UTSA Biology Master's Thesis
| Student | Degree | Date | Title of Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton, Dermott, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1979, April | Long Term Induction of Interferon by Poly (I):Poly (C) Entrapped in Liposomes: Hyporeactivity |
| Adai, Dezso M., B.A., B.Sc., D.C. | Master of Science in Biology | 1997, May | Immunohistochemical Demonstration of Serotonin-Containing Nerve Fibers in the Hypothalamus of the White-Footed Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus |
| Ahantarig, Arunee, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1996, July | Molecular Characterization of Isolated Kinases from the Visual System of Drosophila melanogaster |
| Anderson, Sondra Lee, B.S. | Master of Science in Biotechnology | 2002, May | Effects of mRNA Binding on Yeast NAD+-Specific Isocitrate Dehydrogenase |
| Armstrong, Linda Susan, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1988, May | Analysis of Normal and Transformed Cell Surfaces Using Monoclonal Antibodies |
| Blake, Nicquet Michelle, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1994, August | Possible Role of the NMDA Receptor in Dendritic Development of Dentate Granule Cells |
| Blankenstein, Michael Frank, B.S., A.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1982, August | The Effects of Superoxide Dismutase, Dithiothreitol, and Cysteine on the In Vitro Acellular Aerobic Cultivation of Virulent Treponema pallidum (Nichols Strain) |
| Boehme, Karl William, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2000, May | Linkage of an Alpha Virus Host-Range Restriction to the Carbohydrate Processing Phenotypes of the Host Cell |
| Brambila, Carmen D., B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2004, December | A Study of Gene Expression by Chondrocytes Cultured on Plasma Modified Poly-Lactic Acid Surfaces on Glass Coverslips |
| Brown, Stephen Castlebury, A.S., B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1992, May | Effects of Mycorrhizae, Nutrients and Soil Organisms on the Biomass of Stipa leucotricha and Aristida longiseta |
| Bush, Janis Kathleen, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1983, December | The Effects of Light Intensity on the Growth of Acacia smallii and Celtis laevigata Seedlings |
| Buzello, Christoph Walter, B.S. | Master of Science in Biotechnology | 1998, Dec | Effects of p68βig-h3 on Cell-Cell Aggregation |
| Cano, Gina Lorraine, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2000, May | Functional Interactions Between the Sindbis Virus Glyoprotein PE2 and the Arthropod-Derived Endoprotease Dfurin1 |
| Cardenas, Damon Villareal, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1982, November | Developmental and Genetic Fitness Effects of a Laboratory Synthesized Chemical Mutagen in Aedes aegypti (L.) |
| Chu, Chi-Tai, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1999, May | P75 Low Affinity Neurotrophoin Receptor and Motor Neuron Cell Death: An In Vivo and In Vitro Analysis of P75 Low Affinity Neurotrophin Receptor Positive Motor Neurons in Response to Neurotrophin-3 |
| Coons, Larry Wayne, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1976, July | Gap Junctions Between Granulosa Cells of Rabbit Ovarian Follicles During Growth and Ovulation |
| Coteff, Chris, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 2000, August | Characteristics of the Seed Bank of a West Texas Inland Salt Marsh |
| Cox, Thomas Arthur, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1978, May | Rapid Bioassay for Chloramphenicol Alone and in the Presence of Other Antibiotics |
| Crocker, Philip Allen, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1981, May | Survival Response, Blood Osmolality Shift and Growth of Juvenile Red Drum in Freshwater |
| Elliott, Stephanie Anne Meyer, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1999, May | Coreopsis tinctoria: Germination Requirements and Competitive Ability with a Perennial Grass |
| Erickson, Brian Keith, B.S. | Master of Science in Biotechnology | 2005, May | Identification of Novel Transporters as Potential Antimalarial Targets |
| Farquhar, Charles Craig, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1981, August | Predatory Activity Patterns and their Association with Climactic Variables in Male and Female American Kestrels (Falco sparverius, L.) Wintering in South Central Texas |
| Frieze, Michael P. | Master of Science in Biology | 1982, August | Studies on Oil Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Municipal Wastewater |
| Gilligan, George Ryan | Master of Science in Biology | 1997, December | Induction of Cytokine Synthesis in Human Leukocytes by Lipopolysaccharide Assessed by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| Gomez, Gianina, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 2000, August | A Morphometric Analysis of Granule Cells in the Developing Rat Dentate Gyrus |
