2007

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: Historical Biogeography of Arabidopsis thaliana

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: William E. Goldman

Thesis Title: Functional Implications Revealed by Structure of a Fungal Virulence Factor

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Jason D. Weber

Thesis Title: p19ARF and Nucleophosmin: Opposing Nucleolar Regulators of Growth and
Proliferation

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: William E. Goldman

Thesis Title: The characterization of a novel aspect of sulfur metabolism in histoplasma capsulatum

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Michael H Tomasson

Thesis Title: Tyrosine Kinase Activity and Stat5 Gene Dosage Mediate TED-PDGFRB-initiated Myeloproliferative Disease in Mice

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Daniel C. Link

Thesis Title: The Role of Cytokine Induces Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mobilization in the Process of Ischemic Vasculogenesis

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Ross L. Cagan

Thesis Title: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Tissue Pattering within the Developing Drosophila Retina

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Craig S. Pikaard

Thesis Title: The Regulation of Ribosomal RNA Gene Transcription by Histone Deacetylase HDA6 in Arabidopsis

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Michael S. Diamond

Thesis Title: CD4+ T Cells and CD40-CD40L Interactions Mediate West Nile Virus Central Nervous System Clearance and Protection from Lethal Infection

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Tanya Wolff

Thesis Title: A morphological and genetic analysis of directed cell movements during Drosophila eye development: the roles of nemo, zipper and scribble in ommatidial rotation