2021
Jessey Erath
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Sergej Djuranovic
Thesis Title: Protein Synthesis Adaptation to the AU-Rich Transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum
Ekaterina Esaulova
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Maxim Artyomov
Thesis Title: Understanding Immune Responses with Single-Cell RNA Sequencing and CyTOF Across Different Diseases and Model Organisms
Lubov Ezerskiy
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Miller
Thesis Title: Role of 4R tau in astrocyte-mediated neuronal toxicity and the progression of neurodegenerative disease.
Vincent Fasanello
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Carlos A. Botero
Thesis Title: Testing Janzen’s physiological barrier hypothesis through experimental evolution and biogeographic studies on sister species pairs.
Bisiayo Fashemi
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Indira U. Mysorekar
Thesis Title: The Decision Maker: Understanding the role of IFRD1 in urothelial plasticity and regeneration.
Noah Flynn
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Joshua Swamidass
Thesis Title: Computational Approaches for Screening Small Molecule Drug Bioactivation, Reactive Metabolite Formation, and Toxicity
Philip Frasse
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Audrey R. Odom John
Thesis Title: The Regulation of Plasmodium falciparum Metabolism by Haloacid Dehalogenase Proteins
Hannah Frye
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Jose A. Moron-Concepcion
Thesis Title: Sex Differences in the Role of Cornichon Homolog-3 on Spatial Memory and Synaptic Plasticity
Liron Ganel
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Ira M. Hall
Thesis Title: Analysis of structural variation and mtDNA copy number in Finns
David Goad
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Olsen
Thesis Title: The genetic basis of adaptation to environmental stress in two grass genomic model systems