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Comparison of High-Throughput Sequencing Methods for Monitoring Genetic Changes in Ebolavirus Populations
(2017-05)
Amplicon-based sequencing of Ebolavirus is a powerful tool to monitor the genetic changes in the viral population during a drug study. Short amplicons are generated covering the whole virus genome and a library is generated ...
OVEREXPRESSION OF ADENYLATE CYCLASE ISOFORMS ALTERS CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN NF1-NULL MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS
(2017-11)
The second messenger, cyclic-AMP (cAMP), is produced by ten adenylate cyclase (ADCY) isoforms. Previous studies indicate that ADCY isoforms may lead to either activation or inhibition of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), ...
THE EFFECTS OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, GEOMMORPHOLOGY, AND STREAMBED SCOUR DEPTH ON ESSENTIAL BROOK TROUT HABITAT
(2017-12)
Results of this study determined whether percentage of impervious land cover and geomorphology within the upstream drainage area of designated field sites would be predictive of average scour depth and whether this scour ...
Assessing the utility and feasibility of immune function assays to understand Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) health in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
(2017-11)
Skin lesions and mortality events of both adult and young smallmouth bass have occurred in the Chesapeake Bay, an area largely influenced by agriculture and heavily impacted by various toxic contaminants. Co-infections of ...
The Fact of Whiteness: Female
(2018-03)
My creative writing thesis poetry collection covers a variety of issues currently in public discourse and is written using different conventions. The poems touch on motherhood/feminism, religion, LGBTQ issues, bullying, ...
Finding Inspiration in Organic Forms
(2018)
Finding Inspiration examines the growth processes and environmental effects that add patterns, shapes, and textures to natural objects. Soda-fired ceramic sculptures based on the artist’s collection of found organic forms ...
WNT/NFΚB CROSSTALK MAY DOWNREGULATE CYTOPLASMIC Β-CATENIN LEADING TO INDUCTION OF EMT.
(2018-04)
Molecular interactions in the cell are not bound by discrete cellular pathways; there is significant communication between the pathways leading to tightly regulated processes. The current research will examine if Wnt and ...
Development of a protein microarray for analysis of humoral immune responses to flavivirus infection and vaccination
(2018-04-13)
Dengue virus (DENV), yellow fever virus (YFV), West Nile virus (WNV), and Zika virus (ZIKV) are the leading causes of mosquito-borne human flavivirus infections in the Americas. Serological assays for diagnosis and ...
Re-Presenting Black Masculinities in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me
(2018-04)
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s memoir and letter to his son Between the World and Me (2015)—published shortly after the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement—provides a rich and diverse representation of African American male ...
DEVELOPING METHODS TO DIFFERENTIATE SPECIES AND ESTIMATE COVERAGE OF BENTHIC AUTOTROPHS IN THE POTOMAC USING DIGITAL IMAGING
(2018-05)
This study developed methods for the quantification of benthic autotroph
coverage in the Upper Potomac using digital imagery captured with drone-mounted
cameras. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is an integral part ...