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 |