Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2024
PHOTON IRRADATION AND CISPLATIN ENRICH CANCER STEM CELLS IN OVARIAN CANCER, Ashley Antonissen
THE EFFECTS OF WILDFIRES ON PREDATION RISK, PERCH SELECTION, AND BACKGROUND-MATCHING IN WESTERN FENCE LIZARDS, Elmer Ernesto Gutierrez
QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN EMBRYONIC- AND INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL DERIVED NEURAL STEM CELLS UNDER CGMP METHODS, Michelle Hernandez
COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF PROTON AND PHOTON THERAPY ON TUMOR AGGRESSIVENESS IN ADVANCED CANCERS, Yeonkyu Jung
INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL VPS21 EFFECTOR PROTEINS INVOLVED IN MISREGULATION OF LIPID HOMEOSTASIS AND "OBESITY" IN S. CEREVISIAE, Alejandra Moreno Ramirez
EXAMINING POPULATION STRUCTURE OF CISMONTANE AND DESERT POPULATIONS OF ZEBRA-TAILED LIZARDS (CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES) USING MITOCHONDRIAL AND NUCLEAR INTRON DNA., Lauren Nicole Morrison
PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS ON THE GAP GYP8 REGULATION OF RAB GTPASE YPT1 IN AUTOPHAGY PATHWAY IN S. CEREVISIAE, Dangie Ramos
Development of An In Vitro Squamous Metaplasia Model Using Airway Basal Stem Cells, Arash Tahmasbi
BIG CITY BLUES: DOES URBANIZATION AFFECT STRESS AND RESPONSE TO COMPETITORS IN WESTERN FENCE LIZARDS (SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS)?, Emily Rae Urquidi
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2023
ATTACK OF THE CLONES: ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF CLONALITY IN THE INVASION SUCCESS OF CARPOBROTUS EDULIS, Eduardo Luis Cruz
Early Development of C3aR1-Targeting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells for the Treatment of Glioblastoma multiforme, Cameron Fraser
HSP70 AND HSP22 AS TOXICITY BIOREPORTERS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Zakkary Hudson
THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON CANCER STEM CELLS IN GLIOBLASTOMA AND OVARIAN CANCER, Aaron Keniston
DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF GLYCOCALYX MODIFICATIONS ON THE ELECTROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS, Rominna E. Valentine Ico
UTILIZING CRISPR CAS9 TO VISUALIZE DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Lauren Michelle Velasquez
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2022
NEONATAL ISLET-1+ CARDIOVASCULAR PROGENITOR CELL-DERIVED EXOSOMES AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL ABILITY TO REGULATE PROLIFERATION, Lourdes Ceja
Identification of SALL4 Expressing Islet-1+ Cardiovascular Progenitor Cell Clones, Andrea Gabrielle Monteon
POTENTIAL FITNESS TRADE-OFFS OF ELEVATED ESTERASE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE IN THE MOSQUITO CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS, Timothy Schulte
Early-Exercise Effects on Mice Tendon Remodeling, Miles Valencia
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2021
ELUCIDATING THE MODULATORY ROLE OF DOPAMINE IN THE C. ELEGANS CHEMOSENSORY ASH NEURON, Cory Kunkel
INVESTIGATION INTO THE EVOLUTION OF HETEROGENEITY WITHIN SECONDARY REPLICONS AND THEIR MAINTENANCE IN GENUS VARIOVORAX, Christopher Ne Ville
ITINERARY AND TRANSPORT DETERMINANTS OF THE RAB GAP GYP8, Monique Quinn
THE ROLE OF THE ERBB SIGNALING PATHWAY IN CARDIOVASCULAR PROGENITOR CELL-BASED REPAIR, Christopher Ramos
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2020
DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED MICRORNAS DURING NEONATAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROGENITOR CELL-MEDIATED CARDIAC REPAIR, Larry Valentino Lopez Jr
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN H1 EMBRYONIC STEM CELL LINE TO STUDY THE ROLE OF THE ONCOGENES LMO1 AND MYCN IN HUMAN NEUROBLASTOMA FORMATION, Vincent Quiroz
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Status Predics Tumor Agressivenss, Chemoresistance and Invasiveness in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, Linda Sanderman
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2019
ISOLATION OF CALDATRIBACTERIUM (OP9) AND INVESTIGATION OF ITS POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS WITH A NOVEL, CO-CULTIVATED THERMODESULFOBACTERIUM SPECIES, Toshio Alvarado
Effects of Life-Long Wheel Running Behavior on Plantar Flexor Contractile Properties, Alexander Nicholas Beechko
Tungsten is Essential for Long-Term Maintenance of Members of Candidate Archaeal Genus Aigarchaeota Group 4, Joshua Robert Reyes Dimapilis
WARM STRATIFICATION INCREASES GERMINATION OF DENDROMECON RIGIDA AND EHRENDORFERIA CHRYSANTHA, Cesar Garcia
GEOGRAPHIC POPULATION STRUCTURE AND TAXONOMIC IDENTITY OF RHINICHTHYS OSCULUS, THE SANTA ANA SPECKLED DACE, AS ELUCIDATED BY NUCLEAR DNA INTRON SEQUENCING, Liane Raynette Greaver
DEVELOPING A LOW COST BIOLOGICAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING GEL EMBEDDED CELLULAR CONSTRUCTS., Justin Stewart Minck
USING SINGLE-CELL SORTING, FISH AND 13C-LABELING TO CULTIVATE AND ASSESS CARBON SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION OF ‘AIGARCHAEOTA’ AND OTHER NOVEL THERMOPHILES, Damon Kurtis Mosier
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2018
DEFINING THE RADIORESPONSE OF MOSSY CELLS, Devon Ivy
REDESCRIPTION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIALS ASSIGNED TO THE TAXON "CAPTORHINIKOS" CHOZAENSIS, Jason Paul Jung
PRIORITIZING CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS IN TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND SMOKE TO PREDICT DEVELOPMENTAL OSTEOTOXICITY IN HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS, Joseph Madrid
An Evaluation of Host Factors as Novel Therapeutic Targets During Influenza Infection Using RNA Technologies, Michael Ryan Haden Thompson
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2017
PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR B (PDGFRB) EXPRESSING CELLS DURING ZEBRAFISH CORONARY VESSEL DEVELOPMENT, Juancarlos Fierros
Anti-Staphylococcal Activity of Variovorax paradoxus EPS, Patricia Holt-Torres
Effects of eggshell removal on embryonic skeletal development in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Nelson Armando Membreno
THE EFFECTS OF SELECTION FOR HIGH VOLUNTARY WHEEL-RUNNING BEHAVIOR ON NUTRIENT CANAL ABUNDANCE AND SIZE, Nicolas Lawrence Schwartz
AN ISOGENIC STEM CELL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: DIRECT EXPRESSION OF AMYLOID-BETA, Teresa Marie Ubina
THE SANTA ANA SPECKLED DACE (RHINICHTHYS OSCULUS): PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CONTROL REGION, James Jay VanMeter
MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CYTOCHROME B GENE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SANTA ANA SPECKLED DACE (Rhinichthys osculus), Pia Marie VanMeter
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2016
CHARACTERIZATION OF INFLUENZA NUCLEOPROTEIN BODY DOMAIN AS ANTIVIRAL TARGET, Alicia Morgan Davis
PRIMING CARDIOVASCULAR STEM CELLS FOR TRANSPLANTATION USING SHORT-TERM HYPOXIA, Ivan Hernandez
Influencing Pathways that Cause Metastasis and Stemness in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Alyse Lynn Huisken-Hill
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2015
EXAMINING THE ROLE OF THE XAB2 PROTEIN IN HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION, Kashfia Neherin
MICROSATELLITE ANALYSIS OF POPULATION STRUCTURE IN THE SANTA ANA SPECKLED DACE (RHINICTHYS OSCULUS), Stacey A. Nerkowski
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2014
CYTOKINE CONTROL OF GLIOMA ADHESION AND MIGRATION, Negin Baghdadchi
THE FEASIBILITY OF CHAPARRAL RESTORATION ON TYPE-CONVERTED SLOPES, Megan Danielle Engel
OVEREXPRESSION OR REDUCED BIOAVAILABILITY OF VEGF DURING MOUSE POST-NATAL INTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT ALTERS THE PROLIFERATION OF INTESTINAL STEM CELL PROGENITOR CELLS, Salvador Garcia Mojica
GLIOBASTOMA MULTIFORME UTILIZES SYSTEM Xc¯ FOR SURVIVAL UNDER OXIDATIVE STRESS AND PROMOTES CHEMORESISTANCE, Rosyli F. Reveron
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Dopaminergic modulation of glutamate signaling in caenorhabditis elegans, Melvin Suman Baidya
Genetic analysis of the gene VARPA_4519 encoding a nonribosomal peptide synthetase crucial for surfactant production in Variovorax paradoxus EPS, Richard John Fredendall
Cell type difference in influenza a viral mRNA nuclear export, Sean William Larsen
Variable levels of atmospheric oxygen do not affect microanatomy and limb bone geometry in alligator mississippiensis, Susan Lee Lujan
Postcranial description and reconstruction of the varanodontine varanopid aerosaurus wellesi (synapsida: eupelycosauria), Valerie Ann Pelletier
Biostratigraphy of the Halgaito Formation, Cutler Group near Mexican Hat, San Juan County, Utah, Kimberly Marie Scott
Elucidating the role of dopamine in the avoidance response of Caenorhabditis Elegans utilizing microfluidics, Patricia Frances Turturro
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Limb bone geometry and skeletal physiology in mice bred for high levels of activity, Brittney Racheal Coats
Allometry of the pterosaur wing skeleton, Lauren Taylor English
Feather biomechanics of penguins and other seabirds, Katherine Elizabeth Johnson
Elucidating the effects of tobacco products on skeletal development, Nicole Renee Sparks
Elucidating the role of bone morphogenetic proteins and b-lymphocyte maturation protein 1 during primordial germ cell specification, Laughing Bear Torrez Dulgeroff
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Influenza nucleoprotein interactions as potential antiviral targets, Abel Sanchez
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Alpine ecology of a C4 grass, Muhlenbergia Richardsonis in the White Mountains of California, Archie Thomas Meyer
Digital reconstruction of a ceratopsid pes, Ken Conrad Noriega
Genetic analysis of two phenotypes in variovorax paradoxus strain EPS, Michael Jherek Pehl
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Comparative osteohistology of hyperelongate neural spines in basal synapsids (Vertebrata, Amniota): Growth and mechanical considerations, Adam Keith Huttenlocker
The effects of leptin and thyroid hormone on metabolism and lipid trafficking in the liver and adipose tissue of ob/ob mice, Candace Michelle Reno
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Effects of natural history on osmoregulatory behaviors in two stream-dwelling frogs (Pseudacris cadaverina and P. regilla), Heidy Lorena Contreras
A geographically constrained molecular phylogeny of Panamanian Aechmea species (Bromeliaceae, subfamily bromelioideae), Keri Renee Maher
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Population genetics and phylogeography of the pygmy nuthatch in Southern California, Thomas Alan Benson
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Thyroid hormone-regulated skeletal muscle Glut4 glucose transporter trafficking during fasting in diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance, Lucy Soo Yon Jun
Phylogeography of a stream-dwelling frog (Pseudacris cadaverina) in Southern California, Ivan Clayton Phillipsen
Analysis of molecular variation in the federally endangered Astragalus jaegerianus (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae): A species with a restricted geographic range, George Floyd Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
A reinterpretation of the small Captorhinid Reptile Captorhinikos Parvus Olson as a new genus, reanalysis of its cranial anatomy, and a phylogenetic analysis of the basal reptilian family Captorhinidae, Gavan McBride Albright
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The postcranial skeleton of the family Limnoscelidae and its taxonomic implications for understanding basal amniotes, Natalia Kazimiera Wideman
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Concentration of specific biogenic amines in ventricular CSF of type A and B Parkinson's disease patients on Sinemet, Justin Robert Ahlman
Relative involvement of different cnidocyte supporting cell complexes and extracellular calcium in prey capture of sea anemone, Haliplanella luciae, Virginia Nenna Mc Auley
Thermal and reproductive biology of the lizards sceloporus occidentalis and sceloporus graciosus along an environmental and geographical gradient, Scott Landsborough Parker
The effects of R-flurbiprofen in reducing tumors in a multiple intestinal neoplasia mouse model, David Douglas Quiggle
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Effect of thyroid hormone on formation of the NSF fusion complex in normal and obese diabetic (db/db) mice, Felipe Barajas Galicia
Low temperature tolerance for Artemisia tridentata seedlings over an elevation gradient, Sean Patrick Redar
The influence of Leptin on metabolic expenditure and thermogenesis during thyroid hormone (T₃) suppression in the obese (OB/OB) mouse, Brian Kimball Underhill
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Morphological constraints on life history evolution in Poecilia reticulata (Cyprinodontiformes: poeciliinae), Edmund Richard Miranda
Characterization of early activation of multi-isotypic antibody-producing B lymphocytes in the small intestine, Stephen Douglas Wagner
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The effect of triiodothyronine on GLUT4 protein expression in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue of obese-diabetic (db/db) mice, Paula Joanne Estrada
A biosystematic survey of Sierra Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. murrayana [Critchfield]) populations in the transverse and peninsular ranges of Southern California, Richard Gobin Everett
"Glial Islands" promote survival and regeneration of neurites from chick embryo retinal neurons, Mithra Ghaffari
The analysis of twelve forensic DNA genetic markers for Hardy-Weinberg and gametic phase disequilibrium for a Caucasian data base, Daniel John Gregonis
A study of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, linkage equilibrium, and population structure in Hispanics using seven genetic markers, Donald Thomas Jones
