2009 Dissertation Defenses from Pharmacology Laboratorites
| Student |
Date |
Title |
Mentor |
Graduate Program |
| Jose A. Barrera |
Jun 26 |
CDK5RAP2 Regulates Centriole Licensing to Restrict Centriole Duplication in Mice |
Timothy Megraw |
Cell Regulation |
| Jon Tate Self |
May 15 |
Interaction Mapping of the Atypical Protein Kinase WNK3 |
Melanie Cobb |
Cell Regulation |
| Arif Jivan |
Apr 3 |
Identification of a Novel ERK1/2-Interacting A-Kinase Anchoring Protein |
Melanie Cobb |
Cell Regulation |
| Katherine Suel |
Jan 21 |
Recognition Mechanisms of Nuclear Localization and Export Signals |
Yuh Min Chook |
Mol Biophys |
| Yu-Chi Juang |
Jan 09 |
Structure Analysis of STE20-Related Proline-Alanine-Rich Kinase (SPAK) |
Melanie Cobb |
Cell Regulation |
2008 Dissertation Defenses from Pharmacology Laboratories
| Student |
Date |
Title |
Mentor |
Graduate Program |
| Najeeb Halabi |
Dec 16 |
Decomposition of Proteins into Functionally and Evolutionarily Independent Sectors |
Rama Ranganathan |
Molecular Biophysisc |
| Chunli Shao |
Nov 24 |
Regulation of insulin and CHOP gene expression in pancreatic beta cells |
Melanie Cobb |
Cell Regulation |
| Shaila Kotadia |
Sep 19 |
A Model for Simian Virus 40 Small Tumor Antigen Expression in Drosophila melanogaster |
Timothy Megraw |
Genetics & Development |
| Daryl Goad |
Sep 16 |
The Regulation of Cellular Localization of both Active and Inactive ERK 1/2 |
Melanie Cobb |
Cell Regulation |
| Tingwan Sun |
Sep 15 |
MicroRNAs: Tissue Expression and Role in 3T3-L1 Pre-adipocyte Differentiation |
David Mangelsdorf |
Cell Regulation |
| Randall Beane |
Sep 12 |
Silencing Transcription: Promoter-targeted Oligonucleotides Bind Chromosomal DNA Inside Cells |
David Corey |
Molecular Biophysics |
| Jeongmi Lee |
Jun 10 |
Characterization of the Diverse Specificities and Biological Roles of Polyamine Biosynthetic Enzymes in Microorganisms |
Meg Phillips |
Molecular Biophysics |
| Andrei Marconescu |
Jun 9 |
Targeting Nanoparticles to Tumor Vasculature |
Philip Thorpe |
Immunology |
| Gwanghyun Jung |
Apr 18 |
Molecular and Functional Analysis of Phosphatidylinositol 4 Kinase Type IIB |
Joseph Albanesi |
Genetics & Development |
| Erin Willert |
Jan 18 |
The role of Trypanosoma brucei S-adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase in polyamine and trypanothione metabolism |
Meg Phillips |
Biological Chemistry |
2007 Dissertation Defenses from Pharmacology Laboratories
| Student |
Date |
Title |
Mentor |
Graduate Program |
| Patrick Ryan Potts |
Dec 14 |
Functional Analysis of the Human SMC5/6 Complex in Homologous Recombination and Telomere Maintenance |
Hongtao Yu |
Cell Regulation |
| Ahmet Cansizoglu |
Sep 27 |
Structural and Biochemical Studies of Nuclear Import Factor Karyopherin beta-2 |
Yuh Min Chook |
Mol Biophys |
| Prashant Mishra |
Aug 3 |
Dynamic Scaffolding in a G-protein Signaling Cascade |
Rama Ranganathan |
Mol Biophys & MSTP |
| Rahul Shah |
Jul 31 |
Structure and specificity of group IV PLP-dependent decaraboxylases |
Meg Philips |
Mol Biophys |
| Nadir Mahmood |
Jul 9 |
Association of protein phosphatase 2A with S6 kinase is regulated in an mTOR-dependent manner |
Marc Mumby |
Cell Regulation |
| Christian Gocke |
Jun 21 |
Regulation of chromatin-associated proteins by sumoylation |
Hongtao Yu |
Cell Regulation & MSTP |
| Mustafa Yazicioglu |
Jun 20 |
Nucleocytoplasmic localization of MAPKs |
Melanie Cobb |
Cell Regulation |
| Christopher Larson |
Jun 6 |
Evolutionary constraints specifying protein folding and function |
Rama Ranganathan |
Mol Biophys & MSTP |
| Han Dai |
Apr 02 |
Structural and functional studies of C2-domain proteins involved in neurotransmitter release |
Jose Rizo-Rey |
Mol Biophys |
| Yang Sik Jeong |
Mar 20 |
Nuclear receptors in lung cancer |
David Mangelsdorf & John Minna |
Integrative Biology |
| Charles Heise |
Jan 10 |
Molecular adaptors and the influence of WNK1 activation of SGK1 on Nedd4-2 and ENaC |
Melanie Cobb |
Cell Regulation |
