2008

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: David A. Leib

Thesis Title: Multiple Functions of the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Encoded Protein ICP34.5 Combat the Host Anti-viral Response

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Garland R. Marshall

Thesis Title: Mimicking Reverse Turns with Cyclic Tetrapeptides

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: James B. Skeath

Thesis Title: Investigating the function of sanpodo, echinoid, and friend-of-echinoid during Drosophila Neurogenesis

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: J. Mark Petrash

Thesis Title: Small Heat Shock Protein Interactions within the Lens of the Eye

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Allan Larson

Thesis Title: Biogeography of the North American southwest sand lizards

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Sarah C.R. Elgin

Thesis Title: Key Factors Involved in Gene Silencing in the Fourth Chromosome of Drosophila Melanogaster

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Paul C. Bridgman

Thesis Title: The Role of Growth Cone Myosin II and Actin Associated Proteins in the Repulsive Response Induced by the Guidance Factor Semaphorin 3A.

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Sheng-Kwei Song

Thesis Title: Detecting Axonal Damage in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis with Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Virginia L. Miller

Thesis Title: RovA, Regulation and Virulence in the Yersinia

Program: Computational Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Emil R. Unanue

Thesis Title: Predicting MHC class II restricted T-cell Epitopes