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Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Michael S. Diamond

Thesis Title: Mechanism of Impaired CD8+ T Cell Activation During Ross River Virus Infection

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: David R. Piwnica-Worms

Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Cell-Permeable Peptides for Targeted Imaging of Caspase Activity In Vivo

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Gautam Dantas

Thesis Title: A Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance and a Mitigation Strategy

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Our research is focussed on improving the design of neuroprosthetic systems for post-stroke rehabilitation by examining the relationship between neuroplasticity and motor recovery and the mechanisms of neuroprosthetic-driven neuroplasticity.

Key words
Neuroprosthetic, Brain-Computer Interface, Motor Control, Stroke, Neuroplasticity

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: John J. Merlie

Thesis Title: "Transcriptional Regulation of the Mouse NicotinicAcetylcholine Receptor Gene During Myogenesis"

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Andrew Yoo

Thesis Title: Inhibiting Notch Signaling in miNs Improves Neurite Extension & Investigating the Epigenome of Alzheimer's Disease

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Jason C. Mills

Thesis Title: Defining gastric epithelial cell population dynamics at homeostasis and following injury.

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Jose A. Moron-Concepcion

Thesis Title: Phenotyping and preclinical meta-analysis of behavioral outcomes from Complete Freund’s Adjuvant-induced inflammatory pain in the rodent hind-paw.

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular Biology of DNA replication and damage response in yeast and human

Key words
Cell cycle, DNA damage response, DNA replication, Checkpoints, Mutagenesis, DNA repair, yeast

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: Tiffany M. Knight

Thesis Title: Effects of the aquatic:terrestrial habitat ratio on an amphibian predator and its prey