Search

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:

Download Szakal_Doctoral_ThesisMaster_041508.pdf

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:

Download AM_thesis_FINAL-2-101008.pdf

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:

Lubner, Carolyn E

Title:

Direct Solar Hydrogen Production From Photosynthetic Nanoconstructs

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular wire
hydrogenase
Photosystem I
solar energy
hydrogen

File:

Download Lubner_Dissertation_final.pdf

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:

Keighron, Jacqueline D

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

multienzyme complex
specific activity
bioconjugate

File:

Download keighronfinal.pdf

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:

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:

Download kbcederquist_dissertation.pdf

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:

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:

Download Heinicke_04_26_10_Thesis.pdf

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:

Dillenback, Lisa

Title:

SELF-ASSEMBLY AND CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF NANOPARTICLES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metal nanowire
nanowire assembly
nanoparticle assembly
DNA-directed assembly
self-assembly

File:

Download DillenbackThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Dominak, Lisa M

Title:

ENCAPSULATION EFFICIENCY AND DYNAMIC MICROCOMPARTMENTATION WITHIN GIANT LIPID VESICLES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

protein microcompartmentation
synthetic cells
macromolecular crowding
encapsulation efficiency
lipid vesicles
biomimetic chemistry

File:

Download LDominak_PhD_2009_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Anne M Andrews, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Mullen, Melissa Ann

Title:

Arabidopsis thaliana under stress: Functional implications of G-quadruplex and non-coding RNA structure

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
Arabidopsis
G-quadruplex
drought stress

File:

Download Mullen_Thesis_071511.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member

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:

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:

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

Author:

Davis, Bradley William

Title:

Characterization of Intracellular Organization within Aqueous Biphasic Systems Serving as Cellular Mimics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aqueous phase separation
partitioning
sequential enzymes
coacervate
macromolecular crowding

File:

Download Davis_Bradley_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Wei, Sijie

Title:

Nucleosome structure and dynamics studied with single-molecule methods

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nucleosome breathing
CENP-A
dinucleosome
single molecule FRET
MLE
FCS
SUMO
Sumolyation

File:

Download Sijie_Wei_Thesis_V0414_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tae Hee Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Quarles, Kaycee Andrea

Title:

The Impact of Primary MicroRNA Structure on Recognition by the Microprocessor Complex in MicroRNA Maturation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA structure
Microprocessor
microRNA
protein binding
DGCR8
EMSA

File:

Download Thesis_KayceeAQuarles.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member

Author:

Dewey, Daniel Carroll

Title:

Kinetic Stabilization of Interfaces in Biologically Inspired Phase Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ATPS
aqueous biphasic systems
biomimetic
bioreactor
vesicle
emuslion

File:

Download Dewey_Daniel_PhD_disseration2.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Lewis, Gregory Gerald

Title:

Plastics and diagnostic assays with selective and sensitive macroscopic responses

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

diagnostics
assay
point-of-care
analytical
polymers
depolymerization
additive manufacturing

File:

Download GGL_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Bastidas, Monique

Title:

Structural and functional characterization of the transcription factor Pdx1 and its interactions with DNA and proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

protein binding
NMR
biophysical
homeodomain

File:

Download Bastidas_dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member

Author:

Hull, Chelsea Michelle

Title:

Mechanistic Investigation Of Activation Of The Innate Immune Sensor Pkr By Various Levels And Types Of Rna Structure

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

PKR
RNA
bacterial RNA
riboswitch
ribozyme
innate immunity

File:

Download Hull_CM_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member

Author:

Frankel, Erica Ann

Title:

Towards Investigation of RNA Catalysis and Compartmentalization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
Catalysis
Compartmentalization
Cooperativity
Origins of Life

File:

Download Frankel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
James Kasting, Outside Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair