Alumni
Alumni of the Genetics & Genome Sciences Program

Dissertation: Towards Identifying Genes Involved in Photosynthetic Acclimation to Low Temperatures (Abstract)
Advisor: Mike Thomashow
Graduated: Spring 2014

Dissertation: Reversing Resistance in Melanoma and Malaria: Targeting Autophagy with Lysosomotropic Agents (Abstract)
Advisor: Jeff Mackeigan
Graduated: Fall 2013

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

Dissertation: Effects of Methylmercury on Cerebellar Granule Cells of the Tottering Mouse (Abstract)
Advisor: William Atchison
Graduated: Summer 2013

Dissertation: DBF4 Coordinates DNA Replication, Chromosome Segregation, and Checkpoint Signal Transduction (Abstract)
Advisor: Michael Weinreich
Graduated: Summer 2013

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

Dissertation: The Role of mciroRNA and Serine Palmitoyltransferase in Alzheimer's Disease (Abstract)
Advisor: Christina Chan
Graduated: Summer 2012

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

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

Dissertation: The Malaria Vaccine Dilemma: Novel Approaches to Adenoviral Vectored Malaria Vaccines (Abstract)
Advisor: Andrea Amalfitano
Graduated: Spring 2012

Dissertation: The Role of NDR1 in Pathogen Defense and Arabidopsis Physiology (Abstract)
Advisor: Brad Day
Graduated: Fall 2011

Masters Report: Suppressive Role of TBK1 in Type I Interferon Production in a Murine System
Advisor: Andrea Amalfitano
Graduated: Fall 2011

Dissertation: Sexual Development and Ascospore Discharge in Fusarium Graminearum: The Role of Calcium and Myosin (Abstract)
Advisor: Frances Trail
Graduated: Fall 2011

Dissertation: The Effect of Progestin on Mammary Gland Branching Morphogenesis In Vitro (Abstract)
Advisor: Sandra Haslam
Graduated: Fall 2011

Dissertation: Roles of the Mitochondrial Single-stranded DNA-binding Protein at the Mitochondrial DNA Replication Fork (Abstract)
Advisor: Laurie Kaguni
Graduated: Fall 2011

Disseration: The Role of H19 on the Differentiation Potential of Parthenogenetic Embryonic Stem Cells (Abstract)
Advisor: Jose Cibeli
Graduated: Summer 2011

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

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

Dissertation: The Influence of General and Inducible Hypermutation on Adapatation During Experimental Evolution (Abstract)
Advisor: George Sundin
Graduated: Spring 2011

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
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