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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Exploring strain variation and bacteriophage predation in the gut microbiome of Ciona robusta , Celine Grace F. Atkinson

Distinct Nrf2 Signaling Thresholds Mediate Lung Tumor Initiation and Progression , Janine M. DeBlasi

Thermodynamic frustration of TAD2 and PRR contribute to autoinhibition of p53 , Emily Gregory

Utilization of Detonation Nanodiamonds: Nanocarrier for Gene Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer , Allan E. Gutierrez

Role of HLA-DRB1 Fucosylation in Anti-Melanoma Immunity , Daniel K. Lester

Targeting BET Proteins Downregulates miR-33a To Promote Synergy with PIM Inhibitors in CMML , Christopher T. Letson

Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis by M82 Peptidases: The Role of PrsS in the Staphylococcus aureus Stress Response , Baylie M. Schott

Histone Deacetylase 8 is a Novel Therapeutic Target for Mantle Cell Lymphoma and Preserves Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxic Function , January M. Watters

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Regulation of the Heat Shock Response via Lysine Acetyltransferase CBP-1 and in Neurodegenerative Disease in Caenorhabditis elegans , Lindsey N. Barrett

Determining the Role of Dendritic Cells During Response to Treatment with Paclitaxel/Anti-TIM-3 , Alycia Gardner

Cell-free DNA Methylation Signatures in Cancer Detection and Classification , Jinyong Huang

The Role Of Eicosanoid Metabolism in Mammalian Wound Healing and Inflammation , Kenneth D. Maus

A Holistic Investigation of Acidosis in Breast Cancer , Bryce Ordway

Characterizing the Impact of Postharvest Temperature Stress on Polyphenol Profiles of Red and White-Fruited Strawberry Cultivars , Alyssa N. Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Multifaceted Approach to Understanding Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm Formation and Drug Resistance , Jessie L. Allen

Cellular And Molecular Alterations Associated with Ovarian and Renal Cancer Pathophysiology , Ravneet Kaur Chhabra

Ecology and diversity of boletes of the southeastern United States , Arian Farid

CircREV1 Expression in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer , Meagan P. Horton

Microbial Dark Matter: Culturing the Uncultured in Search of Novel Chemotaxonomy , Sarah J. Kennedy

The Multifaceted Role of CCAR-1 in the Alternative Splicing and Germline Regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans , Doreen Ikhuva Lugano

Unraveling the Role of Novel G5 Peptidase Family Proteins in Virulence and Cell Envelope Biogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus , Stephanie M. Marroquin

Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element Binding Protein 2 Alternative Splicing Regulates HIF1α During Chronic Hypoxia , Emily M. Mayo

Transcriptomic and Functional Investigation of Bacterial Biofilm Formation , Brooke R. Nemec

A Functional Characterization of the Omega (ω) subunit of RNA Polymerase in Staphylococcus aureus , Shrushti B. Patil

The Role Of Cpeb2 Alternative Splicing In TNBC Metastasis , Shaun C. Stevens

Screening Next-generation Fluorine-19 Probe and Preparation of Yeast-derived G Proteins for GPCR Conformation and Dynamics Study , Wenjie Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Understanding the Role of Cereblon in Hematopoiesis Through Structural and Functional Analyses , Afua Adutwumwa Akuffo

To Mid-cell and Beyond: Characterizing the Roles of GpsB and YpsA in Cell Division Regulation in Gram-positive Bacteria , Robert S. Brzozowski

Spatiotemporal Changes of Microbial Community Assemblages and Functions in the Subsurface , Madison C. Davis

New Mechanisms That Regulate DNA Double-Strand Break-Induced Gene Silencing and Genome Integrity , Dante Francis DeAscanis

Regulation of the Heat Shock Response and HSF-1 Nuclear Stress Bodies in C. elegans , Andrew Deonarine

New Mechanisms that Control FACT Histone Chaperone and Transcription-mediated Genome Stability , Angelo Vincenzo de Vivo Diaz

Targeting the ESKAPE Pathogens by Botanical and Microbial Approaches , Emily Dilandro

Succession in native groundwater microbial communities in response to effluent wastewater , Chelsea M. Dinon

Role of ceramide-1 phosphate in regulation of sphingolipid and eicosanoid metabolism in lung epithelial cells , Brittany A. Dudley

Allosteric Control of Proteins: New Methods and Mechanisms , Nalvi Duro

Microbial Community Structures in Three Bahamian Blue Holes , Meghan J. Gordon

A Novel Intramolecular Interaction in P53 , Fan He

The Impact of Myeloid-Mediated Co-Stimulation and Immunosuppression on the Anti-Tumor Efficacy of Adoptive T cell Therapy , Pasquale Patrick Innamarato

Investigating Mechanisms of Immune Suppression Secondary to an Inflammatory Microenvironment , Wendy Michelle Kandell

Posttranslational Modification and Protein Disorder Regulate Protein-Protein Interactions and DNA Binding Specificity of p53 , Robin Levy

Mechanistic and Translational Studies on Skeletal Malignancies , Jeremy McGuire

Novel Long Non-Coding RNA CDLINC Promotes NSCLC Progression , Christina J. Moss

Genome Maintenance Roles of Polycomb Transcriptional Repressors BMI1 and RNF2 , Anthony Richard Sanchez IV

The Ecology and Conservation of an Urban Karst Subterranean Estuary , Robert J. Scharping

Biological and Proteomic Characterization of Cornus officinalis on Human 1.1B4 Pancreatic β Cells: Exploring Use for T1D Interventional Application , Arielle E. Tawfik

Evaluation of Aging and Genetic Mutation Variants on Tauopathy , Amber M. Tetlow

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Investigating the Proteinaceous Regulome of the Acinetobacter baumannii , Leila G. Casella

Functional Characterization of the Ovarian Tumor Domain Deubiquitinating Enzyme 6B , Jasmin M. D'Andrea

Integrated Molecular Characterization of Lung Adenocarcinoma with Implications for Immunotherapy , Nicholas T. Gimbrone

The Role of Secreted Proteases in Regulating Disease Progression in Staphylococcus aureus , Brittney D. Gimza

Advanced Proteomic and Epigenetic Characterization of Ethanol-Induced Microglial Activation , Jennifer Guergues Guergues

Understanding immunometabolic and suppressive factors that impact cancer development , Rebecca Swearingen Hesterberg

Biochemical and Proteomic Approaches to Determine the Impact Level of Each Step of the Supply Chain on Tomato Fruit Quality , Robert T. Madden

Enhancing Immunotherapeutic Interventions for Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia , Kamira K. Maharaj

Characterization of the Autophagic-Iron Axis in the Pathophysiology of Endometriosis and Epithelial Ovarian Cancers , Stephanie Rockfield

Understanding the Influence of the Cancer Microenvironment on Metabolism and Metastasis , Shonagh Russell

Modeling of Interaction of Ions with Ether- and Ester-linked Phospholipids , Matthew W. Saunders

Novel Insights into the Multifaceted Roles of BLM in the Maintenance of Genome Stability , Vivek M. Shastri

Conserved glycine residues control transient helicity and disorder in the cold regulated protein, Cor15a , Oluwakemi Sowemimo

A Novel Cytokine Response Modulatory Function of MEK Inhibitors Mediates Therapeutic Efficacy , Mengyu Xie

Novel Strategies on Characterizing Biologically Specific Protein-protein Interaction Networks , Bi Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Characterization of the Transcriptional Elongation Factor ELL3 in B cells and Its Role in B-cell Lymphoma Proliferation and Survival , Lou-Ella M.m. Alexander

Identification of Regulatory miRNAs Associated with Ethanol-Induced Microglial Activation Using Integrated Proteomic and Transcriptomic Approaches , Brandi Jo Cook

Molecular Phylogenetics of Floridian Boletes , Arian Farid

MYC Distant Enhancers Underlie Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility at the 8q24.21 Locus , Anxhela Gjyshi Gustafson

Quantitative Proteomics to Support Translational Cancer Research , Melissa Hoffman

A Systems Chemical Biology Approach for Dissecting Differential Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Clinical Kinase Inhibitors in Lung Cancer , Natalia Junqueira Sumi

Investigating the Roles of Fucosylation and Calcium Signaling in Melanoma Invasion , Tyler S. Keeley

Synthesis, Oxidation, and Distribution of Polyphenols in Strawberry Fruit During Cold Storage , Katrina E. Kelly

Investigation of Alcohol-Induced Changes in Hepatic Histone Modifications Using Mass Spectrometry Based Proteomics , Crystina Leah Kriss

Off-Target Based Drug Repurposing Using Systems Pharmacology , Brent M. Kuenzi

Investigation of Anemarrhena asphodeloides and its Constituent Timosaponin-AIII as Novel, Naturally Derived Adjunctive Therapeutics for the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer , Catherine B. MarElia

The Role of Phosphohistidine Phosphatase 1 in Ethanol-induced Liver Injury , Daniel Richard Martin

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Changing the Pathobiological Paradigm in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: The NLRP3 Inflammasome Drives the MDS Phenotype , Ashley Basiorka

Modeling of Dynamic Allostery in Proteins Enabled by Machine Learning , Mohsen Botlani-Esfahani

Uncovering Transcriptional Activators and Targets of HSF-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans , Jessica Brunquell

The Role of Sgs1 and Exo1 in the Maintenance of Genome Stability. , Lillian Campos-Doerfler

Mechanisms of IKBKE Activation in Cancer , Sridevi Challa

Discovering Antibacterial and Anti-Resistance Agents Targeting Multi-Drug Resistant ESKAPE Pathogens , Renee Fleeman

Functional Roles of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer , Jeremy S. Frieling

Disorder Levels of c-Myb Transactivation Domain Regulate its Binding Affinity to the KIX Domain of CREB Binding Protein , Anusha Poosapati

Role of Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 in Ovarian Cancer Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Drug Sensitivity , Chase David Powell

Cell Division Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus , Catherine M. Spanoudis

A Novel Approach to the Discovery of Natural Products From Actinobacteria , Rahmy Tawfik

Non-classical regulators in Staphylococcus aureus , Andy Weiss

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

In Vitro and In Vivo Antioxidant Capacity of Synthetic and Natural Polyphenolic Compounds Identified from Strawberry and Fruit Juices , Marvin Abountiolas

Quantitative Proteomic Investigation of Disease Models of Type 2 Diabetes , Mark Gabriel Athanason

CMG Helicase Assembly and Activation: Regulation by c-Myc through Chromatin Decondensation and Novel Therapeutic Avenues for Cancer Treatment , Victoria Bryant

Computational Modeling of Allosteric Stimulation of Nipah Virus Host Binding Protein , Priyanka Dutta

Cell Cycle Arrest by TGFß1 is Dependent on the Inhibition of CMG Helicase Assembly and Activation , Brook Samuel Nepon-Sixt

Gene Expression Profiling and the Role of HSF1 in Ovarian Cancer in 3D Spheroid Models , Trillitye Paullin

VDR-RIPK1 Interaction and its Implications in Cell Death and Cancer Intervention , Waise Quarni

Regulation of nAChRs and Stemness by Nicotine and E-cigarettes in NSCLC , Courtney Schaal

Targeting Histone Deacetylases in Melanoma and T-cells to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy , Andressa Sodre De Castro Laino

Nonreplicative DNA Helicases Involved in Maintaining Genome Stability , Salahuddin Syed

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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.

Characterization of Cellular Metabolism Regulation by the Transcription Factor Centromere Binding Factor 1 (Cbf1) , Spencer Ellsworth

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Elucidating the Architecture of the TclIJN Complex that Converts Cysteine to Thiazoles in the Biosynthesis of Micrococcin , Diana G. Calvopina Chavez

Manipulating and Assaying Chromatin Architecture Around Enhancer Elements in vivo , John Lawrence Carter

Halophilic Genes that Impact Plant Growth in Saline Soils , Mckay A. Meinzer

Characterizing Stress Granule Regulation by PAS Kinase, Ataxin-2 and Ptc6 and Investigating the Lifespan of Covid-19 Virus on Currency , Colleen R. Newey

Changes in RNA Expression of HuT78 Cells Resulting From the HIV-1 Viral Protein R R77Q Mutation , Joshua S. Ramsey

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Biofilm Characterization and the Potential Role of eDNA in Horizontal Gene Transfer in Hospital and Meat Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Their Biofilms , Ashley Lynne Ball

Novel Patterns for Nucleosome Positioning: From in vitro to in vivo , David Andrew Bates

The Effects of Polymorphisms of Viral Protein R of HIV-1 on the Induction of Apoptosis in Primary Cells and the Characterization of Twelve Novel Bacillus anthracis Bacteriophage , Jacob D. Fairholm

Analysis of the Cytopathogenic Effect of Different HIV-1 Vpr Isoforms on Primary Human CD4+ T Cells and a Model Cell Line , Jonatan Josue Fierro Nieves

The Role of Chitinase A in Mastitis-Associated Escherichia coli Pathogenesis , Weston D. Hutchison

Big Data Meta-Analyses of Transcriptional Responses of Human Samples to Orthohantavirus Infection and Shotgun Metagenomics From Crohn's Disease Patients. , John L. Krapohl

An Exploration of Factors that Impact Uptake of Human Papillomavirus Vaccines , David Samuel Redd

Genomic Analysis and Therapeutic Development of Bacteriophages to Treat Bacterial Infections and Parasitic Infestations , Daniel W. Thompson

The Use of Nucleotide Salvage Pathway Enzymes as Suitable Tumor Targets for Antibody-Based and Adoptive Cell Therapies , Edwin J. Velazquez

Comparative Sequence Analysis Elucidates the Evolutionary Patterns of Yersinia pestis in New Mexico over Thirty-Two Years , M. Elizabeth Warren

Regulation of T Cell Activation by the CD5 Co-Receptor and Altered Peptides, Characterization of Thymidine Kinase-Specific Antibodies, and Integrating Genomics Education in Society , Kiara Vaden Whitley

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Evolution and Selection: From Suppression of Metabolic Deficiencies to Bacteriophage Host Range and Resistance , Daniel Kurt Arens

Identifying Sinorhizobium meliloti Genes that Determine Fitness Outcomes , Alexander B. Benedict

Pushing the Limits of SARS-CoV-2 Survival: How SARS-CoV-2 Responds to Quaternary Ammonium Compounds and Wastewater , Benjamin Hawthorne Ogilvie

Mutations in HIV-1 Vpr Affect Pathogenesis in T-Lymphocytes and Novel Strategies to Contain the Current COVID-19 Pandemic , Antonio Solis Leal

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Staphylococcus aureus Metal Acquisition in Milk and Mammary Gland Tissue , Shalee Killpack Carlson

Antimicrobial Peptide Development: From Massively Parallel Peptide Sequencing to Bioinformatic Motif Identification , Alexander K. Erikson

A Comparison of Chikungunya Virus Infection, Dissemination, and Cytokine Induction in Human and Murine Macrophages and Characterization of RAG2-/-γc-/- Mice as an Animal Model to Study Neurotropic Chikungunya Disease , Israel Guerrero

The Effects of Immune Regulation and Dysregulation: Helper T Cell Receptor Affinity, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Cancer Risk, and Vaccine Hesitancy , Deborah K. Johnson

Identification of Genes that Determine Fitness, Virulence, and Disease Outcomes in Mastitis Associated Eschericia coli , Michael Andrew Olson

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Investigation of Thymidine Kinase 1 in Cancer Progression , Eliza Esther King Bitter

Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptides as Potential Scaffolds for Peptide Engineering , Devan Bursey

Bioaerosols Associated with Evaporative Cooler Use in Low-Income Homes in Semi-Arid Climates , Ashlin Elaine Cowger

PAS Kinase and TOR, Controllers of Cell Growth and Proliferation , Brooke Jasmyn Cozzens

Regulation of Immune Cell Activation and Functionby the nBMPp2 Protein andthe CD5 Co-Receptor , Claudia Mercedes Freitas

Characterizing Novel Pathways for Regulation and Function of Ataxin-2 , Elise Spencer Melhado

Interactions Between the Organellar Pol1A, Pol1B, and Twinkle DNA Replication Proteins and Their Role in Plant Organelle DNA Replication , Stewart Anthony Morley

SNFing Glucose to PASs Mitochondrial Dysfunction: The Role of Two Sensory Protein Kinases in Metabolic Diseases , Kai Li Ong

Characterizing the Function of PAS kinase in Cellular Metabolism and Neurodegenerative Disease , Jenny Adele Pape

Isolation, Characterization, and Genomic Comparison of Bacteriophages of Enterobacteriales Order , Ruchira Sharma

Isolation, Genetic Characterization and Clinical Application of Bacteriophages of Pathogenic Bacterial Species , Trever Leon Thurgood

Investigation of Therapeutic Immune Cell Metabolism , Josephine Anna Tueller

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Innate Immune Cell Phenotypes Are Dictated by Distinct Epigenetic Reprogramming , Kevin Douglas Adams

Bacteriophages for Treating American Foulbrood and the Neutralization of Paenibacillus larvae Spores , Thomas Scott Brady

Methods for Detection of and Therapy for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae , Olivia Tateoka Brown

The Diversity Found Among Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria , Galen Edward Card

Exploration of Antimicrobial Activity in Natural Peptides and High-Throughput Discovery of Synthetic Peptides , Emma Kay Dallon

Gut Microbiota Regulates the Interplay Between Diet and Genetics to Influence Insulin Resistance , Jeralyn Jones Franson

The Antimicrobial Properties of Honey and Their Effect on Pathogenic Bacteria , Shreena Himanshu Mody

The Ability of Novel Phage to Infect Virulent Bacillus anthracis Isolates , Hyrum Smith Shumway

Galleria Mellonella as an Alternate Infection Model for Burkholderia Species and a Comparison of Suspension and Surface Test Methods for Evaluating Sporicidal Efficacy , Joseph D. Thiriot

The Clinical Significance of HPRT as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Biomarker for Hematological and Solid Malignancies , Michelle Hannah Townsend

Biomarker Analysis and Clinical Relevance of Thymidine Kinase 1 in Solid and Hematological Malignancies , Evita Giraldez Weagel

Hospital and meat associated Staphylococcus aureus and Their Biofilm Characteristics , Trevor Michael Wienclaw

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Comparison of Cytokine Expression and Bacterial Growth During Periparturient and Mid Lactation Mastitis in a Mouse Model , Rhonda Nicole Chronis

Influence of Epstein-Barr Virus on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Development and the Role of Depression on Disease Progression , Caleb Cornaby

The Effects of Nucleosome Positioning and Chromatin Architecture on Transgene Expression , Colton E. Kempton

Phosphate Signaling Through Alternate Conformations of the PstSCAB Phosphate Transporter , Ramesh Krishna Vuppada

Acetobacter fabarum Genes Influencing Drosophila melanogaster Phenotypes , Kylie MaKay White

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

The Path to Understanding Salt Tolerance: Global Profiling of Genes Using Transcriptomics of the Halophyte Suaeda fruticosa , Joann Diray Arce

Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of the Micrococcin Biosynthetic Pathway , Philip Ross Bennallack

Characterizing Interaction Between PASK and PBP1/ ATXN2 to Regulate Cell Growth and Proliferation , Nidhi Rajan Choksi

The Activity of Alkaline Glutaraldehyde Against Bacterial Endospores and Select Non-Enveloped Viruses , Justen Thalmus Despain

The Role of Viral Interleukin-6 in Tumor Development of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Lymphomas , Rebecca A. Fullwood

The Role of the Transcriptional Antiterminator RfaH in Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis, Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides, and Virulence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis , Jared Michael Hoffman

A CryAB Interactome Reveals Clientele Specificity and Dysfunction of Mutants Associated with Human Disease , Whitney Katherine Hoopes

The pmrHFIJKLM Operon in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Enhances Resistance to CCL28 and Promotes Phagocytic Engulfment by Neutrophils , Lauren Elizabeth Johnson

Characterization of Five Brevibacillus Bacteriophages and Their Genomes , Michael Allen Sheflo

Analysis of Nucleosome Isolation and Recovery: From In Silico Invitrosomes to In Vivo Nucleosomes , Collin Brendan Skousen

Human Herpesvirus 6A Infection and Immunopathogenesis in Humanized Rag2 -/-γc-/- Mice and Relevance to HIV/AIDS and Autoimmunity , Anne Tanner

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Identifying and Characterizing Yeast PAS Kinase 1 Substrates Reveals Regulation of Mitochondrial and Cell Growth Pathways , Desiree DeMille

The Detection and Molecular Evolution of Francisella tularensis Subspecies , Mark K. Gunnell

Isolation and Host Range of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriophages and Use for Decontamination of Fomites , Kyle C. Jensen

The Antioxidant and DNA Repair Capacities of Resveratrol, Piceatannol, and Pterostilbene , Justin Ryan Livingston

High Salinity Stabilizes Bacterial Community Composition and Activity Through Time , Tylan Wayne Magnusson

Advancing Phage Genomics and Honeybee Health Through Discovery and Characterization of Paenibacillaceae Bacteriophages , Bryan Douglas Merrill

Specialized Replication Operons Control Rhizobial Plasmid Copy Number in Developing Symbiotic Cells , Clarice Lorraine Perry

Gene Networks Involved in Competitive Root Colonization and Nodulation in the Sinorhizobium meliloti-Medicago truncatula Symbiosis , Ryan D. VanYperen

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Snf1 Mediated Phosphorylation and Activation of PAS Kinase , Bryan D. Badal

Studies of PhoU in Escherichia coli: Metal Binding, Dimerization,Protein/Protein Interactions, and a Signaling Complex Model , Stewart G. Gardner

Pharmacologic Immunomodulation of Macrophage Activation by Caffeine , Ryan Perry Steck

Analysis of Nucleosome Mobility, Fragility, and Recovery: From Embryonic Stem Cells to Invitrosomes , Ashley Nicolle Wright

Enhancing Protein and Enzyme Stability Through Rationally Engineered Site-Specific Immobilization Utilizing Non-Canonical Amino Acids , Jeffrey Chun Wu

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Thymidine Kinase 1: Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance in Malignancy , Melissa Marie Alegre

Promoter Polymorphisms in Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 , Daniel N. Clark

Modulators of Symbiotic Outcome in Sinorhizobium meliloti , Matthew B. Crook

Evidences for Protein-Protein Interactions Between PstB and PhoU in the Phosphate Signaling Complex of Escherichia coli , Kristine Dawn Johns

Identification of the Binding Partners for HspB2 and CryAB Reveals Myofibril and Mitochondrial Protein Interactions and Non-Redundant Roles for Small Heat Shock Proteins , Kelsey Murphey Langston

A Quadruplex Real-Time PCR Assay for the Rapid Detection and Differentiation of the Burkholderia pseudomallei Complex: B. mallei , B. pseudomallei , and B. thailandensis , Chinn-woan Lowe

The Role of Nuclear BMP2 in the Cell Cycle and Tumorigenesis , Brandt Alan Nichols

Nuclear BMP2 and the Immune Response , Daniel S. Olsen

Hypersaline Lake Environments Exhibit Reduced Microbial Dormancy , Joshua Christopher Vert

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Characterization of the Cellular and Organellar Dynamics that Occur with a Partial Depletion of Mitochondrial DNA when Arabidopsis Organellar DNA Polymerase IB is Mutated , John D. Cupp

Effect of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress on Different Cancer Cell Types , Gaytri Devi Gupta Elera

Effects of Chemical Stimulation and Tumor Co-Incubation on Macrophage Activation and Aggressiveness, Measured Through Phagocytosis and Respiratory Burst , Bo Marcus Gustafsson

Loss of the Lipopolysaccharide Core Biosynthesis rfaD Gene Increases Antimicrobial Chemokine Binding and Bacterial Susceptibility to CCL28 and Polymyxin: A Model for Understanding the Interface of Antimicrobial Chemokines and Bacterial Host Defense Avoidance Mechanisms , Cynthia S. Lew

Partial Characterization of the Antimicrobial Activity of CCL28 , Bin Liu

Characterizing the Role of HspB2 in Cardiac Metabolism and Muscle Structure Using Yeast and Mammalian Systems , Jonathan Paul Neubert

Humanized Mice as a Model to Study Human Viral Pathogenesis and Novel Antiviral Drugs , Freddy Mauricio Sanchez Tumbaco

Transgene Delivery via Microelectromechanical Systems , Aubrey Marie Mueller Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Antioxidants in Cancer Research and Prevention: Assay Comparison, Structure-Function Analysis, and Food Product Analysis , Andrew Robert Garrett

Characterization of the Role Nuclear Bmp2 (nBmp2) Plays in Regulating Gene Expression , Fialka Grigorova

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Effects of Diabetic State and Gender on Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion by Human Macrophages Infected with Burkholderia pseudomallei , Annette J. Blam

Organellar DNA Polymerases Gamma I and II in Arabidopsis thaliana , Jeffrey M. Brammer

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Do histone modifications control gene expression?

Does endotoxin cause or contribute to neurodegenerative diseases?

Molecular interactions of drugs with the allosteric sites of vertebrate Cys-loop receptors

Why do bacteria carry toxin-antitoxin systems?

Aneuploidy in cancer: lessons so far

Big data in genomics and healthcare and how it has defined cancer diagnosis and treatment

Modelling in Biology: accurate descriptions of our pathetic thinking or pathetic descriptions of the real world?

Trace the economic and biological causes of the current antibiotic resistance crisis. Is there a solution and, if so, does it lie in the hands of patients, clinicians, regulators or researchers?

Transposable elements – a powerful force driving evolution

Can the gut microbiota influence host appetite? Implications for the aetiology of obesity

Can vaccine innovation solve the last mile problem for vaccines in low-resource settings

Eradication of Polio: Past Challenges and Future Prospects

Is the age of antibiotics over?

Microbiome regulation of the gut-brain axis: implications for anxiety and depression

On the origin of the bacterial flagellum: an example of irreducible complexity?

Recent advances in the blockade of immune checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy

What are the major causes of delay in response to emerging disease outbreaks: the case of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Pharmacology

Cystic-fibrosis related diabetes

How do SNAREs mediate membrane fusion?

