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2023

Meyerowitz, Joseph Toshiro (2023) Engineering and Rapid Prototyping for Biology in Extreme Conditions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9gbb-n831. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12022022-073109279

Tsypin, Lev Maximovich (2023) The Discovery and Biological Mechanisms of a Widespread Phenazine's Oxidation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rmsf-e465. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01202023-073514292

2022

Andrade Meirelles, Lucas (2022) The Nuanced Effects of Redox-Active Metabolites on Bacterial Physiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/67p2-q992. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02152022-081613451

Savela, Emily Sue (2022) Nucleic Acid Measurements for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing and Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vp9a-n206. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10072021-173853251

Williams, Rory Logan (2022) Development and Scaling of Differentiation Circuit Architectures for Improving the Evolutionary Stability of Burdensome Functions in E. coli. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5k67-b636. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01042022-184525578

2021

Chadwick, Grayson Lee (2021) How to Beat Diffusion: Explorations of Energetics and Spatial Relationships in Microbial Ecosystems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/svrp-rb07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07182020-211405749

Cohen, Sarah Michelle (2021) Formation and Function of Ascarosides in the Nematodes C. elegans and C. briggsae. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/84ck-kn25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252021-185133192

Metcalfe, Kyle Shuhert (2021) Symbiotic Diversity and Mineral-Associated Microbial Ecology in Marine Microbiomes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ve4r-k526. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08122020-110818529

Mullin, Sean William Alexander (2021) Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microorganisms Living Along Steep Energy Gradients and Implications for Ecology and Geologic Preservation in the Deep Biosphere. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/f3k8-ck13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09232020-172452048

Parkin, James Michael (2021) Signal Amplification in Synthetic Bacterial Communication. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/50p8-bd89. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03262021-160841703

Perry, Elena Kim (2021) Mechanisms and Consequences of Bacterial Resistance to Natural Antibiotics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/tv8n-kr43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04152021-173245433

Phillips, Alexandra Atlee (2021) Sulfur Cycling in the Water Columns of Lakes and Oceans. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/tmxk-7f90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042021-142625243

Poceviciute, Roberta (2021) Mucosal Landscape of the Gut: Development and Application of 3D Imaging Tools for Interrogation of Host-Microbe Mucosal Interface in Mice and Humans. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/83t8-mv42. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09012020-121925511

Wang, Siwen (2021) Photo- and Electro-Chemistry Methods for Waterborne Pathogen Treatment and Detection in Environmental Water. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/et9z-sz57. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09182020-085441808

Wu, Xunyi (2021) Novel, Rapid and Cost-effective Methods for Concentration, Detection and Monitoring of Waterborne Pathogens in Resource-Limited Settings. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology.. doi:10.7907/fwhf-a510. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042021-184017139

2020

Chure, Griffin Daniel (2020) The Molecular Biophysics of Evolutionary and Physiological Adaptation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/q8h6-xr92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022020-102020436

Zhu, Yanzhe (2020) 3D Microfluidics for Environmental Pathogen Detection and Single-cell Phenotype-to-Genotype Analysis. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vk3d-7212. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082020-172255300

2019

Khazaei, Tahmineh (2019) Metabolic Bi-Stability and Hysteresis in a Model Microbiome Community. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z588-5H60. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312019-135625690

Schoepp, Nathan Garrett (2019) Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Based on Nucleic Acid Analysis. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5F6B-F452. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302019-162535966

Wenke, Belinda B. (2019) The Many Roles of the Nitrogenase Iron Protein. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8RB1-HC30. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04222019-175445561

2018

Mahmoudabadi, Gita (2018) Virology By The Numbers: A Quantitative Exploration of Viral Energetics, Genomics, and Ecology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9Q81B91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04172018-174233725

2017

Glasser, Nathaniel Robert (2017) Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Survival in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9SN070S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312017-133325449

Ward, Lewis Michael (2017) Microbial Evolution and the Rise of Oxygen: The Roles of Contingency and Context in Shaping the Biosphere through Time. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9BZ642S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012017-152345273

Yu, Hang Hank (2017) Understanding the Symbiosis in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Through Metabolic, Biosynthetic and Transcriptomic Activities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9XD0ZQQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechThesis:06082017-134458390

2016

Case, David Hamilton (2016) Carbonate-Associated Microbial Ecology at Methane Seeps: Assemblage Composition, Response to Changing Environmental Conditions, and Implications for Biomarker Longevity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9TD9V84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-170051580

Trembath-Reichert, Elizabeth (2016) Molecular and Geochemical Insights into Microbial Life Centimeters to Kilometers Below the Seafloor. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96Q1V6Q. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-132232540

