2015
The Antibacterial Activity of Tryptophan-derived Pigments Violacein and Deoxychromoviridans on Four Common Bacterial Strains, Alexander Murry Page
How Many Swallows Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb? Effects of Light Pollution on Incubation and Nesting Success of Tree Swallows, Leah Yve Silverberg
Targeting the Hippo/YAP Pathway in Uveal Melanoma: The Downstream Genetic Effects of Verteporfin Treatment, Alexandra Smith
Effects of Tryptophan Metabolism on Inflammation in Human Skin, Megan S. Snyder
Investigation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Zoospore Movement in Response to Violacein-Producing Bacteria, Abby Elisheva Soussan
Iron Deficiency as a Secondary Consequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection Stimulates Innate Immune Response in Caenorhabditis elegans, Agustin Temporini Ahumada
2014
Zebrafish as a model organism for studying Alzheimer's disease–focusing on the role of ADAM10a, Ismary C. Blanco
The Y Chromosome of the Stalk-Eyed Fly Eurydiopsis argentifera, Maximillian A. Brown
The Response of Aquatic Insect Functional Groups to Polarized and Non-Polarized Light Pollution, Desi-Rae Campbell
The Effect of Stress on Taste Perception and Sensitivity in Relation to the Evolutionary Background of Human Food Preference, Haya Adel Dandis
Zebrafish as a model system for studying hair-cell regeneration, Xujun Liu
Characterization of biofilm production in Janthinobacterium lividum, Neena Marano
Avian species in the Hudson Valley may use polarized light as a cue to detect water, a pilot, ecological study, Alexia Nicole Motal
The Effects of Selective Strains of the Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana on Blacklegged Ticks and Non-target Organisms, Dalya Tayseer Najjar
Transposon-based analysis of violacein production in Janthinobacterium lividum, Molly Ann North
Climate Variability as a Predictor of Ixodes scapularis Annual Peak Activity, Samuel Griffiths Osborn
eDNA survey of American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in Hudson River tributaries, Aliza Rachel Ray
The Role of ‘protocadherin10’ During Hair Cell and Neuromast Formations in Danio rerio., Eva Shrestha
The metabolic costs of contest behavior in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni, Alexander Gaetano Sicurella
Why do Coyotes in the Northeast Have Big Heads?: The Beginnings of an Investigation of Directional SElection on Skull Morphology Genes in Coyotes (Canis latrans), Emma Charlotte Troisi
2013
Do Soil Microbes Inhibit the Growth of Oral Microbes? A Natural Antibiotic Treatment for Dental Microbial Overgrowth, Adenike Simisola Akapo
Evidence for the Presence of Colonization Factor GlcNAc Binding Protein A in Vibrio Cholerae O1 El Tor Biotype Variant, Raed Rakeen Al Abbasee
The Entner-Doudoroff Pathway in the Quorum Sensing Positive Vibrio cholerae El Tor Variant Strain MQ1795, Ammar Jaffar Al-Rubaiay
Carbon Source Effect on Violacein Production Hudson Valley aquatic microbial isolates, Perry William Anderson
Avian predation power affects the fitness of invasive and native plant species, Jeremy Arnstein
The microbiomes of Borrelia-positive and Borrelia-negative black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), Nina Alcalay Bar-Giora
Interactions Between Human Beta-Defensin 2 and Common Skin Flora, Brendan Allyn Beecher
Towards a Human-Algal Endosymbiosis, Cara Katherine Black
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Cameron Brenner
Effects of Cadmium Pollution in Forest Soil on Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) Morphology in the Hudson Valley of New York State, USA, Ross Connor Cameron
Reversibility of adduct formation between a potential anticancer platinum-ruthenium complex and blood plasma proteins, Katharine Elizabeth Dooley
Colonization and Conjugation in Vibrio cholerae: The possible link between the GbpA attachment factor and the presence of IncA/C multidrug resistance plasmids., Alexia Corbin Downs
Fear and Foraging Behavior: Parasitic Infection Alters Risk Sensitivity in White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus), Amy Lynn Eisenmenger
An Investigation of the Molecular Mechanism of Quorum Sensing in J. lividum, Margo Clara Finn
Binding Specificity of Platinum-Ruthenium Based Drugs to DNA, Prabarna Ganguly
Chemoresistance to cisplatin and IT127 in BY4741 Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Daniel Gettinger
An Impedance-Based Biosensor for the Detection of Viral Pathogens, Miles Ingram
The Effect of Common Fertilizers on the Abundance of Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, Samuel Stefan Link
Foxes, Coyotes, and Lyme Disease: Seasonal Variation in the Ecology of Predator Communities in Relation to Tick-borne Disease Risk, Amy Eleanor List
The Entner-Doudoroff pathway and its contributions to pathogenicity in a quorum-sensing positive strain of Vibrio cholerae, Julia Rae Lunsford
Interaction effect between developmental estrogenic and perchlorate exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio), Claire Icie Martin
Differential Candidate Gene Expression and Mate Preference in the Stalk-Eyed Fly (Teleopsis dalmanni), Liana Sophia Perry
Vegetation Zonation on Ice Wedge Polygons, Loralee Rae Ryan
