Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Structural And Functional Studies On Thrombin Allostery, Prafull Gandhi
Mechanisms of Copper-Dependent Notochord Formation in Zebrafish, John Gansner
Discovery and Characterization of Wu Polyomavirus, A Novel Virus Detected in Pediatric Respiratory Tract Infections, Anne Margaret Gaynor
Regulation of the Lytic Switch Gene 50 in Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68, Megan Marie Goodwin
Inbreeding Depression and Competition in the square-stemmed monkey-flower (Mimulus ringens), Nicholas Griffin
Roles Of Inhibitory Interneurons In Cerebellar Cortical Processing For Oculomotor Control, Shane Heiney
Lateral Inhibition Shapes Neuronal Selectivity for Natural Stimuli in Mouse Accessory Olfactory Bulb, Rebecca Hendrickson
Destruction of Cdc25A Phosphatase during Interphase and in Response to Genotoxic Stress, Yuchi Honaker
A Search For Genetic Modifiers Responsible For Congenital Heart Disease Variability In The Presence Of Nkx2-5 Haploinsufficiency, Julia Brandeis Winston Honold
Analysis of DNA-binding Proteins in Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Su-Wen Ho
The Role of Pax6 in Lens Placode Formation, Jie Huang
Transcriptional Regulation of Zymogenic (Chief) Cell Differentiation and Maintenance in Adult Mouse Stomach, Won Jae Huh
Genetic Analysis of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling Pathway, Janna Hutz
Genetic and Phenotypic Differentiation between Winemaking and Wild Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Katie Hyma
The convergence of PDF signaling and CRYPTOCHROME in the neuronal network underlying Drosophila circadian behavior, Seol Hee Im
FCS Analysis of Pore Formation by the Human Protein Bax in Lipid Membranes, Olena Ivashyna
The Function of Hedgehog Signaling in Embryonic and Postnatal Bone Development, Kyu Sang Joeng
Mechanism of yeast prion portein aggregation and strain formation, Tejas Baba Kalastavadi
Catabolite Sensing Regulatory Pathways in Group A Streptococcus Control Virulence and Host-Pathogen Interactions, Colin Christopher Kietzman
The role of the novel Drosophila gene Ema for endosomal maturation and autophagy, Sungsu Kim
Novel Algorithms for Structural Alignment of Non-coding RNAs, Diana Kolbe
Transcriptional Regulation of Neuronal Differentiation in the Drosophila Central Nervous System, Haluk Lacin
The Role of TCR Specificity in the Regulation of the Immune Response to Self and Commensal Antigens, Stephanie Lathrop
Phylogenetic Illumination of Escherichia coli by Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Interrogation, Shana Leopold
Role of Sua5 in tRNA modification and translational regulation, Changyi Adeline Lin
LRP6 in Wnt Signaling and Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis, Chia-Chen Liu
Mechanisms of Copper Deficiency in the Zebrafish Embryo, Erik Madsen
Characterization Of Streptolysin O As The Translocator For The Cytolysin-Mediated Translocation Process In Streptococcus Pyogenes, N'Goundo Magassa
Functional Genomic Examinations Of Interactions Between Common Members Of The Human Gut Microbiota, Michael Mahowald
Unique Features of PTB RRMs: Insight into Protein Motions and RNA Binding, Caroline Maynard
The Role of MDA5 and TLR3 in Response to dsRNA and Viral Infection, Stephen McCartney
The Role of Actin Depolymerizing Factor in Regulating Actin Dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii, Simren Mehta
Advances in Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy with Applications to Studies of Macromolecular Interactions and Folding of RNA Hairpins, Artem Victorovich Melnykov
The Impact Of Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 On The Immune Response To Herpes Simplex Virus Type I Infection, Vineet Menachery
Nutrtional Genetics during Zebrafish Development, Bryce Abram Mendelsohn
Small Nucleolar RNAs U32a, U33, and U35a Are Critical Mediators of Liptoxic and Oxidative Stress, Carlos Michel
Assessing effects of symmetry on motif finding, lala Motlhabi
OmpA of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Promotes Intracellular Pathogenesis, Resistance to Cathelicidin, and an IL-17/IL-23 Based Inflammatory Response Permissive for Persistent Infection, Tracy Felicia Nicholson
The Genetic Architecture and Developmental Bases for Long Bone Length Quantitative Trait Loci in Mice, Elizabeth A. Norgard
Mechanisms of Adult Neovascularization Nediated by Epithelial HIF-1 Activation, Sunday Samson Oladipupo
Elucidation of Nucleophosmin Translational Regulation, Mary Elizabeth Olanich
An Examination of Oxysterol Effects on Membrane Bilayers Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Brett Olsen
The Function and Regulation of Senescent Stromal-Derived Osteopontin, Ermira Pazolli
Genetic Influences on Preterm Birth, Jevon Plunkett
