Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Bioinformatic tools to alleviate the annotation bottleneck within precision oncology, Erica Kay Barnell
Maternal-Fetal Circadian Communication during Pregnancy, Keenan Bates
Understanding the Spectrum of DNMT3A Mutations in Neurodevelopmental Disease, Diana Christian Beard
Mechanisms and Consequences of Microtubule-Based Symmetry Breaking in Plant Roots, Natasha Anriel Bilkey
Wide-field optical imaging of neurological disorders and sleep in mice, Lindsey M. Brier
Multi-Scalar Contributions to Sex Differences in Brain Tumor Incidence and Outcome, Lauren Broestl
Dissecting Tau Isoform Control and Modeling Tauopathies in Directly-Reprogrammed Neurons, Lucia Capano
Identifying the Molecular Fate Logic Underlying Direct Neuronal Conversion, Kitra Cates
UvrD1 Helicase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that can be Activated by Multiple Unique Mechanisms, Ankita Chadda
The role of the neurodevelopmental disorder gene Myt1l in mammalian brain development, Jiayang Chen
Assessment of Cross-protective Responses to Emerging Variant Viruses, Rita Elaine Chen
An Evolving View of Host-Microbiome Co-Development in Healthy and Undernourished Children, Robert Yuzen Chen
Restoring the Mechanoresponsiveness of Aged Bone to Mechanical Loading, Christopher John Chermside-Scabbo
ZFP36 Family-Mediated Post-Transcriptional and Bhlhe40-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of T Cell Responses, Melissa Erin Cook
Leveraging protein dynamics to drug filovirus protein-nucleic acid interactions using simulations and experiments, Matthew Alberto Cruz
Leveraging protein dynamics to drug filovirus protein-nucleic acid interactions using simulations and experiments, Matthew Alberto Cruz
Single-molecule Spectroscopy of the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein, Jasmine Cubuk
Cardiovascular SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Immunopathology, Oleksandr Dmytrenko
The Evolution of Transposable Elements as Cis-Regulatory Elements in Mammals, Alan Y. Du
Investigating Cassava Susceptibility to Xanthomonas Induced Bacterial Blight Using Disease Phenotyping and Genome Engineering Strategies, Kiona Rajene Elliott
Wild Plant–Pathogen Interactions Across Gradients of Urbanization and Latitude, Quinn N. Fox
Iterative Machine Learning of a Cis-Regulatory Grammar, Ryan Z. Friedman
TRPM5's Role in Vascular Development, Megan Goeckel
Circumventing Drug Resistance with Small Molecule Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Gregory Alexander Harrison
Function and Regulation of Virulence-Associated Siderophores in Uropathogenic Enterobacterales, James Robert Heffernan
Biotic Interactions and the Maintenance of Biodiversity across a Tropical Elevational Gradient, David Henderson
Individual and Social Influences on Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy, Alexandra Noel Houston-Ludlam
Fluorescent-based Approaches for Quantifying Bacterial Transcription Initiation Kinetics, Drake Jensen
Zebrafish Swim Capacity, Gait, and Posture During Innate Spinal Cord Repair, Nicholas Oliver Jensen
Ribosomes as Sensors: How Cells Utilize the Translational Process to Monitor Cellular Conditions, Kyusik Q. Kim
Identification and Characterization of Targets of Metastasis in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, Emilee Nicole Kotnik
Identification and Characterization of Targets of Metastasis in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, Emilee Nicole Kotnik
Histamine production by airway resident Haemophilus species induces rhinitis, Michael Lint
A Mechanistic Study of ERR α/γ Agonists for Treatment of Metabolic Dysfunction in Heart Failure, Mckenna Lael Losby
Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity Alters Sensory Network Connectivity, Adalee Lube
The Role of MAVS and Interferon-Lambda in Regulating Astrovirus and Norovirus Infections, Heyde Makimaa
The Effect of Oxytocin Receptor Genetic Variants on Oxytocin Response, Manasi Malik
Examining Therapeutic Targets for Central Nervous System Autoimmune Disease, Sindhu Manivasagam
Understanding Thermotolerance in Photosynthetic Cells: From Green Algae to Land Plants, Erin Marie Mattoon
Circadian Protein BMAL1 Regulates Astrocyte Activation and Protein Degradation in Health and Disease, Celia Augusta Mckee
Development of Myelin in Wolfram Syndrome, Olga Reine Neyman
Roles of the Transcription Factors Bcl6, IRF2, and Notch2 in Myeloid Development, Kevin William O'Connor
Roles of the Transcription Factors Bcl6, IRF2, and Notch2 in Myeloid Development, Kevin William O'connor
Dynamics of Epithelial Differentiation Following Intestinal Villus Injury, Takahiro Erick Ohara
The Regulation of Innate Lymphoid Cells, Vincent Peng
An Investigation of Second-Site Non-Complementation among Motile Cilia Genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Gervette M. Penny
