Recent Thesis Topics

2010-2011 Academic Year

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

"Rapid Identification of Antigen Mimics from Millions of Synthetic Molecules Through Coupled Bead Library Screening and Microarray Analysis"

John Astle
Mentor: Thomas Kodadek, PhD

"EphB and EphrinB Signaling in Migration and Proliferation of Stem Cells"

Timothy Catchpole
Mentor: Mark Henkemeyer, PhD

"The Intracellular Domain of EphB1 is Required for Axon Path Finding at the Optic Chiasm and Corpus Callosum"

George Chenaux
Mentor: Mark Henkemeyer, PhD

"Functional Genomics Based Interrogation of Cell-Fate Determination Pathways"

Leni S. Jacob
Mentor: Lawrence Lum, PhD

"Communal Cell Death and p53 Mediated Transcriptional Control in Drosophila Melanogaster"

Nichole Lynn Link
Mentor: John Abrams, PhD

"Characterization of Drosophila Scap:  Analysis of Mutants and Evidence for a Retention Factor"

Cafer Ozdemir
Mentor: Robert B. Rawson, PhD

"The Role of Glutamate Transporters in Early Postnatal Hippocampal Neurogenesis"

Jennifer Ashley Gilley
Mentor: Steven Kernie, MD

"Illuminating the p53 Regulatory Network in Genetic Models"

Wan-Jin Lu
Mentor: John M. Abrams, PhD