A collection of master's theses from the Biological Sciences program in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Dominican University of California.

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Theses/Capstones from 2025

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Exploring Age-Related Musculoskeletal Decline and Osteoarthritis: Novel Analysis of Senescent Chondrocytes and Spatial Proteomics Study on Bone Remodeling, William D. Chandler

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Semi-synthesis of Mycothiazole to Improve Stability Leads to a Mixture of Diastereomers to Study the Aging Process, Jacqueline Clarke

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DOR/TP53INP Regulates Organismal Aging Through Ovarian Senescence in Drosophila melanogaster, Lindsay E. Gann

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Neural expression of Abd-B on dietary restriction: modulating aging variance in Drosophila melanogaster, Myla Gupta

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The conserved role of alanine in sleep and neurodegeneration across flies and humans, Worthy Jacob Gutierrez

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Investigating the Role of Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor 3 in Ocular Surface Ion Transport and Fluid Secretion, Ethan Lindgren

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Mechanisms of Rapid Lysosomal Acidification, Jewel Mangalathil

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Administering a Mitophagy Inducing Compound (MIC) to Suppress Neuropathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Zachary Mayeri

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An Evaluation of Bioactive, Sponge-Derived, Marine Natural Products Used Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer and the Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, Sofia Odron

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Eco Tourism in the South Pacific: A Statistical Comparison of Sustainable Practices between Luxury and Non-Luxury Resorts in Fiji, Cole J. Porter

Profiling Brain Biodistribution and Spatial Transcriptomics of Antisense Oligonucleotides, Marvin J. Thompson

Uncovering 3′-UTR regulatory elements with therapeutic potential for haploinsufficiency of VGSCs, Andros T. Voutselas

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Investigating Mitochondrial Proteins’ Function in Mitoribosome Assembly and Nucleoid Dynamics in S. cerevsiae Utilizing Fluorescent Imaging, Mariko Wayne

Theses/Capstones from 2024

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The Impact of Mutant Protein Disulfide Isomerase A3 and p21-Positive Cell Clearance on Cognitive Function in Mouse Models, Harrison Baker

Advanced Spatial Analysis of Neural Targets Using Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy and Spatial Proteomics, Joshua Brindley

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Investigating the mechanism of action of a highly potent haloalkoxyacridone against Plasmodium falciparum, Jordan Charlton

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New Breast Cancer Drugs Mediate Epigenetic Silencing of ERBB2 via the RNA Exosome, Ana M. Escalante

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Evaluation of the Mycothiazole Chemotype as a Chemical Probe to Study Aging Reveals a New Diastereomer, Joe Gerke

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Exploring the Role of Mitochondrial Fission Factor (MFF) in Murine Reproduction, Wendy Jara

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Deciphering the Complex Networks of Aging Through a Glycation Lowering Tool and the Effects of Methylglyoxal (MGO) on Adipocytes, Edgard Morazan

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Formation of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals on the Surface of Iron Oxide and Interior of Montmorillonite Clay, Reuben Oumnov

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Investigating the Role of Glycation Stress on Muscle Function and Quality in Aged Mice, Karishma Kamlesh Patel

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Screening effectiveness of compounds for delay of Alzheimer’s Disease pathogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammalian cell culture, Brielle Rapsas

Advancing Translational Research in Neurodevelopmental Disorders using a Human Neuronal Xenograft (HuNeuX) Model, Lizet Reyes Rodas

Theses/Capstones from 2023

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Identification and Characterization of Novel Senescent Cell Biomarker and Age-Dependent Functional Decline Innate Immune Cells in Mice, Ashley Brauning