2000

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: Hierarchical Domains in Concerted Evolution of Ribosomal DNA Intergenic Spacers

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Henry V. Huang

Thesis Title: Gene Expression During HL60 Macrophage-Like Differentiation

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Peter M.J. Burgers

Thesis Title: Structure of Yeast Replication Factor C and Mutational Analysis of the ATP-Binding Motifs Short title:Yeast Replication Factor C

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Ian W. Duncan

Thesis Title: A Screen for Genes Involved in Embryonic Segmentation in Drosophila Melanogaster

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan B Losos

Thesis Title: "Intra- and Interspecific Variation in the Behavioral Responses Given to an Approaching Predator by Anolis Lizards"

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Eugene M. Johnson

Thesis Title: "Analyses of the GDNF Family of Ligands in the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems"

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Gabriel G. Waksman

Thesis Title: Structural Studies of the Mechanism of DNA Polymerization by DNA Polymerase I Enzymes

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Karen L. O`Malley

Thesis Title: "Mechanisms Underlying Dopaminergic Cell Death in an In Vitro Model of Parkinson's Disease"

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Michael G. Caparon

Thesis Title: Regulation and Secretion of the Cysteine Proteinase SpeB of Streptococcus Pyogenes

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Peter H. Raven

Thesis Title: Systematics and Evoluton of Breeding Systems in Gaertnera (Rubiaceae)