March 2022 Defenses

Student

Program

Advisor

Date

Title

Daniel Snellings

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Doug Marchuk, Ph.D.

3/1/2022

Somatic Mutations Drive Vascular Malformation Initiation, Progression, and Predisposition

Tianyi Chen

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Anna Mae Diehl, M.D.

3/2/2022

Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals hedgehog critically regulates hepatocyte resiliency

Shiva Nagappan Chettiar

Neurobiology

Kevin Franks, Ph.D.

3/3/2022

Odor Coding by Distinct Classes of Principal Neurons in Piriform Cortex

Kevin Zhu

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Hiroaki Matsunami, Ph.D.

3/9/2022

Decoding the olfactory map: targeted transcriptomics link olfactory receptors to glomeruli

Sara Payne

Cell Biology

David Sherwood

3/10/2022

Basement Membranes Mediate Interactions Between Tissues

Urann Chan

Neurobiology

Anne West, M.D., Ph.D.

3/11/2022

Developmental Regulation of H3K27me3 Drives Excitatory Synapse Maturation and Social Behavior

Dylan Eiger

Biochemistry

Dr Sudarshan Rajagopal

3/11/2022

Mechanisms of Biased Signaling at the Chemokine Receptor CXCR3

Jeff Bourgeois Jr.

University Program in Genetics and Genomics

Dennis Ko, M.D., Ph.D.

3/11/2022

Utilizing Cellular GWAS as a Springboard to Understand Complex Host-Pathogen Interactions

Siyun Yang

Biostatistics

Laine Thomas, Ph.D.

3/14/2022

Propensity Score Methods for Causal Subgroup Analysis

Ben Andress

Pathology

Amy McNulty

3/15/2022

The Meniscus Cell Phenotype: Effects of Physical, Mechanical, and Inflammatory Environments

Hsin-I Huang

Immunology

Gianna Hammer

3/16/2022

The Interplay of Antigen Presenting Cells, Microbiota, and IL-17 Producing T cells in Intestinal Health and Colorectal Cancer

Jackie Vahey

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Elizabeth Hauser, Ph.D.

3/16/2022

Genetic Analysis of Gulf War Illness: Phenotype Development, GWAS, and Gene-Environment Interaction

Hsuan-Cheng Kuo

Molecular Cancer Biology

David Kirsch

3/16/2022

Interrogating the Function of p53 Transactivation Domains in Radiation Injury to the Heart and the Intestine

Yuning Zhang

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Raluca Gordan, Ph.D.

3/17/2022

Transcription factors as competitors in gene regulation and DNA damage repair pathways

Fei Sun

Cell Biology

Kenneth Poss, Ph.D.

3/21/2022

Organ-Level Communication During Heart Regeneration In Zebrafish

Katherine Jacobs

University Program in Genetics and Genomics

Daniel Lew, Ph.D.

3/21/2022

Pheromone gradients guide and stabilize polarity sites for mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Wenxin Tong

Pharmacology

Mark Herman, M.D.

3/21/2022

Investigation of Gut-Derived Circulating Succinate in Metabolism and Liver Signaling

Brady Travis

Biochemistry

Dr Maria Schumacher, Ph.D.

3/21/2022

Transcriptional control of virulence in Francisella tularensis

Luke Hayden

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Stefano Di Talia, Ph.D.

3/22/2022

Long-range Coordination of Biochemical Signals in Drosophila Embryogenesis and Zebrafish Scale Regeneration

Daltry Snider

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Stacy Horner, Ph.D.

3/22/2022

Regulation of the Antiviral Innate Immune Response by Ufmylation

Kyle Moran

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Daniel Lew, Ph.D.

3/23/2022

Mechanisms for Controlling Cell Polarity in Yeast

Jason Long

Cell Biology

Matthew Hilton, Ph.D.

3/23/2022

Growth plate hypertrophic chondrocytes dedifferentiate into skeletal stem and progenitor cells that give rise to osteoblasts and adipocytes during skeletal development.

Xueqi Wang

Biostatistics

Liz Turner

3/24/2022

Marginal Methods for the Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomized Trials and Related Studies

Saaz Sakrikar

University Program in Genetics and Genomics

Prof Amy Schmid, Ph.D.

3/24/2022

Investigating the biological role and binding modes of histone-like proteins of halophilic archaea

Divya Subramanian

Neurobiology

Dr Marc Sommer, Ph.D.

3/24/2022

Contributions of Bayesian and Discriminative Models to Active Visual Perception across Saccades

Calla Telzrow

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Andrew Alspaugh

3/24/2022

Cellular Coordinators: Mechanisms by which Non-Enzymatic Proteins Contribute to Growth and Cell Surface Remodeling in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Wendi Guo

Pharmacology

Colleen Wu

3/25/2022

A Central Role for Hypoxia-inducible Transcription Factor Signaling in the Regulation of Skeletal Lineage Cells

Jessica Shannon

Immunology

Jennifer Zhang, Ph.D.

3/25/2022

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin controls hair growth

Tianqi Yang

Pharmacology

Eda Yildirim, Ph.D.

3/28/2022

Determining the role of Xist long noncoding RNA in hematopoiesis and hematologic malignancies

Shelby Priest

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Joseph Heitman, M.D., Ph.D.

3/29/2022

Roles of RNA interference and DNA mismatch repair in maintaining genomic integrity in Cryptococcus pathogens

Aashutosh Vihani

Neurobiology

Hiroaki Matsunami, Ph.D.

3/31/2022

 

 

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