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Susruta Majumdar, PhD

Professor (PEFA)

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Research in the laboratory is aimed at attaining functional selectivity of opioid agonist action from its own target adverse effects while integrating chemical synthesis with biochemical, genetic and pharmacological approaches.

Key words
opioids, GPCRs, biased signaling, pain, chemical biology

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Kinjal Majumder

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Eugene M. Oltz

Thesis Title: Spatial and Epigenetic Regulation of T-Cell Receptor Beta Gene Assembly

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Heyde Makimaa

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Megan T. Baldridge

Thesis Title: The Role of MAVS and Interferon-Lambda in Regulating Astrovirus and Norovirus Infections

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Mohammad Maktabi

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Kendall J. Blumer

Thesis Title: The role of reversible palmitoylation in regulating diverse biological processes.

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Taylor Malachowski

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Sheila A. Stewart, PhD

Undergraduate university: East Carolina University, 2021

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Simon Malcomber

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Peter H. Raven

Thesis Title: Systematics and Evoluton of Breeding Systems in Gaertnera (Rubiaceae)

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Sacha Malin

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Jeanne M. Nerbonne

Thesis Title: "Molecular Identities and Functional Roles of Voltage-gated K+ Channels in Mammalian Neurons"

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Cates Mallaney

Program: Human and Statistical Genetics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Grant A. Challen

Thesis Title: Kdm6b is Required for Self-Renewal of Normal and Leukemic Mouse Stem Cells Under Proliferative Stress

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Upasana Mallimadugula

Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Gregory R. Bowman

Thesis Title: Understanding Sequence Determinants of Functional Protein Dynamics Using Biophysical Simulations and Experiments

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Elizabeth Mallott, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
How the environment shapes host-associated microbial communities both within and across species

Key words
Gut microbiome, nonhuman primates, environmental health