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Author:

Christensen, Claire Petra

Title:

INFERENCE, SIMULATION, MODELING, AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX NETWORKS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON COMPLEX NETWORKS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

systems biology
gene regulatory networks
graph theory
networks
disease dynamics
computational modeling

File:

Download Christensen_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Reka Z Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Closek, Collin John-erik

Title:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Assessing Reef Health and Coral Diseases through Associated Microbes and Host Response

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

coral reef health
transcriptomics
bacteria
disease dynamics
Caribbean
Central Pacific

File:

Download Closek_Dissertation_fv_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Monica Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Moriah Louise Szpara, Committee Member

Author:

Sola Gracia, Emilia

Title:

SOCIAL INSECTS AS SOLITARY VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Ophiocordyceps unilateralis sensus lato
Beauveria bassiana
Camponotus castaneus
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
social dynamics
cadaver managment
disease dynamics
fungal morphology
group defense
movement
trophallaxis
semi-natural arenas

File:

Download Social_insects_as_solitary_vehicles-final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Peter Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member
Victoria Anne Braithwaite-Read, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member