2001

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Enrico Di Cera

Thesis Title: "Molecular Determinants in the Thrombin-Receptor Interactions"

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Jeff J. Lichtman

Thesis Title: "Ultrastructural Modifications During Naturally Occurring Synapse Elimination"

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Thomas A. Woolsey

Thesis Title: "The Development of Intracortical Connections in Rodent Barrel Cortex: Roles for Activity and Neurotrophins"

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Michael M. Dustin

Thesis Title: Molecular Interactions in Immunological Synapse Formation and T Cell Activation

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: The Roles of CDF Proteins, Zinc Ions, and SAR-6 in Regulating RAS-Mediated Signaling

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Walter W. Lewis

Thesis Title: Biodirected Isolation and Characterization of Antimalarial Compounds from American Lauraceae

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: J. Mark Petrash

Thesis Title: Molecular Interactions of Small Heat Shock Protein alpha-Crystallin with Lens Plasma Membranes

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan B Losos

Thesis Title: Phylogenetic Relationships, Ontogenetic Color Change, and Antipredator Adaptation in Colubrinae (Serpentes)

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: Narasimhan Gautam

Thesis Title: G-Protein beta gamma Complex Interaction with Effectors and Receptors

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis Advisor: William T. Thach

Thesis Title: "Neural Firing in the Posterior-Lateral Cerebellum Is Correlated with Gaze-Reach Adaptation"