2021 PhD Thesis Defenses
DIPPAL PARIKH
Thesis Title: Characterization of Allograft Inflammatory-1-Like (AIF1L) in Diet-Induced Obesity
Date: Monday, December 20, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Sibinga
PhD Student, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
VANESSA ALMONTE
Thesis Title: Inhibition of Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor in Graft Vascular Disease
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Sibinga
PhD Student, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
LIJIE SHI
Thesis Title: Functions of Crk and Crkl in Mouse Cardiovascular Development
Date: Monday, December 13, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Bernice Morrow
PhD Student, Department of Genetics
ZUEN REN
Thesis Title: Redox Signaling by Glutathione Peroxidase 2 Dysregulation Links Vascular Modulation to Metabolic Plasticity, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, and Breast Cancer Metastasis
Date: Friday, December 3, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Rachel Hazan
PhD Student, Department of Pathology
MIRJANA PERSAUD
Thesis Title: Role of Host Factors of ZIKV and HIV-1 Infection
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Felipe Diaz-Griffero
PhD Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
MICHELLE HUANG
Thesis Title: The Molecular Pathogensis of Neyropsychiatric Lupus: Potential Mechanisms and Therapeutics Targets
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Chaim Putterman
PhD Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
KATHERINE KAUGARS
Thesis Title: Using a Herpes Simplex Viral Vector to Generate Protective Vaccines Against Viral Pathogens
Date: Friday, September 24, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. William Jacobs
MD/PhD Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
JOANNA KRZYSPIAK
Thesis Title: Determining the Critical Donor-Cells Parameters for Optimal Cortical Regeneration
Date: Monday, September 20, 2021
Online via Zoom
Laboratories of Dr. Kamran Khodakhah and Dr. Jean Hebert
PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
MAISHA RAHMAN
Thesis Title: The Roles of Glycoproteins in Dendrite Development
Date: Friday, September 17, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Hannes Buelow
PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
MAXIM I. MARON
Thesis Title: Transcriptomic and Proteomic Regulation by Protein Arginine Methyltransferases
Date: Friday, September 10, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. David Shechter
MD/PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry
ROBERT BORTZ
Thesis Title: Antiviral Therapeutics Exploit Structural Changes in the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein During Virus Entry
Date: Friday, September 10, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Kartik Chandran
MD/PhD Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
BENJAMIN LORTON
Thesis Title: Regulation of Chromatin Function by Histone H3 Arginine 2 Methylation
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. David Shechter
PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry
RYAN MALONIS
Thesis Title: Investigating Antibody Responses to Emerging Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Jonathan Lai
MD/PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry
BENJAMIN LORTON
Thesis Title: Regulation of Chromatin Function by Histone H3 Arginine 2 Methylation
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. David Shechter
PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry
YVES JUSTE
Thesis Title: Reciprocal Regulation of Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy and the Circadian Clock
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo
PhD Student, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
STEFANO LUTZU
Thesis Title: Novel Cellular and Synaptic Mechanisms Implicated at the Hippocampal Mossy Fiber System
Date: Monday, June 28, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Pablo Castillo
PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
PABLO LITUMA
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Information Transfer and Storage in the Mammalian Hippocampus
Date: Friday, June 25, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Pablo Castillo
PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
ADAM HUDGINS
Thesis Title: Post-GWAS Functional Genomics Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease Risk Loci
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Yousin Suh
PhD Student, Department of Genetics
HELEN BELALCAZAR
Thesis Title: From the Nucleus to the Synapses: The Role of KDM5 in Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction Structure and Function
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Julie Secombe
PhD Student, Department of Genetics
VIRGINIA FOLGADO-MARCO
Thesis Title: Studies of Ribosomal Protein Mutants in Flies and Mice
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Baker
PhD Student, Department of Genetics
BASIA GALINSKI
Thesis Title: XPO1 Overexpression and Drug Targeting in a Combination Strategy for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratories of Dr. Danial Weiser & Dr. Jean Hebert
PhD Student, Department of Genetics
MORGAN PORCH
Thesis Title: Mechanisms Underlying the Regulation of Synpatic Plasticity
Date: Monday, February 22, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. R. Suzanne Zukin
PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience
REESE HITCHINGS
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Azoreduction by the Gut Microbiome
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratory of Dr. Libusha Kelly
PhD Student, Department of Systems and Computational Biology
GILBERT SALLOUM
Thesis Title: Drinking and Degradation in Fibroblasts and Tumor Cells
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Online Via Zoom
Laboratories of Dr. Jonathan Backer and Dr. Anne Bresnick
PhD Student, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
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