Theses/Dissertations from 2019
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
The Role of Smc3 in Mouse Embryonic and Adult Hematopoiesis, Tianjiao Wang
Activation of Toll-like Receptor 3 Translates to Long-term Post-viral Lung Disease, Xinyu Wang
Expression and Function of snoRNAs in Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Wayne Alsworth Warner
A neural network for uncertainty anticipation and information seeking, Jensen Kael White
Diverse Far-Red Light Utilization Strategies in Cyanobacteria and Algae, Benjamin Martin Wolf
Generation and Utilization of Diverse Memory B Cells After Flavivirus Challenges, Rachel Wong
Physiologic and pathologic profiling of clonal variations, Wing Hing Wong
Cyanogenesis and the Genetics of Local Adaptation in White Clover (Trifolium repens L.), Sara Jeanes Wright
Mechanics of Phenotypic Aging Trajectories in C. elegans and Humans, William Zhang
Secretory IgA Enhances Gut B Cells Priming and Systemic IgG Responses Towards Commensals, You Zhou
FAST-Forward Protein Folding and Design: Development, Analysis, and Applications of the FAST Sampling Algorithm, Maxwell Isaac Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Negative Regulators of Colonic Peripheral Regulatory T Cell Development, Teresa Lei Ai
A tail of two PanCancer projects: Somatic variant identification and driver gene discovery using TCGA, Matthew Hawkins Bailey
Evaluation of Neurobiological Risk Factors for Alcohol Consumption; Convergent Evidence for Predispositional Effects of Brain Volume, David Baranger
Preventing Extinction of At-Risk Plant Species in a Complex World, Holly Lee Bernardo
Transcriptional Regulation of Dendritic Cell Function, Carlos Briseno
Mapping Sterol Binding Sites in Integral Membrane Proteins using Mass Spectrometry, Melissa Marie Budelier
The Essential Roles of the Chromatin Factor Gon4l in Heart Development, Terin Elise Budine
A Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance and a Mitigation Strategy, Christopher Bulow
Cancer genomics approaches elucidate tumor mutational and microenvironmental landscapes and dynamics, Katie Campbell
CD4 T Cell Interaction with Intestinal Microbes under Homeostasis and Inflammation, Jiani Chai
Integration of Local and Regional Regulatory Information in the Human Genome, Hemangi Govind Chaudhari
A Mouse Model of Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome reveals a potential link with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cheng Cheng
Correlated Variability and Adaptation in Orbitofrontal Cortex during Economic Choice, Katherine E. Conen
Host Determinants of Protection and Pathogenesis during Chikungunya Virus Infection, Lindsey Elaine Cook
The Role of Membrane Excitability in Insulin Regulation, Christopher Howard Emfinger
Mechanistic characterization of resistome and microbiome dynamics across diverse microbial habitats, Andrew John Gasparrini
Microbiota-Directed Therapeutic Foods for the Treatment of Childhood Undernutrition, Jeanette Lynn Gehrig
New Insights into RAF Dimerization and Its Role in MAPK Signaling, Elizabeth Germino
The Mechanism of Hyper Daptomycin Resistance in Corynebacterium striatum and Daptomycinճ Mechanism of Action, Nicholas Kevork Goldner
Insights into the In Vivo Role of Ifi35 in Promoting H5N1 Influenza and Neurotropic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Disease, Anshu Priyanthi Gounder
Batf3 Maintains Autoactivation of Irf8 for Commitment of a CD8α+ Conventional Dendritic Cell Progenitor, Gary Grajales-Reyes
Fast Objective Coupled Planar Illumination Microscopy, Cody Jonathan Greer
The Role of Actr10 in Nervous System Development and Disease, Amy Herbert
Plant Metabolic Pathways and Regulatory Networks for Aromatic Amino Acids and Hormones, Cynthia Holland
Defining Motor Neuron-Enriched microRNAs Reveals Novel Biomarkers and Genetic Causes of Motor Neuron Disease and Uncovers New Mechanisms of Glial Dysfunction in ALS, Mariah Lawler Hoye
Multi-omics Portraits of Cancer, Kuan-Lin Huang
Modeling the Bioactivation and Subsequent Reactivity of Drugs, Tyler Brian Hughes
Sequence analysis methods for the design of cancer vaccines that target tumor-specific mutant antigens (neoantigens), Jasreet Hundal
Identification of Bhlhe40 and Irg1 as essential regulators of the inflammatory response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Jeremy Peter Huynh
The splice is not right: splice-site-creating mutations in cancer genomes, Reyka Glencora Jayasinghe
Marburg Virus is Not Ebola Virus: Biochemical and Structural Insights into Mechanisms of Immune Evasion, Britney Johnson
The Role of Fibrillin-1 in Eye Development and Disease, Wendell Brooks Jones
A high-content screen identifies HSP90 as a component of axon injury signaling, Scott Karney-Grobe
Mitochondrial Proteostasis and Hypoxic Injury, Daniel Martin Kaufman
Tau Prion Strains Induce Distinct Pathological Phenotypes In Vivo, Sarah Kaufman
Integrated Epigenomic Studies of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Shamika Ketkar
The Role of H2afy in Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Sanghyun Kim
Grammar and Variation: Understanding How cis-Regulatory Information is Encoded in Mammalian Genomes, Dana Michele King
Discerning Drivers of Cancer: Computational Approaches to Somatic Exome Sequencing Data, Runjun Kumar
Viral MHC Class I Evasion Affects Anti-viral T Cell Development and Responses, Elvin James Lauron
The Ugly Sequestosome1:the role of p62/SQSTM1 in autophagy and multisystem proteinopathy, Eugene Lee
Lysyl Oxidase Mutations in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection, Vivian Lee
Loss of TREM2-dependent microgliosis in mouse models of amyloid-beta and tau pathologies reveal juxtaposed roles for reactive microglia in Alzheimerճ disease, Cheryl Elizabeth Grace Leyns
Neural Mechanisms of Drosophila Circadian Rhythms, Xitong Liang
Genetic Basis of Thermal Divergence in Saccharomyces species, Xueying C. Li
Kdm6b is Required for Self-Renewal of Normal and Leukemic Mouse Stem Cells Under Proliferative Stress, Cates Mallaney
Glucose Transporters in Hepatic Fasting Metabolism: Implications for Cardiometabolic Disease, Allyson Leigh Mayer
Defining Neuronal Identity Using MicroRNA-Mediated Reprogramming, Matthew James Mccoy
Tumors Interrupt IRF8-Mediated Dendritic Cell Development to Overcome Immune Surveillance, Melissa Ann Meyer
Targeting the Microenvironment: Approaches for Reducing Breast Cancer Metastases and Chemotherapy-induced Bone Loss, Bhavna Murali
Sex Differences in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection, Patrick David Olson
Ushering CUP Pilus Assembly: Dissecting the Mechanics of a Bacterial Nanomachine, Natalie Saranga Omattage
Regulation of Local Translation in Neuronal Processes of Specific Cell Types, Rebecca Ouwenga
Methods to Record Transcription Factor Binding and Enhancer Activity throughout Cellular Differentiation, Zongtai Qi
Characterization of the CELF6 RNA Binding Protein: Effects on Mouse Vocal Behavior and Biochemical Function, Michael A. Rieger
Innate Lymphoid Cells: Transcriptional Profiles and Cytokine Developmental Requirements, Michelle Lauren Robinette
Bone-Induced Expression of Tumoral Integrin β3 Enables Targeted Nanotherapy of Breast Cancer Metastases, Michael H. Ross
Deciphering mechanisms governing the development of the rod epigenome, Philip Andrew Ruzycki
Local Translation in Peripheral Astrocyte Processes, Kristina Sakers
Forward and Reverse Genetic Approaches to Understanding Myelination, Nicholas Enrique Sanchez
Breath biomarkers and an expanded role for isoprenoids in Plasmodium falciparum, Chad Louis Schaber
Regulation of Epithelial Proliferation and Migration by Apical-Basal Polarity Proteins, Gregory Vincent Schimizzi
Smooth as SILK: Translating Discoveries to New Therapies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Wade Self
Protein Structure-Guided Approaches to Identify Functional Mutations in Cancer, Sohini Sengupta
Tau monomer encodes Strains, Apurwa Sharma
Novel Approaches to Studying the Effects of Cis-Regulatory Variants in the Central Nervous System, Susan Shen
Understanding Stroke in the Connected Human Brain, Joshua Sarfaty Siegel
Roles of ESCRT machinery in endosomal repair and recycling, Michal Leszek Skowyra
Circadian Regulation of Temozolomide Sensitivity in Glioblastoma, Emily A. Slat
The Role of NFκB in the Pathogenesis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Steven C. Snyder
Characterizing the Role of the T Cell Receptor Repertoire in T Cell Development and Function, Benjamin David Solomon