2017

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Tiffany M. Knight

Thesis Title: Beta-Diversity Patterns and Community Assembly across Latitudes

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Amanda L. Lewis

Thesis Title: The Development and Characterization of New Models of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey P. Henderson

Thesis Title: Novel Insights into Yersiniabactin Biosynthesis in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Sheila A. Stewart

Thesis Title: DNA Replication Challenges: Telomeres and R loops

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Zhongsheng You

Thesis Title: Sharpening the ends for repair: mechanisms and regulation of DNA resection

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Michael S. Diamond

Thesis Title: The Interferon Stimulated Gene Ifitm3 Restricts Alphavirus Infection and Pathogenesis

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Erika Pearce

Thesis Title: Metabolic Regulation of CD8 T cell Function in the Microenvironment

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Stephen M. Beverley

Thesis Title: Antiviral Nucleoside Inhibitors of Leishmania RNA Virus 1: Discovery and Mechanism

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Carlos Cruchaga

Thesis Title: Identification of Novel Variants Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Using Quantitative Traits

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Gary D. Stormo

Thesis Title: A Generalized Biophysical Model of Transcription Factor Binding Specificity and Its Application on High-Throughput SELEX Data