Characterizing the Significance of polyA tracks in Gene Regulation and Disease, Geralle Norlene Powell-Rodgers
Sources and consequences of cell-to-cell variability in gene expression, Avinash Ramu
Identifying Molecular Targets of ADAR1 Dependency in Breast Cancer, Sua Ryu
Influence of Environmental Gradients on Genomic Variation in Pediatric Commensals and Pathogens, Sanjam Sawhney
Cancer Immunogenomics Approaches to Characterizing and Treating Malignant Brain Tumors, Maximilian Oswald Schaettler
Context Dependence, Cheating, and Long-term Conflict in Social Interactions, Trey Scott
Mapping Brain Development and Decoding Brain Activity with Diffuse Optical Tomography, Kalyan Tripathy
The Role of NS1 in Flavivirus Immunity and Pathogenesis, Alex W. Wessel
The influence of the gut microbiota on asthma in school-aged children and adults, Naomi Grace Wilson
Immunity to Emerging RNA Viruses, Emma Winkler
Improving Neoantigen Prioritization Methods for Personalized Cancer Vaccines, Huiming Xia
Mechanisms of transcription regulation by CarD in Mycobacterium, Dennis Xiaoqian Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Effects of NMDA Antagonism on Neuronal Activity and Neurovascular Coupling in Non-Human Primate Cortex, Benjamin Thomas Acland
System shock: Using -omics data to characterize biological remodeling in the microbiome, resistome, and transcriptome of bacteria, Winston Eugene Anthony
Antigen Presentation in Central Nervous System Antitumor Immunity, Jay Aaron Bowman-Kirigin
Characterizing complex affective processing across age and in relation to social anxiety symptoms, M. Catalina Camacho
The role of the neurodevelopmental disorder gene Myt1l in mammalian brain development, Jiayang Chen
Connections between Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MSL10 and ER-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites, Jennette Marie Codjoe
Bioinformatics and cancer genomics approaches to advance precision medicine and elucidate tumor mutational landscapes, Kelsy Cotto
Circadian Circuitry and Glioblastoma: Interactions with Behavior, Carcinogenesis, and Clinical Practice., Anna R. Damato
Control of Intestinal Turnover and Cell Death through Canonical Autophagy Pathways within Mouse and Human Epithelia, John Steven Ekman
A structural perspective on neutralizing antibodies to flaviviruses and coronaviruses, John Michael Errico
Fructose Promotes the Growth of Tumors through Metabolite Exchange with Non-malignant Tissues, Ronald Joseph Fowle-Grider
Regulation and Function of Integrin β3 in Bone-Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells in the Therapeutic Setting, Gregory Chandler Fox
Functional Analysis of Recurrent Non-Coding Variants in Human Melanoma, Paula Maria Godoy
Functional and anatomical characterization of descending periaqueductal gray (PAG) projections and their role in pain modulation, Jose Gabriel Grajales
The Enemy Within: An Investigation of the Intracellular Bacteria in Urinary Tract Infections, Jennie Elizabeth Hazen
The role of Fibroblast Growth Factor-9 in influenza A virus pathogenesis, Bradley Edward Hiller
Uncovering New Mechanisms for Indole-3-butyric Acid Metabolism and Transport in Arabidopsis thaliana, Arielle Lynne Homayouni
Understanding gene regulation with high-throughput genome-integrated reporter assays, Clarice Hong
Understanding Individual Cells in Zebrafish Caudal Fin Regeneration (从单细胞视角理解斑马鱼尾鳍再生历程), Yiran Hou
Analyzing the Interconnectedness of the Human Genome, Nicholas Jacobs
Assembly and Repair of Photosystem II, Virginia M. Johnson
Determinants of DNA Damage Responses During B Cell Development, Rachel Leigh Johnston
Host development and microbiota influences on norovirus infection, Elizabeth Alexandra Kennedy
DNMT3A Regulates Hematopoietic Stem Cells via DNA Methylation-Independent Functions, Won Kyun Koh
Unraveling Population Heterogeneity using Single-Cell Analysis, Wenjun Kong
The Impact of Nucleolar Stress on Thymocyte Development and T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Transformation, Joseph Ryan Krambs
The Role of SOXE Transcription Factors in Melanoma Initiation, Eva Tulchinsky Kramer
Contributions of Specific Retinal Circuits and Their Respective Projections to Visual Behaviors, Jenna Mackenzie Krizan
Techniques for Spatial Analysis of C. elegans Anatomy and Reporter Expression, Nicolette Marie Laird
Inferring adaptation in social microbes from experimental evolution under relaxed selection, Tyler John Larsen
Tertiary Lymphoid Tissue in the Urinary Bladder of Aging Mice and Women, Marianne Morris Ligon
SIK3 & Wnk signals through Fray to regulate glial K+ buffering and seizure susceptibility in Drosophila models of hyperexcitability, Lorenzo Laronn Lones
Overcoming genetic heterogeneity in glioblastoma by targeting transcriptional dependencies, Tatenda Mahlokozera
Understanding the Influence of Individual-level Sources of Pathology Variation on Neuroimaging Measures of Alzheimer Disease, Austin Andrew McCullough