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Modeling Approaches to Understanding Bumblebee Behavior and Population Decline

Keyword:

Simulation, Pollinator Decline, Bumblebees, Memory, Deep Learning, and Agent-based model

Creator:

Heath, Kevin

Advisor:

Ryder, Elizabeth F.

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2022-08-12

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Examining the Potential Threat of Pesticide and Pathogen Exposure on Wild Bumble Bees: Proposed Lethal and Sublethal Mechanisms Contributing to Pollinator Decline

Keyword:

voluntary task switching, pollinator, Antimicrobial peptides, bumble bee, clothianidin, Bombus impatiens, neonicotinoid, sickness behavior, ecotoxicology, cognitive flexibility, and serial reversal

Creator:

Mobley, Melissa Walsh

Advisor:

Gegear, Robert J.

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2017-01-26

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Biology & Biotechnology
Understanding and Managing C. albicans Infections

Keyword:

iron uptake, filastatin, Candida albicans, and animal models

Creator:

Harwood, Catherine

Advisor:

Rao, Reeta Prusty

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2015-04-30

Resource Type:

Thesis

Degree:

MS

Unit (Department):

Biology & Biotechnology
A Microfluidic Platform for Exploring Learning Behavior in C. elegans

Keyword:

C. elegans, Learning, and Microfluidics

Creator:

Tran, Karen

Advisor:

Albrecht, Dirk

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2015-09-07

Resource Type:

Thesis

Degree:

MS

Unit (Department):

Biology & Biotechnology