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The Effect of Exposure to Lentinula edodes and Flammulina velutipes on the Biodegradation of Crystallized Polylactic Acid, Iraine Taine
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of the Addition of Carrot Seed Oil and Raspberry Seed Oil on the UV Intensity of a Sunscreen, Isra Siddique
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Combined and Individual Effects of Azadirachta indica L. oil and NaHCO3 on the Inhibition of F. oxysporum, Neya Murugesan
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Crystalline Phase on the Toxicity of TiO2 Nanoparticles to Chlorella, Jisoo Lee
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Rosmarinus officinalis and Trachyspermum ammi on the Growth of Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa in Hydroponics Versus Natural Soil, Emna Guedhami
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Comparative Impact of Acesulfame-Potassium, Stevia Extract, and Monk Fruit on the Lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster, Beverly Holton
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Various Polyphenols on Associative Memory Loss and Dementia in a Drosophila melanogaster Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Anagha Gowda
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Developing a Safe and Effective Papillomavirus Screen to be used on College Students at a South Carolina University, Owen R. Smith, Nicole E. Frantz, Emily E. Bishop, Rahjai G. Thomas, Paul E. Richardson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Environmental Bacteriophage Presence in Drainage Ponds at Coastal Carolina University, Hailey Oldfield, Alexei E. Chesnutwood, Gabriella A. Caldwell, Shiraz C. Cohen, Paul E. Richardson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Diversity, Function, and Phenotypic Plasticity of Cryptophyte Phycobiliproteins, Kristiaän Merritt
Theses and Dissertations

Molecular Mediators of Axonal Transport and Local Translation Of CDC42, RHOA Molecular Mediators of Axonal Transport and Local Translation of and Calreticulin mRNAs and Their Implications for Axon Growth and Regeneration, Matthew Davis Zdradzinski
Theses and Dissertations

The Impact of Progerin on Genome Maintenance in Mammalian Cells, Liza Alexandra Joudeh
Theses and Dissertations

Modulation of eIF2α Signaling and the Integrated Stress Response by Targeted Therapeutic Attenuation of PKR Activity Contributes to Protection of DYT-PRKRA Cells From Apoptosis, Kenneth L. Frederick
Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Variations in Light and Nutrient Availability on Phytoplankton and Zooplankton, Jake Anthony Swanson
Theses and Dissertations

Long-Chain Fatty Acid Sensing and Catabolism in Commensal Escherichia Coli Impact Murine Gut Colonization, Tessa Carolina Cox
Theses and Dissertations

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Consolidated Chamber Design and Protocol for Olfactory Conditioning Assay with Drosophila Melanogaster, Sasha Bronovitskiy, Andres Castillo, Michael Yan, Fang Ju Lin
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Using Podcasts to Bring National Estuarine Research Reserves into the Classroom for Grades 6-12, Kaitlyn M. Dirr
Senior Theses

Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Maladaptation in Specialized Species Interactions, Nitin Ravikanthachari
Theses and Dissertations

Local Translation and Focal Adhesions are Dysregulated in Down Syndrome, Ashlyn Gotberg, Nikita Kirkise M.S., Kristy Welshhans Ph.D.
Senior Theses

BE-01 Shedding some light on artificial illumination’s effects on mammal diel activity patterns, Sam C. Williams, Emily K. Prince, Elizabeth A. McDonald
SC Upstate Research Symposium

Predictors of variation in the secondary metabolites of Usnea strigosa, Ayla M. Edmiston, Jordan Cannon, Elizabeth McDonald
SC Upstate Research Symposium

Behavioral responses of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to predation risk, Elisabeth H. Howansky, Zachrey L. Swartzentruber, Emily K. Prince, Elizabeth A. McDonald
SC Upstate Research Symposium

The effects of human disturbances on mammal diel activity: Does trophic level matter?, Drew Bruton, Elisabeth H. Howansky, Elizabeth A. McDonald, Emily K. Prince
SC Upstate Research Symposium

Do predators use different mechanisms to avoid human presence and human infrastructure?, Georgia L. Spann, Elizabeth A. McDonald, Emily K. Prince
SC Upstate Research Symposium

Going nuts: Eastern gray squirrel behavior is unaffected by predator activity., Robert C. Russian, Elizabeth A. McDonald, Emily K. Prince
SC Upstate Research Symposium

The Effects of Salinity and Acetaminophen on the Aquatic Snail Physa acuta, Michelle Sackey-Ansah, Megan Mackey, Daniel Elias, Jason Doll, Alyssa Brookhart
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Insectdisease: Programmatic Access to the Ecological Database of the World’s Insect Pathogens, Tad Dallas, Colin J. Carlson, Patrick R. Stephens, Sadie J. Ryan, David W. Onstad
Faculty Publications

Epidemic Time Series Similarity Is Related to Geographic Distance and Age Structure, Tad Dallas, Grant Foster, Robert L. Richards, Bret D. Elderd
Faculty Publications

Natural Variation of Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase in Colias Butterflies, Andrea Blair Stokes
Theses and Dissertations

Uncovering the Diverse Roles of the Human CST (CTC1-STN1-TEN1) Complex in Resolving Genomic Stress, Percy Logan Schuck
Theses and Dissertations

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The Effects of Human Behavioral Changes due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Reservoir of Lytic Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriophage on Humans at a South Carolina University, Korinne M. Swanson, Owen R. Smith, Paul E. Richardson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Environmental Bacteriophage Detection on Coastal Carolina University Campus, Madison Gentilo, Hailey Oldfield, Gavin Ockert, Paul E. Richardson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Alu Dimorphism at the PV92 Locus of Chromosome 16 is in Equilibrium for University Student Population, James M. Brooks, Mackenzie L. Thackston
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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3,6-dimethoxyxanthone from 2,2’,4,4’- tetrahydroxy-benzophenone via Microwave-Assisted Annulation, Sarah E. Knisely, Faith R. Rosario, Salem F. Gebeyehu, Paige E. Heiple, Robert E. Lee Sr
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

A Latitudinal Signal in the Relationship Between Species Geographic Range Size and Climatic Niche Area, Tad Dallas, Andrew Kramer
Faculty Publications

The Effects of Rice Bran Oil as a Repellent for Aedes aegypti Compared to Mineral Oil and Effective Natural Repellents, Aleena Chattha
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Spirulina major and Oscillatoria on Reducing the Acidity of Freshwater Containing Antibacterial Liquid and Bar Soaps ., Kartik Valluri
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effectiveness of Lithium Chloride in Eliciting a Taste Aversion Response in Blaptica dubia, Ava Phelps
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Phytoremediation of Escherichia coli in Contaminated Water by Lemna minor, Salvinia minima, and Azolla caroliniana, Madison Han
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Estimating R₀ From Early Exponential Growth: Parallels Between 1918 Influenza and 2020 Sars-Cov-2 Pandemics, Grant Foster, Bret D. Elderd, Robert L. Richards, Tad Dallas
Faculty Publications

