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Author:

Weyrich, Laura Susan

Title:

Respiratory Pathogen Interactions with the Microbiome: The Molecular Mechanisms to the Ethical Implications

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

microflora
Bordetella
respiratory tract
pathogens
COPD
microbiome
whooping cough
probiotics
Type VI Secretion System

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Thomas Harvill, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Jesse Ballenger, Special Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member

Author:

Steinway, Steven Nathaniel

Title:

Predictive Network Modeling And Experimentation In Complex Biological Systems: Applications To Cancer And Infectious Disease

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

Network analysis
dynamic modeling
discrete dynamic modeling
cancer
microbiome
tumor invasion & metastasis

File:

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Committee Members:

Reka Z Albert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
"Thomas P Loughran, Jr", Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David J Feith, Committee Member
James Riley Broach, Committee Member
Diane M Thiboutot, Committee Member

Author:

Dannenberg, Richard Pierce

Title:

Characterization and Oil Response of the Deep Sea Coral-associated Microbiome

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

oil exposure
deep-sea
Leiopathes glaberrima
microbiome
transcriptome
high-throughput sequencing
Illumina
bacteria

File:

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Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dodson, Brittany Lee

Title:

IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF BACTERIA ON MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

mosquito
microbiome
bacteria
viruses
infectious diseases
wolbachia

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Rasgon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Rasgon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Marilyn J Roossinck, Outside Member

Author:

Cai, Jingwei

Title:

METABOLOMICS REVEALS THE IMPACT OF XENOBIOTICS ON THE HOST-METABOLITES-MICROBIOME INTERACTION

Graduate Program:

Molecular Toxicology

Keywords:

microbiome
metabolomics
short chain fatty acid
bile acid
xenobiotics
LC-MS
GC-MS
NMR
TEMPOL
in vitro

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew D. Patterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew D. Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary H. Perdew, Committee Member
Curtis J. Omiecinski, Committee Member
Matam Vijay-Kumar, Outside Member

Author:

Galindo-Castaneda, Tania

Title:

Microbial tradeoffs of root cortical aerenchyma in maize

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

RhizosphereArbuscular mycorrhiza
Fusarium verticillioides
root anatomy
root rot
Zea mays
Arbuscular mycorrhiza Fusarium verticillioides
arbuscular mycorrhiza
rhizobacteria
phosphorus
nitrogen
microbiome
root phenotype

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Committee Members:

Jonathan P. Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P. Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen M. Brown, Committee Member
Gretchen A. Kuldau, Committee Member
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Outside Member
Gregory W. Roth, Committee Member

Author:

Sheen, Emily Marie

Title:

An Exploration of Mixed Effects Models for Analysis of Infant Weight Gain Trajectories

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

generalized linear mixed models
statistics
biostatistics
microbiome
INSIGHT
mixed effects random forest

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member

Author:

Vohsen, Samuel

Title:

The Chemical and Microbial Ecology of Deep-Sea Corals

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

deep-sea
coral
microbiome
apicomplexans
sulfur-oxidizers
SUP05
chemoautotrophy
Mollicutes
symbionts
metabolomics
metagenome

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Raymond Fisher, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Langkilde, Program Head/Chair
Andrew David Patterson, Outside Member

Author:

De Priest, Miranda

Title:

The effect of environmental heterogeneity on bacteria within an agricultural soil community

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

environmental heterogeneity
generalist
specialist
microbe
microbiome
biodiversity
bacteria
soil

File:

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Committee Members:

Terrence Hugh Bell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Emily R Davenport, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member

Author:

Lawrence, Brooke

Title:

The Role of Beekeeping Management Systems on Microbes, Pathogens, and Immunity in Honey Bees

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

honey bees
microbiome
bee bread
virus
beekeeping
immune genes

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Committee Members:

Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell William Cockburn, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member

Author:

Van Syoc, Emily

Title:

Modulating the gut microbiome in metabolic disease: towards a "whole microbiome" perspective

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)

Keywords:

microbiome
type 2 diabetes
metabolic syndrome
probiotics
metformin
mycobiome
fungi
bacteria
bioinformatics
computational biology
physiology

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
Erika Ganda, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Connie Rogers, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Istvan Albert, Major Field Member
Laura Weyrich, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Rolon, Maria Laura

Title:

The role of environmental microbiota in the persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in food processing facilities

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Listeria monocytogenes
food processing facilities
microbiome
lactic acid bacteria
biological control
cleaning and sanitizing
biofilm
microbiota
amplicon sequencing
environmental microbiota
food safety

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jasna Kovac, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Terrence Bell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luke Laborde, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Kerry Kaylegian, Major Field Member

Author:

Cao, Lily

Title:

The impact of cover crop inclusion on the belowground microbiome and root physiology of a perennial woody crop under different nutrient conditions

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

microbiome
root interactions
metabolomics
cover crop
rhizosphere
agroecology
vineyard
nutrient
competition
metatranscriptomics
amplicon sequencing

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Terrence Bell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua J Kellogg, Committee Member
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bharadwaj, Anahita

Title:

Microbial Adaptation and Cotreatment-Enhanced Biomass Solubilization in Lignocellulosic Anaerobic Digestion

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

anaerobic digestion
acidogenic digestion
microbiome
mixed culture
fermentation
biomass
lignocellulose
cotreatment
bioenergy
biogas
biomethane
recalcitrance
milling
bioreactor
BioMethane Potential test

File:

Download 2020.07.Dissertation.Final.ForLibrary.AnahitaBharadwaj.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Terrence Hugh Bell, Outside Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Laiton Jimenez, Laura

Title:

Effect of host plant diet on fitness, population parameters, and gut microbiota of grape berry moth (GBM) Paralobesia vietana

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Bacterial microbiota
fungal microbiota
fruit-feeding insect
amplicon metagenomic sequencing
Vitis.Bacterial microbiota
Vitis.
Amplicon metagenomic sequencing
Vitis
grape cultivar
microbiome
life cycle

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Flor E Acevedo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Committee Member

Author:

Sutherland, Jeremy

Title:

The Impacts of Genotype-by-Environment Interactions on Switchgrass Rhizosphere Microbiome Composition and Insights for Breeding in Sustainable Agriculture

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

switchgrass
microbiome
genotype-by-environment interactions
microbial heritability

File:

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Committee Members:

Jia Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Terrence Bell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jesse Lasky, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Emily Davenport, Major Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Paff, Andy

Title:

Evaluating efficacy of non-thermal microbial load reduction treatments on native resistant pulse starch sources for human gut microbiome research

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

Pulse
microbiome
gut
human
bleach
hydrogen peroxide
alcohol
16S rRNA

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Darrell William Cockburn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member
Greg Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Fleishman, Suzanne

Title:

Belowground interactions at multiple scales in a grapevine-groundcover agroecosystem

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

Groundcover
vineyard
agroecology
rootstock
microbiome
rhizosphere
deep roots

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Committee Members:

Paul Esker, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Eissenstat, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Terrence Bell, Major Field Member
Michela Centinari, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roitman, Sofia

Title:

The microbiome and coral health: resilience and susceptibility in the face of a changing ocean

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

microbiome
coral reef
NGS
metagenomics
amplicon
sequencing
bioinformatics
bioindicators

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Schaeffer, Major Field Member
Carolee Bull, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Chair of Committee
Monica Medina, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair