2009

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan M. Chase

Thesis Title: The Effects of Forest Management Practices on Human Risk of Exposure to Tick-Borne Disease

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Michael Lovett

Thesis Title: Genomic approaches for pathway identification in regenerating sensory epithelia of the inner ear

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Enrico Di Cera

Thesis Title: Discovery Of Inactive E* Conformation In Thrombin And Other Vitamin K- Dependent Clotting Proteases

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Heather L. True-Krob

Thesis Title: Regulation of the Properties of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Prion [RNQ+] by Primary Structure and Cellular Factors.

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Peter T. Chivers

Thesis Title: The evolution and regulation of DNA-binding by the Ni2+ -dependant transcription factor NikR

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Karen L. O`Malley

Thesis Title: The role of PUMA in Toxin Models of Parkinson’s Disease

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Nathan A. Baker

Thesis Title: Computational and Experimental Investigation of Allosteric Communication in the Transcriptional Regulator NikR

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Jean E. Schaffer

Thesis Title: The non-coding RNA gadd7 is a feed-forward regulator of oxidative stress.

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Wayne M. Yokoyama

Thesis Title: Evasion of MHC Class I Antigen Presentation by Cowpox Virus

Program: Computational Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Timothy A. Graubert

Thesis Title: Integrated Genomics of Susceptibility to Therapy-related Leukemia