Snapping Shrimp Have Helmets That Protect Their Brains by Dampening Shock Waves, Alexandra C.N. Kingston, Sarah A. Woodin, David S. Wethey, Daniel Isaac Speiser
Faculty Publications

Optimising Predictive Models to Prioritise Viral Discovery in Zoonotic Reservoirs, Daniel J. Becker, Gregory F. Albery, Anna R. Sjodin, Timothée Poisot, Laura M. Bergner, Binqi Chen, Lily E. Cohen, Tad Dallas, Evan A. Eskew, Anna C. Fagre, Maxwell J. Farrell, Sarah Guth, Barbara A. Han, Nancy B. Simmons, Michiel Stock, Emma C. Teeling, Colin J. Carlson
Faculty Publications

The Marine Gastropod Conomurex Luhuanus (Strombidae) Has High-Resolution Spatial Vision and Eyes With Complex Retinas, Allison R. Irwin, Suzanne T. Williams, Daniel Isaac Speiser, Nicholas W. Roberts
Faculty Publications

Molecular and Morphological Investigations of Grouper (Serranidae) Biodiversity in Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Saeed Al Jazza Alqahtani
Theses and Dissertations

Mechanisms of Connectivity in Neuronal Development, Janay Vacharasin
Theses and Dissertations

Methyltransferase Mystery: Epigenetic Mechanisms Induced by Food Limitation in Daphnia Pule, Trenton C. Agrelius
Theses and Dissertations

In Vivo and In Vitro Investigations of Mammalian Stem Cell Development: Neurogenesis and Pituitary Progenitors, Allison Culver
Theses and Dissertations

Leaf Development in Medicago Truncatula, Liren Du, Samuel Winright Adkins, Mingli Xu
Faculty Publications

Post-Embryonic Phase Transitions Mediated by Polycomb Repressive Complexes in Plants, Valerie Hinsch, Samuel Adkins, Darren Manuela, Mingli Xu
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The Comparative Neuroethology of Distributed Visual Systems: Visual Neuroanatomy and Visually-Mediated Behaviors of the Chiton Acanthopleura Granulata and the Bay Scallop Argopecten Irradians, Daniel Ritter Chappell
Theses and Dissertations

Cryptic Cryptophytes: The Plasticity in How Cryptophytes Respond to Changes in Resource Availability, Rachel Ann-Marie Schomaker
Theses and Dissertations

Defining Molecular and Morphological Phenotypes in ASH1L-Deficient Human Neurons, Foster D. Ritchie
Theses and Dissertations

Functional Facets of Intergenic Hairpin Structures in Genus Caulobacter, Geetha Saarunya Clarke
Theses and Dissertations

From Gene Expression to Physiology: A Study of Chronic Thermal Tolerance in the Mytilus Edulis Species Complex, Lindsey Cate Schwartz
Theses and Dissertations

Understanding the Genomic Influence and Virulence Capabilities of Environmentally Isolated Vibrios, Shannon Elizabeth Pipes
Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Domestic Dogs: Ancestry and Genetic Structure of Free-Roaming Dog Populations in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Gabriella Jean Spatola
Theses and Dissertations

Functional Analysis of STN1 Winged-Helix (wH) Domains, Anna Bazell
Senior Theses

MB5 -- Does miR-718 affect PLC-B2 expression and CREB phosphorylation?, Desiree Williams
SC Upstate Research Symposium

The Interplay Between Hydrogen Sulfide and Phytohormone Signaling Pathways Under Challenging Environments, Muhammad Saad Shoaib Khan, Faisal Islam, Yajin Ye, Matthew Ashline, Daowen Wang, Biying Zhao, Zheng Qing Fu, Jian Chen
Faculty Publications

PICKLE Associates With Histone Deacetylase 9 to Mediate Vegetative Phase Change in Arabidopsis, Tieqiang Hu, Darren Manuela, Valerie Hinsch, Mingli Xu
Faculty Publications

PICKLE Associates with Histone Deacetylase 9 to Mediate Vegetative Phase Change in Arabidopsis, Tieqiang Hu, Darren Manuela, Valerie Hinsch, Mingli Xu
Faculty Publications

The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): An Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations, Colin J. Carlson, Rory J. Gibb, Gregory F. Albery, Liam Brierley, Ryan P. Connor, Tad Dallas, Evan A. Eskew, Anna C. Fagre, Maxwell J. Farrell, Hannah K. Frank, Renata L. Muylaert, Timothée Poisot, Angela L. Rasmussen, Sadie J. Ryan, Stephanie N. Seifert
Faculty Publications

The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): An Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations, Colin J. Carlson, Rory J. Gibb, Gregory F. Albery, Liam Brierley, Ryan P. Connor, Tad Dallas, Evan A. Eskew, Anna C. Fagre, Maxwell J. Farrell, Hannah K. Frank, Renata L. Muylaert, Timothée Poisot, Angela L. Rasmussen, Sadie J. Ryan, Stephanie N. Seifert
Faculty Publications

Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts Addition of Indoles to Tertiary Allylic Alcohols, Bryan H. Wakefield, Romie Barnes, Traeannah Brown, Ashley M. Jones, Victoria A. Knotts, Christina Martinetti
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Improved Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Glanville Fritillary Butterfly (Melitaea Cinxia) Integrating Pacific Biosciences Long Reads and a High-Density Linkage Map, Olli-Pekka Smolander, Daniel Blande, Virpi Ahola, Pasi Rastas, Jaakko Tanskanen, Juhana Kammonen, Vicencio Oostra, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Suvi Ikonen, Tad Dallas, Michelle F. DiLeo, Anne Duplouy, Iihan Cem Duru, Pauliina Halimaa, Aapo Kahilainen, Suyog S. Kuwar, Sirpa O. Kärenlampi, Elvira Lafuente, Shiqi Luo, Jenny Makkonen, Abhilash Nair, Narua de la Paz Celorio-Mancera, Ville Pennanen, Annukka Ruokolainen, Tarja Sundell, Arja I. Tervahauta, Victoria Twort, Erik van Bergen, Janina Österman-Udd, Lars Paulin, Mikko J. Frilander, Petri Auvinen, Marjo Saastamoinen
Faculty Publications

Panoramic Spatial Vision in the Bay Scallop Argopecten Irradians, Daniel R. Chappell, Tyler M. Horan, Daniel Isaac Speiser
Faculty Publications

Daphnia Pulex: The Mixed Messages of Mutations , Matthew Randall Bruner
Theses and Dissertations

The Ghost of Hosts Past: Impacts of Host Extinction on Parasite Specificity, Maxwell J. Farrell, Andrew W. Park, Clayton E. Cressler, Tad Dallas, Shan Huang, Nicole Mideo, Ignacio Morales-Castilla, T. Jonathan Davies, Patrick Stephens
Faculty Publications

The Ghost of Hosts Past: Impacts of Host Extinction on Parasite Specificity, Maxwell J. Farrell, Andrew W. Park, Clayton E. Cressler, Tad Dallas, Shan Huang, Nicole Mideo, Ignacio Morales-Castilla, T. Jonathan Davies, Patrick Stephens
Faculty Publications

The Future of Zoonotic Risk Prediction, Colin J. Carlson, Maxwell J. Farrell, Zoe Grange, Barbara A. Han, Nardus Mollentze, Alexandra L. Phelan, Angela L. Rasmussen, Gregory F. Albery, Bernard Bett, David M. Brett-Major, Lily E. Cohen, Tad Dallas, Evan A. Eskew, Anna C. Fagre, Kristian M. Forbes, Rory Gibb, Sam Halabi, Charlotte C. Hammer, Rebecca Katz, Jason Kindrachuk, Renata L. Muylaert, Felicia B. Nutter, Joseph Ogola, Kevin J. Olival, Michelle Rourke, Sadie J. Ryan, Noam Ross, Stephanie N. Seifert, Tarja Sironen, Claire J. Standley, Kishana Taylor, Marietjie Venter, Paul W. Webala
Faculty Publications

Exploring the Effect of Metal Chelating Properties of Hylocereus undatus, Artocarpus heterophyllus, and Rubus idaeus on the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans: Potential ACE Inhibitors, Evelyn Plakal
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Investigation of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriophage Population at a South Carolina University: The Disappearance of S. aureus Bacteriophage Population Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, Korinne M. Swanson, Owen R. Smith, Madaline N. Plank, Paul E. Richardson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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A Simple and Reliable Reporter Assay to Test siRNA-Mediated Silencing of HIV-1 Gene Functions, Kylie R. Tager, William H. Jackson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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SARS-CoV-2: A Study of the Dispersion Characteristics of Aerosol Particles Using Ultrafast Carbon Nanotube Sensors in a Simulated Indoor Environment (A Novel Technique), Shriya Kapoor
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Mycoremediation of Escherichia coli by Pleurotus ostreatus, Stropharia rugosoannulata, and Trametes versicolor in Contaminated Water, Madison Han
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Qualitative Versus Quantitative Nutritional Education on the Eating Habits of Female High School Athletes, Brantley Aycock
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Ayurvedic Plant Extracts-- Mucuna pruriens and Brassica oleracea--on the Delay of Motor Symptoms in PINK1 Drosophila melanogaster: A Model of Parkinson's Disease, Sanjana Parise
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Genetic and Epigenetic Regulations of EDS1-Mediated Plant Immunity and Identification of Bacterial Type III Effectors Targeting De Novo DNA Methyltransferase DRM2 in Arabidopsis, Ming Zhao
Theses and Dissertations

Human CST (CTC1-STN1-TEN1) Promotes TopBP1 Stability and CHK1 Phosphorylation in Response to Telomere Dysfunction and Global Replication Stress, Stephanie Michelle Ackerson
Theses and Dissertations

Characterizing the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of the Cannonball Jellyfish (Stomolophus meleagris) in the South Atlantic Bight, Lauren G. Faulk
Theses and Dissertations

Trans-Axonal Signaling and Activity-Dependent Mechanisms Of Topographic Mapping and Refinement in Vivo, Olivia Marie Spead
Theses and Dissertations

The Development of a Tractable System to Assess Caulobacter-Plant Interactions, Louis Berrios
Theses and Dissertations

AhR Expression on Rorc-Expressing Immune Cells is Essential for I3C-Mediated Protection Against Colitis, Michal C. Williams
Senior Theses

Activating Mutations in BRAF Disrupt the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis Leading To Hypopituitarism in Mice and Humans, Angelica Gualtieri, Nikolina Kyprianou, Louise C. Gregory, Maria Lillina Vignola, James G. Nicholson, Rachael Tan, Shin-ichi Inoue, Valeria Scagliotti, Pedro Casado, James Blackburn, Fernando Abollo-Jimenez, Eugenia Marinelli, Rachael E.J. Besser, Wolfgang Högler, I. Karen Temple, Justin H. Davies, Andrey Gagunashvili, Iain C.A.F. Robinson, Sally A. Camper, Shannon W. Davis, Pedro R. Cutillas, Evelien F. Gevers, Yoko Aoki, Mehul T. Dattani, Carles Gaston-Massuet
Faculty Publications

Cyclic Fluctuations of Zooplankton Dynamics in a Tidal Salt-Marsh Basin, Jamaal Jacobs
Senior Theses

Plasmids Bring Novel Functions to Caulobacter Genomes, Taylor Howell Carter
Theses and Dissertations

Applications and Mechanisms of Near Infrared Spectroscopy For Age Estimation in Otoliths of Red Snapper Lutjanus Campechanus, Michelle S. Passerotti
Theses and Dissertations

Effect of Oxidative Stress on Lifespan and Cellular Survival, Benedicth Onyeka Ukhueduan
Theses and Dissertations

Resrouce Allocation and Visual Communication In Lepidoptera, Linda Nicole Fipps
Theses and Dissertations

Exploring Effects of Sample Storage, Preparation, and Tissue Type On Fourier Transform-Near Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-NIRS) Ageing Across Fish Taxa, Keith Fuller
Theses and Dissertations

What Is Refractory Organic Matter in the Ocean?, Federico Baltar, Xosé A. Alvarez-Salgado, Javier Arístegui, Ronald Benner, Dennis A. Hansell, Gerhard J. Herndl, Christian Lønborg
Faculty Publications

What Is Refractory Organic Matter in the Ocean?, Federico Baltar, Xosé A. Alvarez-Salgado, Javier Arístegui, Ronald Benner, Dennis A. Hansell, Gerhard J. Herndl, Christian Lønborg
Faculty Publications

What Is Refractory Organic Matter in the Ocean?, Federico Baltar, Xosé A. Alvarez-Salgado, Javier Arístegui, Ronald Benner, Dennis A. Hansell, Gerhard J. Herndl, Christian Lønborg
Faculty Publications

Protocols for Assessing Transformation Rates of Nitrous Oxide in the Water Column, Annie Bourbonnais, Claudia Frey, Xin Sun, Laura A. Bristow, Amal Jayakumar, Nathaniel E. Ostrom, Karen L. Casciotti, Bess B. Ward
Faculty Publications

Investigating the Dynamic Interactions of Rapidly Growing Precocial Shorebird Chicks, Luke R. Wilde
Theses and Dissertations

Diversity and N2O Production Potential of Fungi in an Oceanic Oxygen Minimum Zone, Xuefeng Peng, David L. Valentine
Faculty Publications

The Iron-Responsive Genome of the Chiton Acanthopleura Granulata, Rebecca M. Varney, Daniel Isaac Speiser, Carmel McDougall, Bernard M. Degnan, Kevin M. Kocot
Faculty Publications

The Effect of Whey, Azadirachta indica, and Powdered Whole Milk on Monilinia fructicola, Evelyn Plakal
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Assessing Intervals of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) and Cannabidiol (CBD) on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Reproduction as a Possible Application on Cancer Cell Proliferation, Spandana Anchoori
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Alcalase Concentration on the Proteins from the Shells of Litopenaeus Setiferus (White Shrimp), Liam T. Quan
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Biochar Feedstock on the Remediation of Acidic Soils and Improvement of Pisum sativum v. saccharatum Growth, Ridha Fatima
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Barometric Pressure, Temperature, and Precipitation on Preterm Labor in Expecting Women in South Carolina, Allison K. Fletcher
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

What can a Worm Learn? Nonlinear Categorization by Caenorhabditis elegans using a Hydrochloric Acid Gradient, Parth Desai
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Juvenile Leaves or Adult Leaves: Determinants for Vegetative Phase Change in Flowering Plants, Darren Manuela, Mingli Xu
Faculty Publications

Inferring Life History Characteristics of the Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus From Vertebral Bomb Radiocarbon, Michelle S. Passerotti, Allen H. Andrews, Lisa J. Natanson
Faculty Publications

Weighing the Evidence for the Abundant-Center Hypothesis, Tad Dallas, Luca Santini, Alan Hastings
Faculty Publications

Patterning a Leaf by Establishing Polarities, Darren Manuela, Mingli Xu
Faculty Publications

The Role of Chromatin Remodeling Protein and Transcriptional Repressor, Ing4, in Hematopoiesis Regulation, Melanie Rodriguez
Theses and Dissertations

Characterization and Analysis of the Avian Epidermal Differentiation Complex and Implications in Feather Evolution, Anthony Chastine Davis
Theses and Dissertations

Trans-Axonal Signaling in Neural Circuit Wiring, Olivia Spead, Fabienne E. Poulain
Faculty Publications

The Influence of Stochasticity, Landscape Structure and Species Traits on Abundant–Centre Relationships, Tad Dallas, Luca Santini
Faculty Publications

Molecular Properties Are a Primary Control on the Microbial Utilization of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Ocean, Yuan Shen, Ronald Benner
Faculty Publications

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The Abundant-Centre Is Not All That Abundant: A Comment to Osorio-Olvera et al. 2020, Tad Dallas, Samuel Pironon, Luca Santini
Faculty Publications

The Effects of a New Mutation in LIS1 and Its Potential Role in Autism Spectrum Disorder, John A. Slovensky
Senior Theses

Morphological Changes in the Visual Sensory System of Congeneric Fishes Inhabiting Clear and Turbid Aquatic Environments, Habeeb Mohsin Hammadi Alsudani
Theses and Dissertations

Natural Product Berbamine Enhances the Efficacy of Doxorubicin Treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Jake Tyler
Theses and Dissertations

Identifying and Characterizing Transgenic Lines That Drive Gene Expression in the Adult Fat Body of the Drosophila Melanogaster, Michael Edward Meyerink
Theses and Dissertations

The Bioethical Significance of “The Origin of Man’s Ethical Behavior” (October 1941, unpublished) by Ernest Everett Just and Hedwig Anna Schnetzler Just, Theodore Walker Jr.
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

An Artificial Habitat Increases the Reproductive Fitness of a Range-shifting Species within a Newly Colonized Ecosystem, Zachary J. Cannizzo, Susan Q. Lang, Bryan Benitez-Nelson, Blaine D. Griffen
Faculty Publications

Recombination and Gene Loss Occur Simultaneously During Bacterial Horizontal Gene Transfer, Bert Ely
Faculty Publications

Importance of Refractory Ligands and Their Photodegradation for Iron Oceanic Inventories and Cycling, Christel Hassler, Damien Cabanes, Sonia Blanco-Ameijeiras, Sylvia G. Sander, Ronald Benner
Faculty Publications

Testing Predictability of Disease Outbreaks With a Simple Model of Pathogen Biogeography, Tad Dallas, Colin J. Carlson, Timothée Poisot
Faculty Publications

Population and Kin Structure of Hawksbill Turtles: Insights on Natal Homing Precision, Time to Maturity and the Male Component of the Breeding Population, Kathryn Erin Levasseur
Theses and Dissertations

Distribution and Dispersal Potential of the Endemic Tree Loblolly Bay (Gordonia Lasianthus) in the Southeastern United States Coastal Plain and Implications for Conservation in the Context of Forecast Climate Scenarios., Herrick Hermann Klaus Brown
Theses and Dissertations

Assessing the Competitive Advantage of Carbonic Anhydrase in Estuarine Microalgae Through Removed Enzymatic Activity, Eilea R. Knotts
Theses and Dissertations

Distribution and Abundance of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus in Surficial Estuarine Sediment From North Inlet, SC, Usa, India Briana Gartmon
Theses and Dissertations

Evidence For p53-Mediated Induction of WRAP53a in Response to DNA Damage, Anne Shelton Hucks
Theses and Dissertations

Core–Shell Nanospheres Behind the Blue Eyes of the Bay Scallop Argopecten Irradians, Olivia K. Harris, Alexandra C.N. Kingston, Caitlin S. Wolfe, Soumitra Ghoshroy, Sönke Johnsen, Daniel Isaac Speiser
Faculty Publications

Multilevel Analysis in Rural Cancer Control: A Conceptual Framework and Methodological Implications, Tine Verreet, Cory J. Weaver, Hiromu Hino, Masahiko Hibi, Fabienne E. Poulain
Faculty Publications

A Comprehensive Evaluation of Predictive Performance of 33 Species Distribution Models at Species and Community Levels, Anna Norberg, Nerea Abrego, F. Guillaume Blanchet, Frederick R. Adler, Barbara J. Anderson, Jani Anttila, Miguel B. Araújo, Tad Dallas, David Dunson, Jane Elith, Scott D. Foster, Richard Fox, Janet Franklin, William Godsoe, Antoine Guisan, Bob O'Hara, Nicole A. Hill, Robert D. Holt, Francis K.C. Hui, Magne Husby, John Atle Kålås, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Miska Luoto, Heidi K. Mod, Graeme Newell, Ian Renner, Tomas Roslin, Janne Soininen, Wilfried Thuiller, Jarno Vanhatalo, David Warton, Matt White, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Dominque Gravel, Otso Ovaskainen
Faculty Publications

Identification of Bacterial Isolates Originating from the Human Hand, Leisa M. Rauch, Annette M. Golonka, Eran S. Kilpatrick
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Combination Birth Control Pills on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Body Weight and Body Temperature, Scarlett E. Leigh, Marlee B. Marsh
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

A Comparison of Lung Function Values Among a SCUBA Diver Population and in Comparison to a Non-diver Population, Gabriel C. Hutson, Jeremy D. Rentsch, Erin M. Eaton
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The Persistent Maladaptation of Pieris macdunnoughii: Constraints on Adaptation to an Evolutionary Trap, Rachel A. Steward
Theses and Dissertations

Proteomic and Genomic Evolution of Phicbkviruses, Kiesha Wilson
Theses and Dissertations

Regulation of Arabidopsis Floral Organ Development by the Transcription Factor AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE6, Jorman Heflin
Theses and Dissertations

The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Tumor Development and Response to 5-Fluorouracil in the Apc^Min/+ Mouse, Kristen Michele Hogan
Theses and Dissertations

Novel Salicylic Acid Analogs Induce a Potent Defense Response in Arabidopsis, Ian Arthur Palmer, Huan Chen, Jian Chen, Ming Chang, Min Li, Fengquan Liu, Zheng Qing Fu
Faculty Publications

Cellular Localization of RAD51D Mutant Proteins and the Application of Art to Increase Scientific Literacy in America, Claire L. Chabot
Senior Theses

Tidal and Meteorological Influences on the Growth of Invasive Spartina alterniflora: Evidence from UAV Remote Sensing, Xudong Zhu, Lingxuan Meng, Yihui Zhang, Qihao Weng, James T. Morris
Faculty Publications

Sonification of Epigenetic Processes, Joelle Strom
Senior Theses

Anisotropy vs Isotropy in Living Cell Indentation With AFM, Yuri M. Efremov, Mirian Velay-Lizancos, Cory J. Weaver, Ahmad I. Athamneh, Pablo D. Zavattieri, Daniel M. Suter, Arvind Raman
Faculty Publications

Ecological Mechanisms Can Modify Radiation Effects in a Key Forest Mammal of Chernobyl, Tapio Mappes, Zbyszek Boratynski, Kati Kivisaari, Anton Lavrinienko, Anders P. Moller, Eugene Tukalenko, Phillip C. Watts
Faculty Publications

Short-Term Effect of Simulated Salt Marsh Restoration by Sand-Amendment on Sediment Bacterial Communities, François Thomas, James T. Morris, Cathleen Wigand, Stefan M. Sievert
Faculty Publications

Chemical Alternatives for Managing Key Stored Product Insects, Rizana M. Mahroof
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Complex Gene Loss and Duplication Events Have Facilitated the Evolution of Multiple Loricrin Genes in Diverse Bird Species, Anthony C. Davis, Matthew J. Greenwold, Roger H. Sawyer
Faculty Publications

Ultra-Strong Long-Chain Polyamide Elastomers With Programmable Supramolecular Interactions and Oriented Crystalline Microstructures, Lingzhi Song, Tianyu Zhu, Liang Yuan, Jiangjun Zhou, Yaqiong Zhang, Zhongkai Wang, Chuanbing Tang
Faculty Publications

An Evaluation of Galleria mellonella as a Model for Aspergillus ustus Infections, Isak Jatoi
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effects of Oxidative Stress on Inducing Senescence in Human Fibroblasts, Shivani Chowdhary
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Acetaminophen (Analgesic) and Diphenhydramine (Antihistamine) on Nociception Response of Caenorhabditis elegans, Heart Rate of Eisenia fetida, and Mortality of Both E. fetida and C. elegans, Vamsi Gorrepati
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effects of Matthew’s Storm Surge on Coastal Loblolly Pine and Wax Myrtle Understory Regeneration, Brynn D. Wilkinson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Hordeum vulgare, Rice Hull, and Oak Leaf Litter on the Prevalence of Microcystis, Sreya Varanasi
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Epha4b Expression in the Craniofacial Development of African Cichlid Fishes, Chelse VanAtter
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Nonassociative Learning on Oxidative Stress in Caenorhabditis elegans: A Potential Application for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Gillian Patton
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Flavonoid Galangin on the Cell Viability and Toxicity of MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Abhimanyu Sailesh
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Exposure to Environmental Radionuclides Associates With Tissue-Specific Impacts on Telomerase Expression and Telomere Length, Jenni Kesaniemi, Anton Lavrinienko, Eugene Tukalenko, Zbyszek Boratynski, Kati Kivisaari, Tapio Mappes, Gennadi Milinevsky, Anders Pape Moller, Timothy A. Mousseau, Phillip C. Watts
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Evidence That a Respiratory Shield in Escherichia coli Protects a Low-Molecular-Mass Fe-^II Pool from O₂-Dependent Oxidation, Joshua D. Wofford, Naimah Bolaji, Nathaniel Dziuba, Franklin Wayne Outten, Paul A. Lindahl
Faculty Publications

Targeted Insertion of the mPing Transposable Element, Ashley E. Strother, Stephanie S. Diaz, Mary E. Baker, C. Nathan Hancock
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Determining the First Intermediate Host to Parasites Glossocercus caribaensis and Cyclustera ibisae that are found in Fundulus heteroclitus in the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Emiley Masloski, Marlee B. Marsh
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Note on Suspected Brown Recluse Spiders (Araneae: Sicariidae) in South Carolina, Robert J. Wolff
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Building Soft Nanomachines from Polydiacetylene Liposomes, Timothy W. Hanks
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jonathan J. Storm
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Investigating the Lytic Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriophage Reservoir Amongst a South Carolina University Population: Discovery, Characterization, and Identification of a Potential Bacteriophage Treatment for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Lisa Pieterse, Amy Powers, Derek Pride, Lisha van Onselen, Giovanna E. Leone, Paul E. Richardson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

An Investigation of the Order of Applying an Emollient with a Topical Steroid in the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis, Andrea Conner, Ashlee Tietje
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Evolving Paradigms in Biological Carbon Cycling in the Ocean, Chuanlun Zhang, Hongyue Dang, Farooq Azam, Ronald Benner, Louis Legendre, Uta Passow, Luca Polimene, Carol Robinson, Curtis A. Suttle, Nianzhi Jiao
Faculty Publications

Identification of Coliphages in the Aviary at Brookgreen Gardens and the Factors that Might Influence Coliphage Population Dynamics in this Cypress Swamp Environment, Olivia Shirley, Lisa Pieterse, Paul E. Richardson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Threshold-Dependent Repression of SPL Gene Expression by miR156/miR157 Controls Vegetative Phase Change in Arabidopsis thaliana, Jia He, Mingli Xu, Matthew R. Willmann, Kevin McCormick, Tieqiang Hu, Li Yang, Colby G. Starker, Daniel F. Voytas, Blake C. Meyers, R. Scott Poethig
Faculty Publications

Spatial Extinction Date Estimation: A Novel Method for Reconstructing Spatiotemporal Patterns of Extinction and Identifying Potential Zones of Rediscovery, Colin J. Carlson, Kevin R. Burgio, Tad Dallas, Alexander L. Bond
Faculty Publications

Endothelial Cell pannexin1 Modulates Severity of Ischemic Stroke by Regulating Cerebral Inflammation and Myogenic Tone, Miranda E. Good, Stephanie A. Eucker, Jun Li, Hannah M. Bacon, Susan Q. Lang, Joshua T. Butcher, Tyler J. Johnson, Ronald P. Gaykema, Manoj K. Patel, Zhiyi Zuo, Brant E. Isakson
Faculty Publications

Linking Physiology, Temperature, And Recruitment: A Classic Competitive Story Rewritten By Climate, Maeve Kerrigan Snyder
Theses and Dissertations

Interactive Effects Of Domoic Acid Allelopathy, Salinity, And Eutrophication On Estuarine Phytoplankton Community Structure, Elise Van Meerssche
Theses and Dissertations

Experimental Evidence of a Pathogen Invasion Threshold, Tad Dallas, Martin Krkošek, John M. Drake
Faculty Publications

Colorful Seashells: Identification of Haem Pathway Genes Associated With the Synthesis of Porphyrin Shell Color in Marine Snails, Suzanne T. Williams, Anne E. Lockyer, Patricia Dyal, Tomoyuki Nakano, Celia K. C. Churchill, Daniel Isaac Speiser
Faculty Publications

Differences in Pragmatic Language Measures in Mothers of Children with Autism or Fragile X Syndrome, Michelle Huang
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Optimizing sperm collection procedures in zebrafish, Madelyn B. Wasden, Rachel L. Roberts, April DeLaurier
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Investigation of Moringa oleifera leaf extract and its cancer-selective antiproliferative properties, Reagen H. Welch, Ashlee H. Tietje
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Investigating the Toxicity and Accumulation of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) and Glyphosate in Eisenia fetida, Caitlin Lazurick, Nicole Lidzbarski, Rachel Owings, Jeff Brotherton, Edna Steele
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effects of Sports Related Head Impact on Balance and Neurocognitive Functions, Shaquanda D. Ross-Simmons, Michelle L. Vieyra, Abhishek Jain, Keri Weed
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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Novel Mosquito Control: A Natural Approach to Reducing and Repelling Mosquito Populations, Vinita Cheepurupalli
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effects of Tension, Curvature, and Lipid Diffusion on the Enrichment of Ras Proteins in Model Membranes, Nina Daneshvar
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effect of Concentration of CO2 on the Average Rate of Photosynthesis in Spinach Leaf Disks, Amelia Robinson-Brown
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Multiple Species of Cuckoos Are Superior Predictors of Bird Species Richness in Asia, Anders Pape Møller, Federico Morelli, Yanina Benedetti, Timothy Mousseau, Tongping Su, Bo Zhou, Piotr Tryjanowski, Wei Liang
Faculty Publications

Derek Boozer Interview, Derek Boozer
Student-Veteran Oral History Project

Parasite Biodiversity Faces Extinction and Redistribution in a Changing Climate, Colin J. Carlson, Kevin R. Burgio, Eric R. Dougherty, Anna J. Phillips, Veronica M. Bueno, Christopher F. Clements, Giovanni Castaldo, Tad Dallas, Carrie A. Cizauskas, Graeme S. Cumming, Jorge Doña, Nyeema C. Harris, Roger Jovani, Sergey Mironov, Oliver C. Muellerklein, Heather C. Proctor, Wayne M. Getz
Faculty Publications

The Parasite Extinction Assessment & Red List: An Open-Source, Online Biodiversity Database for Neglected Symbionts, Colin J. Carlson, Oliver C. Muellerklein, Anna J. Phillips, Kevin R. Burgio, Giovanni Castaldo, Carrie A. Cizauskas, Graeme S. Cumming, Tad Dallas, Jorge Doña, Nyeema Harris, Roger Jovani, Zhongqi Miao, Heather Proctor, Hyun Seok Yoon, Wayne M. Getz
Faculty Publications

The Effects of Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation on Voles from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Justin Sindoni
Senior Theses

Assessing Variation in Visual Abilities in Daphnia as a Result of Disparity in Eye Sizes, Adrian Perez
Senior Theses

Hallmark Features of Stem Anatomy in the Family Lamiaceae, Catherine Garner
Senior Theses

Scaling of Anatomically Derived Maximal Bite Force in Primates, Ashley Deutsch
Senior Theses

Epigenetic Regulation of Salicylic Acid-Mediated Plant Defense, Phillip Key
Senior Theses

Tree Damage From Hurricane Matthew Affecting Forest Dynamics in Congaree National Forest, Connor Lentz
Senior Theses

An Illustrated Investigation of Agraulis Vanillae and its Larval Food Plants, Christiana M. Keinath
Senior Theses

Marine tardigrades from South Carolina, USA, Paul J. Bartels, Lilvia J. Bradbury, Diane R. Nelson
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Strong Linkages Between Surface and Deep-Water Dissolved Organic Matter in the East/Japan Sea, Tae-Hoon Kim, Guebuem Kim, Yuan Shen, Ronald Benner
Faculty Publications

Predicting Cryptic Links in Host-Parasite Networks, Tad Dallas, Andrew W. Park, John M. Drake
Faculty Publications

Differential Response of Coral Symbiotic Dinoflagellates to Bacterial Toxins that Produce Bleaching in Stony Corals, Diego L. Gil-Agudelo, Yael Ban-Haim, Eugene Rosenberg, Garriet W. Smith
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Antitumor Activity of Selected Derivatives of Pyrazole- Benzenesulfonamides from Dilithiated C(α), N-Phenylhydrazones and Lithiated Methyl 2-(Aminosulfonyl)benzoate, N. Dwight Camper [deceased], James M. Gum, Darby E. Lyles, William T. Pennington, Charles F. Beam, Clyde R. Metz
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Emerging Antimicrobial Research against Superbugs: Perspectives from a Polymer Laboratory, Mitra S. Ganewatta, Md Anisur Rahman, Chuanbing Tang
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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Data-Driven Identification of Potential Zika Virus Vectors, Michelle V. Evans, Tad Dallas, Barbara A. Han, Courtney C. Murdock, John M. Drake
Faculty Publications

Climate Warming Can Accelerate Carbon Fluxes Without Changing Soil Carbon Stocks, Susan E. Ziegler, Ronald Benner, Sharon A. Billings, Kate A. Edwards, Michael Philben, Xinbiao Zhu, Jerome Laganière
Faculty Publications

The Role of Lipocalin-2 in the Hepatic Microenvironment of Colorectal Cancer Metastasis, Daniel Titus Hughes
Theses and Dissertations

Mismatch Tolerance during Homologous Recombination in Mammalian Cells, Shen Li
Theses and Dissertations

Characterizing the Role of the E3 Ligase ITCH in Gut Mucosal Homeostasis, Heather L. Mentrup
Theses and Dissertations

Molecular Evolution of Major Epidermal Structure Genes and an Integrative Transcriptome Analysis of Chicken Epidermal Embryogenesis, Weier Bao
Theses and Dissertations

Determining the Population Dynamics and Reproductive Life History of Commercially Important Tunas in the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina C. Hounchell
Theses and Dissertations

Ordination Obscures the Influence of Environment on Plankton Metacommunity Structure, Tad Dallas, Andrew M. Kramer, Marcus Zokan, John M. Drake
Faculty Publications

Fluctuating Temperatures Alter Environmental Pathogen Transmission in a Daphnia–Pathogen System, Tad Dallas, John M. Drake
Faculty Publications

Alteration of the Ping and Pong ORF1 proteins allows for hyperactive transposition of mPing, Lisette Payero, Giselle Outten, Courtney Burckhalter, C. Nathan Hancock
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The effect of survey date on assessing calling activity of Hylidae, M. Kyle Brown, Amelia L. Russell, Adrian K.O. Hayes, Elliot P. Gibbs, Melissa A. Pilgrim
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Coastal Wetland Response to Sea‐Level Rise in a Fluvial Estuarine System, Karim Alizad, Scott C. Hagen, James T. Morris, Stephen C. Medeiros, Matthew V. Bilskie, John F. Weishampel
Faculty Publications

Sources, Distributions and Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Canada and Makarov Basins, Yuan Shen, Ronald Benner, Lisa L. Robbins, Jonathan G. Wynn
Faculty Publications

Cellular Stiffness as a Novel Stemness Marker in the Corneal Limbus, T. Bongiorno, J L. Chojnowski, J. D. Lauderdale, T. Sulchek
Faculty Publications

The Mirror-Based Eyes of Scallops Demonstrate a Light-Evoked Pupillary Response, M. Desmond Ramirez, Autum N. Pairett, M. Sabrina Pankey, Jeanne M. Serb, Daniel Isaac Speiser, Andrew J. Swafford, Todd H. Oakley
Faculty Publications

Developmental Functions of miR156-Regulated SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, Mingli Xu, Tieqiang Hu, Jianfei Zhao, Mee-Yeon Park, Keith W. Earley, Gang Wu, Li Yang, R. Scott Poethig
Faculty Publications

Examining the Effects of Chromatic Aberration, Object Distance, and Eye Shape on Image-Formation in the Mirror-Based Eyes of the Bay Scallop Argopecten irradians, Daniel Isaac Speiser, Yakir Luc Gagnon, Raghav K. Chhetri, Amy L. Oldenburg, Sönke Johnsen
Faculty Publications

Examining the Effects of Chromatic Aberration, Object Distance, and Eye Shape on Image-Formation in the Mirror-Based Eyes of the Bay Scallop Argopecten Irradians, Daniel Isaac Speiser, Yakir Luc Gagnon, Raghav K. Chhetri, Amy L. Oldenburg, Sönke Johnsen
Faculty Publications

Sources and Transformations of Dissolved Lignin Phenols and Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Otsuchi Bay, Japan, Chia-Jung Lu, Ronald Benner, Cedric Fichot, Hideki Fukuda, Youhei Yamashita, Hiroshi Ogawa
Faculty Publications

Individual Movement Rates Are Sufficient To Determine And Maintain Dynamic Spatial Positioning Within UCA Pugilator Herds, Eilea R. Knotts
Theses and Dissertations

Assessment Of The Probability Of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Recovery In The Northwest Atlantic Ocean Within 50 Years Of Federal And State Protection In The US, Michael D. Arendt
Theses and Dissertations

The Cranial Morphology of The Black-Footed Ferret: A Comparison of Wild and Captive Specimens, Tyler Antonelli
Theses and Dissertations

Enhancing The Efficacy Of Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitors By Genetic Modulation Or Pharmacological Inhibition Of Bone Marrow Derived Cells In The Tumor Stroma, Nikeya LaShanna Tisdale
Theses and Dissertations

Defensive Roles And Factors That Affect The Production Of Monoterpenes in Morella Cerifera, Florence C. Anoruo
Theses and Dissertations

Interactions Between HIV-1 TAT and Tumor Suppressor P53, Kristen Lane Spotts
Theses and Dissertations

The Vascular Flora of the Gills Creek Watershed, Austin Corbett Williams
Senior Theses

Tales of the Atom!: An Analysis of Nuclear Discourage in Early Marvel Comics, Kelly Elizabeth Shepherd
Senior Theses

Design Proposal: Peer Mentoring Program in SCHC, Kylie Anna Stevens
Senior Theses

The Effects of β2 Adrenergic Receptor Activation on Macrophage Cholesterol Accumulation and Inflammatory Responses, Crystal Alece Wood
Senior Theses

The Effect of the Elevated Circulating Levels of IL-33 on Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer, Christina-Lin Marie Brown
Senior Theses

Challenging Authoritative Perceptions: The Story of Philip James Evans, Michael Nicklas Goyda
Senior Theses

Foodshare Columbia: Fostering a Healthier Community, Mavinder Kaur Guram
Senior Theses

The Removal Kinetics of Dissolved Organic Matter and the Optical Clarity of Groundwater, Francis H. Chapelle, Yuan Shen, Eric W. Strom, Ronald Benner
Faculty Publications

Novel Strategies to Promote Smoking Cessation, Matthew J. Carpenter
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Xenoestrogens from Household Plastics Bind Estrogen Receptors and Affect Cell Proliferation, Susan G. Hurley, Brett R. Lackey, Patricia L. Tate, Sandra L. Gray
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Costs of Resistance and Infection by a Generalist Pathogen, Tad Dallas, Mathieu Holtackers, John M. Drake
Faculty Publications

Predicting Dissolved Lignin Phenol Concentrations in the Coastal Ocean From Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (Cdom) Absorption Coefficients, Cédric G. Fichot, Ronald Benner, Karl Kaiser, Yuan Shen, Rainer M. W. Amon, Hiroshi Ogawa, Chua-Jung Lu
Faculty Publications

The Role Of Nuclear Factor-Erythroid-2-Related Factor 2 In Sensitivity To Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitors In Colon Cancer Cells, Sarah Ashley Clinton
Theses and Dissertations

Regulation of Stress Response and Innate Immunity by DSRNA-Binding Proteins PACT and TRBP, Lauren S. Vaughn
Theses and Dissertations

Establishing the Microcrustacean Daphnia as a Model System for Research on Aging, Charles Andrew Shumpert
Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Elevated Circulating Levels of Lipocalin 2 on Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer, John Gerard Bonapart
Theses and Dissertations

Vulnerable Species in a Changing Climate: The Genomic Response of Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes to Predicted Oceanic Conditions as a Model of Physiological Plasticity and Adaptive Capability, Troy James Huth
Theses and Dissertations

Deeply Rooted: The Story of Congaree National Park, Taylor Karlin
Senior Theses

Xenopus Pax6 Mutants Affect Eye Development and Other Organ systems, and Have Phenotypic Similarities to Human Aniridia Patients, T. Nakayama, M. Fisher, K. Nakajima, A. O. Odeleye, K. B. Zimmerman, M. B. Fish, Y. Yaoita, J L. Chojnowski, J. D. Lauderdale, P. A. Netland, R. M. Grainger
Faculty Publications

