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Author:

Proctor, David James

Title:

Studies of the Molecular Origins of Thermodynamic Stability in RNA Secondary Structure

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
biophysics
structure
thermodynamics

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member
George I Makhatadze, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member

Author:

Moody, Ellen Marie

Title:

Stability in Nucleic Acid Hairpins: 1. Molecular Determinants of Cooperativity and 2. Linkage between Proton Binding and Folding

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
DNA
pKa shifting
cooperativity
expandability
thermodynamics

File:

Download EMM_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Falzone, Committee Member
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Zidell, Anthony Wallace

Title:

The relationship between latent secondary structure within an unbound intrinsically disordered protein and the thermodynamics of complexation with a target molecule

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

intrinsically disordered protein
thermodynamics
isothermal titration calorimetry
circular dichroism spectroscopy

File:

Download Zidell_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lebold, Kathryn

Title:

A Dual Potential Approach for Modeling Structure and Energetics with Coarse-Grained Models

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

coarse-graining
dual-potential
transferability
representability
thermodynamics

File:

Download Lebold-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Will Noid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Will Noid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member