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Author:

Schilder, Rudolf

Title:

Mechanics, Metabolism & Menosporinae: An integrative analysis of dragonfly flight performance

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

mechanics
metabolism
muscle
insect flight muscle
infection
gregarine
parasite

File:

Download RJ_Schilder_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member

Author:

Varshney, Jyotika Brajesh

Title:

The Beneficial Effects Of White Button Mushrooms On The Gut Health

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

Mushrooms
mice
infection
immune response
gut health

File:

Download JBV-_08-07_final_thesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa Anna Cantorna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stack, Joseph Conrad

Title:

Assessing the phylodynamics of RNA viruses which cause acute disease

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

evolution
disease
infection
epidemiology
phylodynamics
coalescent

File:

Download jcs_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Shapiro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member

Author:

Mcdaniel, Kaitlin Lee

Title:

The effects of vitamin A deficiency on host defense during Citrobacter rodentium infection

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

vitamin A deficiency
infection
gut
mucosal immunity

File:

Download Kaitlin_Lee_McDaniel_FINAL_DISSERATION_11.23.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa Anna Cantorna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A Catharine Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Na Xiong, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member

Author:

Snyder, Lindsay M

Title:

EFFECTS OF VITAMIN A AND RETINOID SIGNALING ON HOST ENTERIC IMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

vitamin A
retinoic acid
intestine
T cell
innate immunity
adaptive immunity
Intestinal epithelial cell
infection
inflammation
Citrobacter rodentium
intestinal permeability
neutrophil
macrophage

File:

Download L.Snyder_Thesis_7.23.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member
A Catharine Ross, Outside Member

Author:

Shipley, Mackenzie Marie

Title:

Examining the Link Between Viral Genotype and Disease Phenotype Using Clinical Cases of HSV-1 and a Human Neuronal Model

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

herpes simplex virus
genomics
infection
genital
neonatal
neurobiology

File:

Download ShipleyMM_PSU_Dissertation2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Moriah Louise Szpara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moriah Louise Szpara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Richard J. Frisque, Committee Member
John Warren Wills, Outside Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Xupeng

Title:

Determinants of HBV Host Tropism and Roles of HBV Precore/Core Proteins

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Hepatitis B Virus
HBV
host tropism
core protein
precore protein
Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus
capsid
cccDNA
infection
replication

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Committee Members:

Jianming Hu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Wills, Major Field Member
Edward Harhaj, Major Field Member
Craig Meyers, Major Field Member
Fang Tian, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, Special Member

Author:

Septer, Kayla

Title:

Evaluation of the role of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase immunity in airborne transmission of influenza viruses

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

neuraminidase (NA)
intranasal vaccination
influenza
animal models
infection
antibodies
ferret
immunity
influenza vaccines
airborne transmission
neuraminidase
hemagglutinin

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Committee Members:

Anthony Schmitt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anthony Schmitt, Major Field Member
Troy Sutton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Kalantari, Major Field Member
Moriah Szpara, Outside Unit & Field Member