Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2026
Integrating computational modeling and experimental analysis to characterize autophagosome size and number., Rakan A. Alnsour
Investigating the effects of Atg3 on autophagosome size and number, Keeran R. Senthil Kumar
A phosphorylation study of serine-8 and 26 in two fragments of amyloid beta, a peptide involved in Alzheimer's disease and cancer, Colby J. Merrill
Reversible fluorescence quenching and recovery in PVP-supported copper nanoparticles, Sara Rayan
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2025
The role of leptin in the regulation of the soluble amyloid precursor protein alpha (sAPPa) levels in non-small cell lunch cancer (NSCLC) cell media, Benjamin Haddad
What amino acid residue is responsible for the interaction of Atg11 with its autophagy partner Atg9?, Patricia Omoyemwen Woghiren
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2024
Characterizing UHRF1 and UHRF2 interactions with tail peptides and nucleosomes, Matthew Kostoff
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2023
Tagging ATG5 with an epitope tag to measure the amount of ATG12-5 conjugation in atg10 mutants, Sophie Campbell
Chromatographic separation of phthalocyanine compounds, Joana Xhangolli
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2022
X-ray crystallography of protein UHRF2 with H3K9me3, Isaak Miller
Synthesis of a key building block for a metal-like carbon-based compound, Chimi Dolker Sherpa
The effect of autophagy related protein 10 and its mutants on autophagic activity, SK Nadia Rahman Silvia
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2021
How does Atg 10 regulate the autophagic process? An investigation into the Atg12-5 conjugation pathway, Ayanda Brydie
Analysis of the role of Sgs1p in repair of double-strand DNA breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Beth Wasserman
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2019
Understanding the role of Atg7 and Atg14 in autophagy, Ronith Chakraborty
Characterization of the histone binding properties of the epigenetic reader protein UHRF2 to H3 in PHD domain, Marisa Gilliam
Studying the binding mechanics of autophagy-related protein Atg11 by use of yeast-2-hybrid screen, Mitchell Meyer
An investigation of the nature of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-I (PAI-I) to improve upon known small molecule inhibitors, Justin A. Powers
An overview of the causes of tropospheric ozone pollution with regard to meterological factors in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Stephen Weger
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2018
Absorption and oxidation of carbon monoxide on rhodium (110), Maria Shoukat
Determining Atg11's binding interactions using a yeast two hybrid system and directed mutagenesis, Jesse Smith
Analysis of oxidation of carbon monoxide on Rh (110), Razan Tanbour