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Rethinking Depression: Moving Beyond the “Chemical Imbalance Theory” Towards Gut-Centric Alternatives Using C. Elegans as a Model Host
Keyword:
SSRI
,
Gut-brain axis
,
Chemical Imbalance
,
C. elegans
,
Behavior
, and
Depression
Creator:
Wood, Alexis
Advisor:
Lessing, Shana
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2024-04-23
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Characterization of ZCF Transcription Factors That Are Expanded in the Human Pathogen Candida albicans
Creator:
Japutra, Chietara D.
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-01
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Determining how infected macrophages evade natural killer cell ADCC elimination
Keyword:
Antibodies
,
Immunology
,
Virology
,
HIV
,
Natural Killer Cells
, and
Antibody Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity
Creator:
Pan, Michelle
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
The gut-brain connection
Creator:
Oppong, Susanna
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Modeling the Microbiome
Creator:
Datta, David
Advisor:
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-29
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Recycling Fast food waste
Keyword:
Resin
,
Soybean Oil
,
Photopolymer
, and
3D printing
Creator:
Guerra, Alexander
and
Jones, Wirt
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Bhatia, Mehul A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Understanding and Managing Emerging Fungal Infectious Diseases-Virulence Mechanisms, Drug Resistance and Discovery of Novel Antifungal Agents
Keyword:
Antifungal tolerance
,
Candida species
,
Fungal infectious disease
,
Novel treatment
,
Candida auris
, and
Antifungal resistance
Creator:
Yang, Bo
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Analyzing Microbial Interactions in the Gut Microbiome
Keyword:
gut microbiome
,
C. elegans
,
Bacillus subtilis
, and
Candida albicans
Creator:
Frederick, Dawn
and
Cimino, Emily
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-27
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Microarray analysis of TCV infected A. thaliana
Creator:
Scanzani, Anthony Joseph
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Wobbe, Kristin K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-01
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Characterization of ZCF Transcription Factors That Are Expanded in the Human Pathogen Candida albicans
Creator:
Japutra, Chietara Dionita
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-01
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Candida/B subtilis interaction
Creator:
Beauton, Leah A.
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-03
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Candida/B subtilis interaction
Creator:
Awada, Rosemarie D.
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-03
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
From Macro to Micro: Social Determinants of COVID-19 & Nasopharyngeal Features Associated with Disease Progression - A Study of COVID-19 in Worcester, Massachusetts
Keyword:
Microbiology
,
Epidemiology
,
COVID-19
,
Public Health
,
SARS-CoV-2
, and
Pandemic
Creator:
Tocci, Christopher W.
Advisor:
Faber, Brenton
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Microbiome Models
Creator:
Norales, Monet M.
and
Daly, Daire D.
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-04-06
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
A reverse genetic screen of Candida albicans mutants to understand its interaction with Bacillus subtilis within a live host
Creator:
Friel, Erica R.
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Argüello, José M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-16
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
A reverse genetic screen of Candida albicans mutants to understand its interaction with Bacillus subtilis within a live host
Creator:
Haskell, Paisley
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Argüello, José M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-15
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Host-fungal pathogen interactions: A study of Candida albicans and mammalian macrophage and epithelial cells at the transcriptional level
Keyword:
RNA-sequencing
and
Candida albicans
Creator:
Delorey, Toni Marie
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
A comparative virulence study clinical isolates of Candida
Creator:
Lambert, Brittney
,
Fabrizio, Natalie
, and
Murphy-Cook, Nina Adele
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-25
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
A Liquid Assay for Screening Fungal Virulence Factors
Creator:
Levandowsky, Pamela Ann
Advisor:
Politz, Samuel M.
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-04-24
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
A Liquid Assay for Screening Fungal Virulence Factors & kgb-1;fer-1 Double Mutant Construction
Creator:
Zhao, Muxun
Advisor:
Politz, Samuel M.
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-01-09
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
A MICROBIAL BREATHALYZER: DESIGN OF A COLORIMETRIC ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION IN MICROBES
Creator:
Robillard, Rachel A.
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-04-26
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
A Novel Approach to S. cerevisiae Metabolic Engineering for Bioethanol Production
Creator:
Dufour, Nicholas Paul
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-04-30
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
A Pathogenesis Screen Using C. elegans to Identify Virulence Factors in C. albicans
Creator:
Pastor, Kelly Anne
,
Chiasson, Margaret Anne
,
Landry, Benjamin David
, and
McCannell, Kurtis Neil
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-28
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Analyzing the Ability of Modified Yeast to Ferment Xylose to Ethanol
Creator:
Carcieri, Stephanie Felicia
,
Bickar, Elizabeth Nicole
, and
Zahid, Neda Seher
Advisor:
Clark, William M.
,
Rao, Reeta Prusty
, and
DiBiasio, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-27
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Assaying Virulence in 14 Clinical Isolates of Candida parapsilosis
Creator:
Chickering, Giles William
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Bacillus subtilis as a Probiotic: Implications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Intestinal Colonization of Candida albicans
Creator:
Rioux, Meredith A
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Faber, Brenton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-27
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
C. elegans Mutants with Decreased Pathogenic Response to Yeast
Creator:
Kelly, Linsley A.
and
O'Brien, Brendan M.
Advisor:
Politz, Samuel M.
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-04-26
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Chemical Screening and Analysis of C. albicans and P. aeruginosa in Presence of Filastatin
Creator:
Kacoyannakis, Kayli J.
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-30
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Clozapine-Induced Cell Growth Inhibition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Creator:
Royer, Christine Anne
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-10-12
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Determining the roles of Candida albicans secreted aspartyl proteases (SAPs) and macrophage pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in host-pathogen interactions
Creator:
Letourneau, Jeffrey R
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-26
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Award:
Provost's MQP Award
Effects of BKCa Activation and ROS Scavenging on Aging Vasculature
Creator:
Borges, Eric Stephen
and
McHugh, Mackenzi Rae
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-26
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Identification of Cdk1 Phosphosites that are Required for Activation of the Trancription Factor Hcm1
Creator:
Poti, Kristin Elizabeth
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-29
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Mapping DNA Replication in the Yeast Species SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
Creator:
Wortman, Anna Ingrid
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-27
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Motility Mutations in Flagella:Using Insertional Mutagenesis to Generate Mutants with Motility Defects in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Creator:
Rili, Danica Danielle
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-04-28
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Optimization and Validation of a Pathogenesis Survival Assay with the C. elegans Sterile Mutant Fer-1
Creator:
Post, Stephanie Elaine
and
Sears, Tracy Lynn
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Heilman, Destin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-22
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Optimizing Microbial Ethanol: Carbon source influence and detrimental genes for ethanol production
Creator:
Peet, Kyle Creighton
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-04-24
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Targets of Filastatin, A Chemical Inhibitor of Adhesion and Morphogenesis by Pathogenic Fungi
Creator:
Boyd, Michael J.
and
Cabral, Damien Joseph
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Dempski, Robert E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-01
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Testing the Effectiveness of Filastatin using Atomic Force Microscopy
Creator:
Rosch, Jonah Cosmo
and
Noreldin, Rony M.
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
and
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-03-23
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
The Mycobiome, Identification and Genotyping Candida species in Clinical Isolates
Creator:
Bartlett, Heather M
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-28
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Investigations into the Current Usage of Microorganisms in Medicine
Keyword:
Microorganisms--Therapeutic use
and
Medical care
Creator:
Guttmann, Jared Louis
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-09
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
Indian Lake Watershed Project: Watershed Survey and Water Quality Monitoring
Keyword:
Water resources development
Creator:
Davis, Aaron L.
and
Shields, Dylan M
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-02-04
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
Indian Lake Plant Survey
Keyword:
Water--Pollution
and
Web sites--Design and construction
Creator:
Cheston, Charles Steele
,
Gribble, Alan Jeffrey
, and
Plante, Eric Walter
Advisor:
Kasouf, Chickery J.
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-03-12
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
Biofuels in Brazil
Keyword:
Sustainability
,
Renewable energy sources
, and
Biomass energy
Creator:
Turba, Ronald David
and
Fajardo, Erik Emmanuel
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-10-06
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
Biofuels – Feasibility of Using Algae Biomass in ABE Process
Keyword:
Renewable energy sources
,
Biomass energy
, and
Sustainability
Creator:
Butler, Thomas Sung
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-05-30
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
Biofuels
Keyword:
Fuel cells
,
Biomass energy
,
Sustainability
, and
Renewable energy sources
Creator:
Danico, David Scott
,
Molenda, Evan Christopher
,
Granoff, Ethan Caleb
, and
Ryel, Matthew Laurier
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-10-06
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
BioFuels: Algae Experiment
Keyword:
Renewable energy sources
,
Science--Study and teaching
,
Biomass energy
, and
Carbon sequestration
Creator:
Liston, David John
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
A Survey of Macrophytes at Indian Lake and Little Indian Lake in Worcester, Massachusetts
Keyword:
Water-supply--Health aspects
,
Web sites--Design and construction
, and
Water-supply--Environmental aspects
Creator:
Khibkin, Mikhail
,
Martel, Dylan Stephen
, and
Jotikasthira, Parsant
Advisor:
Kasouf, Chickery J.
and
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-03-01
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
Identification and characterization of novel putative virulence factors in Candida albicans
Keyword:
Fungal infections
Creator:
Issi, Luca
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-09-18
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
Development of a fungal virulence assay using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host to identify mechanisms of host pathogen interactions.
Keyword:
ROS
,
Cap1
,
<I>C. elegans</I>
,
pathogenesis assay
,
BLI-3
,
<I>Candida</I>
, and
Adhesion
Creator:
Jain, Charu
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Construction and Analysis of a Modified Yeast Strain for Next Generation Biofuel Production
Keyword:
fermentation
,
genetic engineering
,
biofuels
,
lignocellulose
, and
yeast
Creator:
Swana, Jeffrey Ross
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Identifying the Molecular Mechanism of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Detection in the Fungi Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans
Keyword:
S. cerevisiae
,
C. albicans
,
IAA
, and
Indole-3-acetic acid
Creator:
Perelta, Alisha Nicole
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Extraction and Partial Characterization of a Lipophilic, Fungicidal Molecule Associated with Serum Albumins
Keyword:
fungicidal
,
Candida albicans
,
albumin
, and
vaginal immunity
Creator:
Ericson, Brett Richard
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-08-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Indole-3-Acetic Acid as a Quorum-sensing Molecule in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Keyword:
IAA
,
S. cerevisiae
, and
quorum sensing
Creator:
Hunter, Ally
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-08-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
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