Biology

• Albright, Heidi R. (2002) Life-history trade-offs : an examination of flowering phenology and the mechanisms of herbivore resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) [M.S.] Biology
• Alger, Samantha Ann (2018) RNA Virus Ecology in Bumble Bees (Bombus Spp.) and Evidence for Disease Spillover [Ph.D.] Biology
• Alvarez-Ortiz, Pedro (2014) Expression and function of flightin and glutactin : two taxonomic restricted proteins in arthropods important for muscle function [Ph. D.] Biology
• Arnett, Amy E. (1998) Geographic variation in life-history traits of the ant lion, Myrmeleon immaculatus : evolutionary implications of Bergmann's rule [Ph. D.] Biology
• Ash, Lauren V. (2022) The Effect of Amphibian Host Ecology and Evolution on the Pathogen Dynamics of Ranavirus [Ph. D.] Biology
• Ashlock, Lauren W. (2022) Copepods as a Model System for Exploring the Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Ectotherms [Ph. D.] Biology
• Axen, Heather Jylen (2011) Interplay between eusociality and hybridization in a fire ant hybrid zone [PhD] Biology
• Barton, Byron E. (2007) Studies of the Drosophila Melanogaster indirect flight muscle protein flightin [PhD] Biology
• Beasley, Emily (2023) Applications of Bayesian Hierarchical Detection Models [Ph. D.] Biology
• Beattie, Alexandra Elizabeth (2014) An Analysis of the Effect of [beta]-Hydroxy-[beta]-Methylbutyrate on the Flight Ability and Lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster [MS] Biology
• Bermingham, Laura Hill (2009) Ecological and evolutionary factors affecting population persistence of a globally threatened wetland plant, Polemonium vanbruntiae (polemoniaceae) [PhD] Biology
• Bernacki, Lucas E. (2015) The Molecular Evolution of Non-Coding DNA and Population Ecology of the Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Lake Champlain [PhD] Biology
• Bior, Bior Kwer (2013) Biochemical and proteomic characterization of CIN85-interacting proteins : signaling implications in neuronal and non-neuronal mammalian cells [PhD] Biology
• Block, Benjamin David (2020) The Energetic Consequences of Winter Foraging for Northern Temperate Fish Species [M.S.] Biology
• Brescia, Peter Joseph (2007) TBP DNA-binding polarity and transcriptional directionality : effects of the transcription factors TPBF and TFIIB [MS] Biology
• Burnham, Phillip A. (2021) Spillover, Dilution, and Coinfection : Understanding the Spread of Disease Within Managed and Native Bee Communities. [Ph. D.] Biology
• Calsbeek, Brittny (2010) Exploring empirical, theoretical, and statistical analyses of multivariate selection and evolution : a quantitative genetics approach [PhD] Biology
• Carasi-Schwartz, Francesca (2022) Determining the Effects of Castration and Estrogen Replacement on Habit Development in Adult Male Long Evans Rats [M.S.] Biology
• Chakravorty, Samya (2013) Role of the Drosphila melangogaster indirect flight muscles in flight and male courtship song : studies on flightin and myosin light chain-2 [PhD] Biology
• Chamberland, Lisa (2020) From Gondwana to GAARlandia : Molecular Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography of Spiders [Ph. D.] Biology
• Chandler, Brendan (2018) The SH2 domain-containing adaptor protein SHD reversibly binds the CRKL-SH2 domain and knockdown of Shdb impairs zebrafish eye development [M.S.] Biology
• Chandran, Suchismita (2004) Lipid rafts in chemosensory in transduction in Paramecium [M.S.] Biology
• Cheerathodi, Mujeeburahiman (2012) Identification and quantification of embryonic CrkL-SH3 binding proteins : implications for reelin signaling and the quantification of protein variants using bottom-up proteomics [PhD] Biology
• Cherian, Suraj (2014) The role of estradiol in modulation of odor responses and voltage-gated conductance in mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons [Ph. D.] Biology
• Clarke, Gretel Liesl (2014) Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious polemonium foliosissimum [Ph. D.] Biology
• Cole, Jessica (2022) Investigating Routes of Pollinator Exposure to Pesticides [M.S.] Biology
• Cook, Philip W. (1959) A study of the morphology and physiology of Bulbochaete hiloensis (Nordst.) Tiffany [MS] Biology
• Cusick, Matthew F. (2003) Characterization, localization, and physiological significance of plasma membrane Ca²+ ATPase (PMCA) pumps in mouse and mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) olfaction [M.S.] Biology
• Czapla, Heather Marie (2012) Cyclic adenosine monophoshate receptors in paramecium tetraurelia [MS] Biology
• Dambros, Cristian de Sales (2015) Determinants of Termite Species Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, and Functional Diversity in the Amazonian Forest [Ph. D.] Biology
• De la Rúa, Nicholas M. (2012) Molecular evolution of the North and Central American Triaoma [MS] Biology
• Degrassi, Allyson Lenora (2016) Impacts of Forest Disturbance on Small Mammal Distribution [PhD] Biology
• Dey, Deblina (2010) Regulation of T-type calcium channel trafficking by leukemia inhibitory factor [MS] Biology
• Eisen, Rebecca J. (2000) Life history ecology of a malaria parasite (Plasmodium Mexicanum) in fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) : description and explanation of variation [Ph. D.] Biology
• Emerson, Sarah Elizabeth (2019) Neurodevelopmental Roles of Semaphorin6A/PlexinA2 Signaling in Zebrafish [Ph. D.] Biology
• Euclide, Peter T (2018) Genetic and demographic consequences of lake and river habitat fragmentation on fishes in Vermont [PhD] Biology
• Fairley, Temeika Leshaundra (2001) Phylogeography and population genetics of nearctic and neotropical anopheline mosquitoes [Ph. D.] Biology
• Fan, Shongshan (2001) Functional analysis of the Gprk2 gene in Drosophila melangogaster [Ph. D.] Biology
• Farrell, Catherine Cassidy (2008) Allometric exponents support a 3/4-power scaling law [MS] Biology
• Farrell, Laura Emily (2012) Northeastern mesomammals : landscape use and detection [PhD] Biology
• Fialho, Roberto Fabri (2001) Wolbachia infection in flour beetles [Ph. D.] Biology
• Fracassi Gelin, Luiz Fernando (2014) Phylogenetic analysis of three genera of swarm-founding Neotropical wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) [Ph. D.] Biology
• Gagne, Emma (2022) Communicating During Widespread Systematic Noise Reduction Amid Covid-19 Lockdowns : A Tale of Two Marine Vertebrates in the Archipelago of Bocas Del Toro, Panama [M.S.] Biology
• Gannon-Murakami, Laura (2004) The role of the plasma membrane calcium ATPase in chemoattraction in paramecium tetraurelia [Ph. D.] Biology
• Garner, Kristen M. (2000) Characterization of the folate receptor in Paramecium Tetraurelia [M.S.] Biology
• Garrett, April Dawn (2021) Unique Genomic and Phenotypic Responses to Extreme and Variable Ph Conditions in Purple Urchin Larvae, Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus [M.S.] Biology
• Ghatak, Atreyi (2010) A comparative behavioral study of olfactory mediated learning between PMCA2 knock out mice and wild type mice [MS] Biology
• Gifford, Amy L. S. (2000) Genetic variation and competitive ability in the invasive grass, Phalaris arundinacea L. (reed canary grass) [M.S.] Biology
• Gonzalez, Jonathan B. (2014) Investigations into host-specific interactions and local adaptation in the mycorrhizal symbiosis [M.S.] Biology
• Hart, Edmund Melhado (2011) The impacts of climate change on ecological and evolutionary processes [PhD] Biology
• Herlihy, John-David (2000) A heterologous glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored folate receptor in Paramecium tetraurelia [M.S.] Biology
• Hernandez, Carmen J. (1998) A deficiency spanning the Flightin gene : a putative Flightin null mutation and a genetic study of the 76D-E region of Drosophila melanogaster [Ph. D.] Biology
• Hernáiz-Hernández, Yainna M. (2015) Effects of Hybridization and Life History Tradeoffs on Pathogen Resistance in the Harvester Ants (Pogonomyrmex) [M.S.] Biology
• Herrmann, Michael (2016) Sexual Conflict and Chemical Communication in Harvester Ants [PhD] Biology
• Hrycik, Allison Rose (2021) Effects of Changing Winter Severity on Plankton Ecology in Temperate Lakes [Ph. D.] Biology
• Hudman, Stephen P. (2005) Sexual selection in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) [PhD] Biology
• Irwin, Rebecca Elizabeth (2000) Effects of nectar-robbing bumblebees on hummingbird-pollinator behavior and plant reproductive success in Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae) [Ph. D.] Biology
• Jacobs, Cassandra Lynn (2007) NMDA receptor associated protein in Paramecium and its inveolvement in glutamate chemoresponse [MS] Biology
• Johnson, Jerald B. (2000) Divergent life-history evolution in the Costa Rican livebearing fish Brachyraphis rhabdorphora [Ph. D.] Biology
• Joseph, Kyle Barnes (2017) Co-Localization of Basal and Proliferative Cells in the Murine Main Olfactory Epithelium and Vomeronasal Organ After Injury With Cyclophosphamide [MS] Biology
• Joy, Deirdre A. (2001) Phylogenetic perspectives on the biogeogaphy, community structure, and evolution of habitat associations of Pacific black flies [Ph. D.] Biology
• Joy, Ryan (2016) DCBLD2/ESDN is essential for proper optic tract formation and retinal lamination [MS] Biology
• Keller, Erin L. (2018) Uncovering the Variable Life History Traits and Strategies of the Gregarine Parasite, Monocystis Perplexa, in Its Invasive Earthworm Host, Amynthas Agrestis [M.S.] Biology
• Keller, Judith Ina (2019) Protein Mass Spectrometry Aids in Chagas Vector Blood Meal Identification and Offers an Innovative Approach to Battling Vector-Borne Diseases [Ph. D.] Biology
• Kurtz, Ashley P. (2002) Chemosensory transduction in Paramecium : putative biotin receptor and serine-thereonine kinase [MS] Biology
• Lannutti, Brian J. (2001) Genetic analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster Gprk2 gene during development [Ph. D.] Biology
• Lehr, Margaret (2004) Inter- and intra-specific relationships of the cryptic members of the Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis species complex [M.S.] Biology
• Lima -Cordón, Raquel Asunción (2021) Much Needed Studies of the Three Players of Chagas Disease in Central America : Vertebrate Blood Meal Sources and EcoHealth, a New Vector Species Description, and Key Phylogenetic Analysis of the Trypanosome Parasite. [Ph. D.] Biology
• Lodh, Nilanjan (2012) The ecology, population genetic structure and spatial genetic variability of the definitive host, stream dwelling worm Tubifex Tubifex and Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative agent of whirling disease in salmonid fishes [PhD] Biology
• Lodh, Sukanya (2012) Characterization of PWA and PWB proteins in Paramecium [PhD] Biology
• Looney, Raymond M. (2023) Detecting Ranavirus Presence in Vermont Through Avian Species and Edna [M.S.] Biology
• Lopez-Osorio, Federico (2016) Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution of Highly Eusocial Wasps [Ph. D.] Biology
• Lucero, David (2013) The spatial distribution of Chagas disease vectors in Latin America [PhD] Biology
• Manendo, Trevor (2008) A phylogenetic analysis of North American Lasius ants based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA [MS] Biology
• Markert, Jeffrey Alan (1995) Molecular systematics of the Peromyscus aztecus species group [M.S.] Biology
• Martinsen, Ellen S. (2009) Systematics and host distribution of the avian malaria parasites [PhD] Biology
• McCabe, Declan J. (2000) Effects of disturbance and facilitation on stream benthos diversity [Ph. D.] Biology
• McHugh, Anne (2014) Caribbean biogeography : the colonization and diversification of two spider lineages [MS] Biology
• Menard, Lynda (2021) Structural Characterization of the Novel Flightin Domain Wyr and Its Defining Role in the Thick Filament Structure and Mechanics [Ph. D.] Biology
• Mikucki, Emily Elizabeth (2020) From Molecules to Whole Organisms : Insect Responses to Climate Change [Ph. D.] Biology
• Miller, Katie Ann (2018) Nutritional ecology of Aphaenogaster ants in response to climate change [M.S.] Biology
• Mukherjee, Nabanita (2013) Cyclophosphamide-induced taste disruptions in mice and use of amifostine to alleviate the disruptions [PhD] Biology
• Nabi, Md Ashikun (2018) Multiple Functions of the Striated Rootlet Proteins of the Paramecium Basal Body [Ph. D.] Biology
• Nasseri, Nabil (2018) Investigating the Effects of Ant-Hemipteran Mutualisms on the Invertebrate Community Structure and Their Host Plant, Honey Mesquite (Prosopis Glandulosa) [Ph.D.] Biology
• Neal, Allison T. (2014) Local mate competition and the sex ratios of malaria parasites, with a focus on Plasmodium mexicanum [PhD] Biology
• Neuhaus, Alyssa P. (2022) Diversity and Distribution of the Malaria Parasites (Genus Plasmodium) of the Common Loon (Gavia Immer) and of Vermont Mosquitoes [M.S.] Biology
• Newman, Nathaniel J. (2010) Ecological and evolutionary factors effecting size variation in Messor pergandei (Mayr) workers [MS] Biology
• Nguyen, Andrew D. (2017) Evolutionary Innovations in Ants to Thermally Stressful Environments [PhD] Biology
• Ni, Xianglian (2009) Developmental regulation and function of AMPA receptor subunits in chicken lumbar motoneurons [PhD] Biology
• Norris, Ryan W. (2001) The systematics and biogeography of the mouse-like hamsters, Calomyscus spp. [M.S.] Biology
• Norris, Ryan W. (2009) Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times in rodents based on both genes and fossils [PhD] Biology
• Northrop, Amanda Claire (2021) Sarracenia Purpurea as a Model System for Aquatic Ecosystem State Changes and Their Impact on Bacterial Communities [Ph. D.] Biology
• Noubade, Rajkumar (2008) Histamine receptor H₁ signaling in central nervous system autoimmune disease and immune deviation [PhD] Biology
• O'Neill, Erin (2020) Effects of Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi on Reproductive Traits in Vaccinium Corymbosum [M.S.] Biology
• Omland, Kristian Shawn (1996) Slope orientation as a mechanism of red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) migratory guidance [M.S.] Biology
• Onyabe, David Yetu (2001) The population genetics of some malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Africa and South America [Ph. D.] Biology
• Osgood, Sarah M. (2002) Experimental studies on gametocyte sex ratio of a malaria parasite (Plasmodium mexicanum) [M.S.] Biology
• Pachuau, Judith L. (2008) Development regulation of voltage gated calcium channels in chick nodose ganglion neurtons [PhD] Biology
• Pal Choudhuri, Shreoshi (2016) Receptors for the Detection of L-Amino Acids and IMP by Mouse Taste Sensory Cells [PhD] Biology
• Pan, Yunfeng (2008) The role of plasma membrane calcium atpase and its association with lipid rafts in chemoattraction in paramecium [MS] Biology
• Perkins, Susan L. (2000) Systematics and biogeography of malaria parasites [Ph. D.] Biology
• Petipas, Renee (2011) Underground in gated communities : the effects of termites and ungulate herbivores on plant mycorrhizal associations [MS] Biology
• Pett, Lindsey Ann (2022) Providing New Insights on Sarracenia Purpurea's Stoichiometry, Morphology, Obligate Invertebrates, and Plankton Communities in Response to N and P Deposition [Ph. D.] Biology
• Picariello, Tyler (2015) Meckelin Functions in the Guided Movement and Orientation of Basal Bodies Prior to Duplication in Paramecium tetraurelia [PhD] Biology
• Pizarro Cortez, Juan Carlos (2007) Ecogenetics of Triatoma infestans the main vector of Chagas disease in Chuquisaca, Boliva [Ph. D.] Biology
• Ponissery Saidu, Samsudeen (2010) Role of plasma membrane calcium ATPases in olfactory sensory neurons [PhD] Biology
• Pray, Leslie A. (1997) The genetics of inbreeding depression : implications for conservation biology [Ph. D.] Biology
• Rajendran, Anbazhagan (2010) Bardet-Biedl syndrom (BBS) proteins in the ciliate Paramecium tetraurelia [PhD] Biology
• Ray, Koela (2008) Characterization of Paramecium tetraurelia ciliary membrane plasma membrane calcium pumps and lipid rafts [MS] Biology
• Rege-Colt, Manali (2022) Whistle Repertoire and Structure Reflect Ecotype Distinction of Pantropical Spotted Dolphins in the Eastern Tropical Pacific [M.S.] Biology
• Rella-Hapeman, Paul (2006) The population genetics of fishers (Martes pennanti) across northeastern North America [PhD] Biology
• Romanovitch, Mallory (2012) The L-glutamate receptor in paramecium tetraurelia [MS] Biology
• Roskens, Violet A. (2010) Molecular characterization of the yellowjackets and hornets (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Vespinae) : proteomic and phylogenetic investigations [MS] Biology
• Saha, Madhurima (2012) Identification and characterization of novel RSK-dependent 14-3-3 interactions [PhD] Biology
• Sarkar, Anish Ali (2019) Inflammation of the Taste Sensory System: Cyclophosphamide and Amifostine [M.S.] Biology
• Schannen, Andrew (2005) Chloride cotransporters, KCC2 and NKCC1, are involved in chloride homeostasis in olfactory neurons [MS] Biology
• Schmoker, Anna (2020) Investigations Into Signaling Mechanisms of the Dcbld Receptor Family [Ph. D.] Biology
• Seidl, Amy L. (2002) Host use in two species of Boloria butterfly : oviposition preference, larval performance, and the effects of global change on host quality [PhD] Biology
• Shapiro, Lily Kay (2022) Spiny Spiders and Spiny Trees : Molecular Phylogenetics and Biogeographic Reconstruction Reveal History of Recurrent Overwater Dispersal Events, Single-Island Endemics, and New Species of Caribbean Micrathena (Araneae: Araneidae) [M.S.] Biology
