Recent Thesis Topics

2010-2011 Academic Year

Dissertation thesis titles are listed with student’s name and mentor. 

"Novel Astrocyte-Specific Transgenic Mice Identify Distinct Populations of Transient Amplifying Progenitor Cells and Long-Lived Neural Stem Cells in the Subgranular Zone of the Adult Mouse Brain"

Lori Nicole Loomis Boies
Mentor: Robert W. Bachoo, MD, PhD

"Telomere Length Studies in Human Cancer Cells"

Christen Marie Buseman
Mentor: Jerry W. Shay, PhD 

"Ku 70 Binding Protein 5 (KUB5), a Novel Factor in DNA Double Strand Break Repair and Radio-Resistance in Human Breast Cancer"

Amy Ann Rommel
Mentor: David A. Boothman, PhD

"Identification and Characterization of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Stem Cells"

James Patrick Sullivan
Mentor: John D. Minna, MD