1998

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Charles C. Rice

Thesis Title: Characterization of Nonstructural Protein Features of the Flaviviridae: Hepatitis C Virus NS2-3 Protease Activity and NS5A/5 Phosphorylation Short title: HCV NS2-3 and NS5A Proteins

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Kendall J. Blumer

Thesis Title: Regulation of G Protein Signaling

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Kendall J. Blumer

Thesis Title: Mechanisms Governing the Activation and Trageting of Yeast G Protein Coupled Receptors

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Douglas D. Dean

Thesis Title: The Molecular Basis for the Regulation of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression in Skeletal Myoblasts

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: John H. Russell

Thesis Title: The Role of Fas in Direct and Bystander Mediated Killing

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: C. Michael M. Crowder

Thesis Title: "Genetic Determinants of General Anesthesia in Caenorhabditis elegans"

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Stanley S. Korsmeyer

Thesis Title: BH3 Domain containing Death Agonists: The Role of BAX and BID in Regulating Apoptosis