Graduate Program Alumni
Class of 2013
Jonathan Nelson
Thesis: Disruption of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Dimerization as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Stroke
Class of 2012
Kristine Alexander
Thesis: Characterization of γ' Fibrinogen as a Cardiovascular Risk Marker
Class of 2011
Ray Hickey
Thesis: Novel Cell Therapies for Liver Disease and Type 1 Diabetes
Jennifer Redig
Thesis: A Novel CRELD1 / VEGF Genetic Interaction in Heart Disease and Development
Eric Stoffregen
Thesis: Genetic Analysis of Chromosome Replication Timing: An autosomal locus that controls chromosome - wide chromosome timing and moo-allelic expression
Deanne Tibbets
Thesis: Characterization of Aberrant c-Myc Phosphorylation and Stability in Acute Myeloid and Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Xiaoli Zhang
Thesis: Regulation of c-Myc phosphorylation, protein stability and oncogenic activity in breast cancer
Class of 2010
Jennifer Johnson
Thesis: Genetic analysis of diverse mechanisms of DNA mismatch repair in mammalian cells
Erik LeShane
Thesis: Structural organization and mechanisms of cooperativity in the N-terminal domains of the human Cu-ATPases
Brenda Polster
Thesis: Regulation and expression of genes associated with neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation
Chantelle Rein
Thesis: Genetic regulation of the expression of two fibrinogen gamma chain splice variants by inflammatory cytokines and fibrin degradation products
Kristin Sauter
Thesis: Ribotoxic Stressors: Shiga toxin (Stx) and doxorubicin
Class of 2009
Adria Dismuke
Thesis: Wnt signaling in the mouse small intestine
Ben DeGraaf
Thesis: Cellular response pathways of formaldehyde
Ashleigh Miller
Thesis: Stochastic gene alterations for the study of intestinal homeostasis and cancer
Sylvia Nelsen
Thesis: Cloning and characterization of Xenopus laevis proprotein convertases and identification of endogenous convertases of bone morphogenetic protein 4
Jon Oyer
Thesis: Changes in DNA methylation and histone modification during epigenetic transitions
Kevin Friedman
Thesis: Augmenting the efficacy of adoptive T cell immunotherapy of cancer
Julie Escamilla Powers
Thesis: Identification of proteins that regulate c-Myc dtability and function
Class of 2008
Kevin McCabe
Thesis: The role of hERCC1 in the Fanconi Anemia pathway
Beth Wilmot
Thesis: Gene mapping in complex traits: gene expression profiling and copy number variability in gene mapping of age-related cognitive decline
Xiao-Xin Sun
Thesis: Regulation of the p53-MDM2 feedback loop by nucleostemin and Ribosomal proteins
Hugh Arnold
Thesis: The roles of a specific PP2A holoenzyme, PP2A-B56α, and Scaffold protein, Axin1, in regulating the potent oncoprotein c-Myc
Class of 2007
Jodi Johnson
Thesis: The p53 family interacting pathways in carcinogenesis and cellular response to DNA damage
Class of 2006
Priscilla Fernandes
Thesis: Mutagenic consequences of replication bypass of N3 Uracil DNA adducts
Wendy Knosp
Thesis: Quantitative analysis of HOXA13 function in the developing limb
Carley Shaut
Thesis: Hoxa13 is esential for placental vascular patterning and endothelial cell integrity
Class of 2005
Sara Tokarz
Thesis: Characterization of the SCFskp2 substrate, UBP43, on ISGIS isopeptidase
Patrice Held
Thesis: Correction of liver disease and renal tubular dysfunction by genetic selection
Mushui Dai
Thesis: Regulation of the MDM2-p53 feedback loop by ribosomal proteins
Anuj Mankad
Thesis: Mutation analysis in twins with Fanconi Anemia and modifications to a gene mapping technique
Scott Houghtaling
Thesis: Fancd2 in epithelial cancer and DNA repair
Amy Hanlon Newell
Thesis: Investigation of chromosome aberrations in response to interstrand crosslink damage
Class of 2003
David Jacobson
Thesis: Transcriptional regulation and functional analysis of SK3
Class of 2002
Sara Fagerlie
Thesis: Signaling defects in Fanconi Anemia group C cells
Matthew Lensch
Thesis: Clonal selection: The leukemic process in Fanconi Anemia
Gameil Fouad
Thesis: Investigating the biological role of CRELD1, a candidate gene for congenital heart defects, using a yeast two-hybrid interaction screen and by targeted deletion in vivo
Class of 2001
Melissa Gonzales McNeal
Thesis: Genetic markers for cognitive health in the very old
Phuoc Tran
Thesis: Functional studies on the cadidate ATPase domains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MutLα
Class of 2000
Paul Rupp
Thesis: Characterization of cirrin, a candidate for congenital heart defects in 3p-syndrome
Jennifer Rhodes
Thesis: Analysis of CrKL and Stat5 interactions in Bcr-Abl-expressing and cytokine stimulated cells
Robert Burman
Thesis: Stability of the fragile X CGG repeat in somatic cells
Kimberly Bussey
Thesis: Gentic alterations in pediatric germ cell tumors
Kelly Gaiser
Thesis: The analysis of transgenic mice with mutations involving cartilage extracellular matrix proteins, type II collagen and cartilage oligoneric matrix protein
Kenneth Grossman
Thesis: DNA repair and cell cycle checkpoints in response to DNA interstrand cross-linking agents in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Denise Quigley
Thesis: Physiological and pharmacological characterization of the nociceptin/orphanin FQ system
Erica Shelley
Thesis: Mechanisms ensuring genomic iIntegrity in yeast
Kara Manning
Thesis: Genetic studies of reversion in hereditary Tyrosinemia type I
