Alumni Theses
Displaying 61 Theses
Swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa : a complex adaptation with implications for antibiotic resistance and virulence
Shannon Coleman
(2020), Ph.D. Thesis
The many faces of macrophages : polarization, endotoxin priming, and Salmonella resistance
Katharine Sedivy-Haley
(2020), Ph.D. Thesis
The regulation and characterization of surfing motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Evelyn Sun
(2019), Ph.D. Thesis
Peptide 1018 inhibits swarming motility and dysregulates transcriptional regulators of swarming in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lauren Wilkinson
(2018), M.Sc. Thesis
Network-based integrative analysis of multi-omic data
Samuel Hinshaw
(2018), M.Sc. Thesis
A novel peptide-based treatment for bacterial abscess infections
Sarah Mansour
(2018), Ph.D. Thesis
Combating Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections using synthetic host defense peptides
Kelli Wuerth
(2017), Ph.D. Thesis
Linking cellular metabolism and Innate Defence Regulator peptide function
Nicole Afacan
(2016), Ph.D. Thesis
A broad-spectrum anti-biofilm peptide that targets a cellular stress response
Cesar de la Fuente
(2014), Ph.D. Thesis
Involvement of regulatory non-coding RNA in motility, biofilm formation, and adaptive antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Patrick Taylor
(2014), M.Sc. Thesis
Exploring the development of endotoxin tolerance during sepsis and a possible immunomodulatory therapy
Olga Pena
(2013), Ph.D. Thesis
Immunomodulatory effects of synthetic peptide IDR-1018 in human keratinocytes
Lisa Wong
(2013), M.Sc. Thesis
Mechanisms of immune response regulation by innate defense regulator peptides
Laurence Madera
(2012), Ph.D. Thesis
Global regulation of the Lon protease of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its influence on ciprofloxacin resistance and virulence
Elena Breidenstein
(2012), Ph.D. Thesis
Regulation of the PhoP-PhoQ two-component system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its role in virulence
Shaan Gellatly
(2012), Ph.D. Thesis
Immunomodulatory and wound-healing effects of the host defence peptide LL-37 and related innate defence regulators.
Erin Nicholls
(2012), M.Sc. Thesis
Complex regulations of swarming and surfing motilities in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Amy Yeung
(2012), Ph.D. Thesis
Activity of and resistance to cationic antimicrobial agents in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kristen Schurek
(2010), Ph.D. Thesis
The role of defensins and C-X-C chemokines in mammalian innate immunity
Linda Rehaume
(2010), Ph.D. Thesis
The development of bioinformatic and chemoinformatic approaches for structure-activity modelling and discovery of antimicrobial peptides.
Christopher Fjell
(2009), M.Sc. Thesis
Immunomodulatory effects of LL-37 in the epithelia
Niall Filewod
(2008), M.Sc. Thesis
In vivo efficacy of novel antibacterial and immunomodulatory synthetic peptides
Matthew Waldbrook
(2008), M.Sc. Thesis
Regulation of virulence and antimicrobial peptide resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
W. James Gooderham
(2008), M.Sc. Thesis
Lung epithelial cell responses to host defence peptide
Jelena Pistolic
(2007), M.Sc. Thesis
Early interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and polarized human bronchial epithelial cells
Andy Lo
(2007), M.Sc. Thesis
The polyphemusin family of antimicrobial peptides : activity through structure and membrane interactions
Jon-Paul Powers
(2006), Ph.D. Thesis
Regulation of polymyxin B and cationic antimicrobial peptide resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Joseph McPhee
(2006), Ph.D. Thesis
Physiological contribution of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa OprD family of porins
Sandeep Tamber
(2006), Ph.D. Thesis
Global computational regulatory analysis of the anti-endotoxin effect of LL-37
Gregory Doho
(2006), M.Sc. Thesis
Immunomoduatory properties of host defence peptide LL-37 during infection and inflammation in human blood..
Jie (Jessie) Yu
(2006), M.Sc. Thesis
LL-37, a human host defense peptide with immunomodulatory properties
Dawn Bowdish
(2005), Ph.D. Thesis
Responses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to sub-inhibitory antibiotics
Michelle Brazas
(2005), Ph.D. Thesis
Characterizing the interactions between the host defence peptide, LL-37, and lung epithelial cells
Elaine Lau
(2004), M.Sc. Thesis
Two novel outer membrane proteins involved in intrinsic aminoglycoside resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
James Jo
(2002), M.Sc. Thesis
Isolation, design, and biological properties of fish-derived cationic antimicrobial peptides
Aleks Patrzykat
(2002), Ph.D. Thesis
The contribution of cationic antimicrobial peptides to the host immune response to bacterial infection
Monisha Scott
(2002), M.Sc. Thesis
Structure/function and mode of action of antimicrobial cationic peptides on gram positive bacteria.
Carol Friedrich-Fong
(2001), Ph.D. Thesis
Identification of PhoP-PhoQ homologues in Pseudomonas aeruginosa responsible for regulation of the outer membrane protein OprH.
Agnes Kwasnicka
(1999), M.Sc. Thesis
Characterization of bactenecin : a small antimicrobial cationic peptide
Manhong Wu
(1999), Ph.D. Thesis
Comparison of structurally related peptides in their antimicrobial and anti-endotoxic activity
Monisha Scott
(1998), Ph.D. Thesis
Molecular studies of the LysR-type regulator, mexT and its regulation of the Pseudomonas auruginosa outer membrane porin, OprD.
Matthew McCusker
(1998), M.Sc. Thesis
Analysis of the resistance-nodulation-division and HOP families of cell envelope proteins in Helicobacter pylori
James Bina
(1998), Ph.D. Thesis
Isolation and characterization of a family of porin proteins from Helicobacter pylori
Maurice Exner
(1997), Ph.D. Thesis
Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa penicillin-binding proteins 3 and 3x : gene cloning, expression and role in susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics.
Xiaowen Bina (Liao)
(1996), Ph.D. Thesis
Structure-function studies of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa porin OprP
Anand Sukhan
(1996), Ph.D. Thesis
The development of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein OprF as a presentation vector for foreign antigenic determinants.
Rebecca Wong
(1995), Ph.D. Thesis
Outer membrane protein OprF of P. aeruginosa
Eileen Rawling
(1995), Ph.D. Thesis
Molecular studies of the structure and function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa OprD: an imipenem specific porin.
Hongjin Huang
(1994), Ph.D. Thesis
The bacterial production of antimicrobial, cationic peptides and their effects on the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria
Kevin Piers
(1993), Ph.D. Thesis
Analysis of structural features of OprF from Pseudomonas aeruginosa using fusion proteins created by TnphoA mutagenesis.
Renee Finnen
(1991), M.Sc. Thesis
Comparison of protein OprF from Pseudomonas syringae with protein OprF from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Catherine Ullstrom
(1990), M.Sc. Thesis
Structure, function, and role in antibiotic resistance of outer membrane protein H1 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Angus Bell
(1989), Ph.D. Thesis
Macrophage interaction with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Janet Kluftinger
(1988), Ph.D. Thesis
Cloning and characterization of the oprF gene for protein F from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Wendy A. Woodruff
(1988), Ph.D. Thesis
Interaction of macrophage cationic proteins with the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Janet Sawyer
(1987), M.Sc. Thesis
Phosphate transport across the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
R. Keith Poole
(1986), Ph.D. Thesis
Structural and functional studies on the role of the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in resistance and permeability to antibiotics.
Barbara Angus
(1986), Ph.D. Thesis
Use of the fluorescent probe 1-N-phenyl napthylamine to study the interactions of aminoglycoside antibiotics with the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Bernadette Mah (Loh)
(1984), M.Sc. Thesis
Immunochemistry of Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane proteins
Lucy Mutharia
(1984), Ph.D. Thesis
Role of the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in antibiotic resistance.
Thalia I. Nicas
(1982), Ph.D. Thesis