Characterization Of The Role For NMNAT, Kinase Cascades, And Purines In Axonal Degeneration, Craig Press
The Role of the Clock Gene Bmal1 in Female Fertility and Parturition, Christine Ratajczak
Phylogenetics and Phylogeography of Moray Eels (Muraenidae), Joshua Reece
The Role of SLP-76 in Osteoclast Function, Jennifer Lynn Reeve
Presentation Of Citrullinated Peptides Derived From Unmodified Protein By Antigen Presenting Cells., Jamie Rimer
Conservation Of The Intracellular Bacterial Community Pathogenic Pathway In Urinary Tract Infection, David Rosen
Characterizing the Interaction of P. falciparum EBA-175 with its Receptor Glycophorin A, Nichole Salinas
The Effects of Habitat Corridors and Edges on Sources of Seed Mortality: Implications for Restoring a Threatened Legume, Melissa Simon
The Roles of MLL and Taspase1-Mediated MLL Proteolysis in Embryogenesis and the HGF-MET Signaling Pathway, Shugaku Takeda
Examination of Molecular Recognition in Protein-Ligand Interactions, Yat Tang
Transient-State Kinetic Studies of Escherichia coli UvrD Monomer Translocation along Single-Stranded DNA, Eric J. Tomko
Control of Ribosomal RNA Genes by Maintenance and de novo Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana: Molecular Genetics and Evoluation of the Pol IV/Pol V System, Sarah Lynn Tucker
Investigation of Caspase-Independent Cell Death Pathways, Ho-Chou Tu
The Role of Aerobic Glycolysis in the Resting Human Brain, Sanjeev Vaishnavi
Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling in Epicardial Development and Function, Mónica Vega-Hernández
RNA Silencing Pathways and Ribosomal RNA Gene Inactivation in Arabidposis, Alexa P. Vitins
Pacemaker Heterogeneity in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Origins and Network Implications, Alexis Webb
Proteomics Assisted Discovery Of Novel Proteins In Assembly And Regulation Of Photosystem II, Kimberly Wegener
Cell Culture Models of Genetic Variation, Joshua T. Witten
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Genomic Approaches for Pathway Identification in Regenerating Sensory Epithelia of the Inner Ear, David Alvarado
Discovery Of Inactive E* Conformations In Thrombin And Other Vitamin K- Dependent Clotting Proteases, Alaji Bah
The evolution and regulation of DNA-binding by the nickel-dependent transcription factor NikR, Erin Benanti
Computational and Experimental Investigation of Allosteric Communication in the Transcriptional Regulator NikR, Michael Bradley
The Non-Coding RNA gadd7 is a Feed-Forward Regulator of Oxidative Stress, Rita Thomas Brookheart
Integrated Genomics Of Susceptiblity To Therapy-Related Leukemia, Patrick Cahan
Immune Receptor Targeting by Orthopoxvirus MHC Class I-like Protein, Jessica Ann Campbell
Characterization of the Roles of Rab5 Isoforms in Endocytic Membrane Traffic and Cell Migration, Pin-I Chen
In Vivo Development of Zebrafish Retinal Ganglion Cell Dendritic Patterns, Jung-Hwan Choi
Uropathogenic E. coli Employ a Conserved Intracellular Infection Pathway that can be Inhibited by Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics, Corinne Cusumano
Accurate Docking is Achieved by Decoupling Systematic Sampling from Scoring, Jianwen Feng
Identification and Characterization of Novel Astroviruses, Stacy Finkbeiner
Systemic Levels of G-CSF and IL-6 Determine the Angiogenic Potential of Bone Marrow Resident Monocytes, Alyssa Gregory
Genetic and Biochemical Properties of Arabidopsis RNA Polymerases IV and V, Jeremy Haag
HIV-1 Envelope-Induced Signaling Mediates Actin Cytoskeleton Rearrangements Necessary for Fusion and Entry, Brooke Harmon
Discovery of a Novel Metalloregular Family: Structure/Function Studies of E. Coli Rcnr, Jeffrey Iwig
Medial Temporal Lobe Structure and Function, Meghana Karnik
In vivo function of Otopetrin 1 in the Vestibular Sensory Epithelium, Euysoo Kim
Regulation of BAX/BAK-Dependent Cell Death Program, Hyungjin Kim
Serotonin Plays a Role in Maintaining the Differentiated Phenotype of Central Serotonergic Neurons by 5-HT1A Receptor, Ji-Young Kim
Action Potential Initiation and Propagation in Dentate Gyrus Granule Neurons, Geraldine Kress
The Role of Astrocyte Activation in Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Shannon Macauley-Rambach
Aggregation & Localization of a Disease-Associated Prion Protein (PrP) Mutant, Andrea Rhonda Medrano
A Role for the Ecdysone Response Gene E93 in Imaginaling Patterning during Metamorphosis, Xiaochun Mou
Structural RNA Homology Search and Alignment Using Covariance Models, Eric Nawrocki
Cortical Components of Retrieval, Steven Michael Nelson
Historical and Geographic Context for the Evolution of Climate Niche Breadth in Temperate Plants, Brad Oberle
Identification and Characterization of a Xylosylphosphotransferase of Cryptococcus neoformans, Morgann Reilly
Flap Endonuclease 1 ensures telomere replication and stability, Abhishek Saharia