2009

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Tamara L. Doering

Thesis Title: Export and Regulation of the Polysaccharide Capsule in Cryptococcus Neoformans

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: David M. Ornitz

Thesis Title: In vivo functions of Otopetrins

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Emily Cheng

Thesis Title: Regulation of BAX/BAK-dependent cell death program.

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Zhou-Feng Chen

Thesis Title: Serotonin plays a role in maintaining the differentiated phenotype of serotonergic neurons by 5-HT1A receptor.

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Steven J. Mennerick

Thesis Title: Action Potential Initiation and Propagation in Dentate Gyrus Granule Neurons

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Lawrence H. Snyder

Thesis Title: Inactivation Reveals Effector-Specific and General Attentional Roles of Different Parietal Areas in the Macaque Monkey.

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Michael L. Nonet

Thesis Title: The C. elegans Intestine as An Organ to Regulate Behaviors and Neuronal Functions

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Kyunghee Choi

Thesis Title: Cooperative Regulation of Primitive Hematopoiesis by Runx1 and TGFB Signaling.

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Mark S. Sands

Thesis Title: The Role of Astrocyte Activation in a Model of Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis.

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: David A. Harris

Thesis Title: Aggregation and Localization of a Disease-Associated Mutant Prion Protein