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Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: The Roles of CDF Proteins, Zinc Ions, and SAR-6 in Regulating RAS-Mediated Signaling

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Thomas J. Baranski

Thesis Title: Modulation of MAP Kinase Signaling by the Chimaerin Rac GAPs

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Alison Goate

Thesis Title: Characterization of Domains Important for Stabilization and Maturation of the Alzheimer's Disease Protein Presenilin-1, and their Impact on Presenilinase and y-Secretase Activity

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understanding the large-scale cortical electrophysiology that governs uniquely human behavior and cognition

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Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1989

Thesis Advisor: Daniel D. Hartl

Thesis Title: "Molecular Analysis of Transposon-induced Mutations and Their Derivatives in Drosophila"

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
The research in my laboratory is aimed at understanding fundamental principles of the interaction between bacterial pathogens and the human host.

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Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Susan S. Wente

Thesis Title: Understanding the Molecular Basis of Yeast Nuclear Pore complex Assembly and Dynamics

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Christina A. Gurnett

Thesis Title: Genomic Analysis of Human Spinal Deformity and Characterization of a Zebrafish Disease Model

Program: Neural Sciences

Graduation Year: 1981

Thesis Advisor: Carl C. Rovainen

Thesis Title: "Identification of CC Interneurons and Studies of Swimming Activity in the Lamprey"