Caleb Bailey
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 11/6/2006
Thesis Project: Expounding Maspin and IRF6: Identification and Characterization of Novel Serpin Partnership
PhD Advisor: Mary Hendrix
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO |
J. Matthew Barnes
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 3/28/2011
Thesis Project: Influence of Matrix and Fluid Microenvironments on Cancer Cell Migration, Survival, and Metastasis
PhD Advisor: Michael Henry |
Leah Biggs
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 4/4/2012
Thesis Project: Interferon regulatory factor 6: a novel regulator of keratinocyte differentiation and migration
PhD Advisor: Brian Schutte |
Ryan Boudreau
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 12/19/2007
Thesis Project: Comparative analyses of hairpin-based RNA interference vectors for neurodegenerative disease therapy
PhD Advisor: Beverly Davidson
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa |
Melinda Brindley (Binus)
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Microbiology
Defense Date: 6/28/2007
Thesis Project: Mechanisms of Entry and Superinfection of Equine Infectious Anemia Virus
PhD Advisor: Wendy Maury
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
Evan Brutinel
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Microbiology
Defense Date: 11/11/2008
Thesis Project: DNA Binding Properties and Domain Function of EXSA, the Central Transcriptional Regulator of the Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Type III Secretion System
PhD Advisor: Timothy Yahr
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Biotechnology Institute |
Colleen Campbell
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 4/21/2010
Thesis Project: Identification of a Genetic Contribution to Ménière's Disease
PhD Advisor: Richard Smith
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Iowa |
Thomas Cradick
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 9/9/2009
Thesis Project: Designed Zinc Finger Nucleases That Cleave Hepatitis B Viral DNA (07/02/2009)
PhD Advisor: Anton McCaffrey |
David Dickey
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 4/16/2012
Thesis Project: Strategies for Improving Adeno-associated Viral Infection of Airway Epithelia
PhD Advisor: Joseph Zabner |
Justin Drake
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 4/8/2009
Thesis Project: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Prostate Cancer Cell Transendothelial Migration and Metastasis
PhD Advisor: Michael Henry
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Lab of Owen Witte, The University of California - Los Angeles |
Amy Dubinsky
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 5/26/2011
Thesis Project: Expression Profiling and Functional Studies of Non-Coding RNAs in the Central Nervous System
PhD Advisor: Beverly Davidson
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
Doug Dylla
Biosciences Class: 2000-2001
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 11/12/2007
Thesis Project: Arenaviruses and Lentiviral Gene Transfer: Host and Vector Properties Influencing Efficacy
PhD Advisor: Paul McCray
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL |
Megan Ealy
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 4/6/2011
Thesis Project: Otosclerosis--Identifying Genetic Contributions to a Complex Hearing Disorder
PhD Advisor: Richard Smith |
Colin Exline
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Microbiology
Defense Date: 8/4/2009
Thesis Project: The Positive Regulation of HIV-1 vif mRNA Splicing Is Required for Efficient Virus Replication
PhD Advisor: C. Martin Stoltzfus
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
John Fisher
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 10/29/2012
Thesis Project: Ferret CFTR Processing and Function
PhD Advisor: John Engelhardt |
Andrea Flynn
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 6/12/2008
Thesis Project: Selectivity and Regulation of the Paracellular Pathway in Human Airway Epithelia
PhD Advisor: Michael Welsh
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care, Columbia University, New York, NY |
Tamara Frembgen Kesner
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Biochemistry
Defense Date: 9/9/2008
Thesis Project: Simple Models of Molecular Flexibility and their Application to Drug Discovery and Protein Folding
PhD Advisor: Adrian Elcock
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Iowa, Adrian Elcock Lab |
Andrew Garrett
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Neuroscience
Defense Date: 11/23/2009
Thesis Project: Control of synaptogenesis and dendritic arborization by the gamma-protocadherin family of adhesion molecules
PhD Advisor: Joshua Weiner
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Robert W. Burgess, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME |
Katie Grinnell
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 4/11/2007
Thesis Project: The effects of Oct-4 on the developmental potential of interfollicular basal keratinocytes
PhD Advisor: Jackie Bickenbach
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Brown University, Providence, RI |
Christopher Hamm
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 12/2/2009
Thesis Project: Functional Genomic Analyses of the Impact of Global Hypomethylation and of Tumor Microenvironment in a Rat Model of Human Chondrosarcoma
PhD Advisor: Bento Soares
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program, Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL |
Isaiah Hankel
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 8/18/2011
Thesis Project: The Developmental Regulator Gon4-like Controls Proliferation, Th1-type Differentiation and Gene Expression by CD4+ T Cells
PhD Advisor: John Colgan |
Sara Hanson
Biosciences Class: 2007-2008
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 4/16/2013
Thesis Project: The Molecular Evolution of Reproduction in Animals: Insights from Sexual and Asexual Rotifers
PhD Advisor: John Logsdon |
Clay (Charles) Hazelett
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 3/22/2012
Thesis Project: Ral GTPases Regulate Biogenesis of Cell Polarity
PhD Advisor: Charles Yeaman |
Heidi Hehnly
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 4/1/2009
Thesis Project: The Cargo-dependent Regulation of Microtubule Motor-based Motility
PhD Advisor: Mark Stamnes
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA |
Karrie Hines Theoharis
Biosciences Class: 2000-2001
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 4/20/2006
Thesis Project: Mechanisms of Gene Silencing by Heterochromatin Protein 1
PhD Advisor: Lori Wallrath
Current Position: Genetic Counselor, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN |
Michael Hitchler
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Defense Date: 4/15/2008
Thesis Project: Epigenetic regulation of manganese superoxide dismutase in human breast cancer
PhD Advisor: Frederick Domann
Current Position: Radiation Biologist |
David Infanger
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 4/15/2009
Thesis Project: Molecular Mechanisms of Central Neuro-cardiovascular Dysfunction in Heart Failure: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and NADPH Oxidase
PhD Advisor: Robin Davisson
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
Jinsil Kim
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 1/18/2012
Thesis Project: Identification of Genes Contributing to Preterm Birth: Insights from Genetic, Transcriptomic, and Epigenetic Analyses
PhD Advisor: Jeff Murray |
Kimberly Krager
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Defense Date: 8/16/2007
Thesis Project: Absorbed Dose Calculations Predict Therapeutic Response in Sodium Iodide Symporter Expressing Tumors
PhD Advisor: Frederick Domann
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa |
Wei Li
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 7/16/2008
Thesis Project: The Role of Activator Protein 2 Transcription Factors in Zebrafish Neural Crest Development
PhD Advisor: Robert Cornell
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
Josh Madsen
Biosciences Class: 2000-2001
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 2/24/2006
Thesis Project: Negative Regulation of HIV-1 Alternative Splicing is Necessary for Efficient Virus Protection
PhD Advisor: C. Martin Stoltzfus
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Radiation Oncology, The University of Iowa |
Tara Maga
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 1/20/2012
Thesis Project: Unraveling the complex genetics of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
PhD Advisor: Richard Smith |
Mao Mao
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 4/1/2010
Thesis Project: Genetic Studies of Sh3pxd2b and Its Contribution to Ocular Diseases
PhD Advisor: Michael Anderson
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The University of California, San Francisco |
Janine Martin
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 9/15/2010
Thesis Project: Developing RNAi Therapy for DYT1 Dystonia
PhD Advisor: Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre |
Aaron Mason
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Biochemistry
Defense Date: 4/5/2010
Thesis Project: Functional Analysis of an Alternative Replication Protein A Complex Containing RPA4
PhD Advisor: Marc Wold
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
Travis McCarthy
Biosciences Class: 2000-2001
PhD Program: Microbiology
Defense Date: 9/14/2006
Thesis Project: Characterization of mycobacterial phosphomannomutases involved in mannoglycoconjugate biosynthesis and immunopathogenesis.
PhD Advisor: Larry Schlesinger
Current Position: Biosafety Professional, Regional Biocontainment Lab, University of Missouri, Environmental Health and Safety |
Colleen McDowell (Trantow)
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 8/27/2009
Thesis Project: Genetic Pathways of Lyst and Exfoliation Syndrome
PhD Advisor: Michael Anderson
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft. Worth, TX |
Viviane Muniz
Biosciences Class: 2007-2008
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 11/8/2012
Thesis Project: Role of Parf, a Novel Partner of ARF, in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and in ARF Signaling PhD Advisor: Dawn Quelle
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Aaron Blaisdell, University of California at Los Angeles |
Elke Nelson
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 4/26/2011
Thesis Project: Activators of Vinculin Enhance Cell Adhesion and Sensitize Melanomas to Chemotherapy
PhD Advisor: Kris DeMali
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Aaron Blaisdell, University of California at Los Angeles |
Jason Netland
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Immunology
Defense Date: 1/23/2009
Thesis Project: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine Design
PhD Advisor: Stanley Perlman
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
Kirill Nourski
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Neuroscience
Defense Date: 7/10/2006
Thesis Project: Acoustic-electric Interaction in the Auditory Nerve: Simultaneous and Forward Masking of the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential
PhD Advisor: Paul Abbas
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa |
Christian Overgaard
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 12/2/2009
Thesis Project: Deciliation Dramatically Alters Epithelial Function
PhD Advisor: Charles Yeaman
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
Stacey Payne
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 3/23/2006
Thesis Project: The Role of Lysyl Oxidase in Breast Cancer Cell Motility
PhD Advisor: Mary Hendrix
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL |
Christopher Pelham
Biosciences Class: 2007-2008
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 4/16/2012
Thesis Project: Novel Mechanisms of Vascular-specific Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor Gamma in Hypertension and Atherosclerosis
PhD Advisor: Curt Sigmund |
Delila Peri
Biosciences Class: 2009-2010
PhD Program: Immunology
Defense Date: 7/12/2012
Thesis Project: Third Generation Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Mechanisms of Action Against B Cell Lymphomas
PhD Advisor: George Weiner |
Dustin Petrik
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 2/15/2007
Thesis Project: The Multiple Functions of the Human Cytomegalovirus IE86 Regulatory Protein
PhD Advisor: Mark Stinski
Current Position: Research Scientist, GeneSeek, Lincoln, NE |
Stephanie Pierce
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 4/5/2010
Thesis Project: The Role and Regulation of Small Conductance CA2+ Activated K+ Channel Subtype 3 in Myometrial Contraction and Placental Development
PhD Advisor: Sarah England
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory of Kathleen Caron, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Belinda Pinto
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 8/26/2009
Thesis Project: Understanding the Role of LEM Domain Proteins in Drosophila Development
PhD Advisor: Pamela Geyer
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. |
Xiaoyan Qin
Biosciences Class: 2007-2008
PhD Program: Human Toxicology
Defense Date: 8/29/2012
Thesis Project: Oxidative and Electrophilic Structural Modification and Catalytic Regulation of Human Hydroxysteroid Sulfotransferase 2A1 (hSULT2A1)
PhD Advisor: Michael Duffel
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Jihui Ren
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 6/26/2007
Thesis Project: Control of Protein Sorting to the Lysosome by Hse1 and Its Interacting Proteins
PhD Advisor: Robert Piper
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
Federico Rey
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Microbiology
Defense Date: 12/15/2006
Thesis Project: Hydrogen production by Rhodopseudomonas palustris: a functional genomic approach
PhD Advisor: Caroline Harwood
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Center for Genome Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
Roman Rodionov
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 11/26/2007
Thesis Project: Role of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Hyperhomocysteinemia-Induced Vascular Dysfunction
PhD Advisor: Steven Lentz
Current Position: Resident, Internal Medicine and Vascular Medicine, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
Laura Rogers
Biosciences Class: 2007-2008
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 10/30/2012
Thesis Project: Cancer Gene Discovery and Immunosurveillance Studies Using Sleeping Beauty Mouse Models
PhD Advisor: Adam Dupuy |
Amit Saraf
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Pharmacology
Defense Date: 12/19/2008
Thesis Project: Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase by Protein Phosphatase 2A
PhD Advisor: Stefan Strack
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan |
Igor Schneider
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 12/12/2008
Thesis Project: Critical Roles for calcium and beta-caterin in sebrahfis left-right organ asymmetry
PhD Advisor: Diane Slusarski
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
Patricia Schneider
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 4/16/2010
Thesis Project: Role of Axin-RGS Domain during Axis Formation: Maternal vs. Zygotic Functions
PhD Advisor: Douglas Houston
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Biology, The University of Iowa |
Tyson Shepherd
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Biochemistry
Defense Date: 5/12/2011
Thesis Project: Structural and Thermodynamic Origins of the Distinct Specificities of Tiam-family PDZ Domains
PhD Advisor: Ernesto Fuentes
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Chemical Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden |
Alexey Soshnev
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Biochemistry
Defense Date: 7/3/2012
Thesis Project: New Transcriptional Roles for the Classic Drosophila Insulator Protein Suppressor of Hairy-wing
PhD Advisor: Pam Geyer |
Skye Souter
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 4/6/2009
Thesis Project: Structure and Interactions of Microtubule-associated Protein Tau in Human Prostate Cancer Cells
PhD Advisor: Gloria Lee
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Gene Function and Expression, UMass Medical Center, Worcester, MA |
Levi Sowers
Biosciences Class: 2008-2009
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 7/2/2012
Thesis Project: Humans and Mice with Prickle Mutations Show a Propensity for Epilepsy and Display Autism-like Behaviors with Evidence for Hippocampal Synaptic Dysfunction
PhD Advisor: Alexander Bassuk |
Matthew Stern
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 3/30/2007
Thesis Project: Epidermal Stem Cells are Multipotent and Resist Cellular Aging
PhD Advisor: Jackie Bickenbach
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC |
Kathryn Stern
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Pharmacology
Defense Date: 12/5/2006
Thesis Project: Cbl-mediated Mechanisms of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Trafficking
PhD Advisor: Nancy Lill
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC |
Daniel Stringer
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 11/18/2010
Thesis Project: The Role of Ubiquitination within Endocytic Pathway
PhD Advisor: Robert Piper
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Washington, DC |
Robert Svensson
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 3/29/2010
Thesis Project: Bioluminescent Mouse Models of Prostate Cancer Progression and Therapy
PhD Advisor: Michael Henry
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The University of California, San Diego |
Colin Thalhofer
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Immunology
Defense Date: 4/22/2011
Thesis Project: Leishmania infantum chagasi Induces a Dynamic Cellular Inflammatory Response
PhD Advisor: Mary Wilson |
Andrew Thomas
Biosciences Class: 2002-2003
PhD Program: Biochemistry
Defense Date: 11/17/2006
Thesis Project: Use of Molecular Simulations to Understand the Effects at High Temperature and Salt Upon Charged and Hydrophobic Interactions
PhD Advisor: Adrian Elcock
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Iowa, Adrian Elcock Lab |
Jason Ulrich
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Pharmacology
Defense Date: 11/18/2011
Thesis Project: The Regulation and Function of Nuclear Factor of Activated T-cells in Neurons
PhD Advisor: Yuriy Usachev |
Eric Van Otterloo
Biosciences Class: 2006-2007
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 4/6/2012
Thesis Project: Transcription Factor Activator Protein 2 in Development and Disease of the Neural Crest
PhD Advisor: Robert Cornell |
Eric Weatherford
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 11/22/2010
Thesis Project: Regulation of Renin Gene Expression by CTCF, Nr2f2, Nr2f6, Nr4a1, and Maintenance of the Renin Expressing Cell
PhD Advisor: Curt Sigmund
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Curt Sigmund, The University of Iowa |
Lauren Wegman
Biosciences Class: 2003-2004
PhD Program: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Defense Date: 4/16/2009
Thesis Project: Control of Drosophila larval behavioral transitions by peripheral sensory neurons
PhD Advisor: Wayne Johnson
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiation Oncology, The University of Iowa |
Pamela Wernett
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Neuroscience
Defense Date: 11/2/2011
Thesis Project: The Effects of MED12 Variation upon Cell Cycle Progression and Differential Gene Expression
PhD Advisor: Robert Philibert |
Weiliang Xie
Biosciences Class: 2005-2006
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 7/6/2012
Thesis Project: Regulators of Airway Submucosal Gland Development and Function
PhD Advisor: John Engelhardt
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Hsan-Jan (David) Yen
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Genetics
Defense Date: 8/15/2007
Thesis Project: Development of the Zebrafish Model System to Gain Insight in the Pathphysiology of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
PhD Advisor: Val Sheffield and Diane Slusarski |
Oksana Zagorodna
Biosciences Class: 2004-2005
PhD Program: Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Defense Date: 12/16/2011
Thesis Project: BCL-2 FAMILY MEMBERS REGULATE THE SENSITIVITY TO 2-DEOXY-D-GLUCOSE IN LYMPHOMAS
PhD Advisor: Michael Knudson |
Liang (Neal) Zhang
Biosciences Class: 2001-2002
PhD Program: Anatomy & Cell Biology
Defense Date: 11/29/2006
Thesis Project: Endosomal Processing of Recombinant Adeno-associated Virus
PhD Advisor: John Engelhardt
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada |
Xiyou Zhou
Biosciences Class: 2000-2001
PhD Program: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Defense Date: 4/19/2007
Thesis Project: Studies Examining the In Vivo Function of Two Human Renin Transcriptional Enhancers Using BAC-mediated Transgenesis
PhD Advisor: Curt Sigmund
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Cardiovascular Center, Duke University, Durham, NC |