2002

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Lohman

Thesis Title: Transient Kinetic Studies on the Mechanism of DNA binding, DNA unwinding, and DNA-stimulated ATPase Activity by the Escherichia coli Rep helicase

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Osami O. Kanagawa

Thesis Title: The Role of T Cell Receptor alpha Chain Secondary Rearrangement during Thymocyte Development and Peripheral Repertoire Formation in Mouse

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Eric E. Brown

Thesis Title: Integrin-associated Protein (IAP, CD47) in Leukocyte and Endothelial Function

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: David D. States

Thesis Title: Computational Reconstruction and Analysis of the Transcribed Human Genome

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Herbert W. Virgin

Thesis Title: Identification and Characterization of a gamma-herpesvirus Complement Regulatory Protein

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon

Thesis Title: The Relationship Between Snf1 and Aging in S. cerevisiae

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Jean E. Schaffer

Thesis Title: Cellular Mechanisms that Promote or Prevent Lipotoxicity

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: David D. States

Thesis Title: Promoter Identification and Analysis in the Human Genome

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Maurine E. Linder

Thesis Title: The Role of Palmitoylation in Membrane Trafficking of the t-SNAREs, SNAP-25 and Syntaxin 11

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Laurence David Sibley

Thesis Title: Calcium Mediated Microneme Secretion in Toxoplasma gondii