NOTE ON DEGREES:

• Prior to 1999 the MA degree, the sole Master's degree at the time, was for a research thesis program.

• Beginning in 1999 the Department awarded the MS degree for a research thesis program and the MA degree for a non-thesis program.    

2007

Allegrucci, Magee  PhD:  Biofilm Growth and Colony Variance in Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotypes.

Andam, Cheryl  MS:  Role of Lateral Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Legume Nodule Symbionts.

Klossner, Daniel  PhD:  Improving Cryosurgical Ablation of Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer through Identification of Milecular Targets in a Prostate Cancer Cell Model.

Kull, Matthew  MS:  Abundance Patterns for Vascular Epiphytes in a Tropical Secondary Forest, Costa Rica.

Sontag, Charles PhD:  Social Foraging in Bufo Americanus Tadpoles.

Xie, Tian  MS:  Scintillation Proximity Assay (SPA) Measuring p53 DNA Binding and Total p53 Level in Human Thyroid Cancer Cell line Aro.

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2006

Ingrassia, Amanda  MS:  Larval Competition Between the Native Treehole Mosquito (Ochlerotatus Triseriatus), and the Invasive Mosquito (Ochlerotatus Japonicus), Using Natural Diets.

Heiss, Rebecca  MS:  American Crow Nestling Growth and Nutritional State Vary with Habitat.

Taylor, David  MS:  Ecological and Phylogenetic Characteristics of Consumed Red-Backed Salamanders Influence Antipredator Behavior of Conspecifics.

Zola, Sheri  MS:  Molecular Events Associated with Mosquito Diapause.

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2005

Egitto, Beth A.  MS:  Nitrogen and Root Dynamics in Urban Forest Patches. 

Eldakar, Omar  MS:  Explaining Individual Differences in Cooperation, Cheating and Punishment.

Curtis, Tracy R.  PhD:  Mechanisms Facilitating the Success of an Invasive Social Wasp Species in North America Relative to a Native Species.

DiAntonio, Lisa  MS:  Bugs and Bones, Two Forensic Science Studies in Upstate New York.

MacKillop, Emiko  MS:  Scrounging, Food Caching, and Family Relations in the American Crow.

Robilotto, Anthony T.  MS:  Calpain Activation Following Cryopreservation:  An Initial Investigation Into their Roles in Cell Death and Cell Adhesion.

Southey-Pillig, Christopher J.  MS:  Analysis of Protein Accumulation Patterns and Phosphoprotein Patterns Over the Course of Biofilm Development in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms.

Bendz, Katherina  MS:  Nutrient Resorption and Wetland Biogeochemistry:  A Comparative Analysis of Lythrum Salicaria and Typha Latifolia. 

Treyger, Artem  MS:  Nutrient Pollution in Streams:  Means of Control and Watershed Sources. 

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2004

Adase, Christopher  MS:  Proteolytic Activity in Arabidopsis Thaliana During Development.

Li, Ming  PhD:  Antibody-Based Proteomic Analysis of the Subtilisin Multi-Gene Family in Arabidopsis Thaliana.

Magliaro, Stacey  MS:  Does Exposure to Ultraviolet Light Affect an Anti-Predator Cue that Deters Red-Backed Salamanders (Plethodon Cinereus)?

Snyder, Kristi K.  PhD:  Einsteinian Perspectives:  Thermal Therapies in Cardiovascular Model Systems.

Vogel, Martin  MS:  Proteomic Profiling Following Cryopreservation.

Zappile, Paul A  MS:  Proteomic Analysis of Mature Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms.

Huang, Feilei  MS:  Further Characterization of Soybean Protease C1.

Pagano, Angela  PhD:  Comparative Ecology of Submersed Freshwater Macrophytes in Acidic Environments:  Responses to Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Availability.

Sullivan, Aaron  PhD:  Chemically Mediated Predator Assessment by a Terrestrial Salamander.

Urban, Rebecca  MS:  An Invasive Submersed Macrophyte Suppresses a Native Isoetid Species, With Consequences for Lake Sediment Chemistry.

Barrett, Craig F  MS:  Association of Native Mimosoid Legumes With Beta-Rhizobia in Central America.

Hillburger, Eric  MS:  NADPH Oxidase and Oxidative Stress in Sympathetic Neuronal Adoptosis.

Horn, Kevin  MS:  Host – Symbiont Interactions During Range Expansion of Cytisus Scoparius, an Invasive Legume.

Li, Gongchu  PhD:  Activation of the alpha 3 beta1 Integrin Suppresses the IL-1 Induced Signaling Pathway.

Min, Soo Hong  MS:  The Role of the Thymus in Steroid-Induced Ovarian Cyst Formation.

Munley, Nathan  MS:  Nutrient Accumulation by Freshwater Wetland Plants:  Testing the Effects of Different Species Assemblges.

Tagliente, Damien J.  MS:  Dispersion of Pseudonnonas Aeruginosa Biofilms. 

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2003

Leseur, Carrie  MS:  Mechanisms that Regulate Interleukin-8 Secretion by Intestinal Epithelial Cells.

Machura, Michael  MS:  Effects of Cue Age and Aging Conditions on a Chemically Mediated Predator-Prey System. 

Hollister, William  PhD:  Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Death Following Cryo-Injury.

Horvath, Dylan  MS:  The Effect of Increased Refuge Density on Mobility and Condition Mediated Competition in Plethodon Cinereus.

Linquist Stefan P.  MS:  Modularity in Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Learning.

McKenna, Malachy E.  MS:  Chemicaly-Mediated, Anti-Predatory Behavior of Salamanders in the Genus Plethodon.

Villanella, Michael P.  MS:  Genetic Variability in Five Populations of the Red-Backed Salamander, Plethodon Cinereus Demonstrated by Rapd Analysis. 

Bradfield, Maria A.  MS:  Two Studies in Plant-Herbivore Interactions Effect of Night-Time Temperature on Tomato Plant Growth and Chemistry Effect of Competition on Tomato Plant Allometry and Defense.

McGowan, Edwin  PhD:  Reproductive Strategies of the Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus Horridus.

O’Gorman, James R.  PhD:  An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Social Norms:  Theoretical and Empirical Issues.

Serrell, Rebecca  MS:  Sentinel Behavior in the American Crow (Corvus Brachyrhynchos).

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2002

Fickbohn, Scott  MA:  Exotic Species Effects on Nitrogen Cycling in Freshwater Marsh:  A Comparative Study of Lythrum Salicaria and Typha Latifolia.

Gonzales-Suarez, Manuela  MA:  The Effects of Experience in the Predatory Behavior of the Jumping Spider Portia Fimbriata.

Liu, Zheng  MS:  Using In Situ Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) to Distinguis Aspartic Proteinase Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Thaliana.

Barnaby, Neel  PhD:  Soybean Seedling Protease C1.

Clarke, Dominic M.  PhD:  Cryosurgical Modeling:  Cytotoxic Agent Addition Enhances Freezing-Induced Cell Death in a Prostate Cancer Cell Model.

Dobley, Karen Ball  PhD:  Effects of Prey Quality, Prey Quantity and Temperature on Two Insect Predators.

He, Fanglian  MA:  Localization of Soybean Protease C1.

Hunka, Jennifer E.  MS:  Which Came First?  The Preference or the Trait?  Color Preferences of Two Haplochromine Cichlid Species, Pundamilia Pundamilia and Pundamilia Nyererei, to Sexually Selected Colors in Non-Mating Situations.

Kao, Jenny T.  MS:  Differential Nitrogen and Phosphorus Retention by Wetland Plants.

Nadeu, Hillary A.  MA:  Effect of Prey Quantity and Temperature on Nest Demography of Predatory Wasps.

Rohr, Jason R.  PhD:  Temporal and Spatial Variation in Newt (Notophthalmus Viridescens) Response to Non-Injured and Injured Conspecifics.

Yeager-Hall, Carli, MA:  Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of Diapause Termination and Nerve Cord in Two Insects.

Armstrong, Michael A.  PhD:  Defenses of Red-Winged Blackbirds Against Brood Parasites and Predators:  The Acquisition of Threat Recognition and the Dynamics of Group Defense.

Armstrong, Tracy R.  MS:  Effects of Prey Quantity on Foraging Behavior and Colony Development of Predatory Wasps when Patch Quality Differs.

Hecker, Louise  MS:  Evidence for Phase Alternation of Caudal Integumentary Glands in the Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon Cinereus). 

Huang, Xiaoyan  MS:  The Subtilase Family of Genes in the Soybean (Clycine Max (L.) Merrill).

McCullough, Patrick J.  PhD:  Characterization and Cloning of a Putative Cysteine Protease Gene from Soybean (Glycine Max).

Qian, Jinghui  MS:  Phylogenetic Analyses of Mesorhizobium and Bradyrhizobium Strains Associated with Legumes in the Natural Habitats. 

Wu, Xining  MS:  A Subtilase Gene in Mung Bean (Vigna Radiata). 

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2001

Yager, Joel M.  MA:  Comparative Analysis of the Sphenopalatine Nerve and Foramen in New World Hystricognath Rodents.

Baust, John M.  PhD:  Improving Cryopreservation Outcome:  Identification and Modulation of Celular-Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Death. 

Corcoran, Anthony T.  MS:  Heterologous Expression of the Arabidopsis Thaliana Aspartic Proteinase and Determining its Role in Seed Storage Protein Degradation.

Dobson, Melissa K.  MA:  Subtilisin-Like Protease in Soybean Stems.

Hollister, Amanda J.  PhD:  Analysis of Respiration in Cyanothece Sp.BH68K.

Lubin, Farah D.  PhD:  The Co-Regulatory Effect of Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Integrins with Interleukin 1beta on Cytokine Secretion by Epithelial Cells.

Mathew, Aby J.  PhD:  Improvement in Hypothermic Preservation Using Hypothermosol-Investigation Into Mechanisms of Cell Death.

Rudwall, Ronald D.  MS:  Ecology of Certain Ixodes Ticks in an Area of Central New York State.

Swenson, William H.  PhD:  Ecological Complexity and Multilevel Selection:  Theoretical Basis and Experimental Tests Involving Artificial Selection of Multi Species Communities In Rhizophere and Aquatic Microcosms.

Timmel, John J.  PhD:  Human Decision Making From an Evolutionary Perspective. 

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2000

Easton, Christopher M.  PhD:  Development of an Invitro Fat Body Cell System for Assessing Hormonal Regulation of Antifreeze Protein Production in the Beetle, Tenebrio Molitor. 

Lamoureaux, Victor S.  PhD:  Ecology and Seasonal Behavior of the Green Frog (Rana Clamitans).

Miller, Tabbi L.  PhD:  The Effect of Cell Detachment and Shape Deformation on Intestinal Epithelial Cell Cytokine and Inflammatory Factor Responses.

Pezzolesi, Linda S.W.  PhD:  Parental Feeding of Nestling House Wrens:  Choices and Consequences.

Cordi, Jennifer  PhD:  Anatomy and Morphology of Select Devonian Plants and the Inference of Macroevolutionary Pattern and Process During the Radiation of Early Tracheophytes.

Fahrenkrug, Suzanne PhD:  The effects of the plant Phenolic Rutin on Prothoracicotropic Hormone (PTTH) in Larval Molt Initiation in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta.

Granat, Susan J.  MA:  Purification and Characterization of two Carboxypeptidases from Mung Bean(Vigna Radiata) Seedling Cotyledons.

Karuzas, Jeremiah Michael  MA:  The Assessment and Use of Substrate-Borne Chemical Cues in the Red Backed Salamander (Plethodon Cinereus). 

Maerz, John C.  PhD:  Prey Availability and Phenotypic Differences Between Local Terrestrial Salamander Populations.

Matagrano, Lisa B.  MA:  The Effect of transforming Growth Factor-B1 on Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Secretion by Intestinal Epithelial Cells.

Planck, Kerry J.  MA:  Submersed Macrophytes in Acidic Environments:  Testing Effects of Calcium and Developing Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Methodology.

Walker, Katrina J.  MA:  Annual Variation in Breeding Pattern Characteristics in a Population of Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma Maculatum) and American Toads (Bufo Americanus).

Brant, Michele L.  MA:  The Effects of Femaile Age and Polygyny on Reproduction and Social Interactions in Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius Phoeniceus).

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1999

Boyd, Patrick M. PhD:  The Basis for the Specificity of Soy Bean Protease C1 Cleavage at Sites with Multiple Acidic Amino Acid Residues.

Lambert, Adam M.  MA:  Effects of Intact Host Plants and Prey Abundance on a Generalist Insect Predator.

Wolfer, Laura J.  MS:  Characterization of the TM 12.86 Family of Antifreeze Protein Genes in the Yellow Mealworm Beetle, Tenebrio Molitor.

Seo, Sang-Beom.  PhD:  Purification and Characterization of Protease C2, The Protease Which Increases the Degredation of the B-Subunit of B-Conglycinin In Soybean (Clycine Max) Seedlings.

Myers, Kevin L.  MA:  Quantification of Recrystallization Inhibition:  An Assay for Antifreeze Protein Activity.

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1998

Judson, Bret L. MA:  Ultrastructural studies of Epithallial Cell Turnover and Trichocytes of Jania Adhaerens.

Amidon, Wendy Lynn MA:  Luciferase as Protein Substrate for Arabidopsis Thaliana Aspartic Proteinase.

Wareing, Kathy MA: Aspects of the Mother-Offspring Bond in the Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon Cinereus):  Maternal Care and Kin Recognition. 

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1997

Arendt, Jeffrey David  PhD:  The optimistic Growth Strategy:  evolution and costs of the pumpkinseed sunfish.

Babuka, Susan Joyce  MA:  Studies of the cytoskeleton of the red algae Antithamnion kylinii and Dixoniella grisea.

Chen, Xia  MA:  Aspartic proteinase gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Dearstyne, Ted William  MA:  Post-breeding home ranges of pumpkinseed sunfish, Lepomis Gibbosus, in a anatural lake:  a behavioral study of marked individuals.

Goodrich, Mariam Eve  PhD:  The regulation of mucosal B cell immunoglobulin responses by intestianal epithelial cells.

McDarby, James H  MA:  Chemosensory avoidance of predators by the red-backed salamander, plethodon cinereus.

Mutlu, Asuman  PhD:  Purification, characterization and localization of a barley prolectin processing aspartic proteinase from Arabidopsis thaliana seeds.

Orr, Kerry A  MA:  Characterization of two marine cyanothece sp. Capable of aerobic nitrogen fixation.

Sterner, James P.  MA:  Relationships of root nodule bacteria based on nodulation and nitrogen Fixation genes.

Taylor, Linda A.  MA:  Intraspecific variations of the allelopathic potential of three species from different wetland habitats.

Weiser, Laura Anne  MA:  Combined effects of allelochemicals, prey availability, and supplemental plant material on growth of a generalist predator.  

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1996

Blais, Denis Paul  MA:  Movement, home range, and other aspects of the biology of the eastern hellbender (Cryptoprachus alleganiensis alleganiensis):  a radio telemetric study.

Bradley, Richard Lindbergh  PhD:  Characterization of the global nitrogen regulator gene ntcA in the unicellular nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Cyanothese sp.BH68K.

Graciano, Mary Katherine  MA:  Purification and characterization of carboxypeptidase 1 from day 4 mung beans (Vigna radiate).

Hollister, William Robbins  MA:  Biochemical characterization of the cyanothece sp. Restriction system.

Lee, Kangmoon  PhD:  PCR cloning of cDNAs encoding proteases from germinating seeds of Vigna radiate and analysis of transcript levels during seed germination.

Liu, Zhouwen  MA:  The effects of the embryonic axis on proteolysis in germinating mungbeans (Vigna Radiata).

Nishino, Misako  MA:  The ontogeny of freeze tolerance in the goldenrod gall fly, Eurosta solidaginsis:  seasonal variation in developmental potential. 

Victus, Sheri  MA:  Regulation of interleukin-6 secretion by the CACO-2 intestinal epithelial cell line.

Zhou, Yang  MA:  Cloning of TM 13:17, a potential antifreeze protein from cold hardy Tenebrio molitor. 

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1995

Coleman, Kristine  PhD:  Ecological implications of the shy-bold continuum within juvenile pumpkinseed sunfish populations.

DeWitt, Thomas J.  PhD:  Functional tradeoffs and phenotypic plasticity in the freshwater snail Physa.

Horan, Heather Nicole  PhD:  Effects of prey species and prey diet on an insect predator.

Jansen, Margo Paige Temple  MA:  Effects of light availability on host plant chemistry and the consequences for behavior and growth of caterpillars.

Lam, Michael Gerald  MA:  Visualization and quantification of Mung Bean proteases using electrophoresis.

Lee, Wen-Hsiu  MA:  The ontogeny and developmental constraints of begging in Redwinged blackbirds.

Reinemann, Bruce Clifford  MA:  Transcriptional regulation of the leukocyte integrin CD11c is mediated by transcriptional factors AP1 and Sp1. 

Shen, Ru  MA:  Establishment and characterization of recombinant antifreeze protein expression systems.

Sooper, Brian William  PhD:  Host restriction-modification as related to gene transfer in the nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium, Cyanothece sp.

Wilkinson, Heather Hope  PhD:  Evolution of symbiotic compatibility in a legume-Bradyrhizobium mutualism. 

Balz, Aliza P.  PhD:  Social influences on reproductive decision-making in budgerigars Melopsittacus undulates.

Banefield, Sylvia Victoria Brown  MA:  The effects of axis removal on the germination of “vigna radiate” :  a biochemical and immunocytochemical study.

Berlin, Kim Elizabeth  MA:  Implications of hatching asynchrony for incubation temperature, embryonic behavior and post-hatching development in budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulates.

Chen, Ruoying  MA:  Characterization of soybean protease C1 and its cleavage specificity.

Deshpande, Rohini Rajendra  PhD:  Immune system parameters associated with development of follicular cystic ovaries induced by neonatal estradiol injection.

Near, David Curtis  MA:  Evolutionary studies in Machiavellianism.

Polanco, Jose Roman  MA:  Mitochondrial and microsomal 3.

Robinson, Beren Walter  PhD:  Evolutionary ecology of phenotypic polymorphisms in fishes. 

Spoerke, Jill Marie  MA:  Population genetics of “Bradyrhiobium” associated with “Amphiarpaea bracteata” over different geographic scales.

Stevens, Michael Eric  MA:  Regulation of cholesterol and protein by testosterone producing Leydig cells.

Sullivan, Gary  PhD:  A tradeoff between sexual and asexual reproduction in the dioecious clonal macrophyte Vallisneria Americana:  environmental and genetic influences.

Traugott, Matthew Steven  MA:  Effects of tomato allelochemicals on growth, consumption and behavior of an insect predator.

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1993

Cook, Jeffery Raymond  PhD:  Matrix form of collagen influences laminin synthesis and trafficking in epithelial cells.

Dunkle, Joan Margaret  MA:  Isolation and sequencing of a partial genomic clone for Ferredoxin-NADP:  Oxireductase from cyanobacterium SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.PCC 6803.

Liu, Feng  PhD:  Molecular cloning and sequencing of a complete cDNA coding for a mung bean seed albumin.

Pasquale, Pamela Jean  MA:  Regulation of cholesterol side-chain cleavage and 17a-hydroxylase in rat Leydig cells.

Qi, Xiaoqun  PhD:  Characterization of the protease that degrades soybean.

Rhoads, Laura Sue  PhD:  Applications of a human epidermal model:  storage and cytotoxicity studies.

Romey, William Leonard  PhD:  Grouping in Whirligig beetles.

Tang, Wei  PhD:  Biochemical and molecular biological studies of antifreeze proteins from the insect Tenebrio molitor.

Vatnick, Itzick  PhD:  The ontogeny of metabololic and respiratory functions in pigeons (Columba livia). 

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1992

Bradley, Richard Linbergh  MA:  Long-term regulation of rat Leydig cell sensitivity to acute gonadotropin stimulation of steroidogenesis.

Chang, ZhaoHua  PhD:  Cryopreservation by vitrification:  the Drosophila melanogaster model.

Feldman, Richard Samuel  PhD:  PCB accumulation in Hudson River Pumpkinseed Sunfish and Bullhead:  influences of invertebrate prey.

Fogg, Ruby Evelyn  MA:  The effects of in vivo patterns of exogenous luteinizing hormone on testosterone production by rat Leydig cells in vitro.

Forand, Steven P.  MA:  Patterns of hibernation and the timing of emergence in jumping mice.

Gibson-Berry, Kimberly Louise  MA:  The effects of continuous and pulsatile LH infusions in vivo on Leydig cell function in vitro.

Ginnan, Roman  MA:  Hormonal regulation of proteolysis in germinating mung beans (Vigna radiate).

Harmon, Gary Dean  PhD:  Effects of postdispersal seed predation on spatial heterogeneity, size and reproduction in Erodium cicutarium.

Kosiewicz, Michele Marie  PhD:  The influence of the thymus on the endocrine and immune system correlates of ovarian dysgenesis induced by neonatal thymectomy in mice.

McGrain, Anne Kathleen  PhD:  Proteolysis of soybean typsin inhibitors.

Markstein, James Arthur  PhD:  Specificity of a cytosolic, alkaline ribonuclease from porcine thyroid.

Patrone, Laura May  PhD:  Substrate and cytoskeletal influences on protein secretion and basal lamina formation in the epithelial cell line, Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK).

Wong, Caroline  MA:  The soybean protease that mobilizes seed trypsin inhibitors.

Young, Matthew Clarke  MA:  Winter aggregation of meadow voles and the thermal benefits of communal nesting. 

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1991

Dugatkin, Lee Alan  PhD:  Game theory and the evolution of cooperation:  models and tests.

Hansen, Thomas Nicholas  PhD:  Antifreeze protein-ice interactions.

Lane, Maureen Elizabeth  MA:  The microporosity of the substratum promotes MDCK cell tubule formation in vitro.

Quackenbush, John  MA:  Purification and characterization of carboxypeptidase 1, the major carboxypeptidase of the mung bean.

 Sherman, Peter Michael  MA:  The orb web:  an energetic and behavioral indicator of the foraging and reproductive behavior of the orb-weaving spider Nuctenea cornuta (Araneidae). 

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1990

Cook, Jeffery Raymond  MA:  Microporous substrata can enhance and promote the differentiation of mammalian cells in vitro.

Diaz, Peter  PhD:  Spatial pattern of mobilization of soybean seed reserve protein digestion during germination and early growth.

Larson, David Robert  MA:  Attempts to define life and its characteristics;: Physico-chemical phenomena in liquids.

Milliken, Katharina Sneshkoff  MA:  Influence of lake sediment fertilization on insect herbivory of an aquatic macrophyte:  Potamogeton amplifolius.

Papastoitsis, Gregory  PHD:  Purification, characterization and localization of Protease K1 degrading the Kunitz soybean trypsis inhibitor.

Peterson, Allen Martin  MA:  The impact of electric transmission rights-of-way upon headwater brook trout habitat and populations in forested areas in New York State. 

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1989

Alter, Jason Matthew  PhD:  Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA for precursor Ferredoxin-NADP=: Oxidoreductase from spinach.

Antipas, Andrew James  MA:  Activity rhythms in the short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda).

Crute, Barbara Ethelyn  MA:  Purification and characterization of an unusual cytosolic phenol/SDS resistant, cytidylate specific ribonuclease from porcine thyroid.

Edwards, Lisa Ann  MA:  Characterization of the binding of precursor proteins to the chloroplast envelope.

Li, Xiao-Feng  MA:  Sequential effects in comparison tasks.

Michael, Suzanne M.  MA:  The use and viability of seeds stored in the nests of harvester ants.

Paradise, Christopher John  MA:  Physiological and behavioral consequences for Chinese praying mantids when encountering variable prey.

Sartoris, Karen A  MA:  Apyrene sperm activation in the tobacco hornworm moth, manduca sexta.

Wasylyk, John Michael  PhD:  Evaluation of partial vitrification of the freeze tolerant gall fly larva:  a model for and mechanistic evaluation of human red blood cell cryopreservation. 

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1988

Woodrow, Gordon James  MA:  Indiscriminate feeding on sevin-treated and diazinon-treated apples by free-ranging muskrats. 

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1987

Hague, Nancy L.  MA:  Sperm migration within the female tobacco hornworm moth:  Manduca Sexta (Lepidoptera Sphingidae).

Overath, Regina Deborah  MA:  Aquatic macrophyte growth methods and tissue analysis.

Pio, Christopher J.  MA:  Effects of acclimation and temperature cycling on cryoprotectant profiles in the goldenrod gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis (Fitch) (Diptera Tephritidae).

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1986

D’Amato, Thomas Andrew  PhD:  Gene-enzyme relationships in Nicotina silvestris:  subcellular localization of genes and enzymes for aromatic amino acid biosynthesis.

DEAngelo, Leo  PhD:  Autoimmune oophoritis induced by neonatal thymectomy in mice:  interactions between the immune and endocrine systems.

Ganson, Robert Joseph  PhD:  The two-isozyme system of 3-Deoxy-D-Arabino-Heptulosonate 7-Phosphate Synthase in Nicotiana Silvestris and other higher plants.

Hunsberger, Pamela Jean  MA:  Circulating levels of thymosin.

Kosiewicz, Michele Marie  MA:  Morphometric analysis of follicular dynamics in neonatally thymectomized mice.

Loekle, Diane  PhD:  The effects of chlorinated hydrocarbons on Carassius auratus (Goldfish). 

Olson, Karen Marie  MA:  Photosynthetic response of Sphagnum cuspidatum and Najas flexilis to varying pH and inorganic carbon concentrations.

Petokas, Peter John  PhD:  Patterns of reproduction and growth in the freshwater turtle Emydoidea BlandingII. 

Scalzom, Cynthia Marie  MA:  Source of high testosterone levels associated with autoimmune ovarian dysgenesis in neonatally thymectomized B6A mice.

Wager, Donald Benjamin  PhD:  A study of the phytoplankton of the New York segment of the Susquehanna River. 

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1985

Anne, Dorita  PhD:  The effect of colony size on fetal resorption and secondary sex ratio in domestic Chincilla alinger.

Berry, Alan  PhD:  The physiology and regulation of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Hartl, Phillipe M.  MA:  Proteolysis of the Kunitz soybean trypsin inhibitor during germination.

McShea, William Joseph  PhD:  Influences on the postpartum behavior of female meadow voles in a natural population.

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1984

Button, Elizabeth Ellen  PhD:  Purification and characterization of porcine cytosolic alkaline ribonuclease from the alkaline ribonuclease: ribonuclease inhibitor complex.

Charters, David Wallace  PhD:  Demographic and pathologic assessment of small mammals (voles) living on or near Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York.

Dannenhoffer, Joanne M.  MA:  Secondary anatomy of Relimia thomsonii, an aneurophytalean progymnosperm from the Middle Devonian of New York State, U.S.A.

Dyer, John Michael  MA:  The reproductive ecology of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus.

Fitzgerald, Randall William  PhD:  Population ecology and social biology of a free-ranging population of Pine Voles, Microtus Pinetorum.

Hoban, Tana Marie  PhD:  Light effects on the Circadian timing system of a diurnal (Saimiri sciureus) and a nocturnal (Aotus trivirgatus) primate.

Hoover, David T.  MA:  Reproductive ecology of two submerged macrophytes in varying pH regimes.

Krauss, Beth Renee  MA:  Ethanol and the ecology of Drosophila.

Madden, Marian Ann  MA:  Isolation and characterization of Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor from day 6 of germination.

Markowitz, Laurie Ellen  MA:  Water vapor content of the nest-egg micro-environment of brooding pigeons, Columba livia

Marmor, Lauren Hillary  MA:  Histological immunological and endocrinological analysis of ovarian dysgenesis in B6A mice induced by neonatal thymectomy.

Martyniuk, John William  PhD:  Aspects of habitat choice and fitness in Prolinyphia marginata (Araneae: Linyphiidae) : web-site selection, foraging dynamics, sperm competition, and overwintering survival.

Rodriguez, Berta  MA:  Mating behavior of two water strider species.

Shevalier, Richard Watson  MA:  Temporal and spatial distribution of apyrene sperm in the tobacco hornworm moth, manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).

Taylor, David Winship  MA:  Anatomical and morphological study of a new species of Taeniocrada, a Devonian tracheophyte from New York State.

Zdanowicz, Martin Matthew  MA:  Respiratory heat exchange in monkeys. 

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1983

Cosgriff, Sarah Elisabeth  MA:  The identification and characterization of Bowman-Birk soybean proteinase isoinhibitors.

Freeh, Steven M.  PhD:  The effect of dietary sodium restriction on the mouse adrenal gland; a stereological ultrastructural study.

Goers, Steven Keith  MA:  The metabolic roles of two differently regulated isozymes of chorismate mutase in tobacco (Nicotiana silvestris).

Grimaldi, David Alan  MA:  Ecology and competitive interactions of four coexisting species of mycophagous Drosophilia.

Grise, David J.  MA:  Growth and tissue chemistry of Vallisneria Americana Michx. In three pH regimes.

Halpryn, Bruce  PhD:  Circadian hemodynamics in the rhesus monkey: a nervous compensation to maintain cerebral blood flow in the upright monkey at night?

Lomolino, Mark Vincent  PhD:  Island biogeography, immigrant selection, and body size of mammals on islands.

Tirrell, Paul Charles  PhD:  Incubation physiology of the Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus. 

Wakulchik, Mark  MA:  A preliminary characterization of the seminal plasma of Manduca sexta (L.) and studies on sperm activation and sperm bundle dissociation.

Wurster, Ellen  MA:  The circadian rhythm of body temperature in Macaca nemestrina exposed to different ambient temperatures. 

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1982

Fiske, Michael J.  MA:  Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis and the isolation and characterization of regulatory mutants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Gnad, Jeffrey, David  PhD:  Population of the Guppy, Peocilia reticulate (Poeciliidae, pisces).

Loekle, Diane  MA:  The effects of chloroform, tetrachlorethylene and trichloroethylene on survival, growth and liver histology of Poecilia sphenops (Short-finned Molly).

Mydosh, Thomas Francis  MA:  Circadian rhythms of drinking and activity in Mus musculus.

O’Brien, Richard Cabot  MA:  Environmental determinants of the reproductive allocation pattern of Glecoma hederacea (Labiatae).

O’Brien, Vivian Russell-Hill  MA:  A comparison of two populations of Utricularia vulgaris L. native to contrasting pH regimes. 

Vellekamp, Gary John  PhD:  Aspartyl=tRNA Synthetase and its relationship to high molecular weight Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase complexes. 

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1981

Bart, Kenneth Michael  MA:  Bloom formation in the blue-green alga Oscillatoria agardhii Com. / by Kenneth Michael Bart.

Bester, bettine, Elisabeth  MA:  Spinocespitosus parallel gen. Et sp. Nov. : a spiny plant from the upper Devonian of New York State.

Duffy, Alfred McNicoll  PhD:  Social Organization of the Brown-Headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater, in New York State.

Evans, Margaret Louise  MA:  The effect of differential density and adrenalectomy on sexual behavior of male Peromyscus leucopus.

Feldman, David Louis  PhD:  Characterization of the ACTH-induced renal glomerular lesion in mice.

Guastella, John  MA:  The ultrastructure of the rat caudate nucleus.

Hall, Geraldine Cristofaro  PhD:  Regulation and diversity in the aromatic amino acid pathway of the cyanobacteria.

Leff, Fred Robert  MA:  A survey of the parasites and their relationship to the dynamics of three populations of the short tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda. 

Macmillan, Bruce Thomas  Phd:  Social dietary, hormonal, and adrenal correlates of the maturation of female Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis. 

Miller, Kim Charles  MA:  The effects of chronic steroid exposure on serum luteinizing hormone and prolactin concentrations in castrated male rats. 

O’Neill, Joan Anne  MA:  The colonization of periphyton on Myriophyilum heterophyllum Michx. 

Pinkerton, Anne Merrick  MA:  Scanning electron microscopy of post-ejaculatory spermiogenesis in the African soft tick Ornithodoros noveboracensis. 

Resler, Jean Hubert  MA:  A light and electron microscopic examination of the onset of sperm motility and endospermatophore evacuation in the African soft tick Ornithodoros moubata.

Rubino, Nancy Wladis  MA:  Ultrastructural aspects of post-ejaculatory spermiogenesis in the tick Ornithodoros moubata.

Wagner, Daniel J.  MA:  Comparative desiccation tolerances of two Sphagnum mosses growing along hummock-hollow gradients. 

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1980

Allen, Lawrence Steven  MA:  Characterization of an endocrine thymus-ovarian-adrenal axis.

Becker, Les R.  MA:  Behavior and ecology of zapodid rodents.

Birkmeyer, Richard C.  PhD:  The determination of relative antigen-antibody affinities by quantitative immunoelectrophoresis.

D’Arrigo, Rosanne  MA:  Determination of the primary-secondary phloem transition zone in the stems of Prunus persica and Rhus typhina.

Eustice, David Christopher  PhD:  Invitro utilization of selenomethionine during protein synthesis in selenium-tolerant and selenium sensitive plants.

Freedman, Norie Yaukawa  PhD:  A stochastic model of population dynamics for small mammals: empirical and simulated.

Jones, Stephen A.  MA:  A study of the epiphytic algae existing on several species of aquatic macrophytes in the west branch of the Delaware River.

Krausman, Faith Julia  MA:  Urinary marking in the red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi; effects of sex, social rank, novelty and estrous state. 

Laderman, Aimlee Davis  PhD:  Algal ecology of a Chamaecyparis thyoides bog: an in situ microcosm study.

Marusich, William Michael  MA:  Induction of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase during carbon-signal and nitrogen-signal deficiency in Rhodotorula glutinis.

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1979

Brauer, David Frank  PhD:  Barinophytacean plants from the Upper Devonian Catskill formation of northern Pennsylvania.

Brick, John  MA:  Alterations in plasma corticosterone, gastric lesions , motor activity and brain norepinephrine in rats with septal lesions, following restraint-cold stress.

Cohen, Ilene Ruth  MA:  Mechanisms of action of ACTH on reproduction in the female rat: effects of season, photoperiod, naloxone and adrenalectomy.

Crowley, Joanne Bernadette  MA:  Antigen determinant sites on hemoglobin evident only upon antibody fractionation. 

DeLuca, John A.  MA:  Activation of selenomethionine by several accumulating species of Astragalus.

Dowling, Patricia Kaye  MA:  The G-and C-banded karyotypes of Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis.

Engelhard, Marla Marie  MA:  Metabolism of selenite by rabbit erythrocytes in vitro.

Fazel, Akram Mohammed  PhD:  Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis in the coryneform bacteria.

Geller, Michael David  PhD:  Dynamics of three populations of Microtus pennsylvanicus in the northeastern United States.

Mock, Edward John  PhD:  Seasonal influences on the reproductive physiology of the maturing male rat.

Moon, Dudley George  MA:  The incorporation of Se-selenite by human peripheral blood lymphocytes.

Rubin, Judith Lynne  MA:  The enzymology of L-tyrosine biosynthesis in mung bean (Vigna radiate (l.) Wilczek).

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1978

Beauchamp, Benjamin B.  MA:  Purification and partial characterization of a methionyl-tRNA synthetase from seeds of Vigna radiate (mung bean).

De Groat, Michael Patrick  MA:  Partial purification and characterization of isoleucyl=tRNA synthetase from porcine thyroid.

Goldman, Ruth E.  MA:  Purification and characterization of alkaline ribonuclease from porcine thyroid.

Kamel, Freja  PhD:  Behavioral and neuroendocrinological characterization of sexually-stimulated hormone release in the male rat.

Rifon, Nora J.  MA:  Tryptophan undernutrition, environment, and visual discrimination in developing mice.

Ryan, Ethel Law  PhD:  The effect of central and peripheral innervation on hormones associated with sexual behavior in male rats.

Shaw, William Harry  PhD:  The limnology of two upstate New York reservoirs with special reference to the factors influencing blue-green algal succession.

Stah, Christine Dorothy  PhD:  Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis and Peromyscus maniculatur gracilis : aggressive behavior and arboreal behavior in the laboratory.

Steflik, David Edwin  MA:  An electron microscopic study concerning the events surrounding the phagocytosis of virulent pneumococcus by human laucocytes.

Vellekamp, Gary John  MA:  Purification and partial characterization of aspartyl-tRNA synthetase from porcine thyroid.

Wright, William Wallace  PhD:  Nuclear androgens in the seminiferous tubules : characterization, binding and cellular distribution.

Zhou, Jianping  MA:  The effects of amino acids on photoheterotrophic growth and acid production by some nostocacean microorganisms. 

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1977

Bardeen, Ruth A.  MA:  The effects of ACTH and cortisol on splenic hemopoiesis in the hous mous, Mus musculus.

Bumpus, John A.  MA:  Studies on the cysteinyl- and methionyl- tRNA systhetases from Phaseolus aureus.

Deveraux, Richard Harvey  MA:  A preliminary survey of the herpetofauna of the Lacawac Sanctuary, Pennsylvania , with notes on the terrestrial stage of the common newt, Notphthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque).

Dudek, Bruce C.  MA:  Acetaldehyde conditioned taste aversion : genotypic specificity of response patterns.

Duffy, Christeen M.  MA:  Aggressive behavior of a laboratory population of Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii.

Dunlop, Ann Tackman  PhD:  The daily rhythm of Paneth cells in Mus musculus.

Evans, Lee Wilfred  PhD:  Hydrolytic enzyme activities in leaf senescense.

Fine, Jeffrey Blair  MA:  Properties of a methionyl-tRNA ligase from Phaseolus aureus.

Freeh, Steven M.  MA:  The fine structure of the adrenal zona glomerulosa of Peromyscus leucopus and the ultrastructural features following administration of spironolactone.

Freer, Valerie M.  PhD:  Colony Structure and function in the Bank Swallow, Riparia riparia, L.

Frost, Janet Linda  MA:  The biosynthesis of a biotin compound containing Se.

Gower, Richard Allyn  MA:  In vivo photophosphorylation in Lemna pauciostata wild-type 6746 and mutant 1073.

McDaniel, James Roy  MA:  Avoidance behavior : genetic influences in mice with septal lesions.

Pawlikowski, Mary Ann  MA:  Electron microscopic analysis of the formation of amyloid fibrils in the adrenal gland of the house mouse, Mus musculus.

Penna, Albert A.  MA:  Field observations of the freshwater dinoflagellate Ceratium hirundinella (O.F.M.) Schrank.

Schmidt, Kathleen P.  MA:  A study of the effects of light quality and intensity on the blue green alga Anabaena flos-aquae.

Streckewald, Thomas C.  MA:  Sub-lethal effects of the organophosphorus pesticide Orthene on the ring neck dove (Streptopelia risoria) and the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). 

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1976

Berkowitz, Albert Stanley  PhD:  Lithologic edaphic and biotic factors of small mammal habitats in the slate belt of Western Rutland County, Vermont, and Eastern Washington County, New York.

Cost, Michael George  MA:  Neonatal corticoid administration : retardation of adrenal rhythmicity and desynchronization of puberty.

Depasquale, John Peter  MA:  Glutathione peroxidase, a selenoenzyme from human red blood cells.

Dufty, Alfred McNicoll, MA:  The influence of weather conditions on the feeding of evening grosbeaks (Hesperiphona vespertina) in the winter.

Feldman, David Louis  MA:  The development of an ACTH-induced renal glomerular lesion in Mus musculus : an electron microscopic study.

Fischler, George E  MA:  In vitro drug testing on axenic cultures of Entamoeba histolytica-like amebae.

Gnad, Jeffrey David  MA:  Population control in the guppy, Poecilla reticulate (pisces, poeciliidae). 

Kostage, Stephen Thomas  PhD:  The nature of skin-sensitizing antibody in the chicken (Gallus domesticus) upon primary immunization with bovine serum albumin (BSA).

MacFarland, Leslie Anne  MA:  The inhibitory effects of ACTH and anrenalectomy on reproductive maturation of female rats.

Mangi, James I.  PhD:  The role of an extracellular algal polysaccharide in the susceptibility to copper poisoning.

