Recent Thesis Topics

2010-2011 Academic Year

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

"Role of TGR5 in Bile Acid Metabolism"

Tingting Li
Mentor: David Mangelsdorf, PhD/Steven Kliewer, PhD

"With No Lysine (WNK) Family Proteins and Their Interactions with Downstream Kinases"

Kyle Wedin
Mentor: Melanie H. Cobb, PhD

"Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Mammalian Cells by Micro-RNAs That Target Gene Promoters"

Scott Thomas Younger
Mentor: David R. Corey, PhD

"MAPK Signaling Pathways in Pancreatic β Cells:  The Regulation of RAF Activation by Nutrient Stimuli"

Lingling Duan
Mentor: Melanie H. Cobb, PhD

"Improving Viral Vectors for Gene Targeting in Gene Therapy"

Brian Lee Ellis
Mentor: Matthew H. Porteus, MD, PhD

"A Global Experimental Analysis of Protein Function:  A Case Study in the PDZ Domain"

Richard Noel McLaughlin, Jr.
Mentor: Rama Ranganathan, MD, PhD

"Regulation of Pericyte Behavior by Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC)”

Lee Benjamin Rivera
Mentor: Rolf A. Brekken, PhD