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Masters ThesisDesai, Mehal G.Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram negative, nosocomial pathogen, which has ability to gain resistance against antibiotics. According to CDC antibiotic resistance threats report, 2013, approximately 500 deaths happen annually in the United States of Am . . .
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Masters ThesisMacias, Miguel A.In the Mojave Desert, during a heavy rain, water rushes down a coalescence of alluvial fans and is distributed unevenly through naturally formed channels. When man-made structures such as roads and railroads disrupt these natural flow paths, the major . . .
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Masters ThesisAdkins, Lauren NicoleCompounds that induce cell cycle arrest can potentially be used as anti-cancer therapeutics. This study explores the effects on the cell cycle by a novel class of small molecules that inhibit β-catenin. These β-catenin inhibitors are predicted to affe . . .
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Masters ThesisDave, NoopurChagas disease is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). During its life cycle, T. cruzi faces environmental challenges as it propagates from an insect vector to a mammalian host, for which it has d . . .
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Masters ThesisDixon, ChelseaThe spread of antibiotic resistance is rapidly threatening the effectiveness of antibiotics in the clinical setting. More infections are being caused by pathogenic bacteria that have gained resistance to many or all antibiotics that are currently avai . . .
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Masters ThesisSchramm, Sareda Tristin JoyOf the Acinetobacter genus A. baumannii is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections, but recently additional species of Acinetobacter have been identified as origins of nosocomial infections. Studies suggest functional type IV pili (T4P) . . .
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Masters ThesisChiem, KevinAminoglycosides, antibiotics used to treat gram-negative bacterial infections, are becoming less viable due to the rise and dissemination of antibiotic resistance mediated by aminoglycoside modifying enzymes (AMEs). One of the most clinically relevant . . .
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Masters ThesisFehrenbach, Logan AnthonyPlestiodon skiltonianus and Plestiodon gilberti are two closely related skink species occurring in Western North and Central America that differ in body size. Plestiodon gilberti is hypothesized to have evolved a larger body size from a P. skiltonianu . . .
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Masters ThesisFan, EricThe global spread of non-native seaweeds has become unavoidable due to globalization. Sargassum muticum is a canopy-forming seaweed that originated from Japan and was first observed in southern California in 1970. In this study I conducted field surve . . .
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Masters ThesisPound, Rachel J.While previous studies have investigated the effects of temperature on an organismal level, we need more research on how thermal stress affects species interactions. We used a common rocky intertidal organism (the owl limpet Lottia gigantea) and its l . . .