MSTP Recent PhD Theses
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Fong | Joseph Piccirilli | Elucidation of the chemical steps involved in Group II intron and spliceosome catalyzed RNA splicing |
| John Frederiksen | Joseph Piccirilli | Binding of Metal Ions and Antibody Fragments to Folded RNA Molecules |
| Robert Hsieh | Geoffrey Greene & Milan Mrksich | Interactions between the estrogen receptor and estrogen receptor coactivators and/or corepressors in chip-based assays. |
| Kent Mouw | Phoebe Rice | Structural and functional analysis of serinerecombinase synaptic complex architecture |
| Terrence Wong | Tao Pan | RNA folding during transcription |
Business Economics
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Sun | Product Liability and Medical Markets |
Cancer Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Byrd | Funmi Olopade | Evidence for an Acute Myeloid Leukemia Suppressor Gene on 16q |
Cell Physiology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Stoller | Elizabeth McNally | ATP sensitive potassium channels and cardiovascular stress |
Developmental Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Aleeda Flagg | Eric Svensson | FOG-2 regulates endothelial-to-mesenchymal transformation in developing heart valves |
Economics
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| A. Bapu Jena | Steve Levitt, David Meltzer, Tomas Phillipson | Essays in the Economics of Health and Family. |
History of Culture
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Talya Salant | Diane Lauderdale & Sander Gilman | Bodies of Risk: Breast Cancer and the Cultural Politics of Prevention |
Immunology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Regina Ahmad | Averil Ma | Regulation of T Cell Receptor Signaling and T Cell Biology by the Ubiquitin-Modifying Enzyme A20. |
| Markus Boos | Barbara Kee | Analysis of the requirements for ID proteins in natural killer cell differentiation |
| Benjamin Thompson | Iannis Aifantis | Regulat of Notch 1 by teh Fbw7 ubiquitin ligase during T cell development and leukemogenesis |
| Emre Turer | Averil Ma | The role of A20 in dendritic cells. Specifically, the mechanism by which A20 regulates LPS induced NF-kB and the effects this has on t-cell priming |
Medical Physics
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Neha Bhooshan | Mary Ellen Giger | Computer-aided diagnosis of breast MRI |
| Martin King | Mary Ellen Giger | Feature-based characterization and image quality optimization of motion-contaminated coronary structures in cardiac CT images |
| Eric Vikingstad | David Levin | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cortical Language Networks and their Response to Brain Insult. |
Microbiology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly Riordan | Olaf Schneewind | How Yersina enterocolitica Type II Machines select their substrates for transport |
| Benjamin Smith-Donald | Bernard Roizman | The role of cellular phosphotase Cdc25C in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 infection. |
Molecular Genetics & Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Cara Rabik | Eileen Dolan | Elucidation of the Mechanism of O6 Benzylguanine as an Enhancer of Cisplatin-Induced Cytotoxicity |
| Gregory Vlacich | Don Steiner & Gene Webb | PIM3 as a negative regulator of pancreatic beta-cell function |
Neurobiology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Mendelson | Peggy Mason | Breathing-related discharge in serotonergic neurons of the medullary raphe nucleus |