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- Title
- A STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS MAJOR INTRINSIC PROTEINS
- Author
- Taylor, Jonathon
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Cytology, Evolutionary developmental biology
- Description
- There is currently a major gap in understanding the physiological processes of tissue grade animals from early diverging phyla, particularly within the context of the molecular mechanisms in response to osmotic variation. A key protein family esse...
- Title
- Dissecting functional differences in Hsp70 isoforms in nematostella vectensis
- Author
- Waller, Shawn
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Molecular biology
- Description
- Heat shock protein 70s (Hsp70s) are a highly conserved class of molecular chaperones that are involved in cellular processes in all organisms such as stress response, homeostatic maintenance, and cell cycle progression. The organism Nematostella v...
- Title
- Evaluating invertebrate community diversity using eDNA for biomonitoring in freshwater ecosystems.
- Author
- Rowe, Rachael
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Aquatic sciences, Ecology, Environmental sciences
- Description
- Traditional invertebrate biomonitoring has low taxonomic resolution, low accuracy, and is plagued with human error and biases. Molecular monitoring, using environmental DNA (eDNA), is a practical alternative due to the high accuracy, lack of human...
- Title
- Exploring the Immune System using Hybrid Cube Nanoparticles
- Author
- McMillan, Jessica
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Biology
- Description
- Nano-sized cubes made from nucleic acid material (NANPs) are ideal scaffolds for therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs). Both utilize sequence specificity through base-pairing, providing controlled strand interaction, stability, and targeted targeting d...
- Title
- Inflammasome-driven IL-1ß and IL-18 cytokine signaling between macrophages and cancer cells within the breast tumor microenvironment
- Author
- Suryaprakash, Deepika
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Molecular biology, Oncology
- Description
- Breast cancer especially triple-negative breast cancer remains deadly, despite detection, monitoring and therapeutic advances. Indeed, aggressive breast cancers metastasize to tissues including the brain, bones, and lungs. Metastasis is favored by...
- Title
- Polystyrene particle uptake and their potential to act as a trojan horse to oysters (Crassostrea virginica)
- Author
- Gaspar, Tamara
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental sciences, Ecology, Cytology
- Description
- The global annual usage of plastics has increased dramatically over the last decade. Polystyrene is the fourth most common plastic material produced annually due to its many versatile applications. Consequently, there has been a coinciding increas...
- Title
- Screening of FDA-Approved Drug Library for Combinatorial Treatment of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells with Oncolytic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
- Author
- Holbrook, Molly
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology
- Description
- Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating malignancy with poor prognosis and a dismal survival rate, expected to become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Oncolytic virus (OV) is an anticancer ap...
- Title
- THE ROLE OF TRANSLESION SYNTHESIS POLYMERASES REV1 AND POL η IN DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE
- Author
- McLeod, Melissa
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Molecular biology, Biology, Cytology
- Description
- Our cells endure continuous challenges from byproducts of endogenous metabolic processes as well as outside sources such as UV light and environmental polltants. The DNA Damage Response (DDR) helps organisms cope with damage and coordinate an appr...
- Title
- The Impact of Geographic Location on Larval Mortality and Analysis of Gene Expression in Nematostella vectensis Exposed to Acute and Chronic Thermal Stress
- Author
- Estvander, Sarah
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Genetics
- Description
- Environmental temperature plays a critical role in the survival and geographic distribution of most organisms, as it can directly influence the rate of all biochemical and physiological reactions. Recent climate models show that seasonal variation...
- Title
- The Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita): A Prospective Pelagic and Estuarine Bioindicator
- Author
- Lowder, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Environmental sciences, Toxicology
- Description
- Due in part to the complexity of scyphozoan life histories, slight changes in environmental factors can have an effect on fecundity, growth & development and population fluctuations. Anthropogenic activities have been suggested as a major cause of...
- Title
- Variation in Patterns of Allocare In Captive Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas): The Potential Effects of Environment and Kinship in the Development of Novel Behavior
- Author
- Carter, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Physical anthropology, Zoology
- Description
- The goal of the this research was to examine the social dynamics among extended matrilines of Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) housed at the North Carolina Zoo (NCZ) in Asheboro, North Carolina, including the putative existence of allocare, def...