1983
Paul Robbins
Program: Cellular Developmental & Systemic Biology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Judith J. Kapp
Thesis Title: "Mechanism of Induction of Unresponsiveness by Heterologous Insulins in Mice"
Richard Rosenthal
Program: Molecular Biology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Heschel H. Raskas
Thesis Title: "Splicing Events in the Maturation of the mRNA Encolded by E2A of the Adenovirus 2 Genome"
Eric Rubin
Program: Neural Sciences
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Dale D. Purves
Thesis Title: "Development of the Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion"
Chanatip Rujanavech
Program: Cellular Developmental & Systemic Biology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: David D. Silbert
Thesis Title: "Structural Requirement for STerol in an LM Cell Sterol Auxotroph. Physical Properties of Cholesterol Analogues in Relation to Growth and Adaptive Changes in Membrane Phospholipid"
Jeffrey Schloss
Program: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: George G. Johnson
Thesis Title: "Ecophysiological Aspects of Community Structuringa Northern Michigan Forest: The Relationship of Canopy Cover, Forest-Floor Microclimate and Leaf- Fall to the Distribution of Terricolous Lichens"
Kenneth Sytsma
Program: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal
Thesis Title: "Biosystematics and Evolution in the Lisianthius Skinneri (Gentianaceae) Species Complex"
Vicki Vance
Program: Plant Biology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Roger N. Beachy
Thesis Title: "Mechanisms of Gene Expression for Soybean Mosaic Virus"
William Walden
Program: Molecular Biology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Robert E. Thach
Thesis Title: The Regulation of Translation in Mouse Fibroblast Cells: The Role of Messenger RNA Competition
Douglas Young
Program: Cellular Developmental & Systemic Biology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Oliver O. Lowry
Thesis Title: "Estimation of Total High Energy Phosphate Expenditure in Ischemically Contracted Rat Plantaris Single Muscle Fibers"
Vincent Zenger
Program: Plant Biology
Graduation Year: 1983
Thesis Advisor: Walter W. Lewis
Thesis Title: "Panaz Quinquefoluim (American Ginseng) Plant Demography and Medical Efficacy"