Undergraduate Honors Theses contain papers from across disciplines at Washington University in St. Louis.

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Suppressing Expression of Hepatic Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Reverses Gallstone Susceptibility in Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein Knockout Mice by Reducing Canalicular Cholesterol Secretion, Ho Yee Joyce Fung (Biology Department)

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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The Role of Chaperones in P-body Dynamics, Haejun Ahn (Biology Department)

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The Genetic Architecture of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects, Ashley Aluko (Biology Department)

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Regulation of Amyloid Plaque Deposition by PCSK9 in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Devika Bagchi (Biology Department)

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The Effect of Orthographic Neighborhood Size on the Extent of Priming, Adeetee Bhide (Biology Department)

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Validity of a Novel Non-Motor Symptom Scale and [C11]-DTBZ Pet-based Measures as Tools for Tracking Disease Severity in MPTP Primates, Christopher Brown (Biology Department)

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Integration of Exotic Plant Species into Native Plant-Pollinator Networks and Their Effects on the Pollinator Vistation Rates and Richness of Native Plant Species at the Community Scale, Yan Yi Anny Chung (Biology Department)

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The Mechanistic Intersection between Neurodegeneration and Dendrite Pruning in Drosophila melanogaster, Sarah Ebstein (Biology Department)

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The Parkinsonian mimetic 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) specifically decreases mitochondrial but not vesicular axonal movement in dopaminergic neurons, Scott Elman (Biology Department)

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Relationship between Hippocampal Volume changes and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following Traumatic Brain Injury in US Military Personnel, Toby Emanuel (Biology Department)

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Late-zygotic microRNAs in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Elizabeth Freeman (Biology Department)

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Rearrangement of M Element Like Sequences in Tetrahymena thermophila, Kevin Gao (Biology Department)

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The Role of PICALM in Amyloid Plaque Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease, So Chon Gil (Biology Department)

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Analysis of CIS-Regulatory Transcription Regions of the DIMM Promoter in Drosophila, Nicole Gong (Biology Department)

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A Comprehensive Transposon Screen Reveals Universal Biofilm Effectors in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Alice Gu (Biology Department)

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Role of Bone Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Abnormal Bone Matrix in Promoting Increased Osteoclast Formation and Bone Resorption in Brtl Osteogenesis Imperfecta Mice, Matthew Kwong (Biology Department)

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Identification of Cullin 4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Protein Substrates In HIV-2 Infected Cells, KiHyun Kwon (Biology Department)

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The Processing and Function of Vitamin A in CD103+ Intestinal Dendritic Cells, Matthew Leach (Biology Department)

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Comparative Analysis of Immune Evasion in Cowpox Virus, Jimmy Ma (Biology Department)

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Investigation of Fourth Chromosome Reporter Expression, Perry Morocco (Biology Department)

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p38α MAPK Deletion Promotes Colon Tumorigenesis, John Schneider (Biology Department)

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Gene Expression Profiling of Archival Tumors from the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study: Association with Clinical Outcomes, Aeron Small (Biology Department)

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Spatiotemporal distribution of the VIP receptor, VPAC2R, in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Connie Tsai (Biology Department)

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The Influence of Social Cues on Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster Presented, Eliana Weisz (Biology Department)

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Comparing the Effects of Invader4 with 1360 on Heterochromatin Targeting, Hao Yang (Biology Department)