Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Investigating the Role of GH3 Acyl Acid Amido Synthetases in Plant Hormone Homeostasis, Ashley Marie Sherp
Robust Algorithms for Detecting Hidden Structure in Biological Data, Roman Sloutsky
Type 1 and F17-like Pili Promote the Establishment of the Uropathogenic E. coli Intestinal Reservoir, Caitlin Nicole Spaulding
Longitudinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease: Movement Toward the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Staging of Disease, Courtney Sutphen
Modeling Huntington's Disease With Neurons Directly Converted from Patient Fibroblasts, Matheus B. Victor
Influenza A virus Genomic Reassortment and Packaging, Graham Devin Williams
Epigenetic Activation of the Mouse T Cell Receptor Beta Recombination Center, Jiangyang Zhao
Defining the Ontogeny and Functions of Macrophages in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Yu Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Mechanisms of Myelination, It's All About the Matrix, Sarah Degenova Ackerman
Circuit Mechanisms of Spontaneous and Light Evoked Activity in the Retina, Alejandro Akrouh
Health Implications of Excess Fructose Consumption and Increased Risk for Offspring Diseases, Zeenat Afshan Asghar
Engineering Escherichia coli towards the production of branched-chain advanced biofuels, Gayle Joann Bentley
Action of SNAIL1 Protein is Critical for Fibrosis, Hirak Biswas
Disrupted Gut Microbiota Development and Childhood Undernutrition, Laura Vanarendonk Blanton
The Molecular and Cellular Basis for Cold Sensation, Daniel Brenner
Regulation of durable adaptive immune response by the c-MYC-AP4 transcriptional cascade, Chun Chou
The Role of DNMT3A in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Pathogenesis, Christopher Browning Cole
Characterization of Salivary Gland Innate Lymphoid Cells, Victor Samuel Cortez
Superoxide Dismutase 1: Novel Insights on Disease Models and Tissue Specificity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Matthew James Crisp
Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Reprograms the Bone Marrow Microenvironment to Suppress B Lymphopoiesis, Ryan Brent Day
Population Structure and Mating Dynamics in the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, Tracy Edwards Douglas
New Regulators of Auxin Response Reveal Insights into Cell Expansion, Tara Ann Enders
Mitochondrial Transport and Function in Development and Disease, Michelle Faits
The Resolution Phase of NK Cell Proliferation and IFN Production Following Viral Infection Are Highly Regulated Processes., Leslie Abigail Fogel
Regulation of Transcription and Stress Response by CarD in Mycobacteria, Ashley Louise Garner
Molecular Studies of SARM1, an Axonal Self-Destruction Switch, Josiah Gerdts
Regulation and Inhibition of Uropathogenic E. coli Extracellular Appendages, Sarah Elizabeth Greene
Ecological and Genetic Consequences of Climate Change Impacting Species Distributions, with Specific Cases in Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.), Jennifer A. Gruhn
Discovery and characterization of a novel class of metabolic regulators in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, Ann Marie Guggisberg
The Murine Accessory Olfactory Bulb as a Model Chemosensory System: Experimental and Computational Analysis of Chemosensory Representations, Gary Francis Hammen
Molecular Mechanisms Mediating the Effects of Acute Dietary Vitamin A Deficiency on a Defined Model Human Gut Microbiota, Matthew Charles Hibberd
The Maintenance of Age in Reprogrammed Human Neurons, Christine Jean Huh
Targeting Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum, Leah Imlay
Mechanisms of Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis, Charles Eldon Jackson
Characterization of autophagy-dependent and independent roles of ATG5 in controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, Jacqueline M. Kimmey
Structure-Function Analysis of Blue Copper Proteins, Jeremy D. King
Metal Selectivity and Acquisition by the Yersiniabactin Metallophore System in Escherichia coli, Eun-Ik Koh
Modulation of Human and Malarial Glucose Transporter Activity by Lipids and Small Molecules, Thomas E. Kraft
Epigenomics of Cell Fate in Development and Disease, Rebecca Faith Lowdon
Structure, Dynamics, and Regulation of Collective Cell Migration, Andrew J. Loza
A study of local and regional gene regulatory features in the human genome, Brett Maricque
Investigating auxin biosynthesis and its contribution to virulence by Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000, Sheri Mcclerklin
Functions for Murine Norovirus Protein NS1/2 in Mice and Cells, Broc Taylor Mccune
The p38MAPK-MK2-HSP27 axis regulates the mRNA stability of the pro-tumorigenic senescence-associated secretory phenotype, Hayley Reynolds Moore
Genetic Mechanisms for the Maintenance of Behavioral Mating Barriers in Drosophila, Kathleen M. Mortland
Use of Proteomics to Probe Dynamic Changes in Cyanobacteria, Amelia Yen Nguyen
Novel regulation of the nonsense-mediated RNA decay pathway, Andrew Keith Nickless