Is CRISPR ready for the clinic?

Phantom pain: a ghost in the machine or a biological basis?

Plant-derived polysaccharides - sweet medicine of tomorrow?

Why are opioids problematic analgesics?

Plant Sciences

"Scrambled Genomes": examining the methodology and goals of the Sc2.0 synthetic genome project

Engineering C4 Rice: Molecular Targets and Progress so far

Is Trehalose-6-phosphate a central regulator of plant carbon partitioning?

Sucrose signalling and its role in plant development

Who needs cells anyway?

Is visual adaptation diminished in autism spectrum disorders?

Memory reconsolidation blockade: a novel treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Parental influence on child language development: does gender matter?

Sleep disorders as model for Consciousness Research: a cognitive framework for parasomnias

The role of genetics in the transgenerational transmission of memories

The role of insulin in cognitive decline in the elderly

Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Adaptations of cancer cells for metastasis to the brain

How and why is the infant gut microbiota affected by caesarean section? The crying need for well-designed research

How do astrocytes support and modulate neuronal function? Exploring neurovascular coupling, neurometabolic coupling, and gliotransmission

The missing nuances of science and society: How popular science is shaping policy and understanding

The role of operant conditioning in spinal cord plasticity and its potential therapeutic implications for spinal cord injury

The significance of proinflammatory mediators in disrupting HRV: a link to cardiovascular morbidity in schizophrenia?

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Prenatal stress: relevance to major depressive disorder

Promises and limitations of a combinatorial approach to spinal cord injury

Social neurons? A critical examination of how individual neurons might implement primate social cognition

The bidirectional relationship between the hippocampus and metabolic syndrome

The Cognitive and Neurobiological Benefits of an Imperfect Memory

Why are drug seeking habits maladaptive?

How have homosexual mating preferences evolved in males and females?

How relevant is the Drosophila segmentation paradigm to the study of segmentation in other arthropods and other animals?

Mechanisms of mass extinction

Migration of Homo erectus out of Africa

The meaning of alarm calls: honesty and deception

Wolves verses Eurasian Lynx as candidates for large predator reintroduction in mainland Britain - which may be the most suitable and why?

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Causes and remedies for the decline in red squirrel numbers in Britain

How do deer impact forest organisms in UK lowland woodland?

Reintroduction and translocation as conservation tools for rhinos

Translocation as a tool for tiger ( Panthera tigris ) conservation: problems and potential solutions

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Medicalisation and violence against women: implications for the medical encounter

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The use of wood in prehistory

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Progress towards establishing lead times of biomarkers for early diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease

The Pharmacological Targeting of the Amyloid-beta pathway in Alzheimer's: issues and prospects

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Should the MMR vaccine be mandatory? The problem of herd immunity threshold

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Reducing Extremist Violence by increasing Integrative Complexity - why understanding the role of emotion is central to success

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The Developmental Process for Adenoviral Vectored Canine Influenza Vaccines , Nicholas Jeanjaquet

Exploring The Interactions Between SARS-CoV-2 and Host Proteins. , Sojan Shrestha

Evaluating Assessment Score Validity and Characterizing Undergraduate Biology Exam Content , Crystal Uminski

Discovering Novel Polyextremotolerant Fungi, and Determining their Ecological Role Within the Biological Soil Crust Consortium , Erin Carr

METHANOGEN METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY , Sean Carr

A Tale of Two Genomes: The Complex Interplay Between the Mitochondrial and the Nuclear Genomes , Abhilesh S. Dhawanjewar

Transcriptome Assembly and Characterization of Chemoreceptors for Corn Rootworms , Bailee Egan

Mitochondrial Functions are Major Targets of Isocyanide Activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Morgan A. Siemek

Access to Online Formative Assessments in Introductory Biology Courses: Investigating Barriers to Student Engagement , Allison Upchurch

Characterization of a novel glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD2) in the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , Itzela A. Cruz Powell

Mitochondrial Genome Structure and Double Strand Break Repair in Arabidopsis thaliana , Sterling Ericsson

Characterization of Novel Chlorovirus Glycosyltransferases That Synthesize Atypical Glycans , Eric Noel

Studies of the dUTPase of the Western Corn Rootworm , Carlos Riera-Ruiz

BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE GUT MICROBIOTA DERIVED FROM THE OIL FLY HELAEOMYIA PETROLEI FROM THE LA BREA TAR PITS , Brian Dillard

Functions of Vocal Mimicry in the Complex Song of the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris , Maria Goller

POLEROVIRUS GENOMIC VARIATION AND MECHANISMS OF SILENCING SUPPRESSION BY P0 PROTEIN , Natalie Holste

The Relationship Between the Cervical Microbiome and Cervical Cancer Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa , Cameron Klein

Identification of the Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Surface Glycoprotein Targets of Human KSHV-specific Neutralizing Antibody Responses , Yasaman Mortazavi

Prey Selection by Birds of Prey , Anisha Pokharel

Metagenomic, Viral and Host Genetic Analyses of Congenital Tremor in Pigs , Kylee Sutton

DGTS Production as a Phosphate Starvation Response in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans , Caleb Wehling

Regulation of Vaccinia Virus Replication: a Story of Viral Mimicry and a Novel Antagonistic Relationship Between Vaccinia Kinase and Pseudokinase , Annabel T. Olson

Plant mitochondrial genome evolution and structure has been shaped by double-strand break repair and recombination , Emily Wynn

Contributions of the gp120 Variable Loops to Envelope Glycoprotein Trimer Stability in Primate Lentiviruses , Dane Bowder

CONDITION-DEPENDENT LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES , Shivani V. Jadeja

EVALUATION OF A HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS GENOTYPING ASSAY FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN TANZANIA , kandali kapie

Influenza D Virus M2 Protein Exhibits Ion Channel Activity in Xenopus laevis Oocytes , Evan Daniel Kesinger

Establishing Benchmark Criteria for Single Chromosome Bacterial Genome Assembly , Timothy Krause

Behavioral Plasticity Across Non-Social Contexts in Female Green Swordtails, Xiphophorus Hellerii , Lindsey M. Coit

Resource allocation for acorn production: A comparison across species pairs of oaks with contrasting acorn production patterns and water use strategies , Kyle A. Funk

Variation in Density Dependent Seedling Survival Across Forests of Different Successional Age and Hunting Protection Status , Nohemi Huanca-Nunez

Phytohormone signaling in Chlorella sorokiniana: perspectives on the evolution of plant cell-to-cell signaling , Maya Khasin

Small RNA-Dependent Gene Silencing in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii : Functions and Mechanisms , EUN JEONG KIM

Nitrogen Addition and Ecosystem Functioning: Changes in Species Composition Leaf Traits Amplify Increases in Leaf Area Index and Canopy Chlorophyll , Anna R. Tatarko

Examination of Contribution of Pentose Catabolism to Molecular Hydrogen Formation by Targeted Disruption of Arabinose Isomerase ( araA ) in the Hyperthermophilic Bacterium, Thermotoga maritima , Derrick White

The Roles of Biotin in Candida Albicans Physiology , Nur Ras Aini Ahmad Hussin

The Plasticity of Functional Traits in the Dipterocarps of Borneo , Ju Ping Chan

Proximate and Evolutionary Causes of Sexual Size Dimorphism in the Crab Spider Mecaphesa celer , Marie Claire Chelini

Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Predator-related Behavioral Plasticity Expressed by Female Green Swordtails ( Xiphophorus hellerii ) , Rachael A. DiSciullo

POPULATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN AMERICAN KESTRELS THROUGH SPACE AND TIME , Teresa E. Ely

Evaluation of the Effects of Radiation on the Positioning of Histones and Other Proteins , Ashley Elizabeth Foster

THE JOINT EFFECT OF PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AND TEMPERATURE ON PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS , Jean P. Gibert

Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of de novo Genome Assemblies of Streptomyces aureofaciens ATCC 10762 , Julien S. Gradnigo

Investigation of Lipid Profile Patterns Along Latitude in an Eastern Australian Cline and After Stress Selection in the Laboratory, and Experiments on Stress Tolerance with RNAi Knockdown of Lipid Biosynthesis Genes , Li Ko

Characterization of the Role of Host and Dietary Factors in the Establishment of Bacteria in the Gastrointestinal Tract , Janina A. Krumbeck

Identification and Characterization of Ion Channel Activity of the M2 Protein from Influenza Virus D (DM2) , Jianing Liu

No Nonsense: The Protection of Wild-Type mRNAs From Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Krista Patefield

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORPHOGENESIS AND SECRETION IN THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS , Lakshmi Preethi Yerra

Observational Learning in the Jumping Spider Phidippus audax , Robert M. Adams

Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Transmission and Infection among Young Zambian Children , Landon Olp

Expansion of the Chlorovirus Genus by Studies on Virus Natural History and Chlorella Host Metabolism , Cristian F. Quispe

A Lipidomics Approach to the Viral-Host Dynamics of the Unicellular, Eukaryotic Alga Chlorella variabilis and its Viral Pathogen, PBCV-1 , Suzanne Rose

Plasticity in Female Mate Choosiness: A Result of Variation in Perceived Predation Risk and the Interaction of Female Age and Male Density , Ashley Atwell

Placental HPV Infection in HIV Positive and HIV Negative Zambian Women , Chrispin Chisanga

Stress Responses and Energy Storage in Drosophila melanogaster Selected for Resistance to a Gram-Positive Bacillus cereus Spores , Zhen Hu

FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE BAF-B1 AXIS DURING THE VACCINIA VIRUS LIFE CYCLE , Nouhou Ibrahim

Costs of Female Mating Behavior in the Variable Field Cricket, Gryllus lineaticeps , Cassandra M. Martin

Chlorovirus Skp1 and Core Ankyrin-Repeat Protein Interplay and Mimicry of Cellular Ubiquitin Ligase Machinery , Eric Andrew Noel

The equitable contributions of environment, management and restoration status on grassland diversity and composition , RaeAnn C. Powers

Investigations into Sensory Ecology and Gene Evolution of the pea aphid ( Acyrthosiphon pisum ) , Swapna R. Purandare

Biosorption of Heavy Metals onto the Surface of Bacteriophage T4 , Zheng Huan Tan

THE ROLE OF THE N-TERMINUS ON THE ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY OF dUTPase FROM DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM , Kyle C. Varon

Investigating the Role of MicroRNAs in the Response to Nitrogen Deprivation in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , Adam Voshall

The Mechanism of Small RNA Biogenesis, Degradation, and Function in Arabidopsis , Meng Xie

THE PREDICTION OF B-CELL EPITOPE VIA BIOSTATISTICAL AND BIOINFORMATIC METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS , Bo Yao

Regulation of Phialide Morphogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans , Hu Yin

Trade-offs in Male Lek Behavior , Sarah A. Cowles

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-8: TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION TO CHILDREN IN ZAMBIAN HOUSEHOLDS , Kay L. Crabtree

THE ORIGIN AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF TWO MULTIGENE FAMILIES: G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS AND GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILIES , Seong-il Eyun

Analysis of Human Papillomavirus Capsid Proteins: Insights into Capsid Assembly , Willie A. Hughes

Coccidia of Gerbils from Mongolia , Ethan T. Jensen

Investigation of the life history and lipid content consequences of reduced abundance of delta-9 Desaturases in Drosophila melanogaster , Li Ko

Small Interfering RNA-Mediated Translation Repression Alters Ribosome Sensitivity to Inhibition by Cycloheximide in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , Xinrong Ma

PREDATION AND BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY IN GREEN SWORDTAILS: MATE CHOICE IN FEMALES AND EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR IN MALES , Andrew J. Melie

Telomere-Related Factors and Human Papillomavirus Genome Maintenance , Adam Rogers

Spontaneous male death and monogyny in the dark fishing spider Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, 1843 (Araneae, Pisauridae) , Steven K. Schwartz

EVOLUTION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 CLADE C ENVELOPE V1-V5 REGION DURING DISEASE PROGRESSION IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MODEL , For Yue Tso

The Roles of Phenotypic Plasticity and Genotypic Specialization in High Altitude Adaptation , Danielle M. Tufts

Transcriptional analysis of cervical epithelial cell responses to HIV-1 , Andrew A. Block

THE PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM: THE TRANSLOCATOR PROTEINS, THEIR SECRETION, AND THE RESTRICTION OF TRANSLOCATION BY THE PLANT IMMUNE SYSTEM , Emerson Crabill

Gene Duplication and the Evolution of Hemoglobin Isoform Differentiation in Birds , Michael T. Grispo

Foraging Challenges: Unsuitable Prey and Limited Information , Travis M. Hinkelman

ASSESSING PATTERNS OF HYBRIDIZATION AND MULTIPLE MECHANISMS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN ERYTHRONIUM ALBIDUM AND ITS CONGENER E. MESOCHOREUM , Kathy Roccaforte

Characterization of Binding and Fusion Efficiencies Mediated by the V1-V5 Env Derived from Transmitted and Non-transmitted Viruses Isolated from a Perinatal Transmission Cohort from Zambia , Mackenzie Waltke

Herbivory affects patterns of plant reproductive effort and seed production , Natalie M. West

COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF DIFFERENTIAL GENE CALLING METHODS FOR RNA-SEQ DATA , Ximeng Zheng

Population Genetics of Cell to Cell Movement of Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus , Melissa S. Bartels

EXPLORING SOURCES OF SELECTION ON THE MULTIMODAL COURTSHIP DISPLAYS OF TWO SISTER SPECIES OF WOLF SPIDERS: SCHIZOCOSA CRASSIPALPATA AND SCHIZOCOSA BILINEATA , Mitch Bern

The Role of Human Ubc9 During the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication Cycle , Christopher R. Bohl

EFFECT OF DIET QUANITITY AND QUALITY ON FEMALE SAMPLING BEHAVIOUR AND MATING PREFERENCES IN A FIELD CRICKET , Heidi L. Bulfer

ANALYSIS OF TURNIP CRINKLE VIRUS EFFECTS ON THE INNATE AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA , Teresa J. Donze

Investigation of Bovine Herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) Encoded Infected Cell Protein 0 (bICP0) , Natasha N. Gaudreault

Characterization of RNAi-defective mutants -- Mut13-2 and Mut20 -- in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , Arit Ghosh

THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CONTEXT & CACHE SURVIVAL ON PINYON JAY CACHING BEHAVIOR , Christine L. Keefe

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS GENOTYPE CONCORDANCE WITHIN ZAMBIAN COUPLES , Kgomotso Makhaola

Life history tradeoffs and phenotypic plasticity: The tale of a flight polyphenic field cricket , Chandreyee Mitra

Truncated dUTPase of Dictyostelium discoideum is active and likely to form trimers , Phuoc V. Nguyen

Functional Classification of Divergent Protein Sequences and Molecular Evolution of Multi-Domain Proteins , Pooja K. Strope

MSH1 INFLUENCE ON PLANT MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME RECOMBINATION AND PHENOTYPE IN TOBACCO , Peibei Sun

The Complexities of Wolf Spider Communication Exploring Courtship Signal Function in Rabidosa rabida , Dustin J. Wilgers

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A thesis for Distinction in Biology is a wonderful way for you to close the loop on your undergraduate research experience and showcase your scientific scholarship. Your thesis will be evaluated by the Faculty in Biology and answers the following questions: What did you do? Why did you do it? What is the significance of your results? What else would you do, were you to continue the project?

In answering the above questions, you have an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding and intellectual ownership of a project; not simply your productivity in the lab. The volume of results or completeness of the study is not critical for a successful thesis. Instead, we will be looking for the following:

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Format of the Thesis

The basic format of the thesis should resemble that of any scientific journal article that is common in your subdiscipline. It generally includes the following sections: Introduction & Background; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; and References. In some instances, it may be useful to sub-divide the Methods & Results section to correspond to multiple aims. However, if you chose to take this route, remember that there should still be a general Introduction and Discussion sections that address the project as a whole. The thesis should not consist of several "mini-papers" that are unconnected.  

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Senior Honors Thesis Research Proposal

Albert B. Ulrich III Thesis Advisor: Dr. Wayne Leibel 11 September 1998

Introduction:

Neotropical fish of the family Cichlidae are a widespread and diverse group of freshwater fish which, through adaptive radiation, have exploited various niches in freshwater ecosystems. One such evolutionary adaptation employed by numerous taxa is miniaturization, an evolutionary process in which a large ancestral form becomes reduced in size to exploit alternative niches. A considerable amount of research has been conducted on the effects of miniaturization on amphibians (Hanken 1983), but although miniaturization has been found to occur in 85 species of freshwater South American fish, little has been done to investigate the effects which miniaturization imposes on the anatomy of the fish (Hanken and Wake 1993).

Background:

Evolution is the process by which species adapt to environmental stresses over time. Nature imposes various selective pressures on ecosystems causing adaptive radiation, where species expand and fill new niches. One such adaptation for a new niche is miniaturization. Miniaturization can be defined as “the evolution of extremely small adult body size within a lineage” (Hanken and Wake 1993). Miniaturization is observed in a variety of taxa, and evolutionary size decreases are observed in mammals and higher vertebrates, but it is more common and more pronounced in reptiles, amphibians and fish (Hanken and Wake 1993). Miniaturization evolved as a specialization which allowed the organisms to avoid selective pressures and occupy a new niche. Miniaturization as a concept is dependent on the phylogenetic assumption that the organism evolved from a larger predecessor. Over time, the miniature organism had to adapt to the new conditions as a tiny species. All of the same basic needs had to be met, but with a smaller body.

In miniature species there is a critical relationship between structure of the body and body size, and frequently this downsizing results in structural and functional changes within the animal (Harrison 1996). Within the concept of miniaturization is the assumption that the species evolved from a larger progenitor. It is necessary then to explore the effects of the miniaturization process. “Miniaturization involves not only small body size per se, but also the consequent and often dramatic effects of extreme size reduction on anatomy, physiology, ecology, life history, and behavior” (Hanken and Wake 1993).

Hanken and Wake 1993 found that the adult skulls of the salamander Thorius were lacking several bones, others were highly underdeveloped, and many species within the genus were toothless. Several invertebrate species display the wholesale loss of major organs systems as a result of the drastic reduction in body size (Hanken and Wake 1993). Hanken and Wake also have shown that morphological novelty is a common result of miniaturization. Morphological novelty, in essence, is the development of new structures in the miniature organism. For example, as body size decreases, certain vital organs will only be able to be reduced by a certain amount and still function. As a result organs such as the inner ear remain large relative to the size of the miniature skull, and structural innovations have to occur in order to support the proportionately large inner ear.

In 1983, James Hanken, at the University of Colorado determined that the adult skull of the Plethodontid salamanders could be characterized by three observations: 1) there was a limited development or even an absence of several ossified elements such as dentition and other bones; 2) there was interspecific and intraspecific variability; 3) there were novel mophological configurations of the braincase and jaw (Hanken 1983).

In his experiments, Hanken found that cranial miniaturization of the Thorius skull was achieved at the expense of ossification. Much of the ossified skeleton was lost or reduced, especially in the anterior elements, which are seen typically in larger adult salamanders (Hanken 1983). In contrast to this ossified downsizing, many of the sensory organs were not diminished in size — therefore present in greater proportion to the rest of the reduced head. He also reported that due to the geometrical space availability, there is a competition for space in reduced sized skulls, and the “predominant brain, otic capsules, and eyes have imposed structural rearrangements on much of the skull that remains” (Hanken 1983).

Hanken proposed that paedomorphosis was the mode of evolution of the plethodontid salamanders (Hanken 1983). Paedomorphosis is the state where the miniaturized structures of the adult salamanders can be described as arrested juvenile states. To support this theory, Hanken showed data where cranial skeletal reduction was less extreme in the posterior regions of the skull. One of the hallmarks of paedamorphosis is the lack of conservation in structures derived late in development. Early developed structures are highly conserved, and the latter derivations become either lost, or greatly reduced. Again, Hanken has shown that elements appearing late in development exhibit greater variation among species than do elements appearing earlier in ontogeny (Hanken 1983). But the presence of novel morphological features cannot be accounted for merely by truncated development and the retention of juvenile traits. Miniature Plethodontid salamanders display features that are not present in other species, juvenile or adult. These novel morphological features are associated with the evolution of decreased size and are postulated to compensate for the reductions occurring in other areas (Hanken 1983).

In 1985, Trueb and Alberch published a paper presenting similar results in their experiments with frogs. They explored the “relationships between body sizes of anurans and their cranial configurations with respect to the degree of ossification of the skull and two ontogenetic variables‹shape and number of differentiation events” (Trueb and Alberch 1985). Trueb and Alberch examined three morphological variables: size, sequence of differentiation events, and shape changes in individual structures. Size and snout length were measured, and the data showed that the more heavily ossified frogs tended to be smaller, whereas the less-ossified species were of average size, contrary to what was hypothesized. But Trueb and Alberch also attributed the diminution in size to paedomorphosis, citing that the smaller frogs lacked one or more of the elements typically associated with anuran skulls‹these missing elements were typically late in the developmental sequence. It is significant to note, however, that although there was an apparent paedomorphic trend, it could not be “applied unequivocally to all anuans” (Trueb and Alberch 1985). Very little research has been done on the effects of miniaturization on fish. In 1993, Buckup published a paper discussing the phylogeny of newly found minature species of Characidiin fish, but the extent of the examination was merely an acknowledgment that the species were indeed miniatures so that they could be taxonomically reclassified ( Buckup 1993). It is this deficit of knowledge with regard to miniaturization in fish that prompts this research.

Statement of the Problem:

How does miniaturization affect other vertebrates, such as fish? There are over 85 species of freshwater South American fish which are regarded as miniature, spanning 5 orders, 11 families and 40 genera (Hanken and Wake 1993). One such species, Apistogramma cacatuoides, is a South American Cichlid native to Peru. It lives in shallow water bodies in the rainforests, where miniature size is necessary. Males in this species reach approximately 8cm, and females only 5cm. This makes A. cacatuoides an ideal specimen for examination. In this senior honors thesis, I intend to examine the effects of miniaturization on cranial morphology of A. cacatuoides.

Plan of Research:

In this thesis, I will compare the cranial anatomy of A. cacatuoides to that of “Cichlasoma” (Archocentrus) nigrofasciatum, a commonly bred fish reared by aquarists known as the Convict Cichlid, a “typical” medium-sized cichlid also of South American origin. The Convicts will be examined at various stages in development, from juvenile to adult, and will be compared to A.cacatuoides.

The first part of this project will involve whole mount preparation of A. cacatuoides, utilizing the staining and clearing procedures described by Taylor and Van Dyke, 1985. This procedure involves the use of Alizarin Red and Alcian Blue to stain bone and cartilage, and takes into account the adaptations and recommendations Proposed in an earlier paper (Hanken and Wassersug 1981). The Taylor and Van Dyke procedure is specifically for the staining and clearing of small fish and other vertebrates. I tested the procedure during last semester¹s Independent Study and made a few minor adjustments to the protocol.

First, the specimens will be placed serially into an absolute ethyl alcohol solution and stained with Alcian Blue. The fish will then be neutralized in a saturated borax solution, transferred to a 20% hydrogen peroxide solution in potassium hydroxide, and then bleached under a fluorescent light. The unwanted soft tissues will then be cleared using trypsin powder, and then stained in KOH again with alizarin red. The final preparation of the fish involves rinsing the fish, and placing them serially into 40%, 70%, and finally 100% glycerin.

Following the above preparation of the specimens, the crania of the A. cacatuoides specimens will be examined for morphological variation and compared to the cranial anatomy of the Convict cichlid as a progenitor reference point examined at various developmental stages to see if paedomorphosis in indeed the mechanism of miniaturization in A. cacatuoides.

Expected Costs:

The project is estimated to cost no more that five hundred dollars for chemicals and supplies for the entire year.

Literature Cited:

Hanken, J., 1983. Miniaturization and its Effects on Cranial Morphology in Plethodontid Salamanders, Genus Thorius (Amphibia: Plethodontidae). I. Osteological Variation”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (London) 23: 55-75.

Hanken, James, 1983. Miniaturization and its Effects on Cranial Morhology in Plethodontid Salamanders, Genus Thorius (Amphibia, Plethodintidae): II.The Fate of the Brain and Sense Organs and Their Role in Skull Morphogenesis and Evolution . Journal of Morphology 177: 255-268.

Hanken, James and David Wake, 1993. Miniaturization of Body Size: Origanismal Consequences and Evolutionary Significance. Annual Review of Ecological Systems 24: 501-19.

Harrison, I. J., 1996. Interface Areas in Small Fish. Zoological Symposium No. 69. The Zoological Society of London: London.

Miller, P. J., 1996. Miniature Vertebrates: The Implications of Small Body Size. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London. No. 69: 15-45.

Taylor, William R. and George Van Dyke, 1985. Revised Procedures for Staining and Clearing Small Fishes and Other Vertebrates for Small Bone and Cartilage Study. Cybium. 9(2): 107-119.

Trueb, L. and P. Alberch, 1985. Miniaturization and the Anuran Skull: a Case Study of Heterochrony. Fortschritte der Zoologie. Bund 30.

Williams, T. Walley, 1941 Bone and Cartilage. Stain. Tech. 16:23-25.

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Published on 9 September 2022 by Tegan George . Revised on 6 April 2023.

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University : University of Pennsylvania Faculty : History Author : Suchait Kahlon Award : 2021 Hilary Conroy Prize for Best Honors Thesis in World History Title : “Abolition, Africans, and Abstraction: the Influence of the “Noble Savage” on British and French Antislavery Thought, 1787-1807”

University : Columbia University Faculty : History Author : Julien Saint Reiman Award : 2018 Charles A. Beard Senior Thesis Prize Title : “A Starving Man Helping Another Starving Man”: UNRRA, India, and the Genesis of Global Relief, 1943-1947

University: University College London Faculty: Geography Author: Anna Knowles-Smith Award:  2017 Royal Geographical Society Undergraduate Dissertation Prize Title:  Refugees and theatre: an exploration of the basis of self-representation

University: University of Washington Faculty:  Computer Science & Engineering Author: Nick J. Martindell Award: 2014 Best Senior Thesis Award Title:  DCDN: Distributed content delivery for the modern web

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University:  University of Edinburgh Faculty:  Informatics Author:  Christopher Sipola Award:  2018 Social Responsibility & Sustainability Dissertation Prize Title:  Summarizing electricity usage with a neural network

University:  University of Ottawa Faculty:  Education Author:  Matthew Brillinger Award:  2017 Commission on Graduate Studies in the Humanities Prize Title:  Educational Park Planning in Berkeley, California, 1965-1968

University:  University of Ottawa Faculty: Social Sciences Author:  Heather Martin Award:  2015 Joseph De Koninck Prize Title:  An Analysis of Sexual Assault Support Services for Women who have a Developmental Disability

University : University of Ottawa Faculty : Physics Author : Guillaume Thekkadath Award : 2017 Commission on Graduate Studies in the Sciences Prize Title : Joint measurements of complementary properties of quantum systems

University:  London School of Economics Faculty: International Development Author: Lajos Kossuth Award:  2016 Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance Title:  Shiny Happy People: A study of the effects income relative to a reference group exerts on life satisfaction

University : Stanford University Faculty : English Author : Nathan Wainstein Award : 2021 Alden Prize Title : “Unformed Art: Bad Writing in the Modernist Novel”

University : University of Massachusetts at Amherst Faculty : Molecular and Cellular Biology Author : Nils Pilotte Award : 2021 Byron Prize for Best Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Improved Molecular Diagnostics for Soil-Transmitted Molecular Diagnostics for Soil-Transmitted Helminths”

University:  Utrecht University Faculty:  Linguistics Author:  Hans Rutger Bosker Award: 2014 AVT/Anéla Dissertation Prize Title:  The processing and evaluation of fluency in native and non-native speech

University: California Institute of Technology Faculty: Physics Author: Michael P. Mendenhall Award: 2015 Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics Title: Measurement of the neutron beta decay asymmetry using ultracold neutrons

University:  Stanford University Faculty: Management Science and Engineering Author:  Shayan O. Gharan Award:  Doctoral Dissertation Award 2013 Title:   New Rounding Techniques for the Design and Analysis of Approximation Algorithms

University: University of Minnesota Faculty: Chemical Engineering Author: Eric A. Vandre Award:  2014 Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics Title: Onset of Dynamics Wetting Failure: The Mechanics of High-speed Fluid Displacement

University: Erasmus University Rotterdam Faculty: Marketing Author: Ezgi Akpinar Award: McKinsey Marketing Dissertation Award 2014 Title: Consumer Information Sharing: Understanding Psychological Drivers of Social Transmission

University: University of Washington Faculty: Computer Science & Engineering Author: Keith N. Snavely Award:  2009 Doctoral Dissertation Award Title: Scene Reconstruction and Visualization from Internet Photo Collections

University:  University of Ottawa Faculty:  Social Work Author:  Susannah Taylor Award: 2018 Joseph De Koninck Prize Title:  Effacing and Obscuring Autonomy: the Effects of Structural Violence on the Transition to Adulthood of Street Involved Youth

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EBIO student's Honors Thesis submissions from past years are archived here with abstracts from the student's respective papers. Peruse several of the submissions to get a sense of the area's of study our students delve into for their Honors Thesis projects.

Landscape Patterns of Litter Decomposition in Alpine Tundra - H. A. O'Lear and T. R. Seastedt - 1994

Effects of Mobile Tree Islands on Soil Carbon Storage in Tundra Ecosystems - Sheridan J. Pauker and T. R. Seastedt - 1996

Effects of Sequestered Iridoid Glycosides on Prey Choice of the Prairie Wolf Spider,  Lycosa carolinensis  - Demetri Hilario Theodoratus and M. Deane Bowers - 1998

Effects of Soil Nitrogen Reduction on Nonnative Plants in Restored Grasslands - K.J. Reever Morghan & T. R. Seastedt - 1999

Phylogeny of hammerhead sharks (Family Sphyrnidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes -  Douglas D. Lim, Philip Motta, Kyle Mara, Andrew P. Martin - 2010

Beyond immunity: quantifying the efects of host anti-parasite behavior on parasite transmission -  Elizabeth W. Daly & Pieter T. J. Johnson - 2011

Land Use and Wetland Spatial Position Jointly Determine Amphibian Parasite Communities - Richard B. Hartson,  Sarah A. Orlofske,  Vanessa E. Melin,  Robert T. Dillon Jr., and Pieter T. J. Johnson - 2011

Effects of fuels reductions on plant communities and soils in a Piñon-juniper woodland - M.R. Ross, S.C. Castle, N.N. Barger - 2012

Investigating the dispersal routes used by an invasive amphibian, Lithobates catesbeianus , in human-dominated landscapes - Anna C. Peterson & Katherine L. D. Richgels & Pieter T. J. Johnson & Valerie J. McKenzie - 2012

Incorporation of an Introduced Weed into the Diet of a Native Butterfly: Consequences for Preference, Performance and Chemical Defense - Angela Knerl & M. Deane Bowers 

Quantifying the biomass of parasites to understand their role in aquatic communities - Jason Lambden & Pieter T. J. Johnson - 2013

Conceptual Revision and Synthesis of Proximate Factors Associated with Age-Related Improvement in Reproduction - Rachel J Bradley & Rebecca J. Safran - 2014

Patterns and ecological predictors of age-related performance in female North American barn swallows,  Hirundo rustica erythrogaster    -  R. J. Bradley & J. K. Hubbard & B. R. Jenkins & R. J. Safran - 2014

Assessing The Harmful Impacts Of Increased Commercial Shipping On Arctic Marine Mammals: A Systematic Literature Review - Hayley Wuestenberg - 2021

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Harmful Algal Blooms As A Possible Cause Of Late Cretaceous Vertebrate Mortality Events In Northwestern Madagascar - Christopher Mulligan - 2021

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Population Structure Of The Endangered Mud Shrimp Upogebia Pugettensis - Madeleine Horan - 2021

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Exploring The Biogeographic Relationship Between Variation In Parasites And Pathogens And Host Plant Dispersal Traits - Patrick Heffernan - 2021

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Flowering Time And Related Genes In Cannabis - Zachary Girard - 2021

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May Physical Activity Ameliorate Symptoms And Comorbidities Associated With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv) Infection? - Elizabeth Enichen - 2021

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Nest Insulative Capacity Varies Between Chickadee Species But Not Along An Elevation Gradient - Shay Ding - 2021

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The Impact Of Early Snowmelt, Warming, And Microtopography On In Situ Geum Rossii Germination Rates In The Alpine - Nyika Campbell - 2021

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Entomology Education Since 2000: Methods, Outcomes, Challenges, and Suggestions for Practice - Elizabeth Woolner - 2020

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Loss of Microbial Biodiversity: Implications for Human Health and Food Security - Shannon Ross - 2020

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Listed below are some of the best examples of research projects and dissertations from undergraduate and taught postgraduate students at the University of Leeds We have not been able to gather examples from all schools. The module requirements for research projects may have changed since these examples were written. Refer to your module guidelines to make sure that you address all of the current assessment criteria. Some of the examples below are only available to access on campus.

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Harvard University Theses, Dissertations, and Prize Papers

The Harvard University Archives ’ collection of theses, dissertations, and prize papers document the wide range of academic research undertaken by Harvard students over the course of the University’s history.

Beyond their value as pieces of original research, these collections document the history of American higher education, chronicling both the growth of Harvard as a major research institution as well as the development of numerous academic fields. They are also an important source of biographical information, offering insight into the academic careers of the authors.

Spanning from the ‘theses and quaestiones’ of the 17th and 18th centuries to the current yearly output of student research, they include both the first Harvard Ph.D. dissertation (by William Byerly, Ph.D . 1873) and the dissertation of the first woman to earn a doctorate from Harvard ( Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson , Ed.D. 1922).

Other highlights include:

• The collection of Mathematical theses, 1782-1839
• The 1895 Ph.D. dissertation of W.E.B. Du Bois, The suppression of the African slave trade in the United States, 1638-1871
• Ph.D. dissertations of astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (Ph.D. 1925) and physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (Ph.D. 1922)
• Undergraduate honors theses of novelist John Updike (A.B. 1954), filmmaker Terrence Malick (A.B. 1966),  and U.S. poet laureate Tracy Smith (A.B. 1994)
• Undergraduate prize papers and dissertations of philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson (A.B. 1821), George Santayana (Ph.D. 1889), and W.V. Quine (Ph.D. 1932)
• Undergraduate honors theses of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (A.B. 1940) and Chief Justice John Roberts (A.B. 1976)

What does a prize-winning thesis look like?

If you're a Harvard undergraduate writing your own thesis, it can be helpful to review recent prize-winning theses. The Harvard University Archives has made available for digital lending all of the Thomas Hoopes Prize winners from the 2019-2021 academic years.

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A narrative review on wastewater-based epidemiology as a strategy for disease surveillance in the Philippines , Melissa Ellaine V. De Luna, Miriel A. Lacson, Kyle Gabriel R. Santos, Arabella Jannie A. Umali, and John Oliver M. Bagasbas

Cannabis sativa as a possible treatment for alleviating both motor and nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease: A meta-analysis , Lucy R. DeVera and Arcadia Marie Q. Pacaña

A study on the human lymphatic filariasis in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Transmission through migration , Nicolas Marcelle D. Dimaculangan, Therese Marie F. Dinopol, and Media Zofia S. Canlas

Anti-reflective coatings for photovoltaic module efficiency: A bibliometric review , Alistair V. Enhaynes, John Brian F. Anderson, and Jerik Adrian V. Bayon

The relationship between clostridium spp. and the incidence of colorectal cancer: A descriptive review , Louise Nicole C. Escueta

Preliminary assessment of microplastic contamination of fish from a Metro Manila wet market , Dennis Paolo M. Garcia

Virulence-associated genome plasticity of selected clinical candida albicans from a Philippine tertiary hospital , Maria Angelica R. Gerodias

Sequence analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes in staphylococcus aureus in selected Southeast Asian countries , Genevieve D. Giron, Marie Angeli N. Peña, and Therese Amber E. Oconer

Image-assisted assessment of the efficiency of comperiella calauanica as parasitoid of aspidiotus rigidus in Zamboanga Sibugay , Jona Marie Miranda Ilustre and Shannen Faye Marcayda Maiquez

Evaluation of pre-processing tools and provenance in RNA-Seq studies of breast cancer , Gillian Nicole A. Jamias

The association of the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of toxoplasmosis in Cebu, Philippines , Erika Ashley Meg G. Jayma and Catherine Bartolome Lee

A comprehensive study on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on intestinal parasitic infections among schoolchildren in developing countries , Jezzica D'Andre Raquel Laoque, Joelle Alessandra Cuesta Enrile, and Reggie Ballestar Saringan

An analysis on the behavioral, economic, and social patterning of Schistosoma japonicum infections in endemic areas in the Philippines and other endemic Southeast Asian countries , Ava Sabine L. Ledesma and Cyd Justin T. Solera

COVID-19 associated aspergillosis, candidiasis, cryptococcosis, and mucormycosis infections in patients with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review , Denise Vina Tan Li and Jasmine Gail F. Lizano

The effects of cannabidiol on skin: A bibliometric review , Shannen Meeka L. Lim and Brina Sabelle C. Secosana

An analysis on the variability of the tilapia lake virus (TiLV) whole genome to aid in detection and treatment target , Rain Allisha M. Lontok

Efficacy of antimalarial drug treatments for uncomplicated falciparum and vivax malaria in selected Southeast Asian countries: A meta-analysis , Jed Arvin S. Lurzano, Charles Paolo P. Platon, and Johan Christian T. Tansiongkun

Narrative synthesis on the antibacterial properties of plants from the apocynaceae family that can be found in the Philippines , Melice Mei Del Moro Mago and Jasmine Rose Colico Martinez

In silico screening of the SH3 resistance locus in coffea canephora and coffea arabica for candidate genes involved in coffee leaf rust resistance , Marc Lenard T. Merlin

A comparative study of the secondary metabolites contributing to the antimicrobial properties of plants belonging to Fabaceae and Lamiaceae families that are found in the Philippines , Jenny Anne Clanor Paloma, Raniel Angelo Guinto Ramos, and Bryll Jay Cerdan Carilla

Designing loop-mediated isothermal amplification primers for molecular-based nitrogen monitoring in Oryza sativa L. (rice) , Vivia Anne Lourdes O. Pepingco

Vitamin D deficiency as an indicator of asthma in children in developing countries: A meta-analysis , Benz Arielle T. Sabellon, Maria Patricia Micaela Y. Souza, and Camille Maxine Anne B. Viceral

A comprehensive study of maternal and congenital toxoplasmosis , Christiana J. Santiago, Jmelyn Nicole H. Sy, and Eunice Maryan S. Vargas

Caffeine as a preventive supplement for Parkinson’s disease: A meta-analysis , Swizza Rivera Siega, Lorraine Lim Simeon Cua, and Luis Reyes Oronce

Association of C-reactive protein and D-dimer with diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide as a pulmonary post-COVID-19 sequelae: A systematic review , Heidi Kristine C. Tan and Kimichiro B. Yagi

Prevalence and associated risk factors of waterborne parasitic infections in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand: A systematic review and meta-analysis , Francesca Frigillana Villanueva, Franco Almino B. Libre, and Ryan T. Paras

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

A comprehensive evaluation of medicinal plants from Mindanao, Philippines using secondary data reported between 1970 and 2020 , Derrick Myles Y. Acosta, Rolland Mae Z. Jose, and Josh Matthew R. Oronce

Exploring the effects of portulaca oleracea (olasiman) on maternal-neonatal wellness: ICR murine model , Christopher Sebastiano P. Almazar

Preliminary analysis of the biological response of sub-adult scylla serrata (mangrove crabs) on phosphate & on phosphate-containing shampoo , Kobee D. Bacolod

Clinical and nutritional outcomes of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis on maternal and child health , Francees Raphaiel Fortu Cabaltera, Arienne Therese Pangilinan Evangelista, and Ramon Joaquin Amparo Isaguirre

A meta-analysis on the therapeutic effects of silver nanoparticles on colitis-induced mouse models , Yuen Kun Chelsea Cheuk

Narrative synthesis of the medicinal plants in Luzon, Philippines based on online publications from 1996 to 2020 , Koleen Faye Umali Constantino and Mark Joseph Condeno Salazar

An assessment of the potential of long-term storage of pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. “Bantigue” (Family Lythraceae) seeds pre-treated under different relative humidity conditions , Miguel Lorenzo Z. De Leon

Efficiency assessment of regionally derived 16S rDNA and COI sequences for widescale detection of mangrove crab (Scylla serrata) (Forskål) population structure , Alexis Gwyneth P. Desuasido

A systematic review on the association between the climatic factors and the prevalence of disease in the Philippines with respect to the trends in other Southeast Asian countries , Kyle Justine R. Gregorio and Ysabelle Marian M. Guzman

Evaluating variability in interferon gamma and toll like receptor 4 in the chicken (gallus gallus, linnaeus, 1758) for comparison of known breeds with the native Philippine chicken , Jed Allyn T. Hernandez and Zaki L. Suficiencia

Using alignment-based methods in the phylogenetic inferencing of genus Andrographis Wall. ex Nees , Ma. Loren Elena C. Juaban

A narrative synthesis of studies on medicinal plants from Visayas, Philippines reported between the period 1970 to 2020 , Daeun Lee, Kyle Jigger D. Bartolome, and Francis Christian L. Luakian

A systematic review of biosensors suitable for environmental biomonitoring of heavy metal water pollution in the Philippines , Winona Abidin Peñafiel and Dominique Ma. Francesca A. Ybañez

Criteria for comparisons and recommendations for a next generation of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells as HIV-1 treatment , Anne Kimberly Bueno Sabado

Analysis of the variation of age-specific life expectancies between sexes due to Covid-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Philippines , Aubrey Christine C. Tatoy

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

A comprehensive study on the prevalence of capillariasis associated with beliefs, practices, and dietary habits , Monica Louisse A. Briones and John Martin A. Borja

Zinc supplementation as an adjunct treatment for acute diarrhea among pediatric patients in developed countries: A meta-analysis , Claire Angelica A. Escueta

Meta-analysis of hypertension as a comorbid condition of COVID-19 patients , Margerie Zia Sayo Majarais and Princess Janna Bandrang Mala

Bioclimate-based species distribution modelling of the two key insect pests of Theobroma cacao in the Philippines , Tisha Marie F. Navarrosa, Camille Anne C. Angeles, and Gabriel John C. Tolentino

The influence of helminthiasis on the cognitive performance of school children: A meta-analysis , Katherina J. Soberano and Tiffany D. Blanquera

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The Effect of Time Perception on Affect

Timing and time perception is essential to humans, whose lives and biology are organized around clocks. From the simple give-and-take of conversation to understanding cause and effect, individuals rely on accurate time perception to successfully complete tasks and organize their lives. However, accurate time perception is vulnerable to all manner of influence, from both internal and external sources, including affect. A robust body of literature suggests that negative affect is positively associated with time dilation, or subjective lengthening of time, whereas positive affect is positively associated with time constriction, or subjective shortening of time. Collectively, these are known as time distortion, which has been preliminarily linked to increased impairment in anxiety, depression, and BPD. However, this literature features two key limitations. First, researchers have mostly examined time perception as an objective measure, through the use of measures such as the temporal bisection tasks, which limits our understanding of the subjective experience of time distortion and how it may contribute to psychopathology. Second, across studies, time perception is most often studied as an outcome, rather than examining the role of time perception in predicting affective change, i.e., contextualizing the role of time distortion in clinically-relevant research questions. The current project aimed to address these gaps in the literature through two studies which examined (1) the roles of brief affect and time perception manipulations on affective change and subjective time perception in an online study (Study 1) and (2) the effect of a longer time perception manipulation on affective change during an in-person experimental protocol (Study 2).

Across studies, participants included a community-based sample of U.S. adults over age 18 and two separate undergraduate samples recruited from introductory psychology courses at Purdue University. In Study 1, the final sample size exceeded 750 and was comprised of community-based and undergraduate participants. Online participants reported on dispositional levels of clinical measures [e.g., rumination, borderline personality disorder (BPD) features] and then completed an experimental protocol with brief mood and time perception manipulations while repeatedly reporting on their negative affect. Results suggested that the time perception manipulation was not effective, but that across the protocol, negative affect rose and positive affect decreased. Further, participants reported overall that time seemed to be passing by slower than usual during the protocol. These findings informed the design of Study 2, which lengthened the time perception manipulation and eliminated the mood induction component in order to address the more basic question of whether time perception manipulation influences mood, particularly during neutral cognitive tasks.

One hundred and twenty-seven undergraduate participants completed Study 2. As in Study 1, participants filled out self-report surveys about dispositional symptoms of psychopathology (e.g., rumination, emotion dysregulation, and symptoms associated with BPD, depression, and anxiety) before completing an experimental protocol which included a manipulated clock (accelerated or control clock), three runs of a modified Erkisen flanker task, and repeated measures of negative and positive affect. Primary results suggested that the time perception manipulation was successful but that the influence of time distortion was more nuanced than hypothesized. Specifically, individuals with elevated clinical symptoms exhibited lower rating of negative and positive affect levels in the accelerated clock condition, compared to individuals endorsing low symptoms, who reported higher positive affect and higher negative affect in the accelerated clock condition.

Altogether, the results across studies highlight the complexity of time perception in influencing affect and help provide foundational information regarding the empirical convergence between cognitive and clinical phenomena.

Degree Type

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Psychological Sciences

Campus location

• West Lafayette

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• Clinical psychology

Major Code BS1956*

Honors Tutorial College     35 Park Place Athens, OH 45701 Phone: 740.593.2723 [email protected] www.ohio.edu/honors/tutorial-college

Soichi Tanda, director of studies/contact person [email protected]

Program Overview

The Honors Tutorial College program in biological sciences offers exceptional students the opportunity to study the many aspects of biology in one-on-one interaction primarily with Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences faculty members. Maximum opportunities will be provided for the student to excel well beyond the material found in conventional courses. The primary purpose of the tutorial program is to serve as preparation for graduate or professional study. Students will receive the degree of Bachelor of Science from the Honors Tutorial College.

*This program was previously BS1902 which awarded the Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences degree. Pending Board of Trustees approval (anticipated June 2024), the new program code will be BS1956 and will award the Bachelor of Science effective the 2024-25 catalog year.

Tutorials and Honors Thesis

Students are required to complete six tutorials on topics related to biological and biomedical sciences in their first three years. A typical tutorial will meet on a weekly basis for a minimum of one hour and be combined with lab and/or field work. The student and the tutor will discuss seminal as well as current publications, discuss problems and solutions, debate, and offer critical analysis. The tutor continuously evaluates the progress of the student. A final grade is made based on many facets of evaluation available to the tutor: written assignments, written exams, oral exams, discussions, presentations by the student, field work, etc. Each student will receive letter grades for the tutorial, and tutors complete semester based tutorial descriptions and evaluations of each student’s tutorial work.

During their senior year, they will complete two tutorials devoted for their own research project and write an Honors Thesis. The honors thesis is a reflection of the student’s special interests. The research project will be conducted in the laboratory of a faculty mentor. The thesis work will be monitored and approved by his or her thesis mentor, the director of studies, and the Dean of the College. It is expected that the research will be original and independent work with a high quality.

In addition to the tutorials, the student must complete one Written Communication course ( ENG 1510   ) and one Advanced Writing course (FAW), all core courses not covered by tutorials, and an appropriate number of approved electives. Through the tutorials and biological sciences core courses, students must demonstrate their sophisticated understanding of the fields of biology. Internships and/or study abroad may be included within the program with special permission from the director of studies. Honors Tutorial College students take a minimum of 15 hours per semester.

Advising and Evaluation

Each student receives advice from the director of studies regarding courses, choice of a thesis advisor, and other procedural matters every semester. Students throughout the program earn letter grades consistent with the University grading system and are expected to maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Students who earn less than a B (3.0), or who maintain less than a 3.5 GPA will need to confer with the director of studies and/or the Dean of the College. In addition to excellence in their academic work, students must meet high expectations as a member of the HTC community with professional work ethics and responsibilities.

Admissions Information

Freshman/first-year admission.

Applicants are selected by the director of studies of the biological sciences tutorial program and the Honors Tutorial College on the basis of superior academic ability and the potential for self-motivated study and research. Applicants typically are required to submit additional essays, and an interview with the director of studies is required for admission. More information, including materials and deadlines, is available at www.ohio.edu/honors/tutorial-programs/apply .

Change of Program Policy

First year students at Ohio University may apply to transfer into the biological sciences honors tutorial program and the Honors Tutorial College. These students must meet the same entrance requirements as entering freshmen with good academic standing in his or her first semester at Ohio University. 

External Transfer Admission

First year students at another institution may also apply to transfer into the biological sciences honors tutorial program and the Honors Tutorial College. These students must meet the same entrance requirements as entering freshmen. 

Opportunities Upon Graduation

Successful graduates of the biological sciences honors tutorial program are highly competitive applicants for graduate school or professional school (medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, etc.).

Requirements

Htc grade requirements.

Earn at least 120 semester hours and maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher overall.

University English Composition Requirement

Complete one Written Communication course ( ENG 1510   ) and one Advanced Writing course (FAW).

Quantitative Skills Requirement

Complete the University’s Quantitative Reasoning Requirement. More information can be found by viewing the OHIO BRICKS    page (see Quantitative Reasoning heading within “Foundations Requirements”).

HTC Seminar

First-year students must complete the following course:

• HC 2500 - Honors Seminar Credit Hours: 3

Transfer students

Transfer students may substitute an HC special topics seminar for their HC 2500 requirement.

Complete the following tutorials:

• BIOS 2970T - Zoology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
• BIOS 2971T - Zoology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
• BIOS 2980T - Zoology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
• BIOS 2981T - Zoology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
• BIOS 3970T - Zoology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
• BIOS 3980T - Zoology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12

Senior Honors Tutorial Thesis/Project

Complete the following tutorials focused on the development and completion of an advisor-approved research thesis.

• BIOS 4970T - Tutorial Senior Thesis Credit Hours: 1 - 12
• BIOS 4980T - Tutorial Senior Thesis Credit Hours: 1 - 12

HTC Thesis Requirement

Approval of a completed thesis or professional project by the advisor, director of studies, and Dean of the College.

Biological Sciences Core

Complete the following courses:

• BIOS 1700 - Biological Sciences I: Molecules and Cells Credit Hours: 3
• BIOS 1705 - Biological Sciences I Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
• BIOS 1710 - Biological Sciences II: Ecology, Evolution, Animal Body Systems Credit Hours: 3
• BIOS 1715 - Biological Sciences II Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
• BIOS 3100 - General Genetics Credit Hours: 3
• BIOS 3200 - Fundamentals of Animal Cell Biology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOS 3300 - Principles of Evolution Credit Hours: 3

Biological Sciences Electives

Complete a minimum of 16 credit hours in BIOS courses or equivalent areas (CHEM, EXPH, PBIO) as advised by the Director of Studies.

Extra-departmental Courses

• CHEM 1510 - Fundamentals of Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 1520 - Fundamentals of Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 3050 - Organic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
• CHEM 3060 - Organic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3
• CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 2301 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 2001 - Introduction to Physics Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 2002 - Introduction to Physics Credit Hours: 4
• PSY 2110 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 4
• MATH 2500 - Statistics and Probability Credit Hours: 4

Department of History

Best undergraduate dissertations 2019.

Since 2009 the Department of History at the University of Bristol has published the best of the annual dissertations produced by our final-year undergraduates. We do so in recognition of the excellent research undertaken by our students, which is a  cornerstone of our degree programme . As a department, we are committed to the advancement of historical knowledge and to research of the highest order. Our undergraduates are part of that endeavour.

Listed below are the the best of this year’s undergraduate history dissertations, with links to the dissertations themselves where these are available. Please note that these dissertations are published in the state they were submitted for examination. Thus the authors have not been able to correct errors and/or departures from departmental guidelines for the presentation of dissertations (eg in the formatting of footnotes and bibliographies). In each case, copyright resides with the author and all rights are reserved. 

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Neuroscience concentrator melissa meng wins glushko undergraduate thesis prize.

• May 24, 2024

Neuroscience concentrator Melissa Meng has been awarded the Glushko Undergraduate Thesis Prize , which honors students who write theses in cognitive science. It is issued by the Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative. Meng conducted her research in the Uchida Lab . 

In her thesis, Meng investigated whether distributional reinforcement learning, a mathematical construct for describing how learning might happen, occurs in the mammalian brain. “The field of RL [reinforcement learning] asks how agents – humans, animals, or machines – can learn from trial and error to maximize the total reward they obtain,” explains Uchida Lab graduate student Adam Lowet , who mentored Meng. “This reward may be a random variable – that is, it is drawn from some probability distribution, rather than being fixed. Traditional RL simply averages over this randomness, but recent work in machine learning has demonstrated that learning the entire distribution of rewards, rather than just the mean, can be beneficial.”

To find out, Meng started with a traditional laboratory task for mice. “I recorded neural activity from the striatum of well-trained mice performing a classical conditioning task that associates random odors with different reward distributions,” she explains. “For the second part of my thesis, I decided to look into the neural basis behind distributional coding in the striatum. To investigate this, I induced a unilateral lesion using a neurotoxin to ablate dopaminergic neurons in the ventral striatum of mice as they performed the same classical conditioning task. From these experiments, we were able to provide direct evidence for distributional RL in the mammalian brain, show that striatal populations encode for not only mean, but also variance, and conclude that dopamine serves as a teaching signal for distributional RL in the striatum.” 

“Entrusting undergraduates with so much responsibility is extremely rare in the Uchida laboratory, but Melissa’s combination of enthusiasm, commitment, reliability, and curiosity left us no choice,” Lowet says. “As often happens in science, this passion was rewarded by the discovery that distributional representations were in fact impaired in dopamine-depleted brains, compared to intact brains. Melissa’s contribution has been recognized in the form of co-authorship on three posters presented at top conferences in the field, two contributed talks, and an in-revision manuscript .”

“Melissa spent a lot of time in the lab performing many difficult experiments,” adds MCB faculty Naoshige Uchida . “She was very much dedicated and grew her interest and passion in neurobiology research as she learns new experiments and gets exciting results. Melissa’s experiments led to important discoveries such as that dopamine plays a crucial role in learning to acquire neural activity reflecting the probability distribution of rewards, above and beyond the average reward.” 

Meng will pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Yale in the fall. Over the summer, she’ll be spending time with her family in Blacksburg, Virginia and traveling in China and South Korea. 

“I am extremely honored and grateful to receive the Glushko Prize, especially among such an incredible group of nominees, and I would like to thank several individuals for making this entire thesis possible,” she says. “I’d first like to thank my PI and supervisor, Dr. Naoshige Uchida, for providing me the incredible opportunity to be a part of this lab and for helping me learn and grow significantly as a student, researcher, and person during my time at Harvard. I’d also like to thank my mentor, Adam Lowet, who is a graduate student in the Uchida Lab, for teaching me everything I know and for always showing me so much encouragement and support with all of my endeavors. I also want to thank the entire Uchida Lab for welcoming me with open arms and for being not only inspirational, but also incredibly kind role models.”

Meng adds, “Additionally, I’d like to thank Dr. Laura Magnotti , my concentration advisor, and Dr. Ryan Draft , Dr. Kristina Penikis , and Mr. James Poolner for facilitating the wonderful undergraduate neuroscience community that I’m so proud to be a part of. Lastly, I’d like to thank all of my friends and family (particularly my mom, my dad, and my brother) for supporting me unconditionally every step of the way throughout my entire college career.” 

(l to r) Wen Li (mom), Xiang-Jin Meng (dad), Melissa Meng, and Bowen Meng (brother)

(l to r) Nao Uchida, Melissa Meng, and Adam Lowet

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Ecology and Conservation with a Year in Professional Practice

Gain knowledge and skills in conservation and ecology, so you can make a real difference.

Ecology and Conservation

Key information

• UCAS code UCAS 1T16
• Study mode Full-time
• Duration 4 years full-time
• Location Canterbury
• Year in Professional Practice

Course overview

Join the oldest undergraduate conservation programme in the UK. Our degree equips future ecology and conservation professionals.

Natural science areas of focus include ecology, wildlife survey methods, rewilding, wildlife management, conservation biology, biogeography, and conservation genetics, and include an emphasis on field-trips with some lab-based training too.

Explore the human dimensions of conservation including climate change, environmental sustainability, species reintroduction, working with rural communities, human-wildlife conflict and conservation policy, so upon graduation, you can make a real difference in tomorrow’s world.

Graduate with skills in wildlife and habitat surveying, data analysis, survey design, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and ecological project management - having planned your own dissertation research project in the final year. Become part of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), an award-winning research centre. You’ll be taught by award-winning DICE staff, giving you the knowledge, skills and global networks to address modern environmental challenges.

Our extensive range of UK and overseas field trips take advantage of the UK’s rich landscapes, our beautiful green campus, and you could even venture to the forests and beaches of Costa Rica on our tropical field course. Kent is now an epicentre of rewilding efforts in the UK, and we take advantage of our proximity to reintroduction projects including the Bison in Blean woods, just a stones throw from the University of Kent.

The year in professional practice gives you the opportunity to spend up to a year undertaking work placements with organisations relevant to your degree programme. Placements can be at home or abroad and give you the opportunity to apply your academic skills in a practical context, offering you rare and unique experiences which will set you apart.  

Why study Ecology and Conservation at Kent?

Learning beyond lectures..

Experience a thought-provoking mix of teaching methods, including field visits, lectures, small seminar groups and laboratory sessions.

Real-world experience.

Undergraduate Jess Callaghan writes about her experience on the Tropical Field Course in the Costa Rica jungle.

Learn from experts.

Geography and Environmental Studies at Kent was ranked 1st in the UK for research output in the Times Higher Education (REF 2021).

Add a placement year.

Many of our students gain high-quality work experience in exciting conservation placements all over the world.

Outstanding facilities.

Use our very own on-campus field ecology site, modern genetics labs and an Ecology lab for your research.

Everything you need to know about our Ecology and Conservation course

Entry requirements, course structure, how you'll study.

The University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications. Click below to find out more. Please also see our  general entry requirements .  

Contextual offers consider personal circumstances as well as academic grades. Find out more .

Additional requirements

BBB including one of Biology, Geography, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology, Geology, Physics, Maths or any Joint Science at grade B or above.

BTEC Nationals

Distinction, Distinction, Merit in Countryside Management, Animal Management or Applied Science. Other subjects will be considered on a case-by-case basis

International Baccalaureate

120 Tariff points from your IB Diploma, Typically H5, H6, H6 or equivalent.

Mathematics grade C / 4

Other qualifications

International foundation programme.

Pass the University of Kent International Foundation Programme.

The University will consider applicants holding T level qualifications in subjects closely aligned to the course.

Access to HE Diploma

Obtain Access to HE Diploma with 45 Credits at level 3 with 24 credits at Distinction and 21 credits at Merit.

If you are an international student, visit our International Student  website for further information about entry requirements for your country. For details about the International Foundation Year and International Year Zero, please visit our International College  website. Please note that international fee-paying students who require a Student visa cannot undertake a part-time  programme due to visa restrictions.

Please note that meeting the typical offer/minimum requirement does not guarantee that you will receive an offer.

English Language Requirements

This course requires a Good level of English language, equivalent to B2 on CEFR.

Details on how to meet this requirement can be found on our English language entry requirements  web page.

IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component

GCSE Grade 4/C or above in English Language

IB Standard Level Grade 5 or above in English A: Language and Literature

A Level Grade C or above in English Language or English Literature

What you'll study

The following modules are offered to our current students. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation:

Year in industry

Environmental sustainability.

We are living in the era of the Anthropocene (the era of humankind), when humans have become the key driver of planetary changes. This module provides a comprehensive introduction to environmental sustainability in the context of the Anthropocene, understanding human impacts on nature. Using a strongly interdisciplinary approach based on human and environmental geography, we discuss key environmental challenges including climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, among others. We explore contemporary debates around sustainable development and critically analyse these in relation to real world sustainability problems along with an understanding of the relevant policy context. You are introduced to a series of case studies that illustrate human-environment relations as connected to social, economic and political processes at different scales. The module introduces systems thinking, initiating the understanding of interconnectedness.

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Survey and Monitoring for Biodiversity

The broad aim of this module is to provide students with practical field experience in biodiversity monitoring and assessment methods. Specific aims are to introduce students to a range of basic field techniques and develop their skills in the collection, analysis and presentation of field data. The module provides an essential practical element of the Wildlife Conservation programme.

The module is spread over the term, allowing different groups of organisms to be examined as they become available for survey, and the dates may vary slightly from year to year. Groups of students will each undertake survey or monitoring projects under the supervision of a member of staff. Each project will assess the biodiversity of an appropriate taxonomic group (eg. birds, amphibians, reptiles, plants, etc.) in either a terrestrial or freshwater habitat. Students will be expected carry out a range of surveys, analyse the data and write-up their results.

Academic and Research Skills

This module introduces students to the range of basic academic and research skills required across the range of the School's BA and BSc courses. Students will learn to independently use library resources to conduct scholarly research in their field of study and related fields, how to appropriately analyse that literature, and incorporate it into their own academic writing. Beyond writing, student will learn how to effectively communicate scholarly topics in the format of oral and poster presentations. Students will then be introduced to the basic aspects of collecting and analysing qualitative data as relevant in their own field of study and related disciplines. Finally, the module will focus on the skills needed to organise, analyse, and present quantitative data for the purpose of hypothesis testing in these disciplines.

Biodiversity

This module will introduce a range of fundamental concepts that underpin our understanding of biodiversity and, therefore, the conservation of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. The differences and similarities between the multiple definitions for the term 'biodiversity' will be considered, in addition to examining how scientists are trying to assess the magnitude of biodiversity on the planet. Spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity will be investigated, including how past geophysical processes have shaped biodiversity as we see it distributed across biomes today. The importance of biodiversity (both use and non-values) will be discussed – including a case study of the global carbon cycle, explaining how that links to biodiversity and ecosystem service provision. The module will then explore the contemporary threats to biodiversity and provision of associated ecosystem services, in conjunction with a broad overview of the methods conservationists employ to protect and maintain biodiversity.

Wildlife Conservation and Management

The aim of the module is to link theory and practice in wildlife conservation. A number of practical conservation problems will be used to introduce key theoretical concepts that underlie modern biodiversity management. Particular emphasis will be placed on the challenges of collecting useable data for understanding threats, establishing conservation priorities (at the species and habitat levels) and informing decision-making. Students will develop an understanding of the practical skills and scientific principles that underlie conservation management goals and plans at different geographical and temporal scales.

Principles of Biogeography and Ecology

The module explores the geographic patterns of biological diversity around the world (biogeography), and the relationships between plants, animals and their environment (ecology). It begins with how the physiology and reproductive biology of plants has shaped the variety of habitats, ecosystems and biomes seen in the natural world today. Key concepts and theories concerning how these geographical patterns have been affected by complex historical and current factors will also be explored. The module continues with an introduction to ecological concepts that define how species are distributed within communities and across landscapes. It concludes with a discussion of how biogeographical and ecological principles inform global conservation strategies, and help us better understand how to manage threats to biodiversity from environmental change.

Foundations of Biological Anthropology

This module is an introduction to biological anthropology and human prehistory. It provides an exciting introduction to humans as the product of evolutionary processes. We will explore primates and primate behaviour, human growth and development, elementary genetics, the evolution of our species, origins of agriculture and cities, perceptions of race and diversity, and current research into human reproduction and sexuality. Students will develop skills in synthesising information from a range of sources and learn to critically evaluate various hypotheses about primate and human evolution, culture, and behaviour. This module is required for all BSc Anthropology students. The module is also suitable for students in other disciplines who want to understand human evolution, and the history, biology, and behaviour of our species. A background in science is not assumed or required, neither are there any preferred A-levels or other qualifications. The module is team-taught by the biological and social anthropology staff.

How Humans Evolved

This module is an introduction to human and primate evolution, and human prehistory. It provides an exciting introduction to humans as the product of evolutionary processes. We will explore primates and primate behaviour, elementary genetics, prehistoric archaeology, and the evolution of our species (and that of our ancestors such as Australopithecines and Neanderthals). Students will develop skills in synthesising information from a range of sources and learn to critically evaluate various hypotheses about primate and human evolution. The module is also suitable for students in other disciplines who want to understand human evolution, and the history of our planet and our species. A background in science is not assumed or required, neither are there any preferred A-levels or other qualifications.

Biodiversity of Life

The aim of this module is to introduce the diversity of life, evolution and development of body form in a wide variety of organisms, including prokaryotes, animals and plants.

Genetics and Evolution

This module is an introduction to Mendelian genetics, and it will also address human pedigrees, quantitative genetics, and mechanisms of evolution.

People, Place and Environment

This module provides a comprehensive introduction to people, place and the environment. In the first half of the module we explore this relationship through the lens of contemporary environmentalism. We consider how environmental issues are framed and managed by different societal stakeholders (such as policy makers, scientists, the media, activists) and introduce a series of core concepts of relevance to contemporary environmental management, including sustainability, resilience and environmental economics. In the second half, we explore the broader social and spatial dynamics that govern how the relationship between people, place and the environment takes shape, including urbanisation and the rise of mega-cities, the changing role of regional blocs and nation states, and changing geographies of gender, class, and ethnicity.

Geographical Patterns and Processes

This module explores and evaluates geographical patterns and processes occurring within urban and rural systems. The module includes introductory lectures and seminars on conceptualising the dynamics of urban and rural change and the underlying economic, social, cultural and environmental processes that drive their geographical expression. Understanding is set within a broader consideration of how social-spatial processes in urban and rural environments can be interpreted and assessed with respect to different values and priorities, and in relation to wider questions of environmental sustainability, social justice and economic prosperity. The introductory lectures and seminars for each section of the module (urban and rural) provide the context in which these systems are investigated empirically through field-based observation, interpretation and analysis.

You have the opportunity to select elective modules in this stage.

Practical Data Analysis and Interpretation

Qualitative methods and ethnographic analysis, key issues in conservation science, conservation policy and practice, human and social sciences in the classroom, animal form and function, plant form and function, geographic information systems (gis): principles and methods, geographies of development and the global south, contemporary topics in geography and environment, primate behaviour and ecology, the biology of mammals: comparative and evolutionary perspectives, human wildlife conflict and resource competition, applied ecology and conservation, conservation and communities.

If you want to stand out from other graduates in today’s highly competitive global job market, spending time in the workplace as part of your degree can be invaluable. Many students find that prospective employers are very interested in their professional practice experience.

Participation in the placement year is normally dependent on maintaining a clean disciplinary record during your registration on the degree programme up to the time of your placement. It is your responsibility to find a placement, but the department offers help and support. You must achieve a minimum of 60% across your compulsory and optional modules in Stage 1 to qualify for the Year in Professional Practice. Students who do not meet these conditions or are unable to find a placement will normally be advised to transfer to the standard three-year degree programme without the Year in Professional Practice.

The Year in Professional Practice involves a minimum of 24 weeks spent on placement at one or more organisations whose work is relevant to your degree programme. This contributes to 10% of your final degree classification.

You are required to pay 15% of the normal annual tuition fee to Kent.  Placements are primarily internships and vary significantly. Some employers will offer a salary, some offer subsistence whilst others offer no financial support. 

During your placement, you work under the direction of a line manager within the host organisation, with additional support via a member of academic staff from the University. You work on one or more tasks agreed in advance; for example, a management plan, a policy report, consultation process, a piece of applied research, or development of a set of educational materials.

Assessment is via an appraisal by your designated line manager (10%) and a written report (80%) and presentation (10%) which are assessed by a member of academic staff.

Professional Placements

The aim of the module is to provide students with the opportunity to spend a year (minimum 24 weeks) working in a professional environment, applying and enhancing the knowledge, skills and techniques that they have acquired in Stages 1 and 2 of their degree programme. This may be made up of a single placement of at least 24 weeks or of two or more shorter placements that together add up to at least 24 weeks. Individual placements will involve one or more defined roles or tasks; for example placements may involve contributing to, producing or carrying out (i) a piece of research; (ii) a management plan or other management tool; (iii) a policy report, a piece of law or policy or its implementation; (iv) an exercise related to the storage and systematisation of data sets; (v) facilitation, planning and coordination of a consultation process or an event (vi) development of educational, awareness-raising or advocacy materials or activities. The work they do is entirely under the direction of their line manager at each placement, but support is provided via a named member of academic staff within the School (the 'Placement coordinator' for each student). This support includes ensuring that the work they are being expected to do is such that they can meet the learning outcomes of the module.

Contemporary Conservation Science

Research project, primate communication, hormones and behaviour, the politics of climate change, critical geopolitics, geographies of tourism and development, climate change and conservation, saving endangered species, tropical conservation science field course, teaching and assessment.

Our teaching is research-led as all our staff are active in their fields. In addition to lectures and seminars, we run laboratory-based practicals and field trips. You also have an opportunity to conduct a field-based research thesis in your final year. This gives you practical experience of developing a research proposal and research questions, finding appropriate methods, conducting research, analysing and interpreting results, writing up a full research project and giving an oral presentation, all with the support of a dedicated project supervisor.

We offer you the opportunity to conduct your research project either in the UK or abroad – for example, many students have taken part in the annual expedition to the Peruvian Amazon, one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.

Most modules are assessed by 50% coursework and 50% unseen exam. Some modules are assessed only by coursework, which takes a variety of forms, including essays, short answer tests, oral presentations, laboratory reports, individual and team projects, field reports, commentaries, management plans and statistical analyses.

Year in professional practice

Assessment is by means of a manager appraisal (10%), a written report by the student (80%) and a presentation by the student (10%); the manager appraisal is carried out by the manager within the placement host organisation whereas the report and presentation are assessed by SAC academic staff.

Contact hours

For a student studying full time, each academic year of the programme will comprise 1200 learning hours which include both direct contact hours and private study hours.  The precise breakdown of hours will be subject dependent and will vary according to modules. 

Methods of assessment will vary according to subject specialism and individual modules. 

Please refer to the individual module details under Course Structure.

Programme aims

For programme aims and learning outcomes please see the  programme specification .

The conservation and environmental sector is an expanding area for employment opportunities. Employers include ecological surveying, local, regional and national government departments, conservation organisations and the private sector, as well as international conservation and environmental organisations.

Our recent graduates have found work as:

• Ecological officer for various ecological consultancies including Thomson Environmental Consultants
• Bison Ranger for Kent Wildlife Trusts
• Conservation Advisor for Natural England
• Senior Officer, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
• Senior Advocate at RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
• Seabird Ecologist for JNCC (the UK government's conservation advisory body)
• CITES licensing officer for JNCC
• Curatorial assistant at Chester Zoo
• A level Biology teacher
• Data & GIS Officer at Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
• Keeper at WildWood Trust
• Academic Editor for CACTUS Scientific Publishers
• Climate Adaptation Officer at Somerset Wildlife Trust
• Programme Officer at UNEP-WCMC
• Country Manager at Operation Wallacea
• Programmes Officer at Save the Rhino International
• Outreach and Volunteering Officer, Bumblebee Conservation Trust
• Project Manager, UK Environment Agency.

The 2024/25 annual tuition fees for this course are:

• International TBC

General information

For details of when and how to pay fees and charges, please see our Student Finance Guide .

For students continuing on this programme, fees will increase year on year by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year of study except where regulated.* 

Your fee status

The University will assess your fee status as part of the application process. If you are uncertain about your fee status you may wish to seek advice from  UKCISA  before applying.

Fees for year in industry

Fees for undergraduate students are £1,850.

Fees for year abroad

Fees for undergraduate students are £1,385.

Students  studying abroad for less than one academic year  will pay full fees according to their fee status.

Additional costs

Field trips.

One day trips that are compulsory to a module are financially funded by the School. Optional or longer trips may require support funding from attendees.

Find out more about  accommodation and living costs , plus  general additional costs  that you may pay when studying at Kent.

Kent offers generous financial support schemes to assist eligible undergraduate students during their studies. See our funding page  for more details. 

We have a range of subject-specific awards and scholarships for academic, sporting and musical achievement.

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Mont St Hilaire Date: Not being offered Summer of 2024 Note: We are planning to run the course; but if Covid-19 necessitates a cancellation, deposits will be refunded. We advise that students register for another 3-credits course not to compromise their degree requirement. Furthermore, we may need to reduce the maximum number of students enrolled in the course to comply with the University guidelines. A first come, first served policy will be applied based on the date of application, and there will be a waiting list.

This two week long, 3-credit field course in the McGill Summer Studies program introduces students to the woody and herbaceous plants of our region.

The overall emphasis of the course is practical rather than technical. We want you to be able to recognize and know the common names of all the species you are likely to encounter outdoors around Montreal. We mostly will teach you how recognize species based on their characteristics in the field, not on the specialized characters and associated technical terms used in more advanced botanical literature.

The teaching involves much time outdoors looking at plants where they grow; these daily excursions with teachers who know a lot about the local flora are supplemented by time for study and discussion. It is more satisfying and fun to start learning plants outdoors in this sort of small, interactive group setting than in lectures and labs during the regular school year!

The course is intended for anyone who enjoys natural history, anyone who wants to know what plants are around them when they are outdoors. It is a good introduction to more advanced study in botany, including PLNT 358 and PLNT 458. It will be useful to any student interested in animal ecology -- knowing common plants you can identify different types of wildlife habitat and feeding behaviour.

It provides a good basis for enriching science curricula in primary and secondary education. It will deepen appreciation of any art or literature that draws heavily on naturalist themes. For students arriving from CEGEP, it's a good way to start into your courses at McGill and lighten your load the first semester if you wish to. Finally, the course will make you a better person -- to know plants is to live a richer life!

The course has been successfully completed by students in Arts, Architecture, Education, Management and Science as well as by interested individuals outside the university with a variety of backgrounds. The course is given at the university's Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St. Hilaire, just east of Montreal. This is the largest remaining tract of the primeval forests of the St. Lawrence Plain. The 1200 hectare site has a wide variety of habitats, rugged and diverse topography, and an exceptionally rich flora. The exact dates vary a bit year to year, but are usually in mid- to late-July. Students live in small, chalet-style dormitories on the mountain. The course fee for 2023 is $471.42 (2024 fee TBD), which includes a hand lens, a textbook, handouts, lodging and supper each day; students are responsible for their own breakfast, lunch and snacks. Tuition fees depend on your residency and student status -- to review fees and/or register consult the Summer Studies office at (514) 398-5212.

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Please complete the application form and e-mail or take it to susan.gabe [at] mcgill.ca (Susan Gabe) ( susan.gabe [at] mcgill.ca ) in the Biology Dept, Rm N7/9A. A required $75 deposit for the course must be paid before you can register. Payment of this deposit is made into your student account, using any of the acceptable payment methods. Consult McGill Student Accounts for details.

Once you have arranged for a payment, please email Student Accounts ( student.accounts [at] mcgill.ca ) to notify them that the payment has been made, with the subject of the email being Biology 240 – Deposit. Do not forget to include your student ID number. This will earmark the payment for the field course. Please also copy Susan Gabe on that email ( susan.gabe [at] mcgill.ca ) so that she can then open MINERVA to allow you to register for the course. Failure to send this confirmation email may result in a delay in receiving permission to register.

Please note that the balance of the course fee must be paid at least one week before the class begins using this same procedure, including a copy of your payment email to Susan Gabe.

Enrolment is limited, but there is a waiting list – first come, first served . Provided you meet the course prerequisites, the date you submit your application and pay your deposit decides your place in the queue; you will receive an email once you are approved to register on MINERVA. As soon as you receive that notification, please register for the course to hold your place.

The $75 deposit is refundable only if you withdraw from the course by May 31. Final payment is due a week before class. Contact Susan Gabe by email to withdraw. Note that the course costs do NOT include the registration fees associated with taking the course; these vary with your residency and fall course load and are assessed through the Student Accounts Office. Please note: If a student withdraws from the course after June 15  without an appropriate excuse (medical problem/family emergency), they will not be refunded the course fee – unless a replacement can be found

If you have any dietary restrictions (e.g. vegetarian, important allergies), please note these, but be aware: (1) that while vegetarians able to eat fish, eggs and cheese can be accommodated, the food costs charged are insufficient to fully accommodate stricter vegetarians; and (2) that as the vegetarian food is no better than the regular fare. Do not sign-up as vegetarian unless you are really one, because cooking preparations are such that you will be strictly held to a vegetarian diet if this is indicated. Please specify any important allergies: gluten, nuts, bee stings, etc..

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MBSU Field Study Bursary

The McGill Biology Students Union offers a bursary to defer course costs in support of students taking a Biology field course. To be eligible for the bursary, you must be enrolled in a Biology Department program, have a CGPA of at least 3.0, and have completed BIOL 206 and BIOL 215. Applications are due in late March each year. Email thembsu [at] gmail.com for information or call (514) 398-2188.

Students from other Universities

If you are registered in another Quebec university, you can take the course as a CREPUQ transfer student without having to pay additional registration fees, BUT you must get a McGill ID to register and pay the course fee. If you are a student from outside Quebec you can take the course, but you must register and pay registration fees to McGill Summer Studies; this will get you into the McGill system and provide a McGill ID number so that you can use MINERVA to register for the course and pay your fees.

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