2023
Geralle Powell
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Sergej Djuranovic
Thesis Title: Characterizing the Significance of polyA tracks in Gene Regulation and Disease
Avinash Ramu
Program: Human and Statistical Genetics
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Barak A. Cohen
Thesis Title: Sources and consequences of cell-to-cell variability in gene expression
Pamela Recio
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Robi D. Mitra
Thesis Title: Unraveling the Molecular Basis of Zinc Cluster Transcription Factor Specificity: A Comprehensive Study of Half-Site Promoter Binding Interactions and their Role in Gene Expression Regulation
Megan Richters
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Malachi Griffith
Thesis Title: Investigating novel neoantigen sources for personalized cancer vaccines
Astrid Rodriguez Velez
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Joel D. Schilling
Thesis Title: The Macrophage Autophagy Lysosome System in Atherosclerosis
Sua Ryu
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Jason D. Weber
Thesis Title: Identifying molecular targets of ADAR dependency in breast cancer
Sanjam Sawhney
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Gautam Dantas
Thesis Title: Influence of Environmental Gradients on Genomic Variation in Pediatric Commensals and Pathogens
Trey Scott
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: David C. Queller
Thesis Title: Context dependence, cheating, and conflict in social interactions
Brittany Smith
Program: Computational and Molecular Biophysics
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Daved H. Fremont
Thesis Title: Development of computational and experimental approaches for RNA virus serology
Jonathan Spalding
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Gary J. Patti
Thesis Title: IGF-1 signaling in tumorigenesis: why fasting and growth hormone deficiency prevent but fail to treat cancer.