Rabin, Mark  MA:  Comparison of aminocyl-tRNA and aminoacyl-complex II species from porcine thyroid glands.

Rockhill, Barbara Duff  MA:  Water quality of Chaumont Bay, Lake Ontario.

Rowley, Mildred Helen  PhD:  Agonistic behavior of Peromyscus leucopus and Microtus pennsylvanicus : implications for population distribution and dynamics.

Siegel, Eric  MA:  Quantification and comparison of RNA-iodoproteinaceous complexes I and II in porcine normal human and diseased human thyroid glands.

Welsh, Alerick Orin  MA:  Light and electron microscopic observations on the passage of spermatozoa through the membrane basilaris of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta. 

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1975

Brandwein, Harvey Joel  MA:  Aspartyl – transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase of the porcine thyroid gland : purification, properties, and interactions with RNA-iodoproteinaceous complex II of porcine thyroid. 

Deremer, Mary F.  MA:  Maturation of the prarie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) with special reference to the adrenal X zone.

Dickson, Sharon E.  MA:  Glomerular ultrastructure of mice living in interconnected box colonies after prolonged isolation.

Kaplowitz, Gary J  MA:  Auditory responsiveness in the ultrasonic range in three sympatric desert rodent species.

Mock, Edward J.  MA:  Biorhythmicity of plasma testosterone levels in the male laboratory rat.

Roche, Donald John  MA:  Automated analysis of blood changes in golden hamsters infected with Plasmodium berghei.

Springer, Donna Lee  MA:  An electron microscopic study of glomerular lesions occurring in a wild population of Marmota monax.

Sullivan, Michael L.  MA:  An examination of the renal nephrons of several small rodents. 

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1974

Deutsch, William George  MA:  An ecological survey of the parasites of fishes of the north branch Susquehanna River near Berwick, Pennsylvania.

Dunlop Ann Tackman  MA:  An ultrastructural survey of Paneth cells and crypts of the young mouse.

Kelly, Eileen P.  MA:  Studies on the soluble RNA of porcine liver : characteristics of a liver RNA-peptidyl complex.

Keppel, Roger G.  MA:  Seasonal fluctuations in the net phytoplankton of the Susquehanna River near Binghamton, New York : effect of domestic sewage effluents.

Khan, Kutbul Rahman  PhD:  Developmental morphology of Calothrix parietina (Nageli) Thuret [=Gloeotrichia echinulata (J.E. Smith) Richter].

Kirkland, Linda Lee  PhD:  A study of photoperiodic inhibition of flower development in Lemna Persusilla 6746.

Stock, Marsha S.  MA:  Diatoms as indicators of eutrophication in Ocquionis Creek, Otsego County, New York.

Wright, William Wallace  MA:  Investigations of factors controlling plasma testosterone levels in mature male rats. 

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1973

Chen, Jeanette J.  MA:  Effects of sequential preoptic and mammillary lesions on male rat sexual behavior.

Curatolo, William J.  MA:  Purification and properties of leucyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase from porcine liver.

Krawcyk, Frances Elizabeth  MA:  Assimilation of selenium and sulfur into proteins by Astragalus (vetch) leaves and tissue cultures.

McLaughlin, Thomas J.  MA:  The acridine orange sensitized photoinactivation of blue-green algal virus N-1. 

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1972

Gadski, Robery A.  MA:  Purification and properties of RNA-iodoproteinaceous complexes of porcine thyroid.

Gregoire, Ronald P.  MA:  A histological and ultrastructural examination of the liver of Xenopus laevis in the normal and starved animal. 

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1971

Chen, Nora Wang-chan  MA:  The effect of selenomethionine on Chlorella vulgaris.

Cunningham, Robert A.  MA:  The growth uncoupling effect of selenomethionine in Chlorella vulgaris B.  (Columbia strain) as studied by the technique of synchronous culture.

Eames, Constance Rendel  MA:  Effect of vitamin E on oxidative phosphorylation by guinea pig liver mitochondria.

Ginsburg, Rochelle  MA:  Ultrastructure of developmental stages of Nostoc muscorum A. 

Hartman, Mildred Rowley  MA:  Seasonal distribution of naturally occurring populations of Dosophila.

Kreidemann, Wesley, L.  MA:  The uptake of 8-azaguanine and its effect on Brachiomonas submarina.

Steiner, Michael R.  MA:  Anionic interactions with iron oxidation by Thiobacillus ferooxidans. 

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1970

Lorch, Steven Kalman  MA:  The effect of selenomethionine on Chlymydomonas reinhardi.

Mulvaney, Delia Ann  MA:  Genetic analysis of coat color and pattern distribution in two phenotypes of mice (Mus Musculus) : a dissertation.  

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1969

Snyder, Edward L.  MA:  The effect of route of injection on the agglutinin response in chickens.

Stark, Henry J.  MA:  A survey of the interparietal bone in mammals.

Terracina, Fred  MA:  Effects of kinetin on seed germination of Lemna perpusilla 6746.

Tuttle, Richard L.  MA:  The histology and ultrastructure of the involution of the bursa of Fabricius.

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1968

Lorch, Harriet R.  MA:  Light and electron microscopy study of Sordaria fimicola ascospore formation.

Van Inwegen, Richard G  MA:  Some studies in 35S-sulfate metabolism and related problems of synchronously growing cultures of the alga Brachiomonas submarina.

Wager, Donald Benjamin  MA:  Seasonal variations in net phytoplankton on the Susquehanna River near Binghamton, New York.

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1966

Glickman, Lawrence Theodore  MA:  Some factors affecting the dark processes in the germination of Seeds of Lemna perpusilla 6746.

Kaufman, Stephen J.  MA:  Some effects of 8-azaguanine on synchronous and asynchronous cultures of Brachimonas submarina.

Lane, Patricia Ann  MA:  A study of the planktonic algae of two ponds. 

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