2024
Katherine McIntire
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Ali H. Ellebedy
Thesis Title: "Germinal Center Persistence Diversifies B Cell Responses to Vaccination"
Matthew Mosley
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld
Thesis Title: Aging, Fast and Slow: Gene Expression Signatures of Physiological Age vs. Future Lifespan in C. elegans
Jonathan Mount
Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Peng Yuan
Thesis Title: Open conformations of EcMscK and hTRPV4 reveal insights into the structural basis of ligand-regulated mechanosensitive ion channel gating
Mati Nemera
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Harrison W. Gabel
Thesis Title: Understanding Gene Regulation by Non-CG DNA Methylation and MeCP2 at Cellular Resolution in the Brain
Alyssa Oplt
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Gregory D. Longmore
Thesis Title: Determining the role of DDR2 in acquired chemo-resistance in ovarian cancer
Zachary Papadopoulos
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Jonathan Kipnis
Thesis Title: Exploring the homeostatic functions and driving forces of lymphatic outflow pathways in the central nervous system.
Sarah Pardi
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Dmitri A. Nusinow
Thesis Title: Investigation of PCH1’s role in promoting PhyB-photobody phase separation
Shreenidhi Perukkaranai Madabhushi
Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Joan E. Strassmann
Thesis Title: The Challenges of Diet Generalism in a Microbial Predator, Dictyostelium discoideum
Kara Quaid
Program: Human and Statistical Genetics
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Ting Wang
Thesis Title: Understanding the Relationship Between Genetic and Epigenetic Variation at a Species and Individual Level
Jesus Santiago-Borges
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Andrew L. Kau
Thesis Title: Novel Stratgies to Target Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in the Bladder and Gut