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MSTP Recent PhD Theses

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Kent Mouw Phoebe Rice Structural and Functional Analysis of Serine Recombinase Synaptic Complex Structure

Business Economics

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Eric Sun Tomas Philipson and Robert Topel 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
Stephanie McGregor Barbara Kee The role of Lef1 in T Cell Development and Lymphomagenesis

Chemistry

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Claire Jacobs Peter Dervan (Cal Tech) Structural Modifications to DNA-Binding Polyamides for Improved Biological Activity in Cell Culture
Yelena Koldobskaya Joseph Piccirilli Antibody-assisted RNA Crystallography
Luka Pocivavsek Ka Yee Lee Mechanical and Thermodynamic Focusing at Membrane Interfaces

Computational Neuroscience

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Amber Martell Win van Drongelen The Role of Nonlinear NMDA Conductance in Bursting and Seizure-Like Oscillation

Developmental Biology

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Alleda Flagg Eric Svensson The Role of FOG-2 in teh Regulation of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transformation During Development of the Heart Valves and Coronary Vasculature

Immunology

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Markus Boos Barbara Kee Analysis of the requirements for ID proteins in natural killer cell differentiation
Nathan Schoettler Martin Weigert B Cell Receptor Light Chair Repertoires in Health and Autoimmunity
Benjamin Thompson Iannis Aifantis Suppression of T Cell Leukemia and Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Quiescence by the Fbw7 Ubiquitin Ligase

Medical Physics

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Martin King Mary Ellen Giger Image Analysis of Cardiac CT Images

Microbiology

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Jonathan Budzik Olaf Schneewind Assembly of Pilli on the Surface of Bacilli
Kelly Riordan Olaf Schneewind Substrate Selection and Specificity in Yersinia Type III Secretion Machines

Molecular Genetics & Biology

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Cara Rabik Eileen Dolan Elucidation of the Mechanism of Enhancement of Cisplatin Cytotoxicity by O6-benzylguanine
Sho Yano Lucia Rothman-Denes Specific Inhibition of Host Processes by Bacteriophage N4 Gene Products

Molecular Pathogenesis & Molecular Medicine

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Sogyong Aug Yang-Xin Fun Radiation Therapy is Immune-Dependent: The Role of Type I Interferons
Jennifer Lanning Stephen Meredith Inhibition of Polyglutamine Aggregation In Vitro and In Vivo by N-Methylated Peptides

Neurobiology

MSTP Trainee Faculty Advisor(s) Thesis
Atul Malik Naoum Issa

Organization and Plasticity of Response Properties in the Primary Visual Cortex

Evelyn Shih Kathy Millen Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Tippy Mice: A Novel Model of Altered Connectivity in the Cerebellum and Hippocampus