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Dissertations from 2024 2024

Connecting Genotype and Phenotype: Investigating the Functional Morphology and Molecular Architecture that Influences Craniofacial Divergence Using Lake Malawi Cichlid Fishes, Leah DeLorenzo

Pelvic Sucker Form and Function in Waterfall Climbing Gobies: Variation in Morphology and Adhesive Performance can Inspire Biomimetic Innovation, Amanda Palecek McClung

Loss of Tsc2 Results in Abnormal Postnatal Neurogenesis and Striatal Hamartomas, Victoria Riley

Investigating the Adaptive Potential of Leaf Variegation in Two Dimorphic Hexastylis Species, Cierra N. Sullivan

Assessment of TCE and chiral PCB Dechlorination Rate, Congener Diversity, and Enantioselectivity in Town Creek, SC, USA Sediment Microcosms, Catherine P. Sumner

Dissertations from 2023 2023

The Functional Implications of Anuran Metamorphosis for Survival, Locomotor Performance, and Limb Bone Mechanical Properties, Chase Kinsey

An Integrative Approach to Managing a Species of Conservation Concern: Resource Selection, Spatial Ecology, and Population Genetics of the Green Salamander (Aneides Aeneus), Megan Novak

Functional Analysis of Two Campoletis Sonorensis Ichnovirus Vinnexins in Drosophila Melanogaster, Peng Zhang

Dissertations from 2022 2022

Immunotherapeutic Effects of Intratumorally Injected Zymosan-Adenovirus Conjugates Encoding Constant Active IRFs in a Melanoma Mouse Model, Margaret Musick

The Characterization of Microglia in the Murine Dorsal Telencephalon in Development and Disease, Victoria Neckles

Dynamics of the Supragingival Dental Plaque Microbiome and Its Implications in Early Childhood Caries (ECC), Lauren O'Connell

Developmental Effects of Chronic Low-Level Arsenic Exposure in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, M. Chiara Perego

Phylogenomics of Vipers and the Role of Competition on Venom Evolution, Rhett M. Rautsaw

Incorporating Human Effects in Quantifying Mechanisms of Stream Fish Community Structure Using Metacommunity Theory, Lauren E. Stoczynski

Functional Characterization of the Toxoplasma gondii Endolysosomal System, Leah Brock Thornton

Characterization of Kinases and Hypothetical Proteins in the Entamoeba Species, Heather Andrews Walters

Dissertations from 2021 2021

The Influence of Environmental Health Indices on Antibody Responses Against Streptococcus agalactiae in Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Kursten A. Anderson

Regulation of Neuron Development by Slc7a5-mTOR-Ulk1, Aidan Mikkel Sokolov

Dissertations from 2020 2020

MICA-G129R: A Bifunctional Fusion Protein Bridging Natural Killer Cells and PRLR-positive Breast Cancer Cells, Hui Ding

Role of CYP2B in Unsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolism, Obesity, and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Melissa Heintz

Patterns and Processes of Speciation and Phenotypic Diversification in Palm-Pitvipers (Viperidae: Bothriechis), Andrew James Mason

Dissertations from 2019 2019

Functional Morphology and Environmental Impacts on Migration-Relevant Performance Measures in Amphidromous Goby Fishes, Kelly Marie Diamond

The Effects of Indirubin Derivative E804 on Inflammatory Profiles in Glioblastoma Multiforme Cell Lines and Subsequent Crosstalk Effect on Tumor Associated THP-1 Macrophages, Micaela Ro Scobie

Pairing Passive Sampling with Epigenetic Biomarkers of Exposure to Monitor Potential Toxic Impact of Environmental Complex Mixtures, David C. Wyker

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Bacterial Diversity and Ecology of Two Cryptoendolithic Habitats in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, Sukhpreet Kaur

Are Cyp2b and Cyp3a Important in Hepatic Lipid Metabolism?, Ramiya Kumar

Taxonomic, Genetic and Functional Diversity of Symbionts Associated with the Coastal Bivalve Family Lucinidae, Jean S. Lim

The Functional Significance of Structural Novelty in the Locomotor Apparatus of Turtles, Christopher James Mayerl

Water-Electricity Nexus: Assessing Impacts of Habitat Loss on Freshwater Mussel Assemblages in the Savannah Basin, South Carolina, Snehal Subhash Mhatre

Subventricular Zone Neural Stem Cells Release Extracellular Vesicles During Early Postnatal Neurogenesis, Mary C. Morton

Investigation of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Retardation of Immunosenescence in Caenorhabditis elegans by Royal Jelly, Ojas Natarajan

Bacteria-Mediated Delivery of mazF mRNA into Cancer Cells for Induction of Apoptosis, Maryam Saffarian Abbas Zadeh

Living with Giants: Human-Elephant Conflict and Poaching in Myanmar, Christie Lynn Sampson

The Effects of Embryonic Arsenic Exposure on Muscle and Olfactory Development in Killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus), Dana Bethany Szymkowicz

Novel Fusion Protein IL-12/Fas_TI for Cancer Immunogene Therapy, Xi Yang

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Survival, Recovery, and Inactivation of Human Norovirus Surrogates, Feline Calicivirus and Murine Norovirus, on Carpets, David Buckley

A Comprehensive Model and Modulation of Cellular Signaling Involved in Early Mammary Development and Aggressive Cancer Using a Novel Recombinant Protein of the G3 Domain of Laminin-5, Kathryn Adrian Elliott

Characterizing the Adsorption-Bioavailability Relationship of PAHs Adsorbed to Carbon Nanomaterials in the Aquatic Environment, Erica N. Linard

Application of Glycoconjugate-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles as Potent Anti-Adhesion and Anti-Bacterial Agents, Yash S. Raval

Secondary Land to Water Transitions: Turtles as Models for Understanding Morphological Evolution, Vanessa K. Hilliard Young

Dissertations from 2016 2016

Humoral Immune Responses in Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Sea Turtles, Maria L. Rodgers

Studies of Molecular Mechanisms of Royal Jelly Mediated Healthspan Promotion in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Xiaoxia Wang

Consequences of Fragment for Woody Plant Communities: A Study of Reservoir Islands, Danielle C. Zoellner

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Killer cell activation by a novel multifunctional protein: an immuno/gene therapy for cancer, Ashlee Tietje

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Range Limits, Range Shifts, and Lower Thermal Tolerance in the Tropical Barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma, Samuel Crickenberger

THE AVIAN THROMBOCYTE IS A SPECIALIZED IMMUNE CELL, Farzana Ferdous

Evaluation of the functional capabilities of fins and limbs for moving on land: insights into the invasion of land by tetrapods, Sandy Kawano

RANGE COLLAPSE, GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: AN ECOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DIANA FRITILLARY, SPEYERIA DIANA AND PROJECTIONS FOR ITS FUTURE, Carrie Wells

Dissertations from 2013 2013

A NOVEL GAIN OF FUNCTION OF THE IRX1 AND IRX2 GENES DISRUPTS AXIS ELONGATION IN THE ARAUCANA RUMPLESS CHICKEN, Nowlan Freese

GAP JUNCTIONS: REGULATORS OF CELLULAR IMMUNITY AND PARASITE MANIPULATION IN THE REMARKABLE TRIPARTITE RELATIONSHIP INVOLVING INSECTS AND GENOME-INTEGRATED POLYDNAVIRUSES, Daniel Hasegawa

Prolactin and Isplatin Combination Treatment Inhibit Tumorspheres Formation and Tumor Growth in Mice, Eric Hingleung Lee

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH EXTREME PRESSURES: WATERFALL CLIMBING AND PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION IN AMPHIDROMOUS GOBIOID FISHES, Takashi Maie

