2003

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel

Thesis Title: Characterization of the Effect of the Pseudomonas Syringae Virulence Factor Coronatine during Pathogenesis of Arabidopsis Thaliana

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics of a Disease Resistance Locus in Solanum Pimpinellifolium

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Steven X.F. Zheng

Thesis Title: Regulation of the GATA-Type Transcription Factor Gln3p by the Target of Rapamycin Protein (TOR)

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Steven X.F. Zheng

Thesis Title: Toward Understanding the Global Functions of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Proteins in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Garland R. Marshall

Thesis Title: Protein-Protein Recognition: Structure, Evolution, and Drug Design

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel

Thesis Title: Investigating Activities of the Pseudomonas Syringae Type III Effector AVRRPT2 in Promoting Disease in Arabidopsis Thaliana.

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Theodore C. Simon

Thesis Title: Gene Regulation in Endodermal Tissues

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Ann A. Craig

Thesis Title: The Molecular Dynamics of Excitatory Postsynaptic Composition

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: Characterization of New Genes Promoting Ras-Mediated Signaling in C. elegans

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon

Thesis Title: Regulation of prostate neuroendocrine cell differentiation and tumorigenesis