Linkages Among Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter, Dissolved Amino Acids and Lignin-Derived Phenols in River-Influenced Ocean Margins, Youhei Yamashita, Cédric G. Fichot, Yuan Shen, Rudolf Jaffé, Ronald Benner
Faculty Publications

Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Neurodegeneration is Independent of the Ryanodine Receptor in Caenorhabditis elegans, Lyndsay E.A. Young, Daniel C. Williams
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Assessing the Synergistic Effect of Caffeine and Sugar on Cognitive Performance in Undergraduate Students, Sandra P. Urquiza, Michelle Vieyra
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Precise Repair of mPing Excision Sites is Facilitated by Target Site Duplication Derived Microhomology, David M. Gilbert, M. Catherine Bridges, Ashley E. Strother, Courtney E. Burckhalter, James M. Burnette III, C. Nathan Hancock
Faculty Publications

Co-extinction in a Host-Parasite Network: Identifying Key Hosts for Network Stability, Tad Dallas, Emily Cornelius
Faculty Publications

The Rise of Carbon Nanoscience in South Carolina, Apparao M. Rao
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Understanding phylogenies: Constructing and Interpreting Phylogenetic trees, Joseph L. Staton
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The Effects of Suspended Sediment on Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) and Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Metabolism, Brandy L. Bossle, Ruben R. Goforth, Shem D. Unger, Olin E. Rhodes Jr.
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Essential Oils from Apple mint (Mentha suaveolens) and Passionflower fruit (Passiflora incarnata): Studies on Cognition, Coordination, and Chemical Components., Evelyn F. Patrick *, Jessie Bowers *, Shannon Read *, Brett R. Lackey, Christine Murphy, Sandra L. Gray
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

MAP Kinase Signaling in Plant Responses to Biotic Stress, Carlton James Bequette
Theses and Dissertations

Patterns of Selection Amongst Dengue Virus Serotypes and Efficacy of Computational Epitope Prediction Applications, April Christina Hall South
Theses and Dissertations

The Evolutionary Biology of Vision in Daphnia, Christopher S. Brandon
Theses and Dissertations

Tp53 and Hras Influence on HPV16 E7 Expression in HPV16-Transformed Human Keratinocytes, Nella Christie Delva
Theses and Dissertations

Species Responses to Climate Change and Environmental Heterogeneity: a Multi-Focal Approach, Megan Riley
Theses and Dissertations

Tipping the Balance of Double-Strand Break Repair in Cells Modeling Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, Andrew Robert Patrick
Theses and Dissertations

Potential Range Expansion of the Invasive Lionfish in the Western Atlantic Ocean, Brian Grieve
Theses and Dissertations

Compositional Traits in Sorghum Bicolor Characterized by Transcriptome, Ionome and Genome-wide Association Analysis, Nadia Shakoor
Theses and Dissertations

Thermal Ecology and Physiology of an Intertidal Predator-Prey System: Pisaster Ochraceus and Mytilus Californianus, Cristian J. Monaco
Theses and Dissertations

Diversity, Genetics, and Health Benefits of Sorghum Grain, Davina Rhodes
Theses and Dissertations

Understanding the Evolutionary History of Biochemical Innovation, Madeline Opal St. Julien
Theses and Dissertations

The Role of Lis1 in Adult Mammalian System, Xu Gao
Theses and Dissertations

Ferric Reductases and Transporters that Contribute to Mitochondrial Iron Homeostasis, Anshika Jain
Theses and Dissertations

Molecular Mechanisms of Gap Junction Regulation by the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase WWP1, Measho Hagos Abreha
Theses and Dissertations

Global Climate Change and the Southern Ocean: How Antarctic Fishes Physiologically Respond to a Changing Environment from the Cellular to the Organismal Level, Laura A. Enzor
Theses and Dissertations

The Roles of GSK-3ß and APC in Cytoplasmic Dynein Regulation, Feng Gao
Theses and Dissertations

Marine Population Connectivity: Range Boundaries and Climate Change, Rhiannon Leigh Rognstad
Theses and Dissertations

Using Phylogenetically-Informed Annotation (PIA) To Search for Light-Interacting Genes in Transcriptomes From Non-model Organisms, Daniel Isaac Speiser, M Sabrina Pankey, Alexandera K. Zaharoff, Barbara A. Battelle, Heather D. Bracken-Grissom, Jesse W. Breinholt, Seth M. Bybee, Thomas W. Cronin, Anders Garm, Annie R. Lindgren, Nipam H. Patel, Megan L. Porter, Meredith E. Protas, Ajna S. Rivera, Jeanne M. Serb, Kirk S. Zigler, Keith A. Crandall, Todd H. Oakley
Faculty Publications

A Comparison of the Caulobacter NA1000 and K31 Genomes Reveals Extensive Genome Rearrangements and Differences in Metabolic Potential, Kurt Ash, Theta Brown, Tynetta Watford, LaTia E. Scott, Craig Stephens, Bert Ely
Faculty Publications

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SCAS Officers and Council Members 2014-2015,
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Role of Vitamin A in Retinal Diseases, Rosalie K. Crouch, Masahiro Kono, Peter H. Tang
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Remembering to Perform Actions in the Future: Can Intentions Pop Into Mind?, Gilles O. Einstein
Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Aerosolized Bacteria Collected From African Dust Events, Christina A. Wilson, Robin L. Brigmon, Chris Yeager, Garriet W. Smith, Shawn W. Polson
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2014 SCAS Annual Meeting Program,
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ROLE OF APELIN AND ENDOTHELIN SYSTEMS IN THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Terika Smith
Theses and Dissertations

An Investigation of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and the Turnover of Succinated Proteins in the Adipocyte during Diabetes, Ross Tanis
Theses and Dissertations

Utilizing Next Generation Sequencing to Generate Bacterial Genomic Sequences for Evolutionary Analysis, Derrick C. Scott
Theses and Dissertations

Genetic Background Influences Behavior and Responses to Epigenetic Changes Induced by a Methyl-Donor Diet, Kimberly R. Shorter
Theses and Dissertations

Differential Expression of SNMPS and Their Underlying Transcriptional Regulation in Chemosensory Pathways of Drosophila, Richard A. Fandino
Theses and Dissertations

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FRO4 AND FRO5: TWO MEMBERS OF THE FERRIC CHELATE REDUCTASE FAMILY OF ARABIDOPSIS, Grandon Thomas Wilson
Theses and Dissertations

Mechanical Properties of Diet and Its Effect on Oral Health, Varsha Kapoor
Theses and Dissertations

MUSCARINIC MODULATION OF BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA, Lei Liu
Theses and Dissertations

Genome Sequence and Phenotypic Characterization of Caulobacter Segnis, Sagar Patel
Senior Theses