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Dissertations from 2024
CORALS IN CRISIS: A TRANSCRIPTOMIC INVESTIGATION OF STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE, Kelsey M. Beavers
THE INFLUENCE OF INTRACELLULAR PHOTOSYMBIOSIS ON THE EVOLUTION AND FUNCTION OF CNIDARIAN IMMUNITY, Madison A. Emery
A new model for polar growth in mycobacteria: the role of Wag31 and MmpL3 in cell wall synthesis, Neda Habibi Arejan
Managing Stress: A Study of Stress Response Mechanisms in Mycobacteria, Augusto C. Hunt Serracin
Exploring ecological drivers of evolution of the brain, cognition, and behavior, Meghan Korte
Understanding the Origin of Parthenogenesis via Crossing and CRISPR Gene Editing in Daphnia pulex, Thinh Pham
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS: HOW PICKING THE RIGHT PARTNER PAYS OFF, Patrick T. Stillson
Dissertations from 2023
Molecular mechanisms underlying meropenem tolerance in Acinetobacter baumannii, Nowrosh Islam
Molecular Mechanisms That Regulate the Stress Response In A. baumannii, Feroz Ahmed
Biodiversity in the Anthropocene, understanding the impacts of land-use change, and species interactions., Alexander H. Murray
DETERMINING HOW ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE FILTERS BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES AND HOW SPECIES MODIFY THEIR TRAITS IN RESPONSE TO URBANIZATION, Kristopher Warren Row
Cell division in Mycobacteria: the role of SepIVA, Angela H. Freeman
Investigation of the Evolution and Structural Basis of Caspases: Insights into Conformational Dynamics, Stability and Allostery, Isha Joglekar
Evolution of allostery and conformational dynamics of caspases involved in the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis, Mithun Nag Karadi Giridhar
LEVERAGING POPULATION GENOMICS ACROSS TWO TAXONOMICALLY DIVERSE NON-MODEL SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND PATTERNS OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND CONSEQUENCES OF HYBRIDIZATION, Zachary Lamar Nikolakis
ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM AESCHYNOMENE INDICA PLANTS AND THEIR ROLE IN NOD-FACTOR INDEPENDENT NODULE FORMATION AND NITROGEN FIXATION, Meaghan Alyssa Rose
Stress Response Pathways and the Origins of Novelty: How Snakes Regenerate Organs and Regulate Venom, Aundrea Kristene Westfall
Dissertations from 2022
TRANSCRIPTOMIC SIGNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES AND EARLY SPECIATION IN DAPHNIA PULEX-PULICARIA SYSTEM, Trung Viet Huynh
A DROUGHT-TOLERANT NITROGEN-FIXING SYMBIONT FOR SUSTAINABLE SOYBEAN PRODUCTION, Christian James Peterson
Microbial Diversity and Immunogenetics of Whiptail Lizards (Aspidoscelis), Kathleen Currie
ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR GENETIC BASIS OF BEHAVIORS RELATED TO THE LOSER EFFECT, Marquerite Alizabeth Herzog
Signatures of Genome Evolution in Two Divergent Lizard Species from Texas, Jose A. Maldonado
Niche and dispersal effects on biodiversity, community composition and species co-occurrences in stream ecosystems, Joseph Leonardo Mruzek
INVESTIGATING GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES IN DAPHNIA: THE ROLE OF EMS-INDUCED MUTATIONS AND REPRODUCTIVE MODES, Marelize Snyman
THE EVOLUTION OF NEUROSENSORY STRUCTURES: EVALUATING ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF BRAIN AND EYE SIZE VARIATION, Kaitlyn J. Howell
Mechanistic insights into Gram-negative envelope remodeling for protection against severe outer membrane defects, Katie N. Kang
MECHANISTIC BASIS FOR THE ROLE OF RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE DETERMINANTS IN ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FAILURE, Misha Iqbal Kazi
Identifying the Distinct Adaptive and Plastic Gene Expression Patterns and Microbial Indicators that Mediate Coral Disease Resistance, Nicholas James Macknight
PIF transposable elements domestication and genetic novelty in insects, Fatema Ruma
Dissertations from 2021
The Cellular and Genetic Mechanisms of Stress Response Pathways in Caribbean Coral, Bradford Austin Dimos
Development and characterization of novel a TCRm antibody and its application as an immune checkpoint blocker, Soroush Ghaffari
Learning to Swim: An Exploration of the Terrestrial to Aquatic Transition in Elapids (Squamata: Elapidae), Justin Lawrence Jacobs
Diversity of the Fanged-Frog Complex, Limnonectes kuhlii (Anura: Dicroglossidae) on the Mountainous Regions of Java and Sumatra, Indonesia, Thornton Robert Larson
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNIQUES TO DISSECT THE GENETIC BASIS OF POPULATION-LEVEL VARIATION OF RECOMBINATION RATES IN THE DAPHNIA MODEL SYSTEM, Swatantra Neupane
EFFECTS OF A N2-FIXING BIOFERTILIZER ON THE RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOME AND THE INFLUENCE OF BIOCHAR ON SOIL FERTILITY AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, Sarbjeet Niraula
Insights into the role and regulation of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response during pathogen infection, Mohammed Adnan Qureshi
The Role of the Serine/Threonine Phosphatase PstP in the Mycobacterial Cell Wall Regulation, Farah Shamma
INVESTIGATING THE MICROEVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES THAT PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY AND TRAIT NOVELTY, Thomas Joseph Firneno
GENETIC INNOVATION THROUGH GENE DUPLICATION IN DROSOPHILA, Seyedeh Mirsalehi
CHEMICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE, Mustafi Raisa Amin
GENOMIC STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY IN NEOTROPICAL HERPETOFAUNA: THE ROLE OF DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY AND GENE FLOW, Danielle George Rivera
EFFECTS OF pH SHOCK AND HEAT STRESS ON THE GROWTH OF NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA AND THEIR PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION, Ishanka Udayangi Hemachandra
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS REVEALS THE MECHANISMS AND EVOLUTION OF EXTREME PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN SNAKES, Blair William Perry
ELUCIDATING THE EVOLUTION OF SEX CHROMOSOME DOSAGE COMPENSATION USING BEETLES, Balan Ramesh
EVOLUTIONARY AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFECTOR CASPASES, Suman Shrestha
THE MECHANISM OF ENZYME STABILITY AND SPECIFICITY IN CASPASE-3, Liqi Yao
Dissertations from 2020
Stream Biodiversity and Co-occurrence Network Topology along Sub-continental to Global Nutrient and Land Use Gradients, William Robert Budnick
POPULATION GENOMICS AND CONSERVATION OF TEXAS CAVE AND SPRING SALAMANDERS (PLETHODONTIDAE: EURYCEA), Andrew Brian Corbin
THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES AND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY ACROSS ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN DAPHNIA SP., Michelle Renee Swan Packer
Combating Bacterial Infections with In-Situ Detection and Antibiotic Technology, Paul James Renick
TAXONOMY, SYSTEMATICS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND CONSERVATION OF TOADS (ANURA: BUFONIDAE) IN THE SUNDA SHELF OF INDONESIA, Goutam Chandra Sarker
Population and reproductive dynamics of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Texas reservoirs: Predicting the sustainability of zebra mussel populations in warmer waters, Heather Mae Arterburn
Completion of RLE LINE Integration Involves an Open "4-Way" Branched DNA Intermediate, Brijesh B. Khadgi
Ensemble and Consensus Species Distribution Modeling Approaches Applied to Freshwater Fish, Melissa Jean Walsh
Dissertations from 2019
DEVELOPING APPROACHES THAT LEVERAGE NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING TO STUDY BROAD BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, Nicole Hales
Leveraging the dynamic repeat element landscape of squamate reptile genomes to understand broad patterns of Vertebrate genome evolution and transposable element biology, Giulia IM Pasquesi
Functional Analysis of Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Gene Duplicates with Testis-Biased Expression in Drosophila melanogaster, Mohammadmehdi M. Eslamieh
Toughing it out: understanding the interplay of phenotypic plasticity and evolution in stressful environments, Michael K. Gillis
Understanding the role direct contact, toxicity, and mixotrophy play in the population dynamics of Prymnesium parvum, Coridon Laws
STRESS RESPONSES OF CORALS AND THEIR SYMBIOTIC PARTNERS, Contessa A. Ricci
WHO CARES ABOUT MODELS WHEN YOU HAVE GENOMES?, Richard Hunter Adams
The evolution of complexity: tests of the ecological drivers of eye size evolution in nature, Shannon Marie Beston
UNCOVERING GENOMIC INSIGHTS TO THE DYNAMICS AND MECHANISMS OF SPECIATION USING LIALIS BURTONIS AND HETERONOTIA BINOEI, James E. Titus-McQuillan
Dissertations from 2018
Using snake genomes to illuminate the patterns and mechanisms of rapid adaptation, Daren Carter Card
Domestication of PIF transposable elements transposases as regulatory proteins in Drosophila melanogaster, Diwash Jangam
Insertion Mechanism of Long Interspersed Elements (LINEs) and the role of the Linker Domain, Monika Pradhan
Disease in a Changing Ocean: Ecoimmunological Approaches to Coral Reef Ecology, Lauren Elizabeth Fuess
Circadian Orchestration of Symbiotic Genes in Photosynthetic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria, Dylan Parks
Rattlesnake genomics illustrate patterns of speciation, adaptation, and links between genome structure and function, Drew Roberts Schield
USING INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO STUDY THE SYSTEMATICS OF SCINCID LIZARDS IN THE LOWER SUNDA SHELF, Panupong Thammachoti
Dissertations from 2017
DIVERSIFICATION ON CONTINENTS AND ISLANDS: A HERPETOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, Kyle Anthony O'Connell
Growth and stress response mechanisms underlying post-feeding organ regenerative growth in snakes, Audra Leann Andrew
ARTHROPOD FOOD WEBS IN ARCTIC TUNDRA: TROPHIC INTERACTIONS AND RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE, Ashley Lila Asmus
GLOBULAR DOMAIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF RESTRICTION-LIKE-ENDONUCLEASE BEARING LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS, Mst Murshida Mahbub
EFFICACY OF A SERIES OF ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AS ANTI-CANCER AND ANTIVIRAL AGENTS, Lindsey Caitlin Miller
Impacts of landscape and past climate on patterns of hybridization and genetic diversity in Plestiodon tetragrammus and P. multivirgatus, Matthew Moseley
Dissertations from 2016
Origins and Maintenance of Diversity in a Vertebrate Parthenogen, Alex Scott Hall
RESPONSE OF MICROBIAL NETWORKS AND MICROBIOMES TO THE FOREST-TO-PASTURE CONVERSION IN AMAZON SOILS, Md Abdul Wadad Khan
Insights into the genomic and metabolic adaptations of Termite Associated Verrucomicrobia strains using functional and comparative genomics, Malini Sharadkumar Kotak
GENETIC BASIS OF MELANIN PIGMENTATION AND SEXUAL DICHROMATISM IN DOMESTIC PIGEONS, Shreyas Krishnan
Phylogeography of the American Green Treefrog Species Group, Paul Nathaniel Pasichnyk
Urban Ecology in North Texas: Native Plants and Nitrogen Deposition, Michelle Lynn Green
PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION OF MIDDLE AMERICAN TREE FROGS: ALLOMETRIC EFFECTS, AND LARVAL AND ADULT EVOLUTIONARY INDEPENDENCE, David Antonio Sánchez
Dissertations from 2015
Biological Evaluation Of Membrane-active Compounds As Treatment For Clostridium Difficile Infection, Md Zahidul Alam
Proximate Behavioral And Morphological Mechanisms That May Mediate Intraguild Predation Stability In The Anisoptera, Benjamin Thomas Allen
Synthesis And Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses Of The Causes And Consequences Of Karyotype Evolution In Arthropods, Heath Blackmon
The Spatial Ecology Of The Comanche Harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex comanche (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Ann Burgess Mayo
The Venomous Rattlesnakes And New World Coral Snakes: Molecular Systematics, Biogeography And The Evolution Of Venom Systems, Jacobo Reyes Velasco
Plant Immune Defenses Against The Human Pathogens Escherichia coli O157:H7 And Salmonella enterica, Debanjana Roy
Dissertations from 2014
Seasonal And Habitat-based Prey Diversity Of Bobcats, Lynx Rufus, In Big Bend National Park, Texas, Ellen Stringer Browning
Modulation Of Innate Immunity In Arabidopsis, Shweta Panchal
Evolution Of Sex Ratios And Sex Determination Mechanisms: Lessons From Nematodes With Three Genders, Manish Parihar
The Genetic Architecture Of Variation In Humans And Dogs, Eldon Goodwin Prince
A Study Of The Function Of Two Nuclear Transport Retrogenes (dntf-2r And Ran-like) In Drosophila Melanogaster, Susana Filipa Simoes Lopes Domingues
Mechanisms Affecting Predation Success In Wolf Spiders, Matthew Steffenson
The Genetics Of Hybrid Incompatibility Early In The 'speciation Continuum', Eric Watson
Dissertations from 2013
Nematodes With Three Genders: Models For The Evolution Of Mating Systems, Parasitism And Aging, Jyotiska Chaudhuri
Impacts Of Anthropogenic Disturbances And Drought On Breeding Bird Abundance And Diversity In The Rolling Plains Ecoregion Of Texas, Natalie Ellen Hubbard