List of Dissertation Titles
department of biology
Class of 2000
Molecular Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Purine Salvage
Pathways in Toxoplasma gondii - John
Darling, PhD
Mechanism of the Antineoplastic Action of Farnesyltransferase
Inhibitors (FTIs) -
Wei Du, PhD
Historical Processes in the Radiation of Passerine Birds:
Phyogenetic Approaches to the Study of Avian Diversification -
Irby Lovette, PhD
A Segment of Mouse 16 Contains a Cluster of Genes Expressed
in the Developing Brain and Reproductive System - Sudhir
Nayak, PhD
Comparative Neuroanatomy of Song Performance in the Carolina
Wren (Thryothorus Ludovicianus) - Paul Nealen, PhD.
Increased Levels of the Represessor Coup-TFII and Coup-TF
Association with Histone Deacetylases Contribute to Reduced
MHC Class I Transcription in Tumorigenic Adenovirus Type 12
Transfomed Cells - Denis Smirnov, PhD
Class of 2001
Multiple Roles of the Histone Acetyltransferase Complex
Saga in RNA Polymerase II - Dependent Transcription in Yeast
Saccharomyces
Serevisiae - Rimma Belotserkovsky, PhD
The Effect of V-SRC on Integrin Signaling - Anirban Datta,
PhD
Biological Soil Crusts and Their Interactions with Vascular
Plants in a Xeric Florida Shrubland - Christine Hawkes,
PhD
Physiological Ecology of Phrynosomatid Lizards - Michael
Robson, PhD
How the Sapling Specialist Shoot-Borer, Cromarcha Stroudagnesia
(Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Chrysauginae), Alters the Population
Dynamics of the Costa Rican Dry Forest Tree Tabebuia Ochracea
(Bignoniaceae) - Jon Sullivan, PhD
The Wheels Mutation in the Mouse Causes Vascular, Inner
Ear, and Hindbrain Defects - Seyed Alavizadeh, PhD
Genetic Regulation of Phase Change in Arabidopsis -
Krista Bollman, PhD
An Organellar Segregation Defect in the Apicomplexan Parasite
Toxoplasma Gondii - Cynthia He, PhD
Patterns of Association, Feeding Competition and Vocal
Communication in Spider Monkeys (Ateles Geoffroyi) -
Gabriel Ramos-Fernandez, PhD
Homoplasy Estimators with a Comparison Across Data Types -
Raymond Scot Winters, PhD
Class of 2002
Negative Mycorrhizal Feedback and Plant Species Coexistence
in a Serpentive Grassland - Jeffrey Castelli, PhD
Phenotypic Plasticity of Life History in the Sagebrush
Lizard (Sceloporus Graciosus) - Michael
Sears, PhD
Nuclear Events in Ethylene Signaling in Arabidopsis Thaliana -
Anna Stepanova, PhD
New Insights into Cytochrome C Biogenesis in Rhodobacter
Capsulatus -
Meenal Deshmukh, PhD
Recruitment Dynamics of the Barnacle Semibalanus Balanoides
(L.) in Rocky Shore Communities - Kathy
Hancock, PhD
Regulation of Negative Feedback in the Drosophila Circadian
Clock - Peter Schotland, PhD Loss of Function Analyses to Define a Role for
AKT in Insulin Action
Nesrin Ozoren Involvement of Trail-Death Receptors in Human Tumorigenesis
and Mechanisms of Trail-Induced Apoptosis Signaling - Han Cho,
PhD
Class of 2003
Identification of Novel Anaphase-Promoting
Complex (APC/C) Interactions and Regulation of APC/C Localization
at the
Kinetochore In Budding Yeast - Patricia Melloy, PhD
The Effects of Nutrients and Consumers
on Tidal Pool Communities - Elizabeth Methratta, PhD Recruitment and biological interactions of the
blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, and the ribbed mussel, Geukensia
demissa - Robin Sherwood, PhD Dams
and Decision-Making: Balancing Socioeconomic and Ecological
Considerations - Angela Bednarek, PhD How to Build a Parasite:
A Study of the Cell Division and Cytoskeleton of Toxoplasma gondii - Ke Hu, PhD RNAi in Mouse Oocytes and
Early Embryos - Petr Svoboda, PhD
Functional Study of a Germ Cell-Specific Y-box Protein
MSY2 in Mouse Oocytes and Early Embryos - Junying Yu, PhD A Chemokine, SDF-1, Promotes
The Survival Of Embryonic Retinal Ganglion Cells And Reduces
The Effectiveness
Of Multiple Axonal Repellents - Sreekanth Chalasani, PhD
Class of 2004
Evolution of High Mutation Rates in Asexual Populations:
Causes and Consequences - Aaron Shaver, PhD
Molecular Patterning
of the Chick Diencephalon - Youngshin Lim
Class of 2005
A Genetic Modifier Approach for the Functional Analysis of
Pathways Critical to SCA3-Associated Neurodegeneration in Drosophila -
Julide Bilen, PhD
Neanertal Origins, Middle Pleistocene Systematics, and Tests
of Current Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Hypothesis - Melanie Chang,
PhD
Survival of Caterpillars in the Face of Predation by Birds:
Predator-free Space, Caterpillar Mimicry and Protective Coloration -
Colleen Hitchcock, PhD
Ecology of Life History Variation in the Sailfin Molly (Poecilia
latipinna) in Impounded Mangrove Marsh of the Indian River Lagoon,
Florida -
Stanley Kemp, PhD
Eukaryotic Ortholog Groups and Comparative
Genomics: Applications to Apicomplexan Parasites - Li Li, PhD
Towards a Better Understanding of Alzheimer's Disease: N-Terminally
Truncated Abeta Species and Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis -
Kangning Liu, PhD
The Role of PKA Anchoring in Learning and Memory - Ting
Nie, PhD
Class of 2006
Reversible Histone Ubiquitylation in Genomic
Regulation: The Role of Ubiquitin Proteases in the Budding Yeast -
N.C. Emry Tolga, PhD
The Role of Serotonin Signaling in Drosophila Rest-Activity
Rhythms - Yuan Quan, PhD
The Genetic Structure and Biogeography of Natural Saccharomyces
Populations - Heidi Kuehne, PhD
Role of Astrocytes in the Pathogenesis of Tauopathies - Deepa
Dabir, PhD
Experimental Evolution of Microsatellites in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae and Investigations into Natural Populations of Saccharomyces
Yeasts - Helen Murphy, PhD
A Role for Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Vegetative
Phase Change - Angela Peragine, PhD
The Role of b-Catenin in Early Zebrafish Development -
Mate Varga, PhD
Class of 2007
The Analysis of the PI3K/AKT Pathway in Human Ovarian Cancer
with a Combination of Genomic and Genetic Appoaches - Jia
Huang, PhD
Examination of the Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway in
Bacteria and Archaea - Kieran Dilks, PhD
Spatial Orientation in Columbian Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus
Columbianus) - Anna Vlasak, PhD
From Protein to RNA: Study of SCA3 Polyglutamine Disease in
Drosophila -
Lingbo Li, PhD
Novel Insignts Into Vir Gene Regulation in Agrobacterium
Tumefaciens -
Gauri Nair, PhD
Spatial and Genetic Patterns of Crane Flies (Diptera: Tipuloidea)
from Lake Hovsgol Region, Mongolia - Bazartseren Boldgiv, PhD
Aging in Plants at Multiple Scales - Lori Spindler, PhD
Metabolic Pool, Metabolic Rates and Diapause in
Drosophila Melanogster - Christine Wills, PhD Phylogenetics and Diversification of the Neotropical Serrasalminae
(Ostariophysi: Characiformes) - Wasila Dahdal, PhD
Class of 2008
Molecular and Cellular Mechanism of Axon Guidance During
Visual System Development in Zebrafish - Michael Gyda,
PhD Phylogeny and Evolution of Prokaryotic Genomes - Fan Ge, PhD
The Role of the Exocyst Complex in Polarized Exocytosis -
Puyue Wang, PhD
Evolutionary Ecology of Host Plant Use by an Insect Herbivore
in a Highly Seasonal Neotropical Dry Forest - Salvatore
Agosta, PhD
Variation Among Dogwhelks (Nucella lapillus) Modifies Predator-prey
Interactions within Intertidal Assemblages - Jonathan Fisher,
PhD
Peeking into the Black Box: The Structure and Function
of Soil Microbial Communities in Response to Increasing Nitrogen
Availability -
Richard Lucas, PhD Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of AM Fungi in Serpentine
and Prairie Grasslands -
Baoming Ji, PhD
Dissecting Different Modules of Cytochrome C Maturation
in Rhodobacter Capsulatus- Serdar Turkarslan, PhD
Role of Exocytosis in Cell Polarization - Xiaoli Sun, PhD
Class of 2009
Characterizing the Role of the Exocyst Component EX070 in Exocytosis and Actin Dynamics in Budding Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae - Bing He, PhD
Slit Down-Regulates CRGAP Function to Mediate Axon Repulsion in the Embryonic Drosphila CNS - Ming Li, PhD
Molecular Basis of Chve Function in Sugar Binding and Virulence in Agrobacterium Tumefaciens - Fanglian He, PhD
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Streambed Bacterial Community Composition and Correlation with Einvironmental Variables and Disturbance - Karen Rowley Hogan, PhD
Squint, The Arabidopsis Ortholog of Cyclophilin40, Affects RNA Silencing- Michael Smith, PhD
Spatial Regulation of CDC42 by its GTPase-Activating Proteins RGA1 and BEM2 in Budding Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae - Zongtian Tong, PhD
Class of 2010
Unplugged/Musk Signaling Coordinates Pre- and Post-synaptic Development at the Neuromuscular Junction - Lili Jing, PhD
Spatially Varying Selection on Shell Color Phenotype in the Flat Periwinkle Littorina Obtusata - Megan Phifer-Rixey, PhD
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