The Effects of Violacein-Producing Bacterial Strains on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Using a Novel Chytrid-Killing Assay, Erin Elizabeth Smith
Gene Expression Analysis of a Guanine-Binding Riboswitch in Bacillus Subtilis, Weiqing Wang
2012
No Magic Bullet: Evaluating Global Strategies to Control Tuberculosis in Pakistan, 1995-Present, Farah Akhtar
miRNA 200c exhibits anti-tumor activity by regulating androgen sensitivity and EGFR signaling in prostate cancer, Daniela Rose Anderson
Alternative Management for Parasite Control in Sheep, Lilah Esther Anderson
Neuronal control of larval development and drive in Drosophila melanogaster, Matthew Boisvert
The effects of sex on aggression and shelter competition in the crayfish Orconectes virilis, Samantha Brechlin
Exploring the use of the Fluorescent Bacteria, E.coli GFP-MG1655, as a Potential Tool in the Study of Scavenger-Carrion Pathogen Transmission, Deven Connelly
Characterization of LOC569232, a Deleted in Autism 1-Related homologue and a putative determinant of shoaling behavior in Danio rerio, the zebrafish, Shellie Ann Dick
The Response of New World Monkeys to Video Projection, Sara Doble
De-worming White-Footed Mice as a Strategy for Reducing Microparasite Transmission to Ticks, Stephanie Dunn
Infection of Drosophila melanogaster by Vibrio cholerae as a Model for Testing the Trade-off Hypothesis of Virulence Evolution, Briana Irene Franks
The Role of Cadherin 'fat3' During Hair Cell Formation in Zebrafish, Abigail Fuchsman
Effects of a Maize-Crimson Clover Intercrop on Nitrogen Content and Grain Yield, Justin T. Gero
THE ROLE OF ORTHODENTICLE HOMEOBOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAIR CELL SENSORY EPITHELIA, Erin Hannigan
Host meal affects the tick microbiome, Lucas Henry
The Effects of Garlic Mustard Extract on the Entomopathogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana, Axel Kammerer
Measuring the Energetic Requirements of Flight for Teleopsids: an Investigation of the Cost of Male Ornamentation in Sexually Dimorphic Species, Emily M. Mayer
Puzzle Solving as a Means of Understanding Foraging Decisions in Two Captive Lemur Species, Samantha Monier
Aggression in Teleopsis dalmanni :A Study in Behavioral Genetics, Keaton Ana Josephine Morris-Stan
Using Dendrochronology to Examine the Growth Patterns of Eastern Hemlock Following Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation, Jonah Peterschild
In vivo characterization of heteronuclear platinum (II) ruthenium (III) complexes on human lung adenocarcinoma cells., Jessica Philpott
Characterization of Differences in Biofilm formation and Violacein Production in Environmental Strains of Janthinobacterium lividum, Jega Jananie Ravi
Potential Anticancer Platinum-Ruthenium Complexes' Interaction with DNA and Their Affect on DNA Replication, Laura Schubert
Effects of ethanol-induced oxidative stress on antioxidant enzyme gene expression in three tissues of the zebrafish, Danio rerio, Hannah Shapero
A Characterization of the Ubiquitin-Binding Zinc Finger (UBZ) Domains of SLX4 and their Role in the Fanconi Anemia Pathway, Gabriella Spitz
Interruption of vioC in a Janthinobacterium sp. mutant produces a green pigment structurally similar to chromoviridans, Joshua Tanner
Synthesis and Characterization of Hetero-Multinuclear Ruthenium/Platinum Complexes and Assessment of Their Potential as Anticancer Agents, Isabelle Taylor
Examination of transfer frequency of a multi-drug resistant plasmid to Vibrio cholerae via conjugation, Emma Taylor-Salmon
The Collision Regions Between Two Epidemic Models: SIR vs. SEIR, Yongqing Yuan
2011
The Incidence of the tick-borne pathogen Borrelia miyamotoi in Dutchess County, New York, Thomas E. Anderson
Modeling community dynamics in a fragmented landscape, Gregory A. Backus
Combined Influence of B. burgdorferi Infection and Sex on Winter Survival of Unengorged Adult Blacklegged Ticks, Sara Director
A supressor screen to reveal molecular mechanisms by which glia regulate neuronal function in the C. elegans nervous system, Elena I. Dragomir
The Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on the Morphology and Behavior of the Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States, Robert A. Kittler
Developing a safe method to study pathogen transmission, Olivia Z. Nathanson
The Effects of the Removal of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on the Abundance of Entomopathogenic Fungi, Regina Vaicekonyte
A Kinetic Study of a Putative NADP+-dependent Isocitrate Dehydrogenase from Tetrahymena Pyriformis, Anshul Zota
2010
Wolbachia prevalence vs. queen number in the ant species Temnothorax longispinosus, Erik Badger
The Presence of Relapsing Fever Group Borrelia in Dutchess County, New York, Oni Banks
The effect of carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone on the efflux pump tet from the promiscuous plasmid RK2, Alex Carlin
Learning Precise Timing in Neural Networks by Stochastic Perturbation of Conductances, Joe Corey
You've Got Some Nerve! Organization of Efferent and Afferent Neurons in the Bullfrog Saccular Nerve, Samuel Israel
Paleoecological Reconstruction of the Bonneville Basin, Utah from 57,000-34,000 yr. B.P., Hannah Liddy
Effects of synthetic estrogen 17-alpha-ethynylestradiol on growth of zebrafish larvae, Adrita Rahman