Alumni
Alumni of the Genetics & Genome Sciences Program
![Muhammad Yasir Nawaz](/_assets/images/alumni/Nawaz.jpg)
![Amanda Koenig](/_assets/images/alumni/Amanda%201.jpg)
![Brooke Grimaldi](/_assets/images/alumni/Armistead.png)
![Reid Blanchett](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F843F557-F3AC-4DCF-B6ACC8C4136F195B_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Genetic Influences on Social Cognition, Executive Function, and Associated Neural
Networks (Abstract)
Advisor: Rebecca Knickmeyer
Graduated: Summer 2022
![Christine Ponnampalam](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F1453C46-7F81-4343-9A088FFCE131EBB0_small.png)
Dissertation: Novel Impacts of Host-Environment Interactions in Enteric Glia Through Sequencing
and in-situ Expression (Abstract)
Advisor: Brian Gulbransen
Graduated: Fall 2021
![Agustin Gonzalez-Reymundez](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/1A9C9F0F-A015-4762-A43AEB603AD02875_small.jpg)
Dissertation: A Framework for Biological Data Integration and Feature Selection in Large Data Sets (Abstract)
Advisor: Ana Vazquez
Graduated: Fall 2021
![Jake Reske](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D57F8714-D23A-4CDD-9105BA86329D8449_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Arid1a Mutant Pathogenesis of the Endometrial Epithelium (Abstract)
Advisor: Ron Chandler
Graduated: Fall 2021
![Ryan Corbett](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/B86A24A7-E9AC-45D5-BFE91FE8660DEB96_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Assessment of State-Specific DNA Methylation Patterns to Improve Functional Annotation
of Farm Animal Genomes (Abstract)
Advisor: Cathy Ernst
Graduated: Summer 2021
![Laura Harding-Jackson](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/C6FF1C2D-7359-49AC-A8DE3C5A0409C75C_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Heterogeneous Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Neurons and their Functional Role in Thalamocortical
Processing (Abstract)
Advisor: Lee Cox
Graduated: Summer 2021
![Katerina Lay-Pruitt](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/A58B5BF7-A2C3-45A1-BE1DDC2190442DD2_small.jpg)
Dissertation: A Nitrogen-Responsive Small Peptide Signaling Mechanism Modulates Plant Root System
Architecture (Abstract)
Advisor: Hideki Takahashi
Graduated: Spring 2021
![Scott Funkhouser](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/6BE30CA8-FCA9-4CCA-A4DB8DC269B822E4_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Deciphering the Genetics Basis for Complex Trait Variation: Utilizing Alternative
Genome-Wide Association Metrics and Molecular Phenotypes (Abstract)
Advisor: Cathy Ernst
Graduated: Summer 2019
![Jeff Schachterle](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/BFD3F783-A9D1-482B-878AAC9335296069_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Roles of Hfq-Dependent sRNAs in E. amylovora Regulation of Virulence (Abstract)
Advisor: George Sundin
Graduated: Summer 2019
![Mitch Roth](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/A5635705-5F53-448B-B07F64220CB4FA3E_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Investigating Management and Genetics of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome Pathogens Fusarium
Virguliforme and F. Brasiliense (Abstract)
Advisor: Martin Chilvers
Graduated: Spring 2019
![Alyssa Fedorko](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F1491583-E1D6-478F-BF491C2F2A082224_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Identification of Survival Marker CXXC5 and Metastatic Modeling of Endometrial Cancer
(Abstract)
Advisor: John Risinger
Graduated: Spring 2019
![Alec Steep](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/28F4C6FA-8D56-4F8A-A569B505A30CDD25_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Genetic Landscape of Marek's Disease Lymphoma (Abstract)
Advisor: Hans Cheng
Graduated: Spring 2019
![Roshan Angoshtari](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/02EE3EFC-A5D3-4147-955007F67C54B1E1_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Bacterial community assembly and stability on the surface of the Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) eggs (Abstract)
Advisor: Terrence Marsh
Graduated: Spring 2019
