Whole-body regeneration relies on the re-establishment of body axes for correct patterning of tissue outgrowth. Wnt signaling is utilized to correctly regenerate tissues along the primary axis in many animals, including ...

There is a huge surge of interest in designing a wide variety of proteins to use as molecular research tools and biotherapeutics - promising to revolutionize our capacity to design what we need at will. This is particularly ...

In the past decade, people have come to rely on digital voice assistants to help them interact with technology and perform tasks in every aspect of their lives. These digital voice assistants are friendly, responsive, ...

This thesis develops methods aimed at studying transport markets, and applies them to the analysis of specific industries. The first Chapter studies platform competition in the app-based transportation industry. It presents ...

This dissertation consists of three independent essays. The first essay develops an urban spatial model with heterogeneous worker groups and incorporating travel to consume non-tradable goods and services. It estimates the ...

The gut is a critical interface between the host and its environment that requires a fine balance between nutrient absorption and barrier integrity in the face of exogenous dietary and microbial components. The intestinal ...

The capture, storage, and transport of gases by liquids is integral to many biological, environmental, and industrial processes. The density of gas molecules dissolved within a liquid in equilibrium with a bulk gas phase ...

Gram-negative bacterial infections are particularly difficult to treat as the presence of the outer membrane (OM) makes them intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics used in the clinic. Understanding how the impermeable OM ...

As robots move more and more into the real world, they need to be equipped to interact with a wide array of objects and environment features while maintaining a gentle touch. Soft robotic end effectors enable passive ...

This dissertation explores how computer science became a discipline in the United States and how this process of discipline formation and institutionalization shaped the content and culture of computer science. Like other ...