2020 PhD Thesis Defenses
MEGAN SLOUGH
Thesis Title: Alohomora! Unlocking Hantavirus-Receptor Interactions Using Viral Surrogates
Date: Monday, December 7, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Kartik Chandran
PhD Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
ALBERT LOWE
Thesis Title: Retinal Differentiation of Pluriotent Stem Cells for Studying the Mechanisms of Human Retinal Development and Inherited Degenerations
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Wei Liu
PhD Student, Department of Genetics
HANNAH MONDAY
Thesis Title: Protein Synthesis in Structural and Functional Plasticity of the Mature Mammalian Presynaptic Terminal
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Pablo Castillo
PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
KELIN BRACE
Thesis Title: Human Auditory System Maintains Neural Representations of Sound Regardless of Explicit Knowledge or Task Demands
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Elyse Sussman
MD/PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
ABIGAIL CARBONELL
Thesis Title: Novel Roles for ANKS1B in the Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Bryen Jordan
MD/PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
PETER JOHN
Thesis Title: The Immune Checkpoint B7x Promotes the Induction of Regulatory T Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment and Mediates Resistance to Immunotherapy
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. XingXing Zang
MD/PhD Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
SINAR KHOR
Thesis Title: Deciphering the Role of Neural Innate Immune Signaling in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease in Drosophila
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Dongsheng Cai
MD/PhD Student, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
SAMUEL EISENBERG
Thesis Title: Regulation of Cell Adhesion and Invasion by the Microtubule-Modifying Kinesin KIF19
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. David Sharp
MD/PhD Student, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
ROSIRIS LEON-RIVERA
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of CNS Viral Reservoir Formation and Reseeding by HIV+ Mature Monocytes: Potential Therapies for NeuroAIDS in the ART-era
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Joan Berman
MD/PhD Student, Department of Pathology
MIRIAM BEN-DAYAN
Thesis Title: HPV-mediated Regulation of the CDKN2A Locus in HPV Positive Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Date: Monday, August 10, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Michael Prystowsky
PhD Student, Department of Pathology
JAMIE MOORE
Thesis Title: Dissecting the Mechanisms Governing Functional Dynamics of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Activation in Malaria Infected Mice Using Intravital Microscopy
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Gregoire Lauvau
MD/PhD Student, Department of Pathology
WOUTER HOOGENBOOM
Thesis Title: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Sports-related Head Impacts Induce Structural, Functional and Histopathological Changes - Evidence from Experimental Models Guided by a Reverse Translational Approach
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratories of Dr. Micheal Lipton & Dr. Craig Branch
PhD Student, Department of Clinical Investigation
JOSHUA MAYORAL
Thesis Title: A Diverse Toolkit: Studies on Secreted Proteins from the Parasite Toxoplasma gondii
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Louis Weiss
MD/PhD Student, Department of Pathology
ANDREA LOPEZ-ARROYO
Thesis Title: Rational Targeting of BAX and BCL-XL Broadly Overcomes Tumor Apoptotic Resistance
Date: Monday, June 1, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Evripidis Gavathiotis
PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry
JOSHUA WEINREB
Thesis Title: Uncovering the Roles of DDX41 in Hematopoiesis
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Teresa Bowman
MD/PhD Student, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
LISA BAKER
Thesis Title: Fidgetin-Like 2: A Novel Negative Regulator of Axonal Growth and a Promising Therapeutic Target for Promoting Nerve Regeneration After Injury
Date: Friday, May 22, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. David Sharp
PhD Student, Department of Cell Biology
JUSTIN WHEAT
Thesis Title: Single Molecule Studied of the PU.1-Gata1/2 Network in Hematopoiesis
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratories of Dr. Ulrich Steidl & Dr. Robert H. Singer
MD/PhD Student, Department of Cell Biology
YVETT SOSA
Thesis Title: Antimalarial Drug Development: Characterization and Targeting of the Malaria Parasite Purine Uptake Pathway to Develop Novel Antimalarial Drugs
Date: Monday, May 4, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Myles Akabas
PhD Student, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
ADAM SPITZ
Thesis Title: Identification and Characterization of an FDA-Approved Small Molecule Single Molecule Inhibitor of Pro-Apoptoic BAX
Date: Friday, May 01, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Evripidis Gavathiotis
MD/PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry
RICHARD PISZCZATOWSKI
Thesis Title: An Orthogonal Approach to Cell Indentification and Isolation
Date: Friday, May 1, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Ulrich Steidl
MD/PhD Student, Department of Cell Biology
ALYSSA CASILL
Thesis Title: Spatial Organization of Transcription and Splicing Kinectics Revealed by a Novel Genome-wide Array
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Online Via Zoom
Laboratories of Dr. Matthew Gamble & Dr. Charles Query
PhD Student, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
CLARE BURN
Thesis Title: Effector Functions and Evasive Tactics: Mechanisms of Protection Induced by a Single Cycle HSV-2 Candidate Vaccine Deleted in Glycoprotein D
Date: Friday, February 28, 2020
Time: 9:00 am
Location: 3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer
Laboratories of Dr. Betsy Herold & Dr. William Jacobs, Jr.
PhD Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
MARTA GRONSKA-PESKI
Thesis Title: FGFRs Play Multiple Roles in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2020
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Kennedy Center Auditorium
Laboratory of Dr. Jean Hebert
PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
AMEYA KULKARNI
Thesis Title: Gerotherapeutic Interventions in Targeting Aging- A Multiomic and Translational Approach
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2020
Time: 10:00 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Nir Barzilai & Jessica Mar
PhD Student, Department of Clinical Investigation
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