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Cheryl Leyns

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: David M. Holtzman

Thesis Title: TREM2 studies reveal juxtaposed roles for reactive microglia in Alzheimer’s disease

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Xueying Li

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Justin C. Fay

Thesis Title: Genetic Basis of Thermal Divergence in Saccharomyces species

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Xitong Liang

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Paul H. Taghert

Thesis Title: Neural mechanisms of Drosophila circadian rhythms

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Cates Mallaney

Program: Human and Statistical Genetics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Grant A. Challen

Thesis Title: Kdm6b is Required for Self-Renewal of Normal and Leukemic Mouse Stem Cells Under Proliferative Stress

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Allyson Mayer

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Brian J. DeBosch

Thesis Title: Glucose transporters in hepatic fasting metabolism: Implications for cardiometabolic disease

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Matthew McCoy

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Andrew Yoo

Thesis Title: Defining Neuronal Identity Using MicroRNA-Mediated Neuronal Reprogramming

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Melissa Meyer

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: David G. DeNardo

Thesis Title: Tumors Interrupt IRF8-mediated Dendritic Cell Development to Overcome Immune Surveillance

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Bhavna Murali

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Sheila A. Stewart

Thesis Title: Targeting the microenvironment: Approaches for reducing breast cancer metastases and chemotherapy-induced bone loss

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Natalie Omattage

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren

Thesis Title: Ushering CUP Pilus Assembly: Dissecting the Mechanics of a Bacterial Nanomachine

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Rebecca Ouwenga

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Joseph D. Dougherty

Thesis Title: Regulation of Local Translation in Cell-Specific Neuronal Processes