Premise Environmentally controlled facilities, such as growth chambers, are essential tools
for experimental research. Automated, low‐cost, remote‐monitoring hardware can greatly …

The Brassicales are an economically important order of flowering plants. Many crop species
such as kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, canola oil, capers, and papaya, as well as the …

The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced everyone to stay indoors, fabricating a significant
drop in physical activeness. Our work is constructed upon the idea to formulate a backbone …

Membrane scaffolding complexes are key features of many cell types, serving as specialized
links between the extracellular matrix and the actin cytoskeleton. An important scaffold in …

The Caenorhabditis elegans genome encodes one α spectrin subunit, a β spectrin subunit (β-G),
and a β-H spectrin subunit. Our experiments show that the phenotype resulting from the …

Changes in cell shape and position drive morphogenesis in epithelia and depend on the
polarized nature of its constituent cells. The spectrin-based membrane skeleton is thought to be …

Analysis of the mechanisms that control epithelial polarization has revealed that cues for
polarization are mediated by transmembrane proteins that operate at the apical, lateral, or …

The apical transmembrane protein Crumbs is necessary for both cell polarization and the
assembly of the zonula adherens (ZA) in Drosophila epithelia. The apical spectrin-based …

In this thesis, I explore the YouTube celebrification process from internet content creation to
mainstream media through analysis of the career trajectory of Joe Sugg. Joe is arguably the …

This thesis is a textual analysis of stories in online celebrity news articles about celebrity
women and their use of Twitter. It adds to the burgeoning discussion about gendered and …