This decommissioned ERA site remains active temporarily to support our final migration steps to https://ualberta.scholaris.ca, ERA's new home. All new collections and items, including Spring 2025 theses, are at that site. For assistance, please contact erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 2Dectin-1
- 1Anti-Angiogenic Signalling
- 1Beta-glucan
- 1C-type lectin Receptors (CLRs)
- 1CD36
- 1CD36, Lipid Nanodomains, F-actin
-
Fall 2014
Fungal pathogens are recognized by Dectin-1, a pattern recognition receptor expressed on mammalian innate immune cells. Dectin-1 detects β-glucans, which are polymers of glucose that are a main component of the fungal cell wall. While purified, soluble β-glucans have been used in the clinic as...
-
Investigation of CD36-Induced Anti-Angiogenic Signalling Platform via Proximity Biotinylation
DownloadFall 2024
In response to hypoxic conditions, tumours secrete pro-angiogenic factors that stimulate the development of new blood vessels. Given the critical role of angiogenesis in tumour progression, therapies counteracting cancer neovascularization have been developed. However, clinical studies have shown...
-
Molecular Mechanisms of the Activation of the Pattern Recognition Receptor Dectin-1 and its Induction of Immune Responses
DownloadFall 2014
In the past two decades, a rising number of fungi have emerged as serious human pathogens and the incidence of invasive fungal infections has increased enormously. Millions of people contract fungal diseases that kill at least as many people as tuberculosis or malaria, yet the global burden of...
-
Fall 2018
CD36, a multi-ligand plasma membrane receptor, has been implicated in immunity, metabolism and angiogenesis. We have recently demonstrated that CD36 nanoclustering at the plasma membrane is key to the initiation of CD36 signaling. In endothelial cells (ECs), the binding of thrombospondin-1...