2024

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Steven John Van Dyken

Thesis Title: Alveolar epithelial restoration requires ILC2-driven AMCase expression following lung injury

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Makedonka Mitreva

Thesis Title: Discovering and Characterizing Conserved Anthelmintic Targets in the Early Parasitic Stages of Gastrointestinal Nematodes

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Sergej Djuranovic

Thesis Title: Gene expression regulation by AU-rich elements and AU-rich element binding proteins

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Kory J. Lavine

Thesis Title: Effects of Hypoxia on Monocyte Differentiation and Macrophage Specification during Ischemic Heart Injury

Program: Computational and Systems Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Li Ding

Thesis Title: Epigenetic Mechanisms and Senescence in Aging and Cancer

Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Joseph M. Jez

Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanisms Behind Methionine-Derived Glucosinolate Diversity in Brassica Plants

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Aaron DiAntonio

Thesis Title: PMP2+ SCs maintain the survival and functioning of large-caliber motor axons

Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Olsen

Thesis Title: Understanding mechanisms of local adaptation in white clover (Trifolium repens L.): insights from a phenotypic cline and population genomics

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: Erik S. Musiek

Thesis Title: Role of Glia in Diurnal Rhythms in Neuroinflammation and Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2024

Thesis Advisor: David W. Piston

Thesis Title: Insulin-Independent Regulation of Type 1 Diabetes via Large Brown Adipocyte-Secreted Proteins and the Novel Glucagon Regulator, Nidogen2