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Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis Advisor: Gary K. Ackers

Thesis Title: Bohr Effects of the Partially-Ligated Intermediates of Adult Human Hemoglobin

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Antonina Frolova, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Washington University, 2022

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Sebla Bulent Kutluay

Thesis Title: Multi-omic analysis of phototrophic extracellular electron uptake in novel Rhodovulum spp. isolated from a marine estuary

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1996

Thesis Advisor: David A. Leib

Thesis Title: Mutational Analysis of the Infected Cell Protein O (ICPO) Promoter of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 )HSV-1)

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Mammalian gene expression: Regulation through mRNA editing and RNA stabilization

Key words
gene expression, RNA, cancer, mRNA editing, mRNA stability

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Noninvasive characterization of heart function in patients with high blood pressure

Key words
imaging, hypertrophy, myocardial bloodflow

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

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Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 1995

Thesis Advisor: Thalachallour Mohanakumar

Thesis Title: Cloning and Characterization of Human DNAJ-2 (HDJ-2), a Novel Human 40 kD Heat Shock Protein

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: Cation Diffusion Facilitator Genes Mediate Zinc Metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Deborah J. Veis

Thesis Title: The Role of Alternative NF-κB Signaling in Osteogenesis