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Author:

Eves, Daniel Jacob

Title:

Investigations of Phopholipid Membrane Properties Using An Artificial Cell Model for Exocytosis and Membrane Disruption

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phospholipids
electrochemistry
fluorescence
liposomes
exocytosis

File:

Download Daniel_Eves_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Erin Elizabeth Sheets, Committee Member
Ryan S Clement, 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:

Santillo, Michael

Title:

Microfluidic systems for high-throughput single-cell assays

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Microfluidics
lab-on-a-chip
confocal
fluorescence
cell assay
bioanalytical chemistry
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
PDMS

File:

Download mf_santillo_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Stoermer, Rebecca Louise

Title:

BARCODED METAL NANOWIRES FOR MULTIPLEXED DNA HYBRIDIZATION ASSAYS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

barcoded metal nanowires
DNA
multiplexed
beacons
glass
silver
fluorophores
nanowires
metal
fluorescence
tags

File:

Download thesis-Allchapters_this_one_newer_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Weiss, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Boonyarattanakalin, Siwarutt

Title:

SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF MAMMALIAN CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemistry
synthetic organic
synthesis
organic
bioorganic
medicinal
chemical biology
biological chemistry
synthetic receptors
receptors
delivery
drug delivery
fluorescence
fluorescent
probes
cellular probes
cellular surface
protein uptake
synthetic receptor targeting
endocytosis
lipid rafts
fluorescent probes
his tag
receptor-mediated endocytosis
vancomycin
IgG
Fc
Pennsylvania Green
lipid bilayers
biomolecules
cholesterylamine
cholesterol
steroids
3ƒÒ-cholesterylamine
endosomes
lysosomes
listeria
mimicking
mimic
design and synthesis
antibody
antibodies

File:

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Committee Members:

Blake R Peterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member

Author:

Kaweesi, Henry

Title:

Studies toward (i) a depolymerizable poly(vinylcarbamate) and (ii) a turn-off fluorescent sensor for β-D-galactosidase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

depolymerization
poly(carbamates)
stimulus responsive end-cap
fluorescence
turn-off sensor
anthracene diboronic acid

File:

Download Henry_Kaweesi__Final_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Breffke, Jens

Title:

Ultrafast molecular rotor and proton transfer dynamics in solution

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

fluorescence
solvent effect
ultrafast spectroscopy
malononitriles
Thioflavin T
4-diethylamino-3-hydroxyflavone

File:

Download Dissertation_Breffke.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Rumble, Christopher Allen

Title:

Solute Dynamics in Liquid Systems: Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

electron transfer
proton transfer
ionic liquids
ultrafast spectroscopy
rotational dynamics
solvation dynamics
T1 relaxation
G-quadruplexes
charge transfer
molecular rotors
fluorescence
molecular dynamics simulation

File:

Download crumble_thesis_052217.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
William George Noid, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Diaz, Krystal

Title:

Thermodynamic Characterization of the Interaction of the Transcription Factor Pdx1 and its Regulatory Partner SPOP

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

pdx1
spop
protein-protein interaction
biophysics
fluorescence
isothermal titration calorimetry
intrinsically disordered proteins

File:

Download kdiaz_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Santoro, Leeann

Title:

PROTEIN AGGREGATION DETECTION USING BODIPY-BASED FLUORESCENT PROBES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

protein
aggregate
fluorophore
Alzheimer's
neurodegeneration
fluorescence
molecular rotor
Huntington's
ALS

File:

Download Thesis_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member

Author:

Hoelzel, Conner

Title:

Controlling the Environmental Sensitivity of Small Molecule Fluorophores for Cellular Imaging

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

fluorescence
solvatochromism
brightness
excited state
non-radiative decay
internal conversion
external conversion
twisted intramolecular charge transfer
rhodamine
proteostasis
cell imaging
protein misfolding
aggregation
neurodegenerative disease
microscopy

File:

Download Hoelzel_Thesis-Final_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily E Weinert, Outside Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair