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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Structural Insights into Host-Pathogen Interactions of Coronaviruses and Alphaviruses, Lucas Adams
Inside 'n Out: ETV2 Specification of Hemangiogenic Lineages from FLK1+ Mesoderm, Dereck Antonio Shakeel Alleyne
Genetic Mechanisms of Urinary Tract Infection Pathogenesis by Escherichia coli, Jesus Bazan Villicana
From Natural Barrier to National Symbol: Technologies, State-Building, and the Remaking of the Yangzi River, 1843-1937, Ruochen Chen
Development of Cell-Free DNA and Immune Cell Liquid Biopsies to Stratify Risk of Disease Progression and Treatment Toxicity, Noah Earland
Retinal Circuits for Pupil Control: Neural Mechanisms, Visual Functions, and Capacity for Plasticity, Michael John Fitzpatrick
Elucidating the Coordinated Role of Histone Modifications on the Establishment and Regulation of a Neuronal-specific Methylome, Nicole Hamagami
Ribosomal Stress in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Kimberly Bridget Johansson
The Role of Autophagy in Intestinal Infection in Mice and C. elegans, Gowri Kalugotla
Essays on Empirical Search and Matching, Jiangheng Lin
Macroevolutionary Innovation and the Genomic Basis of Convergent Adaptation in Anolis Lizards, Aryeh Hershel Miller
Uncovering Hidden Features of Copyback Viral Genomes, Sarah Pye
Understanding p53 Regulation on Transposable Elements in Cancer, Xuan Qu
Multiplex Functional Assessment of Variant Effect in the Retinal Transcription Factor CRX, James Lewis Shepherdson
Unraveling Metabolic Determinants of Isoniazid Susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Erin Rilu Wang
Energetic Heterogeneity in Retinal Ganglion Cells: Role of Neuronal Activity and Implications for Resilience, Zelun Wang
Understanding the Biological Functions of Dual-Localized Mitochondrial Phosphatase PPTC7, Lianjie Wei
Towards Understanding Robust Neural Coding Through Representational Geometry, Zeyuan Ye
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Montane β-diversity: Biodiversity through Space and Time in Earth’s Most Biodiverse Regions, Ethan Ray Abercrombie
Studies in Algebraic Cycles: Hodge Theory of Degenerations, Regulators, and Cluster Varieties, Ricardo Jaime Acuna
Top-down Control and Bottom-up Salience Guide Attention During Visual Search, Christopher Ahn
Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Regulates ITAM-Dependent Platelet Activation, Jehiel Abigail Ajanel Gomez
Exploring DDR2’s role in CAF extracellular matrix production and tumor progression, Favour Ayomide Akinjiyan
Defining B cell responses to emerging viral pathogens, Wafaa Al Soussi
Defining B cell responses to emerging viral pathogens, Wafaa Al Soussi
In the Field of Nothingness, Ameen Animashaun
Staging Suffering: Depictions of the Family Space in German Naturalist Drama, Kimberly Annas
Essays in Monetary Economics and Financial Frictions, Martin Arazi
Multimodal Characterization of Systems-Level Robustness in the Cellular Organelle Network, Aline Arra
Trust and Learning in Early Childhood, Anjuii Barrett
Bias Regulation Strategy Selection in Daily Life: Using Daily Diary Methodology to Study Personal Bias Regulation Strategies, Jennifer Frances Beatty
A Subset of Senescent Myofibroblasts Orchestrates Immunosuppression in Pancreatic Cancer., Jad Belle
Exploring the Structure, Dynamics, and Pharmacology of Opioid Receptors, Sarah Maria Bernhard
Coming of Age in the Ancient Andes: A Bioarchaeological Evaluation of Adolescence, Puberty, and Gender in Late Pre-Hispanic Andean Society (800-1400 CE), Bridget Coredlia Bey
Single-Cell Analysis of Clonal and Transcriptional Dynamics During Direct Reprogramming, Brent Biddy
Structure and function of type 1 pilus assembly machinery in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Ryan Bitter
Emotions and narrative in Sophocles' fragmentary tragedies "Tyro" (A’ and B’) and "Tereus", Maria Eugenia Bonaparte Gimenez
Investigating the Differential Effects of Narrativization and Causal Structure of Stories on Memory, Savannah J. Born
Baubles, Claire S. Boyer
Biomarker and age at onset endophenotypes offer new insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease, Joseph Bradley
Targeting Cyst(e)ine Dependence and Redox Metabolism in Genetically Distinct Sarcomas, Caitlyn Brook Brashears
Do all Components of Psychological Wellbeing Predict Cognitive Function?, Karysa Britton
Parapinopsin: a Photoswitchable Inhibitory GPCR for Two-photon Optogenetics, Bobbie J. Brown
The Search for Correlated Topology in Quantum Materials, Christopher Patrick Broyles
Faith’s Midwest Modern Forms: Midcentury Catholic Churches in St. Louis by Murphy and Mackey, Architects, Mary Reid Brunstrom
Circuit-specific vulnerability in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease, Samuel Brunwasser
Bayesian Uncertainties: A Post-Modern Development in Nuclear Interactions, Jason Michael Bub
Effects of ANGPTL3 Deficiency on the Regulation of Hepatic Lipoprotein Production and Lipid Metabolism, Kendall Helene Burks