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Friction and Adhesion of Microparticle Suspensions on Repellent Surfaces
(ACS, 2020-11-06)With the recent advancements in the development and application of repellent surfaces, both in air and under liquid medium, accurate characterization of repellence behavior is critical in understanding the mechanism behind ... -
From genomes to metagenomes: Development of a rapid-aligner for genome assembly and application of macroecological models to microbiology
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Since the development of the modern computer, many scientific fields have undergone paradigm shifts due to an increasing facility in data collection and analysis. Microbiology has been impacted by computational advances, ... -
From Peptides to Proteins: Exploring Modular Evolution Through the Beta-Trefoil Fold
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-25)Understanding the origin of protein folds, and the mechanism by which evolution has generated them, is a critically important step on a path towards rational protein design. Modifying existing proteins and designing our ... -
From Source to Sink: Petrogenesis of Cretaceous Anatectic Granites from the Fosdick Migmatite-Granite Complex, West Antarctica
(Oxford University Press, 2016-07-01)Anatectic granites from the Fosdick migmatite-granite complex yield U-Pb zircon crystallization ages that range from 115 to 100Ma, with a dominant grouping at 107-100 Ma, which corresponds to the timing of dome formation ... -
Frontiers of Gravity: Astrophysical Environments, Ringdown Nonlinearities and the Semiclassical Approximation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-22)Einstein’s general relativity is based on a tensorial, nonlinear equation for the spacetime metric. The gravitational interaction is however so weak that, in most circumstances, the equations can be solved perturbatively. ... -
Fully oxygenated water columns over continental shelves before the Great Oxidation Event
(Nature, 2019-02-25)Late Archaean sedimentary rocks contain compelling geochemical evidence for episodic accumulation of dissolved oxygen in the oceans along continental margins before the Great Oxidation Event. However, the extent of this ... -
Functional Analysis of Putative Adenosine Recycling Enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-25)Adenosine (Ado) salvage is essential in plant development. The lack of Ado kinase activity (ADK) in Arabidopsis thaliana adk1 adk2 double mutants results in embryonic lethality; reduction of ADK expression causes a pleiotropic ... -
Functional characterization and bioinformatic analysis of glutamine synthetases of Ochrobactrum anthropi
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-22)Glutamine synthetase (GS) is an essential enzyme required for the conversion of ammonium (NH4+) into glutamine. It is commonly classified into GSI, GSII, and GSIII based on molecular size, number of subunits, underlying ... -
Functional Characterization of Arcanobacterium pyogenes Pyolysin in an Oligomeric Form, and the Binding of CAMP Factor to IgG.
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-04)The work described in this thesis deals with two pore forming toxins, namely Arcanobacterium pyogenes pyolysin and Streptococcus agalactiae CAMP factor. Pyolysin (PLO) belongs to the homologous group of cholesterol-dependent ... -
Functional Characterization of Rainbow Trout (<em>Oncorhynchus mykiss</em>) Chemokine 2 (CK-2)
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Chemokines are cytokines with chemoattractant ability, and comprise one of the major groups of molecules in immune system. These are small, secreted proteins cause the migration of leukocytes to the sites of injury. ... -
Functional Characterization of the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) in S. cerevisiae
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-23)The origin recognition complex (Orc1-6) plays a fundamental role in the initiation of DNA replication by binding replication origins throughout the budding yeast cell cycle. ORC acts as a scaffold for the assembly of the ... -
Functional consequences of changing structure, dynamics, and free-energy landscapes of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-21)The complex relationship between structure, dynamics, and function will afford insights into the operational details of enzymes. To understand, regulate, and create enzymes, this complex nature must be comprehensively ... -
Functional Materials for Rechargeable Li Battery and Hydrogen Storage
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)The exploration of functional materials to store renewable, clean, and efficient energies for electric vehicles (EVs) has become one of the most popular topics in both material chemistry and electrochemistry. Rechargeable ... -
Functional nucleic acids for detecting bacteria
(De Gruyter, 2013-01-31)Bacterial infection represents one of the leading causes of disease and death, and as such, bacterial detection is an important step in managing infectious diseases. The current protocol requires growing cell cultures, ... -
The functional significance of the alternative first exons of the Arabidopsis thaliana APT1 gene
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)In plants, adenine nucleotides are essential for nucleic acid synthesis, as cofactors for biochemical reactions, and as precursors for the biosynthesis of the phytohormone cytokinin. Adenine nucleotides, such as AMP, are ... -
Functional Study of a Protein (UnkG) in Pseudomonas putida UW4
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-20)The role played by the protein UnkG from the plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4 in the ability of the bacterium to facilitate plant growth was studied. Previous work showed that over-expressing UnkG ... -
A Functional Study of Major Histocompatibility Expression and Immune Function in Rainbow Trout, (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) receptors serve a critical role in self/non-self recognition through the presentation of peptide antigen to circulating T lymphocytes and are also believed to play a role in mate ... -
A Functional Study of the Major Histocompatibility Class I Antigen Presentation Pathway in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-09)Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I receptors are glycoproteins which play a critical role in anti-viral immunity by displaying foreign peptides to cytotoxic T cell lymphocytes. The loading of high affinity ... -
Functionalization of spᶟ-Hybridized Carbon Centers through Carbon-Carbon σ Bond Cleavage Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-07)Methods for the modification and functionalization of spᶟ-hybridized carbon centers via cleavage of unstrained carbon-carbon σ bonds are proposed. The bond breaking/forming reactions are promoted by Lewis acids and transition ... -
Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics using Two-Photon Entanglement
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-30)In this thesis, we experimentally test fundamental properties of quantum mechanics, namely non-locality (in the form of three new families of Bell's inequalities) and the symmetry of envariance. To accomplish these we ...