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Author:

El-mowafi, Shaima

Title:

Development and Validation of Screens For Drugs targeting Gram-negative Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Gram-negative pathogens
virulence
σE-sRNA-Hfq pathway
cyclic peptides

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Charles Keiler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member

Author:

Greischar, Megan A

Title:

Predicting the consequences of diverse life history in malaria parasites: synchrony and transmission investment

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

malaria
life history
synchrony
transmission investment
simulation
virulence

File:

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Committee Members:

Ottar N Bjornstad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member

Author:

Xiaoli, Lingzi

Title:

The development of a Shiga toxin 2a quantification method and application to study the enhanced toxin production of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by nonpathogenic E. coli

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

E. coli O157:H7
Shiga toxin
commensal E. coli
ELISA
virulence

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Lingzi_Xiaoli_20161117.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward G. Dudley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G. Dudley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roberts F. Roberts, Committee Member
Chitrita DebRoy, Committee Member
James L. Rosenberger, Outside Member
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Committee Member

Author:

Klee, Sara

Title:

DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE GENETIC BASIS OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA VIRULENCE

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Erwinia amylovora
plant pathogen
polysaccharide
virulence
fire blight
translation
auxotrophy

File:

Download Klee_PhD_Dissertation_real_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy W Mcnellis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member

Author:

Potter, Jacob

Title:

Studying the Structure and Interactions of the Globin-Coupled Sensor in P. carotovorum

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Biochemistry
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
SAXS
Pectobacterium
PccGCS
Diguanylate cyclase
c-di-GMP
cryo-EM
globin
globin coupled sensor
oxygen sensing
structural biology
enzyme
oligomer
domain
signal transduction
bacteria
virulence
cross linking
spectroscopy

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Committee Members:

Lorraine Santy, Major Field Member
Scott Showalter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Miyashiro, Major Field Member
Timothy Meredith, Major Field Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Emily Weinert, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ray, Allyson

Title:

Deformed wing virus in the Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) : Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation Across Contexts and Scales

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

deformed wing virus
Varroa destructor
Apis mellifera
epidemiology
virus evolution
experimental evolution
viral variation
virulence
transcriptomics
genomics

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Committee Members:

David Kennedy, Outside Field Member
Moriah Szpara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Major Field Member
Christina Grozinger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Rasgon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair