Undergraduate students at Washington University in St. Louis are encouraged to participate in research. These opportunities are organized through the Office of Undergraduate Research or through department-specific honors courses. This collection contains senior research papers or honors theses from across disciplines at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Theses from 2013
Always Be A Wilderness: to cross over and rise, Katharine E. Walker
Art (Printmaking), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Superfluidity in Neutron Stars, Samuel J. Witte
Physics
Theses from 2012
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
Building a Conceptual Anthropological Framework of Rural American Medicine: Understanding the culture of rural physicians and factors influencing retention, Scott L. Rempel, Anthropology
High Risk: Michigan's Coastline in Danger, Adira Jenna Weixlmann, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
The Association of Holter-based T-wave Alternans with Depression, Gender and All-Cause Mortality in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients: An ENRICHD Sub-Study., Austin Wilmot, Biology
Delicious-ology: The Science of Delicious Food, Sasha Yan
Communication Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Dissecting the cellular response to DNA damage using an innovative “laser-scissors” system, Lindsey M. Zhang, Biology
Theses from 2011
The Role of Chaperones in P-body Dynamics, Haejun Ahn, Biology
The Genetic Architecture of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects, Ashley Aluko, Biology
Regulation of Amyloid Plaque Deposition by PCSK9 in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Devika Bagchi, Biology
The Effect of Orthographic Neighborhood Size on the Extent of Priming, Adeetee Bhide, Biology
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
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
The Mechanistic Intersection between Neurodegeneration and Dendrite Pruning in Drosophila melanogaster, Sarah Ebstein, Biology
The Parkinsonian mimetic 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) specifically decreases mitochondrial but not vesicular axonal movement in dopaminergic neurons, Scott Elman, Biology
Relationship between Hippocampal Volume changes and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following Traumatic Brain Injury in US Military Personnel, Toby Emanuel, Biology
Late-zygotic microRNAs in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Elizabeth Freeman, Biology
Rearrangement of M Element Like Sequences in Tetrahymena thermophila, Kevin Gao, Biology
The Role of PICALM in Amyloid Plaque Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease, So Chon Gil, Biology
Analysis of CIS-Regulatory Transcription Regions of the DIMM Promoter in Drosophila, Nicole Gong, Biology
A Comprehensive Transposon Screen Reveals Universal Biofilm Effectors in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Alice Gu, Biology
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
Identification of Cullin 4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Protein Substrates In HIV-2 Infected Cells, KiHyun Kwon, Biology
The Processing and Function of Vitamin A in CD103+ Intestinal Dendritic Cells, Matthew Leach, Biology
Comparative Analysis of Immune Evasion in Cowpox Virus, Jimmy Ma, Biology
Investigation of Fourth Chromosome Reporter Expression, Perry Morocco, Biology
p38α MAPK Deletion Promotes Colon Tumorigenesis, John Schneider, Biology
Gene Expression Profiling of Archival Tumors from the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study: Association with Clinical Outcomes, Aeron Small, Biology
Spatiotemporal distribution of the VIP receptor, VPAC2R, in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Connie Tsai, Biology
The Influence of Social Cues on Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster Presented, Eliana Weisz, Biology
“God and Posterity Will Show Me Favor”: A Search for the Historical Lady Jane Dudley in Light of Her Later Portrayals, Rachel Wisdom, Bachelor of Arts
Comparing the Effects of Invader4 with 1360 on Heterochromatin Targeting, Hao Yang, Biology
Testing the Hygiene Hypothesis: The Role of Bacteria in Promoting Atopy in a Mouse Model of Atopic Dermatitis, Laura Yockey, Biology
Theses from 2010
Red Brigades and Barefoot Doctors: Health Care Without Physicians During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Oliver Kayden Jawitz, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Theses from 1991
Exclusion and Optimism: Black Americans Keep Their Eyes on the Education Prize: A Story of School Desegregation in St. Louis, 1954-1980, Barnaby W. Horton, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)