Recent Thesis Topics

2010-2011 Academic Year

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

"Role of IL-17A and Acaid in the Maintenance of Corneal Immune Privilege"

Khrishen Cunnusamy
Mentor: Jerry Y. Niederkorn, PhD

"Transcriptional Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis by NRSF/REST and NeuroD1"

Kerstin Maria Ure
Mentor: Jenny Hsieh, PhD

"Structural and Functional Studies of Munc18 and SNARE Proteins"

Yi Xu
Mentor: Jose Rizo-Rey, PhD

"Small Molecule Regulators of ENTPD5, an ER Enzyme in the PTEN/AKT Pathway"

Song Huang
Mentor: Xiaodong Wang, PhD

"The Endoplasmic Reticulum Udpase ENTPD5 Promotes Cancer Cell Growth and Survival in the P13K/PTEN Pathway"

Zhirong Shen
Mentor: Xiaodong Wang, PhD

"Design and Development of Artificial Zinc Finger Transcription Factors and Zinc Finger Nucleases to the hTERT Locus"

Kimberly Anne Wilson
Mentor: Matthew H. Porteus, MD, PhD

"Ca2 Signaling in the Near Plasma Membrane Microdomain of Non-Excitable Cells"

Jian Yao
Mentor: Shmuel Muallem, PhD