younker, Jarod Michael

Title:

Development and Application of Optimizations in Computational Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Chloroperoxidase
P450
Rate Equations
Principal Components Analysis
Numerical Optimizations
Adomian Decomposition
Density Functional Theory
Ribonucleotide Reductase

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Thomas Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member

Author:

Blose, Joshua Matthew

Title:

ELUCIDATING THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS IN THE RNA STRUCTURAL HIERARCHY: MOLECULAR ORIGINS OF STABILITY

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Cooperative Folding
Thermophilic Adaptation
Tetraloop
RNA
Nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann
NLPB
Electrostatics

File:

Download JMB_Dissertation_082009.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member

Author:

Cederquist, Kristin Baine

Title:

Hairpin Nucleic Acid Probes for Metal Nanowire-Based Surface Studies and Biosensing.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surface characterization
spectroscopy
nanotechnology
fluorescence
bioconjugate synthesis
biochemical interactions
bioassays
multiplexed sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Krise, Keith Michael

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF MICROVISCOSITY, BOUND WATER AND PROTEIN MOBILITY ON THE RADIOLYSIS AND SONOLYSIS OF HEN EGG WHITE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

egg white protein
sonolysis
radiolysis
pulse radiolysis
diffusion-controlled reaction
microviscosity
bound water

File:

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Committee Members:

Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan James Benesi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Gary Lee Catchen, Committee Member

Author:

Heinicke, Laurie Ann

Title:

Regulation of the protein kinase PKR by higher-order RNA secondary and tertiary structures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

innate immune response
kinase
RNA
PKR

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member

Author:

Levine, Lauren Aimee

Title:

Demonstrating the versatility of the iDNA scaffold: New synthetic strategies and applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artifical peptides
metal-binding

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member