Recent Dissertation Titles

Listed below are the dissertation thesis titles authored by doctoral degree conferees in the past two academic years. Titles are listed with student’s name and mentor.

"Regulation of WASP: From Angstroms to Microns"

Hui-Chun Cheng
Mentor: Michael K. Rosen, PhD

"Structural Basis for Signal Transduction in LOV Blue Light Photoreceptors"

Abby Nash
Mentor: Kevin Gardner, PhD

"Analysis of the Interaction and Functional Determinants of Arc and Its Regulation of Dynamin"

Christopher Eugene Byers
Mentor: Joseph P. Albanesi, PhD

"Structural and Mechanistic Studies of Two Regulatory Factors in Actin Cytoskeletal Signaling:  Vav and VopL"

Bingke Yu
Mentor: Michael K. Rosen, PhD

"FRET-Based Conformational Sensor for the m1 Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptor"

Seungwoo Chang
Mentor: Elliott M. Ross, PhD

"The CFTR Folding Pathway:  Implications for the Identification and Development of CF Therapeutics"

Juan Luis Mendoza
Mentor: Philip J. Thomas, PhD

"Autoinhibition and Chloride Sensing in the WNK1 Kinase"

Thomas Matthew Moon
Mentor: Elizabeth Goldsmith, PhD