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Testing A Comprehensive Model Of Body Image, Anxiety, And Eating Pathology Among College Men, Emily Katherine White Dec 2016

Testing A Comprehensive Model Of Body Image, Anxiety, And Eating Pathology Among College Men, Emily Katherine White

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Historically, researchers conceptualized eating disorders, subclinical eating pathology, and negative body image as issues that only affected women. However, more recent research suggests that men experience significant body image concerns that mirror current Western cultural ideals of appearance (i.e., desire to attain a lean, muscular physique with very little body fat). Theoretically, men with a strong desire to achieve this cultural ideal (i.e., drive for muscularity) may experience dissatisfaction with their appearance (i.e., muscle dysmorphia), unpleasant psychological states (e.g., social physique anxiety), and engage in potentially harmful behaviors related to eating pathology (e.g., body checking) that lead to clinical impairment …

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Rivalry In Toyer: The Impact Of The Male Gaze And The Final Girl On Theatrical Conflict, Sento Ashby Dec 2016

Rivalry In Toyer: The Impact Of The Male Gaze And The Final Girl On Theatrical Conflict, Sento Ashby

Liberal Arts Capstones

Although much progress has been made in recent years, traditional gender roles still permeate society. This project investigated gender constructs in relation to choreographed violence and found that females are often victims unless they adopt masculine survival styles, while males are usually aggressors – particularly towards females. Analysis of the characters in the play Toyer by Gardner McKay supported this conclusion.

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Beyond Regietheater: The Oper Frankfurt Behind The Curtain, 1979 - 2015, Cordelia Elizabeth Chenault Dec 2016

Beyond Regietheater: The Oper Frankfurt Behind The Curtain, 1979 - 2015, Cordelia Elizabeth Chenault

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This dissertation focuses on the Oper Frankfurt, a musical institution that has played an influential role in the development of operatic staging since the 1980s. Through an examination of productions staged at the house in two different periods (1979 – 1987 and 2010 – 2015), I pay particular attention to the ways in which these contemporary stagings contribute to a discourse about recent opera— particularly in Germany— and what has frequently been called Regietheater. This polemical term, often translated as “director’s theater,†connotes a provocative, theatrically experimental, even massively reenvisioned reading of an operatic work, propelled by a visionary stage …

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Sovereign Invulnerability: Sexual Politics And The Ontology Of Rape, Jane Clare Jones Dec 2016

Sovereign Invulnerability: Sexual Politics And The Ontology Of Rape, Jane Clare Jones

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

As Rebecca Whisnant has noted, notions of “national…and…bodily (especially sexual) sovereignty are routinely merged in rhetoric and metaphor.†(2008:155) Departing from this observation, this project explores the ‘existential infrastructure’ of the ‘logic of sovereign integrity’ in which personhood is thought as analogous to jurisdiction over a bounded territorial enclosure. It traces the philosophical history of this logic, and unfolds the post-Heideggerian French critique of sovereignty as an analysis of how sovereign imperatives are animated by a drive to deny the vulnerabilities of constitutive ontological relation, and are thus implicated in violent cycles of disavowal and appropriation. It then applies this …

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New Designs And Characterization Techniques For Thin-Film Solar Cells, Yutong Pang Dec 2016

New Designs And Characterization Techniques For Thin-Film Solar Cells, Yutong Pang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This thesis presents a fundamentally new thin-film photovoltaic design and develops several novel characterization techniques that improve the accuracy of thin-film solar cell computational models by improving the accuracy of the input data. We first demonstrate a novel organic photovoltaic (OPV) design, termed a ``Slot OPV", in which the active layer is less than 50 nm; We apply the principles of slot waveguides to confine light within the active layer. According to our calculation, the guided-mode absorption for a 10nm thick active layer equal to the absorption of normal incidence on an OPV with a 100nm thick active layer. These …

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Molecular Strong Field Ionization Viewed With Photoelectron Velocity Map Imaging, Peter Sandor Dec 2016

Molecular Strong Field Ionization Viewed With Photoelectron Velocity Map Imaging, Peter Sandor

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In this thesis, work is presented on molecular strong-field ionization, during which an electron is removed from polyatomic molecules in the presence of strong laser fields. This is a process which is the basis of a number of experimental techniques to uncover electronic dynamics in atoms and molecules on the femtosecond and attosecond timescale. ’Strong’ refers to an electric field strength which leads to a response from the system which can not be modeled perturbatively. These fields can be easily produced in the focus of femtosecond laser radiation, as is done in this work. With the use of velocity map …

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Hito Steyerl's "Duty-Free Art" As Politics And Pedagogy, Rachel Carina Sigismondi Dec 2016

Hito Steyerl's "Duty-Free Art" As Politics And Pedagogy, Rachel Carina Sigismondi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

How does contemporary art engage the contemporary, exactly? Artist Hito Steyerl actively engages this question in her recent works. One might notice upon visiting a Hito Steyerl exhibition that her video works often include recordings of lectures she has given to live audiences in art spaces. Because Steyerl is engaged in this pedagogical practice as an artist, can it be considered contemporary art? Steyerl’s written, lectured, and visual works engage the contemporary moment prodigiously, and cannot be eschewed in an analysis of the perpetually evolving nature of contemporary art. With the use of critical, theoretical and formal analytical tools, this …

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€˜My Kind Of Partisan’ €“ The Role Of Party Leaders In Shaping Party Attachments | ‘My Kind Of Partisan’ – The Role Of Party Leaders In Shaping Party Attachments, Alexa Bankert Dec 2016

€˜My Kind Of Partisan’ €“ The Role Of Party Leaders In Shaping Party Attachments | ‘My Kind Of Partisan’ – The Role Of Party Leaders In Shaping Party Attachments, Alexa Bankert

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Hardly any political scientist would disagree that partisanship is a key variable in political behavior research: It predicts vote choice, political attitudes and core values as well as party leader evaluations and political activism. We observe these effects especially among strong partisans – a segment of the American electorate that has notably increased in recent years. While the consequences of strong partisanship for political behavior are well-known, we still lack a theoretical framework as well as corresponding empirical evidence that explains why some partisans are deeply attached to their party whereas others lack that type of strong commitment. I address …

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Partisanship, Political Information, And Money, Jeeyoung Park Dec 2016

Partisanship, Political Information, And Money, Jeeyoung Park

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This dissertation contains three parts - three papers. My dissertation tries to bridge the gap between two perspectives: the socio-psychological model and the rational choice model in voting behavior. The first part investigates how partisans behave in the prediction market. Using an agent-based model, my simulation results show that participants’ initial beliefs about a candidate’s winning probability, confirmation biases in accepting information, and monetary incentives strongly increase changes in participants’ beliefs about the electoral outcome captured by price volatility in the prediction market. The second part explores the microfoundation about individuals’ behavioral motivations in evaluating political candidates. My experimental results …

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Quando La Letteratura Si Incrocia Con L'Architettura, Violanda Franzese Dec 2016

Quando La Letteratura Si Incrocia Con L'Architettura, Violanda Franzese

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Abstract of the Thesis Quando la letteratura si incrocia con l’architettura by Violanda Franzese Master of Arts in Italian Stony Brook University 2016 Premessa Con questa tesi cercherò di spiegare la relazione tra letteratura e architettura e il ruolo dell’architettura nella letteratura. Come sono collegate le due discipline? Tra i più evidenti e famosi esempi di questo legame si trovano nelle opere di: Charles Dickens che nel romanzo di Oliver Twist descrive le case popolari di Londra; Victor Hugo che mette la cattedrale gotica di Notre-Dame al centro del suo racconto; James Joyce che usa la città di Dublino come …

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A Comparison Of Two Theoretical Approaches To Addressing Ageism: Education And Extended Contact, Ashley Elizabeth Lytle Dec 2016

A Comparison Of Two Theoretical Approaches To Addressing Ageism: Education And Extended Contact, Ashley Elizabeth Lytle

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Ageism continues to be a widespread problem and is of increasing concern given the growing older population worldwide and youth-centered focus of many societies. Despite the need for a better understanding of attitudes towards older adults, ageism is a relatively understudied area of social psychology. This dissertation sought, for the first time, to compare two theoretical approaches to addressing ageism: education about aging (providing accurate information about aging) and extended contact (knowledge of positive intergenerational contact) as well as their potential combined impact (education plus extended contact). Across two studies, participants were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions: …

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Evolution Of Immiscibly Blended Functionalized Polymers With Respect To Cure Parameters And Formulation, Nicholas Walter Heller Dec 2016

Evolution Of Immiscibly Blended Functionalized Polymers With Respect To Cure Parameters And Formulation, Nicholas Walter Heller

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Powder coatings are becoming ubiquitous in the coating marketplace due to the absence of solvents in their formulation, but they have yet to see implementation in low-reflectance outdoor applications. This demand could be met by utilizing polymer blends formulated with low loadings of matting agents and pigments. The goal of this research is a thorough characterization of prototype low-reflectance coatings through several analytical techniques. Prototypical thermoset blends consist of functionalized polyurethanes rendered immiscible by differences in polar and hydrogen bonding characteristics, resulting in a surface roughened by droplet domains. Analysis of both pigmented and control clear films was performed. This …

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Fabrication Of A Novel Biosensor For Macromolecules Detection Through Molecular Imprinting Technique, Yingjie Yu Dec 2016

Fabrication Of A Novel Biosensor For Macromolecules Detection Through Molecular Imprinting Technique, Yingjie Yu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

There is an increasing need for precise molecular detection as a diagnostic tool for early identification of diseases, pathogens, and abnormal protein levels in the body. Typical chemical analytical methods are generally costly, unstable, and time-consuming. Molecular imprinting (MI) technique，based on the “lock and key model†, could be a simple method to overcome those shortcomings. In this study, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) was employed as a platform to fabricate MI biosensor for detection of macromolecules. I demonstrated that, when the monolayer was formed on a rough surface, this method was in fact templating molecules in three dimensions, and hence …

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Evolution Of Immiscibly Blended Functionalized Polymers With Respect To Cure Parameters And Formulation, Nicholas Walter Heller Dec 2016

Evolution Of Immiscibly Blended Functionalized Polymers With Respect To Cure Parameters And Formulation, Nicholas Walter Heller

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Powder coatings are becoming ubiquitous in the coating marketplace due to the absence of solvents in their formulation, but they have yet to see implementation in low-reflectance outdoor applications. This demand could be met by utilizing polymer blends formulated with low loadings of matting agents and pigments. The goal of this research is a thorough characterization of prototype low-reflectance coatings through several analytical techniques. Prototypical thermoset blends consist of functionalized polyurethanes rendered immiscible by differences in polar and hydrogen bonding characteristics, resulting in a surface roughened by droplet domains. Analysis of both pigmented and control clear films was performed. This …

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Fabrication Of A Novel Biosensor For Macromolecules Detection Through Molecular Imprinting Technique, Yingjie Yu Dec 2016

Fabrication Of A Novel Biosensor For Macromolecules Detection Through Molecular Imprinting Technique, Yingjie Yu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

There is an increasing need for precise molecular detection as a diagnostic tool for early identification of diseases, pathogens, and abnormal protein levels in the body. Typical chemical analytical methods are generally costly, unstable, and time-consuming. Molecular imprinting (MI) technique，based on the “lock and key model†, could be a simple method to overcome those shortcomings. In this study, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) was employed as a platform to fabricate MI biosensor for detection of macromolecules. I demonstrated that, when the monolayer was formed on a rough surface, this method was in fact templating molecules in three dimensions, and hence …

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Evolution Of Immiscibly Blended Functionalized Polymers With Respect To Cure Parameters And Formulation, Nicholas Walter Heller Dec 2016

Evolution Of Immiscibly Blended Functionalized Polymers With Respect To Cure Parameters And Formulation, Nicholas Walter Heller

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Powder coatings are becoming ubiquitous in the coating marketplace due to the absence of solvents in their formulation, but they have yet to see implementation in low-reflectance outdoor applications. This demand could be met by utilizing polymer blends formulated with low loadings of matting agents and pigments. The goal of this research is a thorough characterization of prototype low-reflectance coatings through several analytical techniques. Prototypical thermoset blends consist of functionalized polyurethanes rendered immiscible by differences in polar and hydrogen bonding characteristics, resulting in a surface roughened by droplet domains. Analysis of both pigmented and control clear films was performed. This …

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Interrogation Of Possible Imaging Conditions For Radiation Sensitive Metal Organic Frameworks In Transmission Electron Microscopes, Wei-Yu Pan Dec 2016

Interrogation Of Possible Imaging Conditions For Radiation Sensitive Metal Organic Frameworks In Transmission Electron Microscopes, Wei-Yu Pan

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Although transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is extremely powerful at the characterization of materials on the nano- and atomic scales, the advantages introduce accompanying drawbacks. That is, high energy electrons offer the structural information while imparting radiation damage to the samples. Metal organic frameworks are a new class of materials that have potential applications in gas storage and catalysis. A direct imaging of their lattice structures is highly desired. However, these samples are extremely radiation sensitive. In order to characterize their structures, low-dose TEM need to be performed. To date, there is a lack of a systematic of radiation study of …

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Fabrication Of A Novel Biosensor For Macromolecules Detection Through Molecular Imprinting Technique, Yingjie Yu Dec 2016

Fabrication Of A Novel Biosensor For Macromolecules Detection Through Molecular Imprinting Technique, Yingjie Yu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

There is an increasing need for precise molecular detection as a diagnostic tool for early identification of diseases, pathogens, and abnormal protein levels in the body. Typical chemical analytical methods are generally costly, unstable, and time-consuming. Molecular imprinting (MI) technique，based on the “lock and key model†, could be a simple method to overcome those shortcomings. In this study, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) was employed as a platform to fabricate MI biosensor for detection of macromolecules. I demonstrated that, when the monolayer was formed on a rough surface, this method was in fact templating molecules in three dimensions, and hence …

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At The Juncture Of Homonationalism And Homophobic Nationalism: Sexual Justice Organizing In Uganda And The Paradox Of Transnational Advocacy, Sasha Maria Rodriguez Dec 2016

At The Juncture Of Homonationalism And Homophobic Nationalism: Sexual Justice Organizing In Uganda And The Paradox Of Transnational Advocacy, Sasha Maria Rodriguez

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 propelled Uganda to the forefront of global media. In its initial manifestation, the Bill threatened to penalize “aggravated homosexuality†with the death penalty. The media attention earned by the proposed legislation opened avenues for transnational cooperation and communication between US-based Human and LGBTI Rights organizations and Ugandan kuchus – a Ugandan identity that encapsulates various identities of same gender loving or gender nonconforming peoples. This project focuses on this transnational relationship as it interacts with the dynamic of organizing in the midst of a national project of sexual repression. This dissertation asks how kuchu organizing …

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"Lost My Job, Found An Occupation:" Space, Networks, And Organization In Occupy Wall Street, Gianmarco Savio Dec 2016

"Lost My Job, Found An Occupation:" Space, Networks, And Organization In Occupy Wall Street, Gianmarco Savio

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

While scholars have separately analyzed the role of both networks and space in social movements, little attention has been drawn to their relationship. This dissertation draws from in-depth qualitative research on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement in New York City in order to provide an insight into this relationship. The findings discussed in the dissertation suggest, in particular, that social movements’ internal networks and various uses of space have a mutually constitutive and interactive relationship—that different uses of space create, reflect, and reproduce social movement networks. The findings of the research are presented in three substantive chapters. The first …

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Each Body Is A Strange Beach, Myda El-Maghrabi Dec 2016

Each Body Is A Strange Beach, Myda El-Maghrabi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

What drives not merely the individual but our society as a whole? How do we regard our own experiences, and, as an extension, how does that affect how we relate to the experiences of another? How do our individual motivations affect our societal motivations and vice versa? These core questions serve as the catalyst for my work. By developing artwork with this line of inquiry in mind, which includes research into contemporary as well as historic social criticisms, I come closer to finding answers to the questions that fuel my artistic practice. Throughout the process, I mine the many ways …

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Excavation, Heather Marie Cruce Dec 2016

Excavation, Heather Marie Cruce

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

For the past three years, while an MFA student at Stony Brook University, I have pursued an intense study of sculptural work in the medium of ceramic. My goal was to create large-scale ceramic installations. Theses installations comprised of many ceramic pieces I meticulously sculpted and carved to reference the fragility, beauty and finite existence of the human body as it relates to earthly landscapes. My aim has been to imbue an exhibition space with a sense of reference and ambiguity, allowing the viewer of the large scaled installed work to experience the work independent of direction. I deliberately and …

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Moving Mountains, Desert Sea, Victoria Hortensia Febrer Dec 2016

Moving Mountains, Desert Sea, Victoria Hortensia Febrer

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

I consider the role of not just the act of painting and the act of remembering, but the sea, the desert, the wind, the salt, the earth, and the light in this process—the way that non-human elements exert their existence and connect us to history, time, and geography. I use the term “painting†broadly here, to consider any act of placing color onto a surface, which in my case includes the use of acrylic, red wine (vinography), and projected light. The primary manifestation of this investigation is a still ongoing series of over 400 paintings and vinographs of landmasses seen …

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Live From Dripdropolis: Static, Remote Control & The Leftover Tv Dinners, Logan Edward Marks Dec 2016

Live From Dripdropolis: Static, Remote Control & The Leftover Tv Dinners, Logan Edward Marks

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The following details my work with found objects of the everyday, resulting mostly in the form of sculptural installation and also in two-dimensional imagery. A reutilization of unwanted materials gives new potential to seemingly worthless items. In an effort to positively contribute to our social and economic culture, I rebuild and compile these once-consumer goods into dioramic landscapes and architectural settings, as artworks. Through this reinterpretation and recycling of waste, a reflection on our behaviors and experiences is prompted from our own dealings and associations to items like tube televisions, broken records, concrete blocks, or wooden two-by-fours. Our role as …

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Mentoring Women In Stem: A Collegiate Investigation Of Mentors And Proteges, Nicole Jeanne Leavey Dec 2016

Mentoring Women In Stem: A Collegiate Investigation Of Mentors And Proteges, Nicole Jeanne Leavey

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the United States lags behind that of other industrialized nations. Despite national efforts to enhance the quality of STEM education for students, progress remains elusive. Underperformance is evident in measures of outcomes, participation, and retention. In particular, inequity persists in the attraction and retention of women to STEM fields. Mentoring is heavily cited as a means to improve our national efforts to fortify STEM education. This research explores mentoring styles, gender preferences, and differential impact on outcomes. The results challenge conventional wisdom that women prefer and benefit from a style of mentoring …

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An Ideal Woman: Feminism And Performance, Kristin Nicole Leadbetter Dec 2016

An Ideal Woman: Feminism And Performance, Kristin Nicole Leadbetter

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

An exploration of theatrical history, theory, and technique is a “triumvirate†that can “determine the value of any performance practice for an enlightened theatre†(Gainor 173). My thesis addresses the question of what it means to be a feminist performer, and overall theatre practitioner. Feminist critiques have often attempted to understand a technique best suited for women to practice theatre that is reflective of feminist ideals. My thesis begins by exploring specific examples of female representation in theatre and in society. It covers the patriarchal structure of society, the opinions held about women and their position, and their categorization into …

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Dna Damage Induces Invasion Of Mcf-7(Human Breast Adenocarcinoma) Cells, Ronald Steven Chavez Dec 2016

Dna Damage Induces Invasion Of Mcf-7(Human Breast Adenocarcinoma) Cells, Ronald Steven Chavez

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Abstract of the Thesis DNA Damage induces invasion of MCF-7 (Human Breast Adenocarcinoma) Cells by Ronald S. Chavez Master of Science in Biochemistry and Cell Biology Stony Brook University 2016 Breast Cancer is a common malignancy in American and European women, and approximately one-third of these women develop metastasis and die from the disease. Chemotherapy is widely used to treat breast cancer and is known to extend survival of patients. Despite this fact, a small percentage of cells can endure and gain resistance to these treatments. Clinicians have sought to increase the time and intensity of these doses to reduce …

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Functional Consequences Of A Putative Mek1 Phosphorylation Site On Rad17 During Meiosis In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Madeeha Rahat Dec 2016

Functional Consequences Of A Putative Mek1 Phosphorylation Site On Rad17 During Meiosis In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Madeeha Rahat

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division, which produces haploid daughter cells from diploid parental cells. Meiotic recombination is initiated by the introduction of programmed DNA double strand breaks (DSBs), which are catalyzed by an evolutionarily conserved, meiosis-specific endonuclease, Spo11. Meiotic cells monitor the repair of Spo11-induced DSBs via the meiotic recombination checkpoint (MRC), which is activated in response to DSBs made during meiotic prophase. The MRC ensures proper repair of DSBs prior to entry into the first meiotic division. The Mec1 checkpoint kinase is recruited to resected DSBs via the 9-1-1 complex containing Rad17, Mec3 and Ddc1. Mec1 …

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Phic31 Integrase As A More Efficient Method Of Transgenesis In Zebrafish, Andrew Scortea Dec 2016

Phic31 Integrase As A More Efficient Method Of Transgenesis In Zebrafish, Andrew Scortea

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Zebrafish transgenesis is conventionally performed via the tol2 transposable element system as it is the most straightforward, providing quick and easy transgenesis. Despite being commonly used in the zebrafish community, tol2 mediated transgenesis has issues that cause workflow slowdowns and delays. The biggest of these issues are the random nonspecific integrations which can occur multiple times within a genome. In order to generate a stable transgenic line with a single insertion, one must perform several generations of outcrosses and subsequent screening. Thus, while tol2 transgenesis is effective at generating founder animals, a considerable amount of time and labor is required …

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Topics In Yeast Sporulation, Patrick Singer Dec 2016

Topics In Yeast Sporulation, Patrick Singer

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Yeast sporulation is the process by which yeast cells under limiting nutrient conditions are able to alter their nuclear division cycle from mitotic division to meiotic division, resulting in development of up to 4 spores per diploid cell. Spores are a hardy cell type that can survive until nutrient conditions improve. Under particularly severe conditions, sporulating cells only produce 2 spores, in an arrangement known as a non-sister dyad (NSD). NSDs contain the two spores with the youngest spindle pole bodies (SPBs), which are produced in meiosis II. The SPBs are the central nucleating point of prospore membranes. A scaffolding …

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