2003

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Lohman

Thesis Title: Mechanism of E. Coli RecBCD Helicase Catalyzed DNA Unwinding and General Methods for Analysis Using Sequential n-stop Kinetic Models

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Lohman

Thesis Title: Determination of the Oligomeric Form of Escherichia coli UvrD Helicase Required for Duplex DNA Unwinding

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Mark E. Warchol

Thesis Title: A Signaling Pathway Mediating Aminogycoside-Induced Sensory Hair Cell Death

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Daved H. Fremont

Thesis Title: Structural and Functional Exploration of Classical, Non-Classical, and Virally Encoded MHC Family Proteins

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Jean E. Schaffer

Thesis Title: Role of the Niemann-Pick Type C1 Protein in Trafficking and Homeostasis of Intracellular Cholesterol

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Samuel Speck

Thesis Title: Directed and Global Mutagenesis Strategies for the Identification of yHV68 Pathogenesis Determinants

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: James B. Skeath

Thesis Title: Sanpodo, a novel four-pass transmembrane protein, regulates asymmetric precursor divisions in the Drosophila CNS

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: A Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Oryza L. Based on Chloroplast DNA Sequences

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Samuel Speck

Thesis Title: Analysis of the role of the gammaherpesvirus 68 immediate-early gene 50 for the lytic cycle

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Colin G. Nichols

Thesis Title: The Structure, Gating, and Block of Ligand Gated Kir Channels