![Derek Fedeson](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/E6E154A4-CDE9-4673-B3EE1D83BBAF407C_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Toward the Development of Synthetic Microbial Consortia Utilizing Engineered Cyanobacteria
and Heterotroph Interactions (Abstract)
Advisor: Daniel Ducat
Graduated: Fall 2018
![Ashley Serverance](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F911C5EE-5ABA-4BBA-8A03017A9FF9D698_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Genetic and Molecular Control of Oocyte Function (Abstract)
Advisor: Keith Latham
Graduated: Summer 2018
![Amanda Charbonneau](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/47CFF095-DD09-43F2-BA457A2CDF76E97F_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Weed Evolution: Genetic Differentiation Among Wild, Weedy, and Crop Radish (Abstract)
Advisor: Jeff Conner and Ian Dworkin
Graduated: Spring 2018
![Nicholas Panchy](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/662AFFA0-9056-4526-890AF0AD9368FC26_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Investigating Complexity in Transcriptome Expression, Regulation, and Evolution Using
Mathematical Modeling (Abstract)
Advisor: Shinhan Shiu
Graduated: Fall 2017
![Michael McAndrew](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D70892E8-FF70-4AF3-ABAEBD880ECBBB29_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Chromatin and Transcriptional Regulation in Mouse Macrophages (Abstract)
Advisor: Monique Floer
Graduated: Fall 2017
![Paula Gajewski](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/CCD3DC89-73F1-48CF-881162BD0257AD7F_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Cocaine-mediated Induction and Gene Targets of Hippocampal FosB (Abstract)
Advisor: Alfred Robison
Graduated: Fall 2017
![Anne Sonnenschein](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/1276C437-E7AF-4C16-83197A3AC1C87AF9_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Machine Learning for the Study of Gene Regulation and Complex Traits (Abstract)
Advisor: David Arnosti and Ian Dworkin
Graduated: Summer 2017
![Ethan Dawson-Baglien](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/4758FB6B-C895-4D70-BC4E935F8F306B47_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Identifying a Causal Gene for Ocular Melanosis in Carin Terriers (Abstract)
Advisor: Simon Peterson-Jones
Graduated: Summer 2017
![Jinpeng Li](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/C0434E02-7554-4F70-8661A3073FCE160F_small.jpg)
Dissertation: ARYL Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-P-dioxin Impairs
Human B Lymphopoiesis (Abstract)
Advisor: Norbert Kaminski
Graduated: Spring 2017
![Nermin Kady](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/17CAE19E-138D-416C-B63E7BEDF1A053F6_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Role of Sphingolipids in Retinal Vascular Integrity (Abstract)
Advisor: Julia Busik
Graduated: Spring 2017
![Nikolas McPherson](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/DB07B2C8-46BF-4764-91527270F3994B51_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Novel Insights Into Sugar and Succinate Metabolism of Actinobacillus succinogenes from Strains Evolved for Improved Growth on Lignocellulose Hydrolysate Sugars (Abstract)
Advisor: Claire Vieille
Graduated: Spring 2017
![Mohita Tagore](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/AE9B70FF-60CE-4A1C-953F1AB03BF28034_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Dual Role of PU.1 in Enhancer Priming in Macrophages (Abstract)
Advisor: Monique Floer
Graduated: Spring 2017
![Sahra Uygen](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/AC0E09D7-F5D3-4987-A768E6933F9AEB83_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Using Transcriptome and Data Science Methods to Uncover Gene Regulatory and Functional
Information (Abstract)
Advisor: Shin-Han Shiu
Graduated: Spring 2017
![Nanda Sasi](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/51E3F4C1-F605-459D-B014B37335F457B1_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Role of DBF4-Dependent Kinase (DDK) in Maintaining Genome Stability (Abstract)
Advisor: Michael Weinreich
Graduated: Spring 2017
![Joseph Patterson](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/C4549781-35FF-4F42-BC1EB159D21CDC62_small.jpg)
