Recent Doctoral Dissertations

 

Dissertation Title

Graduate Student

Adviser

     
December 2000     
     

Analysis of the Cis-Regulatory System of the Arabidopsis Floral Homeotic Gene APETALA3

Theresa A. Hill

Vivian Irish

Clonal and Mosaic Analyses of the Floral Homeotic Gene APETELA3 in Arabidopsis

Pablo D. Jenik

Vivian Irish

Studies on the Regulation of Final Cytoplasm Transport During Oocyte Development in Drosophila melanogaster

Nina M. Matova

Lynn Cooley

Eponemycin and Epoxomicin as Probes of the 20S Proteasome Function

Lihao Meng

Craig Crews

     
May 2001    
     

The Role of Regulator of G-protein Signaling (RGS9) Proteins in Drug Addiction

Zia Ur Rahman

Eric Nestler

     
December 2001    
     

Requirements for the c-Myc Proto-Oncogene in Physiologic T Cell Development

Nataki C. Douglas

(MD/PhD)

Alfred Bothwell & Adrian Hayday

The Role of the Ecdysone Early-Response Gene E75 in Drosophila Development

Alycia N. Shilton

William Segraves

Cloning and Characterization of Drosophila Filamin

Nicholas S. Sokol

Lynn Cooley

A Study of Anti-Angiogenic Agent TNP-470: Revealing a Unique Mechanism of Endothelial Cell Cycle Control and Genetic Targeting of Methionine Aminopeptidase-2, the Binding Protein of TNP-470

Jing-Ruey Joanna Yeh

Craig Crews

     
May 2002    
     

Transcription Factor AP-2 g: Genetic Insight into Placental Development

Heidi J. Auman

Trevor Williams

Studies on Developmental Transitions During Drosophila Oogenesis

Michael H. Buszczak

Lynn Cooley & William Segraves

Mode of Action Study of the Anti-inflammatory Sesquiterpene Lactone Partheonolide

Benjamin H.B. Kwok

Craig Crews

Mechanistic Understanding of Nucleoside Inhibitors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Adrian S. Ray

Karen Anderson

Molecular and functional Analysis of the COP9 Signalsome in Arabidopsis

Giovanna Serino

Xing-Wang Deng

Biological and Genetic Characterization of a Naturally Transformable Acinetobacter strain

David M. Young

L. Nicholas Ornston

Mutagenesis Induced by the Tumor Microenvironment – Implications of Increased DNA Damage and Diminished DNA Repair

Jianling Yuan

(MD/PhD)

Peter Glazer

     
December 2002    
     

Expansion of an “Island of Catabolic Diversity”: Genetic Analysis of Hydroxycinnamate Catabolism in Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1

Michael A. Smith

L. Nicholas Ornston

     
May 2003    
     

Gene Expression Analysis of ErbB2 Family Signaling: Encodement of Signaling Specificity and Identification of Targets of ErbB2 and ErbB4

Dhara N. Amin

David Stern

Analysis of the Mechanisms of Ventral Body Wall and Heart Outflow Tract Development in Wild-Type and AP-2 a Mutant Mice

Stephanie L. Brewer

Trevor Williams

Molecular Genetics of Odor Reception and Development in Drosophila

Anna A. Dobritsa

John Carlson

Selection and Analysis of RNA-Cleaving Deoxyribozymes and Ribozymes: Application Toward Understanding Enzyme Structure and Function

Gail A. Emilsson

Ronald Breaker

Coordination of Two Checkpoint Pathways Couples Recombination and Cell Cycle Progression During Meiosis in Yeast

Eun-Jin Hong

Shirleen Roeder

A Novel Approach for Transcription Factor Target Identification: Studies of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Cycle and the Human b-globin Locus

Christine E. Horak

Michael Snyder

Functional Analysis of a Regulatory Element Controlling Spatial and Temporal Expression of Hoxc-8 in Mouse Development

Hsin Juan

Frank Ruddle

AP-2 a is Required for Embryonic and Postnatal Craniofacial Development

Danielle K. Nelson

Trevor Williams

Biological Insights into Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Provided by Serial Analysis of Gene Expression

John C. Shires

Adrian Hayday

     
December 2003    
     

Cytoskeletal Activation of a Checkpoint Kinase: Delineation of the Functional Domains of Hsl1

Jessie Hanrahan

Michael Snyder

Extragenic Suppressor of Growth Defects in msbB Salmonella

Sean R. Murray

Brooks Low

Isolation and Characterization of the Homeodomain Protein 137, a Putative Regulator of APETALA3

Khoon Ghee QueenieTan

Vivian Irish

     
May 2004    
     

The Ig Protein Turtle is a Genetic Inhibitor of the EGFR Pathway that Functions in Axonal Guidance and Rhabdomere Morphology in Drosophila melanogaster

Badar F. Al-Anzi

Robert Wyman

Unconventional Myosin Function in the Immune System

Jeffrey P. Holt

Mark Mooseker

Regulation and Role of C. elegans let-7 Family of MicroRNAs

Steven M. Johnson

Frank Slack

     
December 2004    
     

Vascular Patterning and Leaf Development in Arabidopsis

Nicole Kho Clay

Vivian Irish

The Molecular Basis of Odor Coding in the Drosophila Maxillary Palp

Aaron L. Goldman

John Carlson

Identification of Nuclear Factor-KappaB Binding Sites on Chromosome 22

Rebecca B. Martone

Michael Snyder

The Role of Mouse Numb and Numblike During Mammalian Development and Neurogenesis

Petur H. Petersen

Weimin Zhong

In vivo Validation and Architecture of a microRNA::Target Interaction in C. elegans

Monica C. Vella

Frank Slack

     
May 2005    
     

Microarray Approaches to Experimental Genome Annotation

Paul N. Bertone

Michael Snyder/Mark Gerstein

Control of Immunity by Toll-like Receptors and Semaphorins

Agnieszka K. Czopik

Ruslan Medzhitov

Functional and Biochemical Characterization of Sec15p, a Subunit of the Exocyst Complex

Yen Kang Ellen France

Peter Novick

Odor Receptor Gene Choice in Drosophila

Anandasankar Ray

John Carlson

Characterization of the Mammalian Homologue of an Arabidopsis Developmental Switch Protein – COP1

Chunling Yi

Xing-Wang Deng

     
December 2005    
     

Deletion Mutations Caused by DNA Strand Slippage in Acinetobacter baylyi

Jeremy M. Gore

L. Nicholas Ornston

Conserved Molecules and Mechanisms of Neuronal Signaling Revealed by the Analysis of Simple Nematode Behaviors

Antony M. Jose

Michael Koelle

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