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Recent Dissertations


James Mullman

Stressing the Importance of SIRT5 in Cancer: How SIRT5 Loss Alters Glycosylation and Ribosome Biology
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Robert Weiss


Kieran Koch-Laskowski

From Paint Strokes to Pixels: Picturing Metabolic Health through the Gut at the Physiological, Cellular, and Transcriptomic Levels
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy


Haewon (May) Byun

Virus-Host Interactions and the Impact on Host Cellular Mechanism
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Hector Aguilar-Carreno


Rosanna Ma

Functional examination of long noncoding RNAs and RNA therapy in fibrolamellar carcinoma
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy


Seona Lee

Uncovering The Role of SOX6 in Stem Cell Heterogeneity in Skin
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Tudorita Tumbar


Esteban Flores Cortes

Histone H2A Variants and a Novel Genome-Wide Regulation of HSV-1 Lytic Chromatin Dynamics
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Luis Schang


David Buchholz

Viral Glycoproteins: Biological and Vaccination Roles
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Hector Aguilar-Carreno


Gabriela Mansano Do Nascimento

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BROADLY PROTECTIVE VACCINE CANDIDATES FOR SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUSES
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Diego Diel


Danielle Sosnicki

ON THE EPIDIDYMIS AND SPERM FUNCTION: A LONG AND CONVOLUTED TUBULE PLAYING A CRITICAL ROLE IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
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Concentration: Zoology and Wildlife Conservation
Principal Investigator: Alexander Travis / Pierre Comizzoli


Orchi Anannya

INTERLEUKIN 2 INDUCIBLE T CELL KINASE (ITK) FINE TUNES T CELL DIFFERENTIATION
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Avery August


Hector Loyola Irizarry

Development of Broad Host-Range Plasmid Tools for Manipulation of Bacterial Communities
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Ilana Brito


Candice Limper

Effects of Increased Mitochondrial DNA Mutations on T-Cell Development and Function
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Avery August


Felicity Emerson

Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Longevity-Regulating Chromatin Factors in C. elegans”
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Siu Sylvia Lee


Robert Lopez-Astacio

Evolution of Feline and Canine Parvoviruses: Understanding the Capsid Structure, the Natural Variation, and the Antibody Selection
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Colin Parrish


Julio Sanchez

Oncogenic PI3K Signaling Impacts Adaptive Immune Resistance by Upregulating Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis and PD-L1 Associated Cargo
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Richard Cerione


Furkat Mukhtarov

Dual-Localization of The Yeast Methionine R-sulfoxide Reductase MXR2
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Sevier


Alexis Oldfield

Ultrasound Characterization of Antral Follicle Dynamics Across The Adiposty Spectrum
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Concentration: Translational Medicine
Principal Investigator: Marla Lujan


Kristina Ceres

Evolution and Population Dynamics of Mycobacterial Pathogens with Applications for Disease Control
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Concentration: Population Medicine and Epidemiology
Principal Investigator: Yrjo Grohn


Adam Francisco

Multi-omic Investigations Identify Micro-RNA Regulators of Cell Proliferation and Reveal Proteoglycan Aberrancy in Fibrolamellar Carcinoma”
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy