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Prediction of Wort Fermentability in Two-Rowed Barley Genotypes
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Fermentability is the parameter that describes the ability of yeast to turn sweet wort into alcohol. As the efficiency of this process is related with alcohol yield, it will regulate the amount of beer produced from a given ...
Photons in Action: Asymmetric Synthesis and Polymer Degradation
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Light is an environmentally benign and renewable source of energy that finds wide application in
the field of science. This dissertation explores two areas of chemistry that utilizes light extensively viz.,
asymmetric ...
Structural Studies of the Mechanism by Which BCL-2 and Beclin Proteins Regulate Autophagy and Apoptosis
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Autophagy and apoptosis are catabolic pathways essential for homeostasis in all eukaryotes. While autophagy usually promotes cell-survival by enabling degradation and recycling of damaged macromolecules, apoptosis is the ...
Strategic Functionalization of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Manipulate their Electronic and Optical Properties
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are unique materials that exhibit chirality-specific properties due to their one-dimensional confinement. As a result, they are explored for a wide range of applications including ...
Biophysical Studies of Ligand Binding to Human Histone Deacetylase-8
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Due to an involvement in various patho-physiological conditions, human histone deacetylases (HDACs) are high priority drug targets for the treatment of several diseases, such as cancer, heart failure, neurodegeneration, ...
Interactions of Light with Organic Chromophores: A Photochemical and Photophysical Investigation
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Over the past century, light has emerged as a useful tool finding utility in various fields such as device fabrication, the medical field, as well as utility as an energy source. Chemist have adopted this abundant energy ...
Development of Quantitative Lateral Flow Strip Biosensors for the Detection of Cancer Biomarkers
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The detection of cancer biomarkers is of great importance in oncology. Cancer biomarkers can provide diagnostic information which can aid disease screening and early diagnosis. Further, cancer biomarkers can help predict ...
Effect of Surface Ligands and Surface Defects on the Electronic and Optical Properties of Quantum Dots
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Quantum dots (QDs) have drawn a special attention since recent past due to their properties such as broad range absorption ability, size tunable narrow emission, high extinction coefficients, and charge carriers ability. ...
Supramolecular Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) possess extraordinary mechanical strength, thermal and electrical conductivity. These properties make them very attractive in many applications in the fields of nanotechnology, ...
Biochemical and Functional Characterization of Rpa2 N-Terminal Phosphorylation during DNA Repair and Checkpoint Adaptation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
In response to DNA damage, a signaling cascade is activated within cells that promotes cell cycle arrest in order to provide adequate time for DNA repair to occur. Replication Factor A (RFA) is an essential, heterotrimeric ...