Theses/Dissertations from 2020
In Vivo Mechanisms of Natural Killer Cell Tolerance, Michael Bern
Electrophysiology of the Inner Retina in Health and Disease: EAAT5 in the Rod Bipolar Cell and Oscillatory Potentials in Diabetes, Gregory William Bligard
Transcription Factor-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation in the Healthy Brain and Neurological Disease, Alexander J. Cammack
The Good, The Brown, and The Healthy: Understanding Non-Thermogenic Brown Adipose Function in Obese Mice, Caryn Nicole Carson
Regulation of Yolk Microtubule Dynamics by Dachsous Cadherins, Gina Danielle Castelvecchi
Mitochondrial Morphology, Oxidative Stress Resistance, and Pathogenesis in Cryptococcus neoformans, Andrew Lee Chang
Characterizing the relationship between gut microbiota development and healthy growth, Hao-Wei Chang
Nonsense Mediated RNA Decay Promotes Survival of Cells with Defective Splicing, Abigael Jeruto Cheruiyot
The Role of ESCRT-III-like Subunit IST1 in Membrane Trafficking Pathways, Amy Kate Clippinger
The role of CDX4 during patterning of definitive hemogenic mesoderm, John Philip Creamer
Dendritic Cell Development and Function, Vivek Durai
Structural Mechanism of Poxvirus Sabotage of T-cell Costimulation, Jabari Issa Elliott
Advances in the Understanding of Auxin Signaling Through Indirect Mechanisms, Ryan Joseph Emenecker
The Enzymatic Function of the TIR domain: From Axon Degeneration to Innate Immunity, Kow Essuman
The Decision Maker: Understanding the role of IFRD1 in urothelial plasticity and regeneration, Bisiayo Erionmwon Fashemi
Post-Lysosomal Cholesterol Trafficking: Novel Tools and Insights, Mckenna Rae Feltes
Multi-omics Integration for Gene Fusion Discovery and Somatic Mutation Haplotyping in Cancer, Steven Mason Foltz
Cognitive Recovery in the Post-Infectious CNS, Charise Joy Garber
The Role of the Circadian Clock Protein Rev-erba in Neuroinflammation & Synaptic Health, Percy Griffin
FGF18 in Postnatal Lung Development, Andrew Hagan
A mechanistic and genomic analysis of molluscum contagiosum virus immune evasion, Ian Benjamin Harvey
Joint Estimation of Perceptual, Cognitive, and Neural Processes, Katherine Heisey
Effects of agonistic anti-CD137 antibody on chikungunya virus infection and B cell responses, Jun Hong
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Non-homologous End Joining Factor MRI, Putzer Joseph Hung
The Role of Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer Disease: From Therapy to Mechanism, Tien-Phat Vuong Huynh
Pathophysiology and proteogenomics of post-infectious and post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus in infants, Albert M. Isaacs
Epigenetic Dynamics in Normal and Disease Models, Hyo Sik Jang
Investigating the Role of Genetic Variants and Environmental Factors in the Trajectory of Substance Use Disorders, Linda Johnson
Conformational Basis and Small Molecule Antagonists of E. coli Adhesion to the Urinary Tract, Vasilios Kalas
Structural and Functional Insights into Alphavirus-Host Interactions, Arthur S. Kim
Molecular Insights into Microbial Adhesion, Roger Davies Klein
Understanding the Molecular Pathogenesis of Retinal Neurodegeneration, Jonathan B. Lin
Notch-Mediated Regulation of Atrial Arrhythmogenesis, Catherine Lipovsky
Pathophysiology and Treatment of Murine Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy, Yedda Li
Delineating the Role of MiR-124 for the Activation of Neuronal Program, Ya-Lin Lu
Metabolic Requirements of NK Cell Responses to Viral Infection, Annelise Yoo Mah-Som
Developmental Principles of Sensorimotor Coding in the Mammalian Cerebellum, Kelly Hill Markwalter
Plasticity ensures robust cell wall metabolism in Escherichia coli, Elizabeth A. Mueller
Modeling HER2 Mutations in Colorectal Cancer using a HER2 Transgenic Mouse Model and Gastrointestinal Organoids, Elisa Murray
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