2002

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Sean R. Eddy

Thesis Title: "Computational Identification and Classification of Repeats in Genomic Sequences"

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren

Thesis Title: Characterization of donor strand exchange during pilus biogenesis

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Tuan-Hua D. Ho

Thesis Title: Examining the Function of HVA22, a Stress Induced Gene with Homologs in Diverse Eukaryotic Organisms

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Tuan-Hua D. Ho

Thesis Title: Abscisic Acid Regulated Gene Expression in Barley: Transcription Factors Interacting with ABA-Responsive Promoters

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Lohman

Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Duplex DNA Unwinding by Escherichia coli Rep helicase and a Rep 2B Mutant

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Andrew A. Chan

Thesis Title: Regulation of B Cell Activation through Tyrosine Phosphorylation of BLNK

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Samuel Speck

Thesis Title: Genetic Analysis of Gammaherpesvirus 68 Latency and Reactivation

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Steven J. Weintraub

Thesis Title: BCL-XL Deamidation is a critical switch in the regulaton of the response to DNA damage

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Emil R. Unanue

Thesis Title: Levels of Epitope Presentation and CD4+ T Cell Responses in Autoimmunity and in Response to Immunization

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Peter H. Raven

Thesis Title: Systematic and Population Studies of the Invasive Plant Tamarix