2009
Graziella Mendonsa
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Nancy L. Baenziger
Thesis Title: MAPKS ERK, JNK and P38 in Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Signaling Investigated in Human Lung and Skin Fibroblasts
Xiaochun Mou
Program: Developmental Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Ian W. Duncan
Thesis Title: A Role for the Ecdysone Response Gene E93 in Imaginal Patterning at Pupal Stage.
Eric Nawrocki
Program: Computational Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Sean R. Eddy
Thesis Title: Structural RNA Homology Search and Alignment Using Covariance Models
Steven Nelson
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Steven E. Petersen
Thesis Title: An Integrated Approach to Studying Memory Retrieval and Parietal Cortex
Julie O'Neal
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Michael H Tomasson
Thesis Title: Coordinate interstitial deletions of Retinoblastoma (RB1) and Neurobeachin (NBEA) genes on chromosome 13 in monoclonal gammopathy of undertermined significance (MGUS) and multiple myeloma
Brad Oberle
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal
Thesis Title: Historical and Geographic Context for the Evolution of Climate Niche Breadth in Temperate Plants
Thomas Ream
Program: Plant Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Craig S. Pikaard
Thesis Title: Subunit compositions of Arabidopsis DNA-dependent RNA polymerases and the roles of the plant-specifc RNA Polymerases IV and V in Gene silencing
Morgann Reilly
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Tamara L. Doering
Thesis Title: Identification and characterization of a xylosylphasphotransferase in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Wade Ryberg
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Jonathan M. Chase
Thesis Title: Predation, community assembly, and the scaling of prey diversity in Ozark glade metacommunities
Abhishek Saharia
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Sheila A. Stewart
Thesis Title: Flap Endonuclease 1 ensures telomere replication and stability