Dissertation: A Role for ΔFOSB in the Regulation of Parkin in Brain Regions Containing Differentially
Susceptible Dopaminergic Neurons (Abstract)
Advisor: Keith Lookingland
Graduated: Fall 2016
![Kurtulus Kok](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/DB272111-9458-4AE0-91CDE0023A4D6FB3_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Genome-wide Analysis of Trascriptional Repression Mechanisms in the Drosophila Embryo
(Abstract)
Advisor: David Arnosti
Graduated: Summer 2016
![Sandra Raehtz](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/9D3ED25E-8FD3-48F1-B8E7E00FFB25B299_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Intestinal Bamer Function Alters Bone Density (Abstract)
Advisor: Laura McCabe
Graduated: Summer 2016
![Sander Frank](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/9DFBAFFB-F907-46C0-8C3575858FDAC25D_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Investigating a Mechanism for p38-MAPK Regulation of Notch in Prostate Epithelial
Differentiation (Abstract)
Advisor: Cindy Miranti
Graduated: Spring 2016
![Sherif Abd El Fattah](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/505AAA17-465B-4A7B-96A9592B9C5F58E0_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Fra-1 Level in Aggressive Cancer Cell Lines under Serum Starved State and its Impact
on an Autocrine Loop (Abstract)
Advisor: Michele Fluck
Graduated: Fall 2015
![Jiying Li](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/4E48CE41-B90A-4DAB-80AE05C31E0A3BF7_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Dissecting the Role of Peroxisomes in Modulating Environmental Stress Response and
Photosynthesis (Abstract)
Advisor: Jianping Hu
Graduated: Fall 2015
![Paige Winkler](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/DE0FACF5-6F5F-4140-BB8BD0D68BBD453E_small.jpg)
Dissertation: CNGB1 Mutation In Papillon Dogs: The Idenificaiton, Characterization and Cure (Abstract)
Advisor: Simon Peterson-Jones
Graduated: Fall 2015
![Shahnaz Masani](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/B0F9DB15-6021-47E3-90871D8F5EEBC45D_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: The Role of Switch Region DNA and Protein Factors in Immunoglobulin Class Switch Recombination
(Abstract)
Advisor: Kefei Yu
Graduated: Summer 2015
![Aritro Nath](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/E3780B0D-780C-4922-A203804133B80C9A_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Investigating the Role of Elevated Free Fatty Acids in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
of Helpatocellular Carcinoma (Abstract)
Advisor: Christina Chan
Graduated: Summer 2015
![Marcelo Campos](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/FD4A5923-E192-4FAE-AF41C484F6FA13CF_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: The Role of Jaz Proteins in the Regulation of Plant Growth and Defense (Abstract)
Advisor: Gregg Howe
Graduated: Summer 2015
![Arkadeep Sinha](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/0E2EA8D0-C327-4CA7-A68DD5753DACAAA2_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Molecular Differences Between Epithelial & Mesenchymal Cells as Candidates for Theraputic
Targets and Biomarkers for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Abstract)
Advisor: Brian Haab
Graduated: Fall 2014
![Ferzin Sethna](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/011277C5-F5D9-425A-8767D1EBFCE207F5_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Investigating Novel Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome (Abstract)
Advisor: Hongbing Wang
Graduated: Fall 2014
![Tamer Mansour](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/18324186-10A6-4BD6-A02325080182E2D5_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Determining the Role of Irf6 in T Cell Development and Functional Commitment (Abstract)
Advisor: Brian Schutte
Graduated: Fall 2014
![Evin Hildebrandt](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/66B70D0B-405C-473E-A8D6E9853F1ECC7F_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Identifying the Genetics Basis of Attenuation in Marek's Disease Virus via Experimental
Evolution (Abstract)
Advisor: Hans Cheng
Graduated: Fall 2014
![Arianna Smith](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/6CAFF5B4-56A9-44D2-9989C5AB9F82C246_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Determining the role of IRF6 in Oogenesis and Extra Embryonic Development (Abstract)
Advisor: Brian Schutte
Graduated: Fall 2014
![Megha Gulati](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F9B1F463-E862-4398-92364C7369DA5B51_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Investigating the Role of Essential GTPase RbgA in the Assembly of the Large Ribosomal
Subunit in Bacillus Subtillis (Abstract)
Advisor: Robert Britton
Graduated: Summer 2014
![Ashwini Phadnis](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/90BF11C0-B204-47D1-858A4B810E6634A0_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Mechanisms Underlying 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin-Mediated Suppression of
B Cell Activation and Differentiation (Abstract)
Advisor: Norbert Kaminski
Graduated: Summer 2014
![Gary "Rudd" Larson](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/E61AB46D-3C6B-41C2-8FFCE1822B332FCA_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Towards Identifying Genes Involved in Photosynthetic Acclimation to Low Temperatures
(Abstract)
Advisor: Mike Thomashow
Graduated: Spring 2014
![Megan Goodall](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/A8CE3E41-EA5B-43D8-BBCC590E252F42B2_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Reversing Resistance in Melanoma and Malaria: Targeting Autophagy with Lysosomotropic
Agents (Abstract)
Advisor: Jeff Mackeigan
Graduated: Fall 2013
![Gaurav Moghe](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/259DA1DF-6DDA-4C60-B43E753353EDAE23_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Gene Content Evolution in Plant Genomes: Studies of Whole Genome Duplication, Intergenic
Transcription and Expression Evolution in Brassicaceae and Poaceae Species (Abstract)
Advisor: Shin-Han Shiu
Graduated: Fall 2013
![Brenda Marrero-Rosado](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/3BCFA458-C592-48A2-B312926132A4155F_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Effects of Methylmercury on Cerebellar Granule Cells of the Tottering Mouse (Abstract)
Advisor: William Atchison
Graduated: Summer 2013
![Ying-Chou Chen](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/6AC4DFFA-C031-4EE7-AA023FC555881232_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: DBF4 Coordinates DNA Replication, Chromosome Segregation, and Checkpoint Signal Transduction
(Abstract)
Advisor: Michael Weinreich
Graduated: Summer 2013
![Jessica Taft](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/B04B0241-9337-41A5-9C14756E3F66B536_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: The effect of Carpel and Stamen Primordia-targeted Ethylene Production and Perception
on Sex Expression in Melon (Cucumis Melo L.) (Abstract)
Advisor: Rebecca Grumet
Graduated: Spring 2013
![Hirosha Geekiyanage](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/781EF772-99D8-4F8E-9A06AEF1785F5B5F_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: The Role of mciroRNA and Serine Palmitoyltransferase in Alzheimer's Disease (Abstract)
Advisor: Christina Chan
Graduated: Summer 2012
![Michelle Manente Angrish](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D0A4BB4B-ADC6-4808-B3EA1D895BC61F89_small.jpg)
Dissertation: 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-rho;-dioxin (TCDD)-elicited steatosis: The Role of Aryl
Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) in Lipid Uptake, Metabolism, and Transport in Scd1+/+,
Scd1-/-, and C57BL/6 Mice (Abstract)
Advisor: Tim Zacharewski
Graduated: Summer 2012
![Fernando Rosado-Ruiz](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/261DF5AB-1223-45EE-A4DEA444089DF662_small.jpeg)
Masters Report: Structural Modeling and Mutagenesis to Probe the Functional Role of the N-termincal
Domain of the Human Mitochondrial Replicative DNA Helicase
Advisor: Laurie Kaguni
Graduated: Spring 2012
![Nathaniel Schuldt](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F7AB2CDF-BBAE-43C0-8CF9652B2B01EC52_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Malaria Vaccine Dilemma: Novel Approaches to Adenoviral Vectored Malaria Vaccines
(Abstract)
Advisor: Andrea Amalfitano
Graduated: Spring 2012
![Caleb Knepper](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F9074C9C-6760-4693-9511BC7E0ADD96A2_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: The Role of NDR1 in Pathogen Defense and Arabidopsis Physiology (Abstract)
Advisor: Brad Day
Graduated: Fall 2011
![Joyce Liu](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/EDA1C300-52CD-4682-B2928D1963C869EF_small.jpg)
Masters Report: Suppressive Role of TBK1 in Type I Interferon Production in a Murine System
Advisor: Andrea Amalfitano
Graduated: Fall 2011
![Brad Cavinder](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/6EB35A15-4EE0-4886-94EFB05AE9776DDC_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Sexual Development and Ascospore Discharge in Fusarium Graminearum: The Role of Calcium
and Myosin (Abstract)
Advisor: Frances Trail
Graduated: Fall 2011
![Gabriele Meyer](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/AB9A1DEB-D875-4894-8E2B0BA616B594C7_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Effect of Progestin on Mammary Gland Branching Morphogenesis In Vitro (Abstract)
Advisor: Sandra Haslam
Graduated: Fall 2011
![Marcos Oliveira](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/F3B2FD60-71D5-43C8-808A4845BD859E2E_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Roles of the Mitochondrial Single-stranded DNA-binding Protein at the Mitochondrial DNA Replication Fork (Abstract)
Advisor: Laurie Kaguni
Graduated: Fall 2011
![Neli Ragina](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/B9A29428-8BAD-4ED4-89A75B2BB0CACD3B_small.jpg)
Disseration: The Role of H19 on the Differentiation Potential of Parthenogenetic Embryonic Stem
Cells (Abstract)
Advisor: Jose Cibeli
Graduated: Summer 2011
![Eric Schauberger](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/2C01E9A9-9731-4F96-ACA7BAF4B7FF4AF2_small.jpg)
Disseration: The Identification of ATPAF1 as a Novel Asthma Susceptibility Gene and the Characterization of Functional Regulatory
Variants (Abstract)
Advisor: Susan Ewart
Graduated: Summer 2011
![Elizabeth Molina-Campos](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/566220A1-A2E0-4FF2-B3AD305BBAFFFAD5_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Neuromuscular Transmission in a Naturally Occurring Mouse Mutant of the β Subunit
of the Neuronal Calcium Channel (Abstract)
Advisor: Bill Atchison
Graduated: Summer 2011
![Michael Weigand](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D1A6DF86-CCE6-46D2-AE206C0EB0EF36DF_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: The Influence of General and Inducible Hypermutation on Adapatation During Experimental
Evolution (Abstract)
Advisor: George Sundin
Graduated: Spring 2011
![Emily Flynn](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D807CF7A-0159-410A-ABD3CD32D308A118_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Regulation of the Progesterone Receptor In The Mouse Mammary Gland: Characterization
of the Transcription Unit, The Role of Activating Protien-1 (Ap-1), and the Influence
of Ovarian Hormones (Abstract)
Advisor: Richard Miksicek
Graduated: Spring 2011
![Sankalpi Warnasooriya](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/4958292C-E971-41A1-9ABC108E8C590EE0_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Tissue and Organ-Specific Phytochrome-Mediated Responses in Arabidopsis Thaliana
(Abstract)
Advisor: Beronda Montgomery
Graduated: Fall 2010
![Riold Furtuna](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D949D1A0-FD59-4351-90EEC594DD27170B_small.jpeg)
Masters Report: Burkholderia cenocepacia strain AU1054: Type IV Secretion System and its role in pathogenesis
and gene transfe
Advisor: George Sundin
Graduated: Fall 2010
![Erin Wakeling](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/90FB2041-D786-4F0E-BCB173C49CAB6DF4_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Investigation of LIX1 And Its Role In Feline Spinal Atrophy Pathogenesis (Abstract)
Advisor: John Fyfe
Graduated: Fall 2010
![Chengliang Zhang](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/70D29001-17CA-40D0-86CD075B625834C8_small.jpg)
Dissertation: A Novel TIP30 Complex Regulates Endocytic Trafficking of Signaling Receptors by Facilitating
the Transport of Vacuolar (H+)-ATPases to Early Endosomes (Abstract)
Advisor: Hua Xiao
Graduated: Fall 2010
![Rabeah Al-Temaimi](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D5AE83D7-4E00-4D0A-BE66A28B231D04A3_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Investigating the Molecular Pathogenesis of a Novel Mitofusin 2 Mutation in a Canine
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (Abstract)
Advisor: John Fyfe
Graduated: Summer 2010
![Meghan Drummond](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/91ECAD10-D7F1-43D5-AD199E23DF1658B5_small.jpg)
Disseration: Investigating DFNA20 Mutations in γ-actin: Studies in Yeast, Cell Culture, and Mouse
(Abstract)
Advisor: Karen Friderici
Graduated: Summer 2010
![Ellen Wilch](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/60605D51-86E8-428F-87AB546230EB60F2_small.jpg)
Disseration: Characterization of a DFNB1 Deletion Allele in a Michigan Kindred of German Descent
(Abstract)
Advisor: Karen Friderici
Graduated: Summer 2010
![Neil Adhikari](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/BF737332-02FB-45B0-B179CF21AA9C3770_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Analysis of the Subchloroplastic Distribution of Genomes Uncoupled 4 and Magnesium
Chelatase (Abstract)
Advisor: Robert Larken
Graduated: Summer 2010
![Rachel Spurbeck](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/2273BF6A-8C4B-4156-B4E791ABAC435AAD_small.jpg)
Disseration: Inhibition of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Epithelial Cell Interactions by Vaginal LactobacillusSpecies (Abstract)
Advisor: Cindy Arvidson
Graduated: Spring 2010
![Jonathan Glynn](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/699F540D-2AF7-41DF-A2DE64D1D5EF3DE4_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Coordination of Division Complexes Across the Plastid Envelope Membrane (Abstract)
Advisor: Kathy Osteryoung
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Nicole Milton](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/87282B57-DB88-4130-B55696B575592B37_small.jpeg)
Masters Report: Population Structure and Virulence Gene Diversity of Group B Streptococcus Strains Isolated From Bovines
Advisor: Thomas Whittam
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Yogesh Saini](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/A5ABF92B-EDF6-46D5-BE11F342C82551D8_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factors in Lung Development and Cobalt-Induced Lung
Injury (Advisor)
Advisor: John LaPres
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Wan Song](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/161CDCE2-0D2D-460B-92DCFEF79385268D_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Genetic Analysis of Tocopherol Functions in Arabidopsis at Low Temperatures (Abstract)
Advisor: Dean Della Penna
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Weifeng Mao](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/2AF671CF-21F6-48E4-948DDA8C79ABA444_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Characterizing Chicken Stem Cell Antigen 2, A Putative Marek's Disease Resistant Gene (Abstract)
Advisor: Hans Cheng
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Yanfeng Zhang](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/35BB376C-6E1A-4949-B49009E1CFB0D951_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Structural and Functional Studies of Proteins Involved in Mitochondrial Function
and Structure (Abstract)
Advisor: Dean Della Penna
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Xinchun Zhang](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/27BA2EDE-2EBF-4319-A2629EF1534813BC_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Peroxisome Division In Arabidopsis thaliana (Abstract)
Advisor: Jianping Hu
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Soumya Korrapati](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/A1E21AED-3688-46C8-ABE4832F0842626A_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Funcitional Analysis of Cytoplasmic γ-Actin Mutations Causing Non-Syndromic, Progressive
Autosomal Dominant Hearing Loss (Abstract)
Advisor: Karen Friderici
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Tejas Kadakia](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D7CA9894-17C8-4D07-887CC04CEBD8394B_small.jpg)
Dissertation: C/EBPÎ3 has a Stimulatory Role in the Transcription of Proinflammatory Cytokine
and Chemokine Genes (Abstract)
Advisor: Richard Schwartz
