Theses/Dissertations from 2023
PLACING THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF DESMOGNATHUS SALAMANDERS IN CONTEXT: A PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC APPROACH, Kara Jones
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF HYPERGLYCEMIA ON RETINAL REGENERATION, Emmanuella EC Kyllians
COMPETITION AND HERBIVORY INFLUENCE THE SURVIVAL, GROWTH, AND PHYSIOLOGY OF NATIVE TREE SEEDLINGS IN THE KENTUCKY INNER BLUEGRASS SAVANNA-WOODLAND, James D. Shaffer
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
METABOLIC DIVERSITY AMONG FIBROBLASTS FROM REGENERATING AND NON-REGENERATING MAMMALS, Ebenezer Aryee
IDENTIFYING EPIDERMAL ENRICHED GENES REQUIRED FOR PLANARIAN REGENERATION- SP. SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA, Pallob Barai
The Ecology and Evolution of Human Reproductive Behavior, Kaylynne Glover
DELETION OF PERIOD GENES EXACERBATES DIET-INDUCED OBESITY IN FEMALE, BUT NOT MALE, MICE, Elizabeth Kantra
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF CHD7 AND SOX11 IN RETINAL CELL DEVELOPMENT AND THE OCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF CHARGE SYNDROME, Laura Krueger
ESTROGEN REGULATION OF DAILY METABOLIC RHYTHMS IN FEMALE MICE, Oluwabukola Omotola
The Role of Sox4 in Ocular Morphogenesis and Retinal Differentiation, Rebecca Petersen
ASSESSING EAR PINNA REPAIR IN THE MRL/MpJ MOUSE STRAIN, Fatemeh Safaee
UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF EMBRYONIC HYPERGLYCEMIA ON RETINAL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, Kayla Titialii-Torres
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS AND EPIGENETIC PROFILING OF SALAMANDER TISSUE REGENERATION, Varun B. Dwaraka
CIRCADIAN RHYTHMICITY AND MELATONIN SENSITIVITY IN THE HUMAN GUT COMMENSAL BACTERIUM KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES, Kinga Graniczkowska
IMPACT OF SHORT MEDITATION ON ATTENTIONAL PERFORMANCE, Lauren E. Guerriero
SPONTANEOUS POSTPARTUM HYPERTENSION IN THE AFRICAN GREEN MONKEY, Patrick Rivera
CELLULAR BIOENERGETICS REGULATES CELL PROLIFERATION DURING MAMMALIAN REGENERATION, Sandeep Saxena
THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF PINE SAWFLIES IN THE GENUS NEODIPRION, John W. Terbot II
PERIOCULAR MESENCHYME HETEROGENEITY DURING MORPHOGENESIS OF THE VERTEBRATE OCULAR ANTERIOR SEGMENT, Kristyn L. Van Der Meulen
Characterization of Spontaneous Preeclampsia in the African Green Monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus), Chelsea Christina Weaver
Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Optic Fissure Fusion During Zebrafish Eye Development, Megan Weaver
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
FROM GENES TO SPECIES: ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION WITH GENE FLOW IN NEODIPRION PINETUM AND N. LECONTEI, Emily E. Bendall
ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF LIGHT-INDUCED CIRCADIAN DISRUPTION ON ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN APOLIPOPROTEINE-DEFICIENT MICE, Jeffrey Chalfant