NAME | DISSERTATION | MENTOR | DEGREE YEAR | POST-GRADUATE POSITION |
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2021 |
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Sylvester, Kayla | "Interrogating Host-Parasite Dynamics During Plasmodium Liver Stage Infection" | Derbyshire | PhD 2021 | |
McMillan, Hannah | "Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles and the Plant Immune Response" | Kuehn | PhD 2021 | |
Bethke, Jonathan | "The Cost and Benefit of Horizontal Gene Transfer" | You | PhD 2021 | |
Iskarpatyoti, Jason | "Metabolic Regulation of Mast Cell Regranulation" | Abraham | PhD 2021 | Postdoc at Duke |
Jenks, Jennifer | "Rational Vaccine Design Against Cytomegalovirus" | Permar | PhD 2021 | |
Holmes, Zack | “Dietary Manipulation of Metabolic Function in the Human Gut Microbiome” | David | PhD 2021 | |
Singh, Tulika | "Maternal B Cell and Antibody Responses to Zika Virus for Design of Immune Interventions in Pregnancy" | Permar | PhD 2021 | |
Antonia, Alex | "Understanding Mechanisms and Pathogen Diversity of Leishmania- Mediated CXCL10 Suppression" |
Ko | MD/PhD 2021 | Internal medicine residency at Duke |
Detter, Matt | "Investigating the Pathogenesis and Response to Therapy of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations using Transgenic Murine Models" | Marchuk | MD/PhD 2021 | Internal medicine residency at UPenn |
Gibbs, Kyle | "Natural Genetic Variants in Humans and Salmonellae Underlie Variable Infection Outcomes" |
Ko | PhD 2021 | IRACDA postdoc at Tufts |
Stantial, Nicole | "Stabilization of Topoisomerase 2 Mutants Initiates the Formation of Duplications in DNA” | Jinks-Robertson | PhD 2021 | |
2020 |
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Zhang, Albert | "Using C. elegans as a model to study glial development" | Yan | PhD 2020 | |
McFadden, Mike | "Characterizing novel molecular regulators of antiviral gene expression" | Horner | PhD 2020 | Postdoc at University of Michigan |
Harding, Al | "Viral- and host-targeted interventions to improve influenza disease outcomes" | Heaton | PhD 2020 | Postdoc at MIT |
Brown, Hannah | "Fungal Membrane pH-sensing: How Cryptococcus avoids being basic" |
Alspaugh | PhD 2020 | Postdoc at Harvard Medical school |
Chang, Zanetta | “On Mechanisms of Resistance in the Human Fungal Pathogen Mucor circinelloides ” | Heitman | MD/PhD 2020 | |
Dumm, Rebekah | “Non-lytic clearance of influenza B virus as a host defense mechanism” | Heaton | PhD 2020 | Postdoc at UPenn |
Lu, Kuan-Yi | "Plasmodium falciparum Chaperones and Stress Response" | Derbyshire | PhD 2020 | Postdoc at Duke |
Choe, Ha Na | "Estrogen’s Impact on the Specialized Transcriptome, Brain, and Vocal Learning Behavior of a Sexually Dimorphic Songbird" | Matsunami | PhD 2020 | |
Hughes, Kelly | "Fates of HIV-infected renal epithelial cells following virus acquisition from infected macrophages" | Klotman | PhD 2020 | |
2019 |
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Roder, Allison | “New Insights into Hepatitis C Virus Assembly and Envelopment” | Horner | PhD 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAID |
Moreno, Angelo | "Exploring the interface between therapeutically relevant polymers and the immune system" | Sullenger* | PhD 2019 | |
Pianalto, Kaila | “Responses to Antifungal and Alkaline pH Stress in Human Fungal Pathogens” | Alspaugh* | PhD 2019 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Biology, Glass laboratory, UC-Berkley |
Murdoch, Caitlin | “Mechanisms Underlying Commensal Microbiota Colonization of the Intestine and Effects on Innate Immunity” | Rawls | PhD 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Eric Skaar, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University |
