2012

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Gammon M. Earhart

Thesis Title: Locomotor Control in Parkinson Disease

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Gary J. Weil

Thesis Title: Exploring the role of Wolbachia endobacteria in the biology of filarial nematode parasites.

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Sarah C.R. Elgin

Thesis Title: KEY FACTORS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER HP1A PARTNER BINDING

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Jason D. Weber

Thesis Title: Characterization of the ARF Tumor Suppressor's Checkpoint Response to Hyper-Growth Stimuli.

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Emil R. Unanue

Thesis Title: Properties of Pathogenic Insulin Reactive T cells That Escape Selection in Autoimmune Diabetes

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Robert W. Gereau

Thesis Title: Electrophysiologically Distinct Subpopulations of Murine Nociceptive Neurons as Revealed by a Genetic RET Reporter

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Stephen L. Johnson

Thesis Title: The Establishment and Regulation of Melanocyte Stem Cells in Zebrafish

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Himadri B. Pakrasi

Thesis Title: The Physiological Effects of Phycobilisome Antenna Modification on the
Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Wayne M. Yokoyama

Thesis Title: Natural Killer Cell Recruitment and Activation Following Orthopoxviral Infection

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal

Thesis Title: Phylogeny and Evolution of Phemeranthus (Montiaceae)
in North American Xeric Habitats