2021
Marissa Locke
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Deborah J. Lenschow
Thesis Title: Type I Interferon Regulation of Chikungunya Virus Pathogenesis
Juvenal Lopez
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Mario F. Feldman
Thesis Title: Regulation, architecture, and function of the type VI secretion system of Acinetobacter baumanii
Rachel Lyman
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Christine E. Edwards
Thesis Title: The Phylogeography of Rare Central Tennessee Glade Endemic Plants
Thomas Mahan
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: David M. Holtzman
Thesis Title: Cell-type specific expression of apolipoprotein E by astrocytes and microglia: Implications for the development of amyloid-β pathology in Alzheimer disease.
Tamara Markovic
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Jose A. Moron-Concepcion
Thesis Title: Dissecting the neural circuits mediating pain-induced negative affect and drug seeking behaviors.
Michael McAllaster
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Herbert W. Virgin
Thesis Title: Investigation of IFNγ-induced control of intracellular pathogens
Lisa McLellan
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: David A. Hunstad
Thesis Title: Ascension and Adhesion of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Pyelonephritis
Andrew Meier
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Andreas H. Burkhalter
Thesis Title: Modularity of Feedback for State-Dependent Guidance of Navigation in Mouse Visual Cortex
Justin Melendez
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Robi D. Mitra
Thesis Title: Developments in Proteomics, Trans-Splicing Technology And Endogenous Transcript Manipulation
Andrew Menssen
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Matthew J. Walter
Thesis Title: The Role of Subclonal Gene Mutations During Progression from Myelodysplastic Syndrome to Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia