2014

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Paul M. Allen

Thesis Title: A Continued Role for Self-pMHC throughout the Life of a CD4 T Cell: Contributions in the Thymus and Periphery

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Robi D. Mitra

Thesis Title: Methods and Mechanisms of DNA methylation in Development and Disease

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Peter A. Crawford

Thesis Title: Cardiomyocyte-Specific Deficiency of Ketone Body Metabolism Promotes Accelerated Pathological Remodeling

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Patrick Y. Jay

Thesis Title: Understanding the mechanism of maternal age’s influence on congenital heart defects

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Stavros Thomopoulos

Thesis Title: "Indian Hedgehog signaling and muscle loading are required for enthesis development".

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: David Wang

Thesis Title: Discovery and Characterization of Novel Polyomaviruses in Humans

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Peter M.J. Burgers

Thesis Title: Functional Roles of Nucleases in DNA Metabolism and Genome Stability

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Heather L. True-Krob

Thesis Title: Yeast Prion Variants as Models of the Phenotypic and Pathological Consequences of Amyloid Polymorphism

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Shin-ichiro Imai

Thesis Title: The Role of Nampt-Mediated NAD+ Biosynthesis in Hippocampal Neural Stem Cells and Excitatory Neurons

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis Advisor: Todd A. Fehniger

Thesis Title: The Role Of miR-155 And miR-15/16 In Natural Killer Cell Maturation And Function