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Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Steven J. Weintraub

Thesis Title: BCL-XL Deamidation is a critical switch in the regulaton of the response to DNA damage

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Mark Johnston

Thesis Title: Glucose Regulation of the Mig1 Transcriptional Repressor of the yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Miller

Thesis Title: Antisense Reduction of the Protein Tau Attenuates Neuronal Hyperexcitability and Permits Clearance of Intraneuronal Tau Accumulations in vivo

Program: Bioorganic Chemistry

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: George W. Gokel

Thesis Title: "Synthetic Organic Receptors Used to Investigate Noncovalent Interactions in Biochemical Systems"

Program: Cancer Biology

Current advisor: Abby M. Green, MD

Undergraduate university: Drury University, 2019

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Edward B. Han, PhD

Undergraduate university: Simmons College, 2018

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Steven J. Weintraub

Thesis Title: Bc1-xL Deamidation: its Consequences and Regulation

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
The genetics of bleeding and thrombotic disorders and mechanisms of platelet activation

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Innate and Adaptive Host Immunity to Viral Infections

Key words
virology, microbial pathogenesis, immunology

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Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Neural circuits in development and disease

Key words
axon regeneration, axon degeneration, neurodegeneration, glia, neuronal development and differentiation, neuroinflammation, neuroimmunology, synapse biology, drug screens, metabolism