Dissertations from 2019
Design and Synthesis of Anticancer Agents by Targeting p53 Degradation and Photodynamic Therapy, Abiodun Anifowose
From Discovery to Implementation of Organic Chemistry Learning Models in Secondary and Post-Secondary Classrooms, Joy Ballard
Binding Modes and Near Infrared Photo Cleavage of DNA by Pentamethine Bridged Phenanthridinium and Quinolinium Carbocyanine Dyes, Kanchan Basnet
Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles with Large Stokes Shifts for Multiplexed Assays and Imaging, Gala M. Chapman
Footprint of Calcium on Regulation of Extracellular Calcium-Sensing Receptor and Connexin26, Rakshya Gorkhali
Monitoring Subcellular Calcium by Designed Calcium Sensors and the Calcium Sensing Receptor Structure and Function, Cassandra Miller
Development of Organic Carbon Monoxide prodrugs, Zhixiang Pan
Effects Of Different Halide Salts On DNA Photocleavage By 9-aminomethylanthracene Dyes, Mohammad Sadegh Safiarian
DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 4 TARGETED MRI CONTRAST AGENT FOR THE PRECISION MRI IMAGING OF CANCER AND METASTASIS, Shanshan Tan
From Macro to Micro: The Biophysical Importance of Nucleic Acids and Their Interactive Partners, Tam Vo
FULLY AUTOMATED ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF GLYCANS, Jiabin Zhang
Profiling Ubiquitin Chain Specificity and Topology Using Di-ubiquitin Probes, Han Zhou
Mass Spectrometry-based Glycoprotein Characterization, He Zhu
Dissertations from 2018
Mechanistic Studies on D-arginine Dehydrogenase and Functional Annotation of a Novel NADH:quinone Oxidoreductase (PA1024), Jacob A. Ball
Modeling And Experiments Of Electroosmotic Flow Effects On The Ion Transport In Nanopipettes, Warren D. Brown
Insights into the Association of Proteins and Small Molecules with the Minor Groove of DNA, Emma Kathleen Carter
Synthetic Glycans Analogues for the Precise Point-of-care Detection of Pathogens, Xikai Cui
Design and development of small molecule based biosensors for detection of pathogens, Amrita Das
Structure, Function and Potential Application Studies of Selenium Substituted Nucleic Acids, Ziyuan Fang
Structure-Function Relationships of the Nucleocapsid in Vesicular Stomatitis Virus, Ryan Gumpper
Understanding the Recognition of Mixed Sequence DNA through Minor Groove Binding Compounds, Narinder Kaur Harika
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF G9a AND HDAC FOR TARGETED CANCER THERAPY AND DNA ENCODED GLYCAN LIBRARY (DEGL) FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER, Shukkoor Muhammed kondengaden
Characterizing the Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Monolayer-Protected Noble Metal Nanoclusters, Jonathan W. Padelford
Late Quaternary East African Environmental Change based on Mineralogical and Geochemical Analysis of Outcrop and Core Material from the Southern Kenya Rift, Nathan Rabideaux
Integrating Protein Dynamics And Enhanced Conformational Ensembles To Better Understand Their Role In Biomolecular Function, Isela Rodriguez-Bussey
Development of Novel Collagen-targeted Protein-based MRI Contrast Agent for Imaging of Chronic Liver and Heart Diseases, Mani Salarian
Enzymatic Synthesis of Common Sugar Nucleotide and Therapeutic Oligosaccharides, Cong Xiao
Glycosylation: Function, Synthesis and Application, Hailiang Zhu
Dissertations from 2017
USING DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES AND SYNTHETICALLY TAILORED SILICA NANOPARTICLES IN DRUG SEPARATIONS AND HYDROPHOBICITY-BASED DETECTION APPLICATIONS, Walid Abdelwahab
Assessing Organic Chemistry Students’ Understanding Of Chemical Bonding Concepts and their Perception of a Project-based Lab, Nikita L. Burrows
Heme Iron Catalysis: Contrast to Non-Heme Iron Enzymes, Kednerlin Dornevil
Characterization of Nucleic Acids and Nucleic Acid Binding Proteins Using NMR, Marina Evich
Synthesis, Development, and Exploration of Two Small Molecule Scaffolds Toward Discovery of Novel and Potent Inhibitors of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Pathway, Jalisa H. Ferguson
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS OF SMALL MOLECULE HETEROCYCLIC AROMATIC-BASED CXCR4 MODULATORS, Theresa D. Gaines
COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF BIOMOLECULAR MOTIONS AND INTERACTIONS IN GENOMIC MAINTENANCE AND REGULATION, Bradley R. Kossmann
Synthesis of Various Classes of Cyanine Fluorophores and Their Application In In Vivo Tissue Imaging, Andrew R. Levitz
Comprehensive Glycoproteomics and Glycomics Study of N-Linked Glycans and N-Glycoproteins, Xu Li
Design Of Genetically-Encoded Ca2+ Probes With Rapid Kinetics For Subcellular Application, Florence Reddish
Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Heme Transport Proteins: HtaA, HtaB, and ChtB from the Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Rizvan C. Uluisik
Facile Enzymatic Synthesis of Ketoses and Chemoenzymatic Reporter Strategy for Probing Complex Glycans, liuqing Wen
New Chemical Strategies for prodrug preparations: from sulfide to doxorubicin, Yueqin Zheng
Stereoselective Iron-catalyzed Intermolecular Olefin Amino-oxygenation, Amino-fluorination And Trifluoromethyl Azidation, Chengliang Zhu
Dissertations from 2016
Application of Human Glycosyltransferases in N-glycan Synthesis and Their Substrate Specificity Studies, Angie Dayan Calderon Molina
Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Heme Binding Proteins from the Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Streptococcus pyogenes Heme Uptake Pathways, Elizabeth B. Draganova
Novel Anticancer Agents That Upregulate p53 and A New Type of Neighbouring Group Assisted Click Reactions, Alexander B. Draganov
To Affinity & Beyond: Exploring Sequence Selectivity of Small Molecules for the DNA Minor Groove, Sarah Laughlin-Toth
CALCIUM REGULATION OF CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION AND EXTRACELLULAR SIGNALING, Juan Zou
Dissertations from 2015
Synthesis of Small Molecules for Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Influenza Virus, Hieu T. Dinh
Calcium-Sensing Receptor Mediated Calcium Signaling in Cancer Bone Metastasis, Jie Feng
I. Kinetic and Computational Modeling Studies of Dimethyldioxirane Epoxidations II. Adressing Misconceptions About Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions Through Hands-on Activities, Davita McTush-Camp
Synthetically Tailored Cyanines for Imaging and Therapy, Eric Owens
Kinetic and Structural Studies on Flavin-dependent Enzymes involved in Glycine Betaine Biosynthesis and Propionate 3-nitronate Detoxification, Francesca Salvi
Biochemical and Mechanistic Studies of Nitronate Monooxygenase and Roles of Histidine Residues in Select Flavoprotein Oxidases, Crystal L. Smitherman
Computational Perspective on Intricacies of Interactions, Enzyme Dynamics and Solvent Effects in the Catalytic Action of Cyclophilin A, Safieh Tork Ladani
Quantification of Nonlinear And Dynamic Charge Transport Through Nanoscale Confinements, Dengchao Wang
Development of Glycan Based Diagnostics to Detect Pathogens, xiaohu Zhang
Dissertations from 2014
Mechanistic Enzymology of Flavin-dependent Catalysis in Bacterial D-Arginine Dehydrogenase and Choline Oxidase, Swathi Gannavaram
Heme-dependent Tryptophan Oxidation: Mechanistic Studies on Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase and MauG, Jiafeng Geng
Detection and inhibition of influenza using synthetic sialosidesc, Yun He
Novel Selenium-modified Nucleic Acids For Structural and Functional Studies, Sibo Jiang
Using Molecular Dynamics to Elucidate the Mechanism of Cyclophilin, Lauren McGowan
Atom-Specific Modification of Uracil Bases with Selenium for RNA Structure and Function Studies, Huiyan Sun
Cleavage of Lipids and DNA by Metal Ions and Complexes, Dominique Williams
“Coarse Grained" Bead Modeling of Macromolecules Transport in Free Solution and in a Gel, Hengfu Wu
Modeling Assemblies and Interactions at the Replication Fork: Sliding Clamps and Clamp Interacting Enzymes, Xiaojun Xu
Integration Of Extracellular And Intracellular Signals Via The Calcium Sensing Receptor (CASR), Chen Zhang
Dissertations from 2013
Design and Synthesis of HIF-1 Inhibitors as Anti-cancer Therapeutics, Sarah Burroughs
Inhibitors of SecA as Potential Antimicrobial Agents, Arpana S. Chaudhary
Development of RNA Microchip for Pathogen and Cancer Direct Detection, Lilian W. Kamau-Gatogo
Molecular Probe Designs For Nucleic Acid Based Detection, Manindar Kaur
A Structural and Mechanistic Study of Two Members of Cupin Family Protein, Fange Liu
DNA Interactions and Photocleavage by Anthracene, Acridine, and Carbocyanine-Based Chromophores, Carla Mapp
Enzymatic Mechanisms and Chemical Probes of the Myst Family of Histone Acetyltransferases, Chao Yang