2015

Bagert, John David (2015) Quantitative, Time-Resolved Proteomic Analysis Using Bio-Orthogonal Non-Canonical Amino Acid Tagging. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9QC01D9. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272015-123731363

Ricci, Jessica Nicole (2015) Constraining the Interpretation of 2-Methylhopanoids through Genetic and Phylogenetic Methods. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9MC8X0S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282015-153534197

2014

Lucey, Kaitlyn Shae (2014) Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase-Assisted Cleavage of Aromatics by "Anaerobic" Termite Gut Spirochetes and Genomic Evidence of a Complete Meta-Pathway. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KQB3-7010. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10262013-152651094

2013

Chartron, Justin William (2013) The Structure of a Transmembrane Protein Sorting Complex. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QVCV-8A76. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10012012-155636249

Dillman, Adler Ray (2013) Host Seeking and the Genomic Architecture of Parasitism among Entomopathogenic Nematodes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/H7Z3-5A73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11062012-124428507

Lee, Sung-Eun Melanie (2013) Mechanism of Intestinal Colonization by Symbiotic Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/24H5-8V73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12122012-183251952

Saxena, Abigail Green (2013) Sulfur-Cycling in Methane-Rich Ecosystems: Uncovering Microbial Processes and Novel Niches. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9125QKD. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282013-062935856

2012

Beck, Anna Rose (2012) Iron in the Ocean: Laboratory Experiments of Iron Geochemistry in the Presence of Marine Particles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0CAB-KF69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09282011-141454915

Choe, Andrea (2012) Pheromones in Free-Living and Parasitic Nematodes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DX46-C462. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07042011-125318322

Fitzmaurice, Arthur Gerald, III (2012) The Role of Pesticide-Induced Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Inhibition in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/FDAG-HH02. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042012-150150171

Michener, Joshua Kieran (2012) Combining Rational and Evolutionary Approaches to Optimize Enzyme Activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2KPP-DS46. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05092012-121922995

2011

Babiskin, Andrew Harris (2011) Development of RNA-Based Genetic Control Elements for Predictable Tuning of Protein Expression in Yeast. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZVTW-9B37. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01202011-212047218

Ballor, Nicholas R. (2011) Hydrogenases and Hydrogen Sensors in the Symbiotic Microbial Communities of Wood-Feeding Termites. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/621E-9221. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182010-104705359

Chow, Janet (2011) A Pathobiont of the Mammalian Microbiota Balances Intestinal Inflammation and Colonization. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4FZ1-A113. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05022011-211415511

Tadmor, Arbel David (2011) Phage-Host Interaction in Nature. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/68Q5-D532. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252011-233927917

2010

Zhang, Xinning (2010) I. Formate Dehydrogenase Gene Diversity in Lignocellulose-Feeding Insect Gut Microbial Communities. II. Metabolic Impacts on the Hydrogen Isotope Content of Bacterial Lipids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ETXQ-D671. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05072010-142709280

2009

Brenner, Sarah Katherine (2009) Engineering Synthetic Biofilm-Forming Microbial Consortia. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/PMZ3-4Z96. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04212009-104756

Ottesen, Elizabeth Ann (2009) The Biology and Community Structure of CO₂-Reducing Acetogens in the Termite Hindgut. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/V57J-FB39. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10032008-170935

Price-Whelan, Alexa Mari (2009) Physiology and Mechanisms of Pyocyanin Reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N42E-M534. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02182009-100346

2008

Nash, Cody Zane (2008) Mechanisms and Evolution of Magnetotactic Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9M6S-MS85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282008-140316

2007

Henderson, Gregory Philip (2007) Ultrastructural Studies of Two Model Minimal Cells by Electron Cryotomography. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HK2B-CT58. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05142007-131453

Huang, Jean Jing (2007) Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Signal Degradation by Soil and Clinical Pseudomonas sp. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/fjr6-5f51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04162007-092010

Murphy, Gavin Erick (2007) Cryoelectron Tomography of Bacteria and their Macromolecular Machines. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/517B-0Z68. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05212007-162731

Wang, Ya-Juan (Megan) (2007) Studies on Environmental Relevance of Quorum Sensing Signal Decay. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/C00R-DG30. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03212007-235559

2006

Collins, Cynthia Hollie (2006) Directed Evolution of the Transcriptional Activator LuxR. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/61qd-8j79. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12272005-160649

2004

Hernández, Maria Eugenia (2004) Mechanisms of Indirect Mineral Reduction by Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G5P3-ER69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06042004-011242

2001

Ching, Weng Ki (2001) Disinfection by Pulsed Power Discharges. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RV3M-0849. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-07252005-142630