2008

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Louis J. Muglia

Thesis Title: The Role of Limbic Glucocorticoid Receptors and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in the Modulation of Normal and Pathological Stress Adaptation.

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: David A. Harris

Thesis Title: Exploring the Role of the Cellular Prion Protein in Neuroprotection and Neurotoxicity

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Mark P. Goldberg

Thesis Title: The Role of Growth-Associated Proteins in Axon Sprouting After Stroke

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel

Thesis Title: Identifying and characterizing Arabidopsis jasmonate signaling components manipulated by Pseudomonas syringae DC3000

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Helen M. Piwnica-Worms

Thesis Title: Contributions Made by Cdc25 Protein Phosphatases to Embryonic and Adult Cell Cycles in Mice

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Michael J. Welch

Thesis Title: Synthesis and Evaluation of PPARγ Antagonists for PET Imaging

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Guojun Bu

Thesis Title: The Function of Sorting Nexin 17 (SNX17) in Recycling of the LDL Receptor-Related Protein (LRP) and B-Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP).

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Himadri B. Pakrasi

Thesis Title: Membrane Systems in Cyanobacteria

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Kristen Kroll

Thesis Title: Roles of Neurogenin and Geminin in Vertebrate Neurogensis

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Ann A. Craig

Thesis Title: Expression Screening for Proteins Involved in CNS Presynaptic Differentiation and Initial Characterization of the Synaptogenic LRRTM Protein Family.