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Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: Genetic and pharmacological factors control aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Gene regulation for lymphocyte development and adaptive immune responses

Key words
lymphocyte development, adaptive immunity, transcription factors, cytokines, oncogenesis

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

Research summary
We aim to understand how metabolism influences epigenetics, gene expression and behavior, particularly in the context of substance use disorders and neurodegeneration

Key words
Metabolism, epigenetics, alcohol, addiction, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Developing novel tools that extend mapping of brain function beyond current limitations

Key words

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis Advisor: Roger N. Beachy

Thesis Title: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Soybean Mosaic Virus

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Daniel E. Goldberg

Thesis Title: The role of a novel metallopeptidase, falcilysin, in hemoglobin catabolism within the food vacuole of Plasmodium falciparum

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1981

Thesis Advisor: Douglas E. Berg

Thesis Title: "Excision and Transposition of Tn5 and Other Transposons"

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: James M. Cheverud

Thesis Title: Genetic and Environmental Approaches to Obesity Research in the 21st Century: A Synthesis of 20th Century Paradigms

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Current advisor: Kevin L. Cox Jr., PhD

Undergraduate university: Annamalai University, 2022

Program: Neural Sciences

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis Advisor: Mary M. Bunge

Thesis Title: "Role of Extracellular Matrix in Schwann Cell Differenctiation In Vitro"