| Gonzalez, Anthony H., B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1976, May | Factors Influencing Experimental Cholera in the Mouse |
| Gonzalez, Leticia, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2002, December | Identification of Pituitary Variants Throughout the Aging Process of the Rat Utilizing One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis |
| Gregory, David Lowell, B.A. | Master of Science in Geology | 2001, August | An Investigation Into the Use of GIS to Characterize Areas Favorable for Recharge to the Lower Member of the Glen Rose Formation in the Middle Trinity Aquifer in a Select Area of South-Central Texas |
| Guardiola, Daniel Gustavo Gonzalez, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1991, August | Reconstitution of Purple Membrane by Way of Water-Soluble Mixed Detergent Micelles |
| Guerra, Leticia | Master of Science in Biotechnology | 2003, May | Gradient Chromatofocusing for Protein Separation on a High Performance Strong Cation Exchanger Using Weak Acids and Conjugate Bases |
| Guerrero, Daniel L., B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1982, December | Scanning Electron Microscopy Study of Mucosal Association by Vibrio cholerae |
| Hannapel, Coriene Evelyn | Master of Science in Biology | 1985, May | Incorporation of Blood Retinol in the Retina, Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Liver of the Frog |
| Harkins, Amy Beth, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1988, August | Effects of Timethyltin on Passive and Active Properties of CA1 Pyramidal Neurons in the Rat Hippocampus |
| Harris, Candice Jonilyn, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1986, April | Sensitivity of Brugia pahangi to Nitrosoguanidine and Thiotepa in Aedes aegypti and Meriones unguiculatus |
| Harris, Gary Jay, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1983, May | Fluorescent Labeling of Bacteriorhodopsin: A Highly Specific Dansyl Site |
| Hart, Anita Dianne, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2002, May | Description and Comparison of the Upland Plant Communities of the Diamond Y Spring Preserve |
| Hay, Meredith, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1987, May | A Pharmacological Study of the Effects of Serotonin Agonists and Antagonists on Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells |
| Hayward, Cheryl Elizabeth Hubble, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1977, July | The Effects of Lysozyme and Heat Shock on UV Irradiated Bacillus Spores |
| Herman, Bruce E. | Master of Science in Biology | 1979, May | Effects of South Louisiana Crude Oil on Pure and Mixed Cultures of Marine Bacterial Populations |
| Herrera, Caleb, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1981, May | Use of Mice Persistently Infected with Candida albicans for the Study of Compromising Treatments and Antifungal Therapy |
| Hoeksma, Ann Marie, A.B.Ed, M.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1984, August | Use of the Infant Mouse Model for Studies of Candidosis of the Brain, Eyes, and Esophagus |
| Howard, Sheila Swaine, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1979, May | A Study of the Characterization and Physiological Properties of a Marine Bacterium Isolated from the Gulf of Mexico |
| Jackson, Jeffery Thomas, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1996, May | Juniperus ashei: Seedling Survival, Mortality, and Growth in the Edwards Plateau Region of Central Texas |
| Jackson, Vonnie Veit, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2001, August | Helianthus paradoxus: The Effects of Competitive Interactions and Vegetational Disturbance on the Growth and Distribution of a Rare, Inland Salt Marsh Annual |
| Johnson, Oswald Leonard, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1987, February | Comparative Study of Three Commercial Systems for Identification of Anaerobic Bacteria |
| Jurena, Paul Nicholas, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1994, May | The Effects of Phosphate Concentration and pH on the Growth of Schizachyrium scoparium and Paspalum plicatulum |
| Kaster, Allan Gerard, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1980, February | Responses of Marine Bacteria to Iron |
| Key, Cassandra Charis, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2002, May | βIG-H3 Promotes Differential C2C12 Actin Cytoskeletal Organization |
| Klepper, Nancy Sue Haifley, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1977, August | Effects of Acclimation and Gamme Radiation on Wild House Mice |
| Larson, Gaynor Alvin, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1986, May | Genetic Fitness and Filarial Susceptibility Effects of Ethyl Methanesulfonate (EMS) and Thiotepa on Populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) |
| Latson, Patrea Pabst, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1977, April | The Effects of Freon 12 and Genetron 23 on Escherichia coli B and Bacillus megaterium ATCC 9885 |
| Lee, Chunsik, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2002, May | βIG-H3 Antagonizes Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Aggregation in Suspension In Vitro |
| Ling, Edward Jesse, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1993, April | Relative Root Growth Rates of Prosopis glandulosa |
| Lingala, Pavan Kumar, M.S. | Master of Science in Biotechnology | 2005, May | Differential Regulation of Gene Expression Following Induction of Long Term Potentiation in the Mossy Fiber Pathway |
| López, Christine C., B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1996, December | Generation and Characterization of an Anti-HGH1-43 Monoclonal Antibody |
| Lopez, Elizabeth Melanie Trujillo, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2003, December | Integrin Regulation of Filopodia Density and Spine Size in Hippocampal Neurons |
| Low, Jeffrey Mun-Jit, B.S. | Master of Science in Biotechnology | 2002, May | Application of a Chemically Modified Poly-Lactic Acid Material in Tissue Engineering |
| Martinez, Arturo III, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2005, May | Genetic Variations in APOBEC3G, a Host HIV-1 Restriction Factor, is a Determinant of HIV-1/AIDS Susceptibility |
| Mata, Jennifer Ray, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1997, December | Substrate Specificity of 11-cis-Retinyl Ester Hydrolase Activity in Bovine Retinal Pigment Epithelium Microsomes |
| Mata, Nathan Luis, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1992, April | Hydrolysis of 11-cis- and All-trans-Retinyl Palmitate by Retinal Pigment Epithelium Microsomes |
| Mazaheri, Rashin, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1998, August | Serotoninergic Innervation of the Thalamus in the Peromyscus leucopus: An Immunohistochemical Study |
| McCreless, Cynthia Diane, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1977, April | Genetic Fitness Effects of Triethylenemelamine (TEM) on Populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) |
| McKenzie, Shirlyn Bonnie Olson | Master of Science in Biology | 1979, November | Enumeration of T- and B- Lymphocytes in the Smoking Baboon |
| McKinley, Duncan Crannell, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2002, May | Abiotic and Biotic Factors Influencing Juniperus ashei Seedling Growth |
| McKown, Michael Charles, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1984, June | Nitrogen Accumulation and Storage Patterns in Gracilaria verrucosa (Rhodophyta) During Laboratory Culture |
| McNair, Christopher Louis, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1986, June | The Effects of Dorsal Raphe Stimulation on Granule Cell Activity in the Rat Cerebellum |
| Méndez, Monica Orozco, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2001, December | A Comparison of the Effects of Salinity and Light Levels on the Growth of Helianthus paradoxus and Helianthus annuus |
| Mery, Laura Rose, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1998, May | Temporal Pattern of Glutamate Induced Damage to Neurites and Soma of Cultured Neurons |
| Mosman, Gary William, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1983, August | Liposomes as Carriers for Chemotherapeutic Agents |
| Orfila, James Edward, M.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2001, December | The Effects of an Integrin Antagonist on Post-Tetanic Potentiation |
| Parmar, Rupa M., M.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1981, May | Use of a Combined Fluorescent Antibody - Histological Staining Technique to Study Gastrointestinal Candidosis in Mice |
| Perrotta, Dennis M., B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1977, May | Liposomes as Adjuvants in Subcellular Cholera Vaccines |
| Pestana, Harold | Master of Science in Biology | 1994, August | Evidence that Secretory Proteins Penetrate and are Surrounded by a Lumenal Protein Matrix in the Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| Pfennig, David William, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1982, August | Nestmate Discrimination in Workers, Gynes, and Males of Two Species of Social Wasps |
| Plummer, Janice Devereux Morrison, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1980, November | Activation of Kupffer Cells by Liposome Delivered Muramyl Dipeptide |
| Porntadavity, Sureerut, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1996, December | Analysis of Expression of Three Haptoglobin - Luciferase Chimeric Genes in Transfected Hepatic Cells |
| Potts, Jerald Finley, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1986, April | The Effects of Trimethyltin on the Mouse Hippocampus |