Passer, Andrew | “Diversity of Species and Sexual Reproduction in the Fungal Genus Cryptococcus” | Heitman | PhD 2019 | Regulatory Coordinator, Duke University Medical Center |
Hu, Serene | “Concentration-dependent recruitment of mammalian odorant receptors” | Matsunami | PhD 2019 | |
Espenschied, Ted | “Chemical and Microbial Regulation of Epithelial Homeostasis and Innate Immunity” |
Rawls | PhD 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Thad Stappenbeck, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
Messinger, Joshua | “Understanding Molecular Heterogeneity During EBV Latency” |
Luftig | PhD 2019 | |
Gokhale, Nandan | “RNA Modifications Go Viral” | Horner | PhD 2019 | Postdoc at Univ of WA |
Vazquez, Christine | “Novel mechanisms of innate immune regulation by hepatitis C virus” | Horner | PhD 2019 | Postdoc at UPenn |
Mosaheb, Mubeen | “Genetically Stable Poliovirus Vectors Activate Dendritic Cells and Prime Antitumor CD8 T Cell Immunity” | Gromeier* | PhD 2019 | |
Esoda, Caitlin | “Aminopeptidase-Dependent Modulation of Bacterial Biofilms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outer Membrane Vesicles” | Kuehn* | PhD 2019 | |
2018 |
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Chen, Po-Han | “Metabolic Regulation of Kelch-like Proteins Through O-glycosylation” |
Chi | PhD 2018 | Postdoc at Yale |
Finethy, Ryan | "Interferon-inducible GTPases as positive and negative regulators of inflammasomes" | Coers | PhD 2018 | Postdoc at Duke |
Arifuzzaman, Mohammad | “Cooption of Innate Immune Cells in Promoting and Combating Infections” | Abraham* | PhD 2018 | |
Walton, Ross | “Activation and Subversion of MDA5-Dependent Immune Responses by the Engineered Oncolytic Poliovirus PVSRIPO” | Gromeier* | PhD 2018 | |
Martinez, David | “Maternal Env-specific IgG Responses in HIV-infected Women” | Permar* | PhD 2018 | Postdoc at UNC-CH |
McNulty, Shannon | “Genomic and Epigenomic Attributes of Alpha Satellite Underlying Function Within the Human Centromere Region” | Sullivan | PhD 2018 | Postdoc at UNC-CH |
Posfai, Dora | “Elucidating Plasmodium liver stage biology through transcriptomic approaches” | Derbyshire* | PhD 2018 | |
Jaslow, Sarah | "The Salmonella Effector SarA Activates STAT3 to Promote an Anti-Inflammatory Response and Increase Virulence" |
Ko | PhD 2018 | |
Campos, Rafael | "Ribosomal proteins RPLP1 and RPLP2 are host factors critically required for flavivirus infectivity by promoting efficient viral translation elongation" |
Garcia-Blanco* | PhD 2018 | |
Lai, Helen | "Regulation of Morphogenetic Events in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" | Lew* | PhD 2018 | |
Renshaw, Hilary | "Myosin V Function and Regulation in the Morphogenesis of Aspergillus Fumigatus" | Steinbach* | PhD 2018 | |
Nelson, Cody | "Defining the role of antibodies in protection against cytomegalovirus acquisition and congenital disease for rational vaccine design" | Permar* | PhD 2018 | |
Mefferd, Adam | "HIV-1 as a Target for the Cas9 DNA Editing Enzyme and the Development of Novel sgRNA Expression Technology" | Cullen | PhD 2018 | |
Bryant, Jeffrey | "Regulation of HIF-1α during Hypoxia by DAP5-Induced Translation of PHD2" | Gromeier* | PhD 2018 | |
Tay, Matthew | "Fc-Dependent Antibody Functions against HIV-1" | Tomaras* | PhD 2018 | |
Piro, Anthony | "The Role of Human Guanylate Binding Proteins in Host Defense and Inflammation" | Coers | PhD 2018 | |
Hafez, Amy | "Establishment of oncogene-induced senescence by the host DNA damage response after EBV infection" | Luftig | PhD 2018 | |
Esher, Shannon | "Fungal Cell Wall Remodeling Directos Host Immune Recognition" | Alspaugh