2015

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Bruce A. Carlson

Thesis Title: Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Temporal Pattern Recognition

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Jason D. Weber

Thesis Title: The Role of RNA Helicase DHX9 in Breast Cancer

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: David H. Gutmann

Thesis Title: K-Ras, but Not H-Ras or N-Ras, Hyperactivation Regulates Brain Neural Stem Cell Proliferation in a Raf/Rb-dependent Manner

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Justin C. Fay

Thesis Title: Understanding the fitness effects of cis-regulatory evolution: experimental and theoretical approaches

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Katherine A. Henzler-Wildman

Thesis Title: Ion Selectivity and Allostery in the NaK Channel

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Shiming Chen

Thesis Title: The MLL Family of Histone Methyltransferases Plays Important Roles in Retinal Development.

Program: Human and Statistical Genetics

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Matthew B. Harms

Thesis Title: Genetic Factors That Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Jean E. Schaffer

Thesis Title: Lysosomal RNASET2 is required for metabolic stress-mediated ROS generation and cell death

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon

Thesis Title: Characterizing the Role of Sialylated Milk Glycans and the Infant gut Microbiota in Growth and Metabolism

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Colin G. Nichols

Thesis Title: The Functional Role of Cantu Syndrome Associated KATP Channel Mutations