2013

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren

Thesis Title: Usher Mechanics: Workings of an Escherichia coli Molecular Machine

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Marco Colonna

Thesis Title: Disparate Contribution of Endosomal and Cytosolic RNA Sensors to Antiviral Immunity

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Olsen

Thesis Title: Population genetics and phylogenetic context of weed evolution in the genus Amaranthus

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Deborah J. Lenschow

Thesis Title: A Role for Interferon Stimulated Gene-15 (ISG15) During Chikungunya Virus Infection

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Joseph M. Jez

Thesis Title: The GH3 Family Acyl Acid-Amido Synthetases: Structural and Biochemical Studies of Hormone-Amino Acid Conjugation

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Joseph C. Corbo

Thesis Title: The Role of MicroRNA-124 in Photoreceptor Development and Differentiation

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Elizabeth S. Haswell

Thesis Title: Division Ring Placement, Osmotic Stress Response, and Plant Development:
The Many Roles of Membrane Tension in the Life of a Plastid

Program: Computational and Molecular Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Jay W. Ponder

Thesis Title: Development of Polarizable Force Field Models for Transition Metal Ions

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Michael J. Holtzman

Thesis Title: "Identification of a novel PARP pathway for antiviral defense"

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Terrie E. Inder

Thesis Title: The cerebral structural abnormalities in very preterm children: a surface-based study.