Graduated: Fall 2009
![Eliana Gonzales-Vigil](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/72FF20FD-8B99-4661-905DC1EF35600FEB_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Tomato (Solanum lycopersium) Proteins Involved in Resistance to Insect Herivores (Abstract)
Advisor: Gregg Howe
Graduated: Summer 2009
![Dana Reznik Gerken](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/9CA8A5D1-74CB-41EC-B851BC096B6C4CC1_small.jpg)
Master's Report: The development of a system to measure ribosomal dropoff in microorganisms with various
rRNA operon copies
Advisor: Tom Schmidt
Graduated: Summer 2009
![Xiaoli Gao](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/DF997027-C10F-4C3E-ACA9F009BA3368C0_small.jpg)
Dissertation: LC/MS Based Metabolite Profiling in Reverse Genetics Investigations of Wounding and
Pathogen Stress Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana (Abstract)
Advisor: A. Daniel Jones
Graduated: Summer 2009
![Matthew Berry](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/674B4F55-9EB2-4EC3-9257EF21C6E63287_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Role of waaL and umuDC in Erwinia amylovoara Ea1189 in Oxidative and Ultraviolet Radition Stress Survival (Abstract)
Advisor: George Sundin
Graduated: Spring 2009
![Amal Abdul-Hafez](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/02F02B24-6433-49DC-BFE4EB92F89FE2B9_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Regulation of angiotensinogen gene expression by transforming growth factor-beta 1
in lung fibroblasts (Abstract)
Advisor: Bruce Uhal
Graduated: Fall 2008
![Andrea Bräutigam](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/AD0A8A1D-9D11-4F0A-97D658589EE99B84_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Role of the Plastid Envelope Membrane in Integrating the Plastid into Cellular Metobolic
Networks (Abstract)
Advisor: Andreas Weber
Graduated: Fall 2008
![Marc Linka](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/C31CBA0D-3EB4-4373-97D3C15C122D5A87_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Understanding the origin and function of organellar metabolite transport proteins
in photosynethic Eukaryotes (Abstract)
Advisor: Andreas Weber
Graduated: Fall 2008
![Adam Nelson](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/D589AAA9-FB23-4B4C-80C887B5F3EAAFA2_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Genomic Analysis of Pathogen Evolution: Virulence Gene Acquisition and Genetic Erosion
in Escherichia coli (Abstract)
Advisor: Thomas Whittam
Graduated: Summer 2008
![Kanchan Pavangadkar](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/7E82BD7A-C8BE-4A78-B5788CD8C0038F7D_small.jpeg)
Dissertation: Role of ADa2b AND GCN5 in COR Gene Expression during Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis (Abstract)
Advisor: Michael Thomashow
Graduated: Summer 2008
![Martin Buckley](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/908491BE-D5F9-4879-A73CB679EB38E550_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Drosophila Retinoblastoma protein regulation by the COP9 Signalosome: A Link between proteplytic
destruction and activity of a transcriptional repressor? (Abstract)
Advisor: David Arnosti
Graduated: Fall 2007
![Carlos Martinez](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/708E09AE-8310-48D9-9928623788F38223_small.jpg)
Dissertation: In Vivo Analysis of the Molecular Mechanism of Repression of the Drosophila Long-Range
Repressor Hairy (Abstract)
Advisor: David Arnosti
Graduated: Fall 2007
![Harrie Van Erp](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/20DF6E20-6747-4103-B33DF717A71D63DA_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Zea mays (Abstract)
Advisor: Jonathan Walton
Graduated: Fall 2007
![Ajith Vengellur](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/66CF3E09-7689-4C35-9F45737632A233DD_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Role of HIFIa Signaling in Metal-Induced Toxicity (Abstract)
Advisor: John LaPres
Graduated: Fall 2007
![David Lacher](/sites/_genetics/cache/file/008789E6-2FD7-47BA-A847E30DDF22257A_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Comparative Molecular Evolutionary Analysis of Virulence Loci in Pathogenic Escherichia coli (Abstract)
Advisor: Thomas Whittam
Graduated: Spring 2007