1999

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Peter (P. Mick) M. Richardson

Thesis Title: "Phylogenetic Studies of the Neotropical Species of Salacia L. (Hippocrateaceae) and Its Relatives"

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Joseph J. St. Geme, III

Thesis Title: "Defining Events in Hap-Mediated Interactions of 'Haemophilus influenzae' with Respiratory Epithelial Cells"

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Gabriel G. Waksman

Thesis Title: "Structural and Biocemical Studies of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Activation by Heparin"

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Lee Ratner

Thesis Title: HIV-2Vpx: Virion Incorporation, Nuclear Import, and Ii Association

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Kendall J. Blumer

Thesis Title: Role of PAK Family Kinases in the Cell Cycle of Budding Yeast

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Ted H. Hansen

Thesis Title: "Molecular and Functional Characterization of T Cell Receptor Interaction with MHC/Class I Peptide Complexes"

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Allan Larson

Thesis Title: "Phenotypic Evolution in Killifishes (Aplocheiloidei: Cyprinodontiformes): Phylogenetic Relationships, Popula tion Genetics and Biogeography"

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Lee Ratner

Thesis Title: The Role of HIV-1 V3 Loop in CCR5 Tropism and Macrophage Infection

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Steven E. Petersen

Thesis Title: "Hemispheric Asymmetries during Human Memory Formation"

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis Advisor: Paul M. Allen

Thesis Title: Identification, Functional Analysis and Regulation of Distinct Signals Originating from the T Cell Receptor Complex