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Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Alex S. Holehouse

Thesis Title: Developing Computational and Experimental Tools for Investigating Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Biomolecular Condensates

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Improving our understanding of human disease biology and the development of personalized medicine strategies using genomics and informatics technologies

Key words
genomics, bioinformatics, data mining, immunogenomics, precision medicine, personalized medicine, cancer vaccines, and cancer research

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology

Research summary
Development of personalized medicine strategies for cancer using genomic technologies

Key words
bioinformatics, machine learning, cancer, genomics, immunogenomics, precision oncology

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 1996

Thesis Advisor: Thomas A. Ferguson

Thesis Title: FAS/FAS Ligand Interactions Modulate Immune Privilege and Immune Deviation

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Maurine E. Linder

Thesis Title: Structural Characterization of the Membrane Targeting Domain of Regulator of G Protein Signaling 4

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2005

Thesis Advisor: Tanya Wolff

Thesis Title: Morphological analysis and genetic studies of cone cell contacts in the developing Drosophila eye reveal novel roles for Hibris and Notch

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis Advisor: Robert W. Mercer

Thesis Title: Translational Regulation of Na,K-ATPase Expression in Epithelial Cells

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Ting Wang, PhD

Undergraduate university: Washington University, 2020

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1996

Thesis Advisor: Timothy J. Ley

Thesis Title: Regulation of Human Cathepsin G Expression: Applications to the Study of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Jason D. Weber

Thesis Title: The Genetic Origin and Clinical Significance of p14ARFI