Biology Department

2021 Senior Thesis Titles

  • A pcaK gene knockout in Pseudomonas sp. 9.2 may inhibit the uptake of terephthalic acid (TPA) by Salazar, Tyler.
  • Love in the age of plastics : elucidation and improvement of PET biodegradation by a bacterial consortium by Scheffer, Henry.
  • How does the timing of spatial variation in temperature impact chlamydomonas reinhardtii populations? by Schuman, Isaac Joslin.
  • Mean temperature, fluctuation magnitude, and level of biological organization affect biological responses amidst thermal variability : a meta-analysis by Slein, Margaret Anne.
  • Estimating somatic mutation rates in Daphnia magna by Sobel, Eli Charney.
    Interactive effects of temperature and bisphenol A on phytoplankton growth, community structure, and bioremediation capacity by Theus, Meredith.
  • Dust, dye, diluent or drugs ... : who is the real cancer killer? : a cellular investigation of 24 novel SERMs in breast cancer treatment by Varady, Sophia.
  • Testing bark uptake in S. sempervirens and P. menziesii : does the theory hold water? by Wells-Moran, Shannon.
  • The effects of chronic bisphenol (BPA, BPF, and BPS) exposure on endocrine-related gene expression in Daphnia magna by Wiederholt, Senta.
  • Optimizing HPLC-MS conditions for flavonoid identification : the path to understanding delphinium flavonoid expression in novel tissue types by Valsquier, Ruth Rowena.