Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Neuroimmunologic Regulation of Chronic Itch, Landon Kyle Oetjen
Effects of Toxoplasma gondii Infection on NK Cells and ILC1s, Eugene Park
Life of Tau: Oligomerization, CNS Extracellular Clearance and Role as Plasma Biomarker, Tirth Patel
Genomic analysis of diverse bacterial pathogens, Robert Potter
Elucidating the Effect of Myopathy-Causing Mutations and Second-Site Suppressors on Client Processing by J-Domain Proteins, Melanie Y. Pullen
Signaling Mechanisms in Adaptive Immunity, Saravanan Raju
Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Cerebellar Development and Function, Naveen C. Reddy
Genetic and Functional Characterization of Novel Host Factors Regulating Virus Infection in Caenorhabditis elegans, Luis Enrique Sandoval
Understanding emerging biomarkers and lifestyle factors in aging and Alzheimer disease, Stephanie Schultz
Regulation and Function of TREM2-dependent Pathways in Neurodegeneration, Wilbur Madison Song
Bumpy Road Ahead: Overcoming DNA Replication Obstacles One Barrier at a Time, Melanie Anne Sparks
Mechanisms of Cross-Presentation by cDC1s, Derek James Theisen
Epigenetic and Signaling Pathways Regulating the Maintenance of CD8 T Cell Identity and Function, Daniel Verbaro
Engineering Natural Competence into the Fast-growing Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973, Kristen Elizabeth Wendt
Development of an in vitro Culture System for Cryptosporidium parvum, Georgia Wilke
FGF20 in Olfactory System and Cochlea Development, Lu Morgan Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Molecular Regulation of Vertebrate Pigmentation and Stem Cell Quiescence in Larval Zebrafish, James Randolph Allen
A Combinatorial Approach of Ionomics, Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping, and Transcriptome Analysis to Characterize Element Homeostasis in Maize, Alexandra Asaro
Development of Enteric Neurons and Muscularis Macrophages, Marina Avetisyan
Understanding the Transcriptional Mechanisms Underlying Dendritic Cell Development, Prachi Bagadia
The Role of Mitofusins in the Osteoclast Lineage, Anna Ballard
The Role of Tumor Stromal Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 (DDR2) in Breast Cancer Metastasis., Samantha Van Hove Bayer
Brain Blood Flow and Metabolism: Variable Relationships in Altered Metabolic States, Tyler M. Blazey
A Noncanonical Function of the Telomerase RNA Component in Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Kirsten Ann Brenner
Activation and Regulation of the ALKBH3-ASCC Alkylation Repair Pathway, Josh Brickner
Defining Gastric Epithelial Cell Population Dynamics At Homeostasis And Following Injury, Joseph Ronald Burclaff
Identifying Novel Regulators of Double Strand Break Repair and Replication Fork Protection, Andrea Karl Byrum
Multi-omic Understanding of the Evolution of Xenobiotic Tolerance in Bacterial Isolates and Communities, Tayte Paul Campbell
Beta-diversity, Environmental Change, and the Stability of Regional Ecosystems, Christopher P. Catano
The Impact of Structural Variation on Human Gene Expression, Colby Chiang
From Schwann Cells to Melanoma: Neural Crest Derived Cells in Development and Disease, Rebecca Lynng Cunningham
The Role of Alternative NF-kB Signaling in Osteogenesis, Jennifer Davis
Transcriptional Regulation of Adipose Tissue Development by PexRAP and Med19, John Dean
Effects of Microbiota-Directed Fiber-Enriched Food Prototypes in Gnotobiotic Mice and Humans, Omar Delannoy-Bruno
The Biomedical Application of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell Therapy, Jessica Devenport
Dissemination of the apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, Lisa L. Drewry
The Autophagy-Lysosome System in Cardiometabolic Disease, Trent Evans
Characterizing the Humoral Response to Flavivirus Infection, Estefania Fernandez
High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography During Passive Movie Viewing: A Platform for Naturalistic Functional Brain Mapping, Andrew Kelsey Fishell
High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography During Passive Movie Viewing: A Platform for Naturalistic Functional Brain Mapping, Andrew Kelsey Fishell
Genomic Signatures of Conflict and Cooperation in Plants and Social Amoebae, Katherine Sylvia Geist
Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 as a Therapeutic Target in Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Whitney Grither
Understanding the Physiology of Extracellular Electron Uptake in Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria, Michael Singh Guzman
Regulation of the Yeast Cell Cycle Checkpoint Kinase Tel1 at Double-Strand DNA Breaks and at Telomeres, Sarem Hailemariam
T cell Immunity in Pancreatic Cancer is Undermined by Dendritic Cell Dysfunction, Samarth Hegde
The Role of Rifampicin Resistance Mutations in Host Immune Modulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nicole Christine Howard
Mapping and Functional Analysis of cis-Regulatory Elements in Mouse Photoreceptors, Andrew Hughes
The Transcription Factor Bhlhe40 Regulates Tissue-Resident Macrophages and Type 2 Immunity, Nicholas N. Jarjour
Coordinated Control of Carbon Metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum, Andrew James Jezewski
Investigation of immunostimulatory commensal bacteria in health and immune mediated disorders, Sunaina Khandelwal
Aging of the Reproductive System and of Germline Stem Cells in Caenorhabditis, Zuzana Kocsisova
Determining the Genetic Contributions of the Williams Syndrome Critical Region to Behavior Using Mouse Models and Human Genetics, Nathan David Kopp
Determining the Genetic Contributions of the Williams Syndrome Critical Region to Behavior Using Mouse Models and Human Genetics, Nathan David Kopp
Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Functional Cortical Plasticity During Development and after Focal Ischemic Brain Injury, Andrew Wiggen Kraft
Mesothelium-derived factors shape tissue resident macrophage, Chin-Wen Lai
The Degenerating Star Clock: Circadian Clock Regulation of Astrogliosis and Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease, Brian Vincent Lananna
A Molecular Logic of Sensory Coding Revealed by Optical Tagging of Physiologically-Defined Neuronal Types, Donghoon Lee
A Molecular Logic of Sensory Coding Revealed by Optical Tagging of Physiologically-Defined Neuronal Types, Donghoon Lee
Finding and Analyzing de novo Mutations in the Exomes of Parent-Offspring Trios of Spontaneous Chiari Malformation Type 1 Patients, Brian Leon Ricardo
The Role of IFRD1 in the Recruitment and Function of Reserve Stem Cells in Regeneration and Cancer, Mark Anthony Lewis
Glycan Precursor Transport in Cryptococcus neoformans, Lucy X. Li
Integrative Analysis to Investigate Complex Interaction in Alzheimer’s Disease, Zeran Li
Development of Novel Tumor-Targeted Compounds for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, Micah John Luderer
The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Atopic Dermatitis, Madison R. Mack
Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Axon Regeneration, Marcus Mahar
Elucidating Enhancer Function in Epidermal Development and Filaggrin Loss-of-Function Variants in African American Atopic Dermatitis, Mary Elizabeth Mathyer
Deciphering the Origins of Cell-Type Differentiation Using the Simple Multicellular Green Alga Volvox carteri, Gavriel Yonah Matt
Visual and Chemosensory Pathways Associated With Male Courtship Decisions in Drosophila melanogaster, Ross Mckinney
Visual and Chemosensory Pathways Associated With Male Courtship Decisions in Drosophila melanogaster, Ross Mckinney
Substrate reduction therapy for Krabbe disease and a new murine model for cell-autonomous expression of lysosomal hydrolases, Christina Ruth Mikulka
Spatio-temporal Principles of Infra-slow Brain Activity, Anish Mitra
Computational Approaches for Multispecies and Metaproteomic Analyses, Arshag Mooradian
Typical and atypical development of the brain’s functional network architecture, Ashley Nicole Nielsen
Mechanism of Activation of UvrD Helicase by a Processivity Factor MutL, Yerdos Ordabayev
Mechanism of Activation of UvrD Helicase by a Processivity Factor MutL, Yerdos Ordabayev
The role of epigenetic mutations in the clonal evolution of hematopoietic stem cells, Elizabeth Leigh Ostrander
Systematic Investigation of Alternative Splicing and Conserved Spliceosome Factors in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Manishi Pandey
Systematic Investigation of Alternative Splicing and Conserved Spliceosome Factors in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Manishi Pandey
A Molecular and Computational Framework to Investigate Understudied Human Genes, Ji Woong Park
Spatial and Functional Characterization of Microbial Residents in the Human Placenta, Lindsay Alexandra Parnell
Murine Roseolovirus, Swapneel Patel
The Evolutionary and Functional Roles of Synonymous Codon Usage in Eukaryotes, Zhen Peng
Phylogenetic and Genomic Characterization of the Host-Pathogen Arms Race Between Bacterial Pathogens and Gossypium hirsutum, Anne Zimmerman Phillips
Regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Activity, Samantha Kristine Powers
Regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Activity, Samantha Kristine Powers
Determining the Local Transcriptional Response to DNA Double-Strand Breaks, Caitlin Purman
Lnc-ing long non-coding RNAs to functional roles in B cell biology and beyond, Sarah Catherine Pyfrom
Investigating Biological Mechanisms of Radiation Resistance in Advanced Stage Cervical Cancer, Fiona Ruiz
Neuronal stress pathways influence synaptic development and nervous system function in Drosophila melanogaster, Alexandra Russo
Elucidation of the role of S100A8/A9 and neutrophils in chronic tuberculosis, Ninecia Scott
An Evolving Epigenome that Determines Tissue and Cell Specificity, Renee Louise Sears
Individual Differences in Human Brain Functional Network Organization, Benjamin A. Seitzman
The Role of the ASCC Complex in the Alkylation Damage Response, Jennifer Soll
ZIPT-7.1 and zinc signaling in sperm activation of Caenorhabditis elegans, Chieh-Hsiang Tan
The impact of mRNA structure on tRNA selection and ribosome rescue, Erica Nicole Thomas
Exploring Infant Leukemia through Exome Sequencing and an In Vitro Model of Hematopoietic Development, Mark Cannon Valentine
Abiotic Niche-assembly as a Driver of Species Diversity and Relative Abundance in Temperate and Tropical Forests, Dilys Vela Diaz
Mechanisms of Nestmate Recognition Cue Production in the European Honey Bee, Apis mellifera., Cassondra Leigh Vernier
The Role of U2AF1 in Normal and Abnormal Hematopoiesis, Brian A. Wadugu