| Raulie, Erin Kathleen, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2005, May | The Characterization of Early Hepatic Immunopathological Changes in Pulmonary Tularemia |
| Riojas, Marco A.,B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2004, December | The Atascosa Diabetes Study |
| Rivera, Edna V. | Master of Science in Biology | 1990, July | Intestinal Association of Vibrio cholerae Strains Differing in Levels of Putative Virulence Factors |
| Rodriguez, Annette Rose, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2005, May | Role of Natural Killer Cells in Controlling HIV-1 Infection in Chimpanzees |
| Romeu, Jorge L., B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1993, July | Antibodies Against the Levamisole Acetylcholine Receptor of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
| Schirf, Virgil R. | Master of Science in Biology | 1986, May | Seasonal Acclimatization in the Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus, and Temperature Exposure in the Perch, Tilapia aurea: Effects on Energy Metabolism |
| Scott, Bryan Allan, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1996, December | The Use of a Prospective Study to Analyze the Effects of Rigid and Wire Fixation on Maximal Incisal Opening |
| Shaw, Thomas Virgil, B.G.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1976, December | Characterization of the Growth and Cellulolytic Activities of a Mesophilic Mold |
| Shung, Chia-Yi, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2003, May | Identification of CIS-Acting Sequences Responsible for Tomato Golden Mosaic Virus AL3 Gene Expression |
| Simon, Dexter, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1985, December | Rhodanese Reactivation Following Denaturation in Guanidine Hydrochloride |
| Solow, Rikki, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1978, May | Modification of Asparagine: Translational Site of N-Acetylglucosamine Attachment |
| Sripada, Siva Kumar, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1995, August | A Crosslinking Study of the Lumenal Environment in the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| Thomas III, John McMahon, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2002, December | The Construction and Characterization of Monovalent and Bivalent Replication-Competent Sindbis Virus Vaccine Vectors |
| Thompson, Linda Grace, A.A.S., B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1985, May | Systemic and Gastrointestinal Candidosis |
| Thompson, Patricia A., B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1977, May | Developmental Effects of Ethyl Methanesulfonate and Thiotepa in Aedes aegypti (L.) |
| Treviño, Lisa Reneé, B.S. | Master of Science in Biotechnology | 2000, May | Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis of Growth Hormone Variants Throughout the Aging Process of the Rat |
| Truong, Jannine Giang, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2000, May | Depressor Response to Ethanol Infusion into the Lateral Hypothalamus is Shifted to a Higher Dose in Spontaneously Hypertensive Versus Sprague Dawley Rats |
| Turner, Patricia Marie, R.N., B.S.N. | Master of Science in Biology | 1985, December | The Effects of Starvation on the Energy Metabolism of Three Species of Fish Maintained at Two Environmental Temperatures |
| Velez, Carlos Enrique | Master of Science in Biology | 1996, May | The Purification and Cross-Linking of Axonemal Proteins from Bovine Tracheal Cilia |
| Very Jr., Donald Leroy, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1984, September | Identification and Partial Characterization of Components of C57B1/6 Murine Erythrocytes Bound by Isologous Autoantibodies |
| Vidro, Eileen, BS, BA, MS | Master of Science in Biology | 2003, December | Glucose Modulates Specific Growth Factors in Cultured Human Retinal Pericytes |
| Vogt, Rhonda R., B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2004, December | Bone Morphogenic Protein-4 Enhancement of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells |
| Wayne, E. Rob, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 2000, May | Water Relations of Juniperus ashei Seedlings and Changes in Biotic and Abiotic Factors Along an Environmental Gradient on the Edwards Plateau from Under a Juniperus Woodland Canopy into an Intercanopy Patch |
| White, James Judson, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1993, April | Germination, Light Requirements, and Competitive Interactions of Stipa leucotricha |
| Zepeda, Rachel Ann, B.A. | Master of Science in Biology | 1983, November | A Comparative Study of Nitrate Uptake in Six Species of Marine Macroalgae |
| Ziari, Shahed Assadi, B.S. | Master of Science in Biology | 1994, December | Effect of Streptozotocin Induced Diabetes in Vitamin A Metabolism |