Refining Associations between Targeted Genes and the Development of Substance Use Disorders, Emily Olfson
Iron Regulation of Macrophage Responses to Uropathogenic E. coli, Nana Kwame Owusu-Boaitey
Antimicrobial Resistance and Structure-Guided Drug Development, Jooyoung Park
Development and Function of the Murine Retina, James T. Pearson
Understanding the Interactions of Developing Thymocytes and Antigen Presenting Cells in the Thymic Medulla, Justin Shaun Arnold Perry
Connecting micro and macroevolution through quantitative genetics: a study on New World Marsupials, Arthur Guimaraes Carvalho Porto
Development and Application of Comparative Gene Co-expression Network Methods in Brachypodium distachyon, Henry David Priest
Filaggrin and Non-Coding Variation in Distinct Cohorts of Atopic Dermatitis, Ashley Marie Quiggle
Regulation of Mycobacterial Transcription Initiation, Jayan Rammohan
Genetic Imputation: Accuracy to Application, Shelina Raynell Ramnarine
Behavioral and Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Recovery Post-Stroke, Lenny Eveline Ramsey
Selective Immune Recognition of Gut Commensal Bacteria by Immunoglobulin A, Sindhuja Rao
A Study on the Role and Regulation of the Na+-Leak Channel, Non-Selective (NALCN) in Myometrial Function, Erin Lynn Reinl
Tau Prion Strains in Cells, Mice, and Patients, David Winland Sanders
Identification and Characterization of Novel Functions for Neuronal R7-RGS Complexes, Stephanie Louise Scherer
Mechanisms of HER2-Driven Transformation of Mammary Epithelium, Adam Searleman
Inferring Properties of Transcription from Stochastic Gene Expression, Marc S. Sherman
Infantile Batten Disease: Effective Therapy and Novel Model, Charles Shyng
Functions of the DNA Polymerase Delta Replicase in Lagging Strand Replication, Joseph L. Stodola
Identifying The Regulatory Role Of Transposable Elements In Mammalian Genomes, Vasavi Sundaram
Regulation of Epithelial Turnover by Host-Virome Interactions, Lulu Sun
OMCP Mediated Cowpox Virulence and its Dependence on the Immune Receptors NKG2D and FCRL5., Michel Muzi Sun
Myeloid Dendritic Cells Regulate Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Trafficking in the Bone Marrow, Teerawit Supakorndej
Role of ATG16L1 in Uropathogenic E. Coli Pathogenesis, Jane Symington
Systematics and Evolution of the Arundinoideae and Micrairoideae (Poaceae), Jordan Kinsley Teisher
The Role of Small Non-Coding RNAs in Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Maria Trissal
A Novel Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Method for Pathogen Inactivation, Shaw-Wei David Tsen
Defining the Role of MAPK Signaling in the Axonal Degeneration Pathway, Lauren Walker
Making Sense of Singletons: The N-of-One Problem in Human Genetics, Amy B. Wilfert
Structure and Dynamics of a Small Multidrug Resistance Transporter, EmrE, Chao Wu
Discovery and Functional Implication of Genetic Alterations Associated with Clonal Hematopoietic Expansion, Mingchao Xie
The Human ARF Tumor Suppressor Regulates Drosha Nucleolar Localization and rRNA Processing Activity, Sree Chandana Sridhar Yaddanapudi
Application of Genomic Technologies to Study Infertility, Nicholas Rui Yuan Ho
Mechanism of Calcium-dependent Chloride Channel Activation by the Secreted Regulator CLCA1, Zeynep Yurtsever
Role of Mitochondria Biogenesis and Dynamics Regulating Osteoclast-mediated Bone Resorption, Rong Zeng
Engineering Cre Recombinase for Genome Engineering, Chi Zhang
Gene Association Mapping in the Era of Next-Generation Sequencing and Systems Biology, Tianxiao Zhang
A Library of Infectious Hepatitis C Viruses with Mutations in the E2 Gene Reveals Antibody Escape and Growth Adaptive Mutations, Adam Joseph Zuiani
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Temporal Pattern Recognition, Christa Ann Baker
The Role of RNA Helicase DHX9 in Breast Cancer, Kathleen Christie Baysac
K-Ras, but Not H-Ras or N-Ras, Hyperactivation Regulates Brain Neural Stem Cell Proliferation in a Raf/Rb-dependent Manner, R. Hugh F. Bender
Understanding the Fitness Effects of Cis-Regulatory Evolution: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches, Andrew C. Bergen
Identification of FGF14 as an Essential Regulatory Subunit of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels, Marie Alana Kozel Bosch
Ion Selectivity and Allostery in the NaK Channel, Joshua B. Brettmann
The MLL Family of Histone Methyltransferases Plays Important Roles in Retinal Development, Diana Schorry Brightman
Genetic Factors that Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Janet Elizabeth Cady
Regulation of Host and Viral RNA Expression during Gammaherpesvirus Infection, Susan Priscilla Canny
Lysosomal RNASET2 is Required for Metabolic Stress-Mediated ROS Generation and Cell Death, George Caputa
Characterizing the Role of Sialylated Milk Glycans and the Infant Gut Microbiota in Growth and Metabolism, Mark Richard Charbonneau
Functional Consequences of Cantu Syndrome Associated Mutations in the ATP Sensitive Potassium Channel, Paige Cooper