EARLY SKELETAL MORPHOGENESIS: THE ROLE OF PHARYNGEAL ENDODERM DERIVED SIGNALING DURING SPECIFICATION OF CRANIOFACIAL SKELETON AND INTERPLAY OF MECHANICAL FORCES AND MOLECULAR SIGNALING DURING SKELETAL CONDENSATION, Poulomi Ray

Factors Influencing the Distribution and Structure of Tropical Vascular Epiphyte Communities at Multiple Scales, Carrie Woods

Dissertations from 2012 2012

Specification of the neural crest-derived pharyngeal mesenchyme: The role of pharyngeal endoderm, FGF and BMP signaling in the establishment of prechondrogenic identity and initiation of chondrogenesis., Megha Kumar

The Effects of Drought on the Abundance of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, in the ACE Basin NERR in South Carolina, Kirk Parmenter

THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON ENERGY UTILIZATION BY MARINE INVERTEBRATE LARVAE, Elizabeth Whitehill

STROMAL-EPITHELIAL INTERACTIONS MODULATE CROSS TALK BETWEEN PROLACTIN RECEPTOR AND HER2/NEU IN BREAST CANCER, Cong Xu

Dissertations from 2011 2011

Comparative Forelimb Muscle Function in Turtles: Tests of Environmental Variation and Neuromotor Conservation, Angela Rivera

LIPID METABOLISM IN Trypanosoma brucei: MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS AND UPTAKE, Patrick Vigueira

Dissertations from 2010 2010

The Population Genetics of the Endangered Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna lewini, Across its Eastern Pacific Range, Holly Nance

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL SUB-COATINGS WITH POLYMORPHIC BROOKITE TITANIA NANOPARTICLES: ENHANCED UV/VIS PHOTOCATALYTIC ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTICANCER PROPERTIES, Donna Weinbrenner

Dissertations from 2009 2009

Functional Interaction of RacF2 and the WASp Family Protein, SCAR, in the Rab8 Signaling Pathway of the Social Amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum, Terri Bruce

DIDOX MODULATES REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PRODUCTION AND INFLAMMATORY EVENTS INDUCED BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE (LPS) AND ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR (AHR) LIGANDS IN RAW 264.7 MURINE MACROPHAGES., Thabe Matsebatlela

HYDRODYNAMICS OF FRESHWATER TURTLES: MANEUVERABILITY, STABILITY, AND EFFECTS OF SHELL SHAPE, Gabriel Rivera

Population ecology of the floodplain herb Macbridea caroliniana (Lamiaceae) with investigations on the species' habitat, breeding system and genetic diversity, Katherine Weeks

Dissertations from 2008 2008

THE EFFECTS OF INDIRUBIN DERIVITIVES ON GENE EXPRESSION AND CELLULAR FUNCTIONS IN THE MURINE MACROPHAGE, Abigail Babcock

DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL FOULING DETERRENCE STRATEGY BY UNDERSTANDING THE EFECT OF NORADRENALINE ON THE CELLS OF EASTERN OYSTER, Crassostrea virginica AND CYPRIS LARVE OF THE STRIPED BARNACLE Balanus amphitrite, Neeraj Gohad

THE DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF A CLOSED SYSTEM OF VITRIFICATION FOR MAMMALIAN EMBRYOS, Jennifer Graves-herring

CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLUBLE MATRIX FROM MOLLUSCAN SHELL WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TWO MAJOR PHOSPHOPROTEINS FROM THE EASTERN OYSTER, Crassostrea virginica, Mary Johnstone

Dissertations from 2007 2007

Histologic Examination of Host-Parasite Interactions in the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis, Marlee Marsh

Water quality dynamics of Lake James in the Catawba River Basin of North Carolina, Susan Stokes

Dissertations from 2006 2006

Onset and Persistence of Biogenic Meromixis in a Filling Pit Lake-A Limnological Perspective , Oscar Flite

The Role of Natural and Sexual Selection in the Origin and Maintenance of Divergence Within and Between the Mexican Sailfin Mollies, Poecilia velifera and P. petenensis, Shala Hankison