2006

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Virginia L. Miller

Thesis Title: Temperature regulation of inv by RovA, YmoA and H-NS in Yersinia enterocolitica

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Robert G. Kranz

Thesis Title: The nitrogen starvation response in Arabidopsis thaliana and expression of AtAmt1.1, a high affinity ammonium transporter

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Robert G. Kranz

Thesis Title: Heme Delivery in the System I and System II Cytochrome c Biogenesis Pathways

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Peter M.J. Burgers

Thesis Title: The Roles of DNA Polymerase delta and PCNA in DNA Replication and Repair

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Virginia L. Miller

Thesis Title: Identification of novel components of the defense response to intestinal pathogens using transcriptional profiling of infected tissue

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Sarah C.R. Elgin

Thesis Title: Determinants of Heterochromatin Structure on Drosophila melanogaster
chromosome four

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Murphy

Thesis Title: Distinct action of IL-12 and IFN-α in Th1 development

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Sean R. Eddy

Thesis Title: Remote Protein Homology Detection Using Hidden Markov Models

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Paul M. Allen

Thesis Title: The role of inhibitory cytokines in T cell function and coloitis

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: David P. Cistola

Thesis Title: Structural Analysis the Notch Transmembrane Domain Explains Substrate Preference of gamma-Secretase and Reveals Conformational Variants of Bacterially Expressed Substrates