2004

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Craig S. Pikaard

Thesis Title: Epigenetic Control of Nuceolar Dominance and Ribosomal RNA Gene Dosage Control

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren

Thesis Title: Structure/Function Studies of P Pilus Subunits in Escherichia coli: Role of the N-terminal Extension in Pilus Biogenesis and CpxRA Signaling

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: J. William Harbour

Thesis Title: E2F Associated Apoptosis Occurs through a Caspase-8 Dependent Pathway Associated with the Loss of FAK Function

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Phyllis I. Hanson

Thesis Title: Roles of SKD1 and Its Interacting Proteins, hSnf7-1 and hVps24, in Multivesicular Body Biogenesis in Mammalian Cells

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Phyllis I. Hanson

Thesis Title: How alpha-SNAP enables SNARE complex disassembly

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Michael G. Caparon

Thesis Title: Characterization of Cytoplasmic and Extracelluar Processes in Streptococcus pyogenes for Cytolysin-Mediated Translocation

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Stephen L. Johnson

Thesis Title: Analysis of requirements for two zebrafish orthologs of mouse Kit in melanocyte differentiation and isolation of a mutant affecting xanthophore development and pattern formation in adult fins

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: Lin-1, An ETS Transcription Factor, Involved in Caenorhabditis Elegans Vulval Development

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: Origin and Domestication of a Mesoamerican Fruit Tree, Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae)

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Michael J. Holtzman

Thesis Title: Genetic Segregation of Airway Hyperreactivity and Goblet Cell Metaplasia in a Viral Mouse Model of Asthma