2006

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: James B. Skeath

Thesis Title: Study the Roles of Liquid Facets and sanpodo During Drosophila Development

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: Systematics and Evolutionary Diversification in the Species-Rich Neotropical Tree Genus Swartzia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae)

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Ted H. Hansen

Thesis Title: Engineering and Applications of Single-chain Trimers of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Samuel Speck

Thesis Title: Characterization of the yHV68 v-cyclin and its role in regulating reactivatin from latency.

Program: Computational Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Gary D. Stormo

Thesis Title: Identification of Gene Regulatory Networks by Computational Comparative Genomics

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Michael M. Neff

Thesis Title: Analysis of Two Transcription Factors with Distinct Roles in Arabidopsis thaliana Seedling Development

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Daniel P. Kelly

Thesis Title: Regulation and Downstream Effects of the Transcriptional Coactivator PGC-1a in Striated Muscle

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: David M. Holtzman

Thesis Title: Neuronal Cell Death Following Hypoxia-Ischemia in the Neonatal Brain

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Lohman

Thesis Title: A Thermodynamic Study of the Binding of DNA Ends by the E. coli RecBC and RecBCD Helicases: Towards Understanding the Energetics of Initiation Complex Formation

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Jason D. Weber

Thesis Title: The Role of Sir2 on Rb Acetylation and Function