2006

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: William W. Parks

Thesis Title: Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) Activation and Activity by Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Eric J. Richards

Thesis Title: Epigenetic Variation and Regulation of Sadhu, a Novel Arabidopsis Retroposon

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon

Thesis Title: Functional Genomic Studies of UPEC and Host Urothelial Cells When Intracellular Bacterial Communities are Assembled

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Shin-ichiro Imai

Thesis Title: Regulation of NAD Biosynthesis, Sirt1 activity and Glucose Homeostasis by the Mammalian Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Michael Mueckler

Thesis Title: Characterization of PACSIN3 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Michael G. Caparon

Thesis Title: The ExPortal of Streptococcus pyogenes: A Paradigm for Gram-positive Protein Secretion

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Clay F. Semenkovich

Thesis Title: Fatty Acid Metabolism and B3 Integrin in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Phyllis I. Hanson

Thesis Title: Characterization of a gos-28-containing mammalian Golgi SNARE complex

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Randy L. Buckner

Thesis Title: Functional Anatomic Studies of Memory Retrieval and the Default Mode

Program: Genetics

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Sean R. Eddy

Thesis Title: Noncoding RNA Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans