Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Why Are Students Doing Research? Examining the Motivation of Students Involved in Undergraduate Research Programs, Andrew Layne McDevitt
Role of Autolysins in Biofilm Formation, Pathogenesis and Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus, Samuel August McFadden
Effects of Parasitism and Mite Control Methods on European Starling Development, Aderinsola Oluwasikemi Odetunde
Alternative Pathway for Provision of Acyl Coa Precursors for Fatty Acid Biosynthesis: Purification and Kinetic Characterization of Phosphotransbutyrylase and Butyrate Kinase from Listeria Monocytogenes, Sirisha Sirobhushanam
Investigating the Roles and Interactions of Sad-6 within the Parameters of Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired Dna ( Msud )., Zachary J. Smith
Takeover on the Tallgrass Prairie: How Lespedeza Cuneata Establishes Dominance, Morgan Rae Walder
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Effects of Modafinil and Atomoxetine on Dopamine Signaling in the Striatal Subregions of the Rat, Martin Bobak
Behavioral Plasticity in Response to Perceived Predation Risk in Breeding House Wrens, Erin Emily Dorset
Stoichiometric Controls on Denitrification in High Nitrate Watersheds, Brian Grebliunas
Hatching Asynchrony in European Starlings ( Sturnus Vulgaris ), Jason Hanser
Factors Constraining the Reproductive Output of Baptisia Alba Macrophylla, Ashley Morgan Hembrough
Genomic Deoxyuracil: Targeting, Regulation and Repair, Nate Warren Holton
Expression, Localization, and Kinetic Characterization of the Phospholipid Biosynthesis Enzyme Ctp: Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase from the Protozoan Parasite Leishmania Major, Justin Daniel Theodore Lange
Investigating Seed Dispersal Distances and Long Distance Dispersal Mechanisms of the Invasive Plant, Alliaria Petiolata, Christopher Loebach
Cell Wall Mutants in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Christy Jane Moore
Switching Tactics: Phenotypic Plasticity in the Alternative Mate-Finding Tactics of Burying Beetles, Theresa Mulrey
Analysis of Plant Lignin Formation and Engineering for Biofuels Production, Deborah Lynn Petrik
Investigations into the Genomes of Two Ascomyetes, Jay Wilbur Pyle
Seta Structure in Members of the Coleochaetales ( Streptophyta ), Timothy Richard Rockwell
Investigating the Initial Detection Stage of Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired Dna in the Model Organism Neurospora Crassa, Pegan A. Sauls
Bacterially-Based Immune Challenges and Trauma Elicit Terminal Investment in Male Aedes Aegypti, Molly K. Schumacher
Electrical Modulation of Pain: Gene Modulation Using both Pulsed Radiofrequency and Spinal Cord Stimulation, Dana M. Tilley
Effects of the Developmental Environment on Oxidative Damage and Antioxidants in Red-eared Slider Turtle ( Trachemys Scripta Elegans ) Hatchlings, Lisa Allison Treidel
Environmental Impacts on Life History in Container Breeding Mosquitoes, Kathleen May Westby
G-Quadruplex Dna Structures and Site Specific Genetic Instability, Jonathan David Williams
In Vivo Modulation of Rhythmically Active Neural Networks in the Crustacean Stomatogastric Ganglion, Alexandra Mead Yarger
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Genetic Analysis of Ton2 Dependent Processes in Microtubule Organization in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Samantha Nicole Atkinson
Salinity Tolerance and Its Relationship to Potential Estuary Invasion by the Invasive Crayfish Orconectes Rusticus, Caisie Elaine Bazer
The Effects of Invasive Macrophytes Phragmites Australis and Typha Angustifolia on Nitrate Removal in High Nitrate Wetland Sediments, Lauren Mackenzie Beal
Family Life in the House Wren: Sibling Rivalry, Sex Allocation, and Parental Care, E. Keith Bowers
The Effects of Perch Availability in Osteoporotic Chickens, Maurice Deon Dale
What Limits Clutch Size in Female House Wrens ( Troglodytes Aedon )?, Christine Joan Hodges
Cell Wall and Autolytic Properties of a Cold-Sensitive Listeria Monocytogenes Mutant Deficient in Branched-Chain Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, Anthony M. Martini
Using Deuterium and Garp To Estimate Geographic Extents of Source Populations of Hoary ( Lasiurus Cinereus ) and Eastern Red ( Lasiurus Borealis ) Bats Killed at a Central Illinois Wind Facility, Rachael Anne Van Essen
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Effect of Media Selection on the Membrane Characteristics and Fatty Acid Composition of Staphylococcus Aureus, Seth Russell Johnson
Immune Strategy of a Long-Lived Ectotherm, the Red- Eared Slider Turtle, Trachmys Scripta, Laura M. Zimmerman