• Shore, Emily Ann (2020) Consumption of Microplastics Impacts the Growth and Fecal Properties of the Marine Copepod, Acartia Tonsa [M.S.] Biology
• Stahler, Daniel R. (2000) Interspecific interactions between the common raven (Corvus corax) and the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming : investigations of a predator and scavenger relationship [M.S.] Biology
• Stewart, Taylor R. (2022) Changing Environmental Conditions and the Response and Potential Adaptability of Freshwater Whitefishes [Ph. D.] Biology
• Sun, Ying (2000) The effect of PKA regulatory subunit (R₄₄) overexpression on the chemoresponse in Paramecium tetraurelia [M.S.] Biology
• Svinkina, Tatyana () Target of rapamycin (TOR) and glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) in ciliate paramecium tetraurelia [MS] Biology
• Taylor-Burds, Carol (2010) When animal housing and strain difference matter : cellular and behavioral studies in mouse olfaction [PhD] Biology
• Tucker, Thomas M. (2004) Co-evolution between arthropods and saprophytic parasites [M.S.] Biology
• Valentine, Megan Smith (2009) Paramecium tetraurelia as a model organism for the study of Meckelin (MKS3) [MS] Biology
• Valentine, Megan Smith (2015) Polycystin-2 (PKD2), eccentric (XNTA), and meckelin (MKS3) in the ciliated model organism Paramecium tetraurelia [PhD] Biology
• Vardo-Zalik, Anne M. (2008) Clonal diversity of the malaria parasite Plasmodium Mexicanum : diversity over time and space, and effects on the parasite's transmission, infection dynamics and virulence [PhD] Biology
• Vick, Jonathan (2014) The Contribution of Purinergic P2X and P2Y Receptors to the Excitability of Mouse Vomeronasal Sensory Neurons [PhD] Biology
• Viley, Angelia M. (2001) Genetic linkage mapping using random amplified polymorphic DNAs and sequence variation analysis of the confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum [M.S.] Biology
• Vishnudas, Vivek Kannoth (2006) Characterization of functional and molecular adaptations in Drosophila flight muscles that enable high power output for flight [PhD] Biology
• Wakefield, Amy E. (2004) The effect of nutrient addition on the leaf morphology, photosynthetic rate, and nutrient content of the carnivorous plant Sarracenia purpurea [M.S.] Biology
• Waldron, Ashley (2019) Investigating the Role of Histidyl-Trna Synthetase in Zebrafish Nervous System Development [Ph. D.] Biology
• Weeraratne, Shyamal Dilhan (2007) GPI receptors in folate chemosensortransduction in Paramecium tetraurelia [PhD] Biology
• Weir, Marion E. (2016) Novel Mechanisms Governing Autoregulation of the Src Family Kinase Fyn and Its Crosstalk With Protein Kinase A [Ph. D.] Biology
• Wells, Russell W. (2008) Cloning and molecular characterization using bioinformatics and RNA interference of novel Paramecium tetraurelia plasma membrane calcium atpase isoforms [MS] Biology
• Williams, Ilana (2023) The Effects of Ericoid Inoculum Source and Nutrient Addition on Growth and Reproduction in Highbush Blueberry [M.S.] Biology
• Wittman, Sarah E. (2007) Ant community assembly in the Siskiyou-Klamath ecoregion [PhD] Biology
• Wysolmerski, Erin (2015) FGF8a is Required for Proper Vascularization of the Zebrafish Retina [MS] Biology
• Yang, Chun (2010) Mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons : signal amplification and hormonal modulation [PhD] Biology
• Yezerski, Ann (1997) Phenotypic and molecular genetic characterization of genetic strains of flour beetles, T̲r̲i̲b̲o̲l̲i̲u̲m̲ c̲o̲n̲f̲u̲s̲u̲m̲ [M.S.] Biology
• Yezerski, Ann (1999) Genetic and ecological descriptions of benzoquinone production in the confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum [PhD] Biology
• Yoon, Yone Jung (2011) Role of spontaneous electrical activity on the maturation of dendritic morphology and network function in the chicken spinal cord [PhD] Biology
• Yusseff, Sohath Zamira (2018) Distribution, DNA Barcoding and Phylogenetics of Caribbean Calliphoridae Flies : Tools for Forensic Studies [Ph. D.] Biology
• Zhang, Wenling (2004) Modulation of Necturus olfactory neurons by second messenger pathways [Ph. D.] Biology
• Zhang, Peng (2007) Odor responses of mouse vomeronasal neurons : signal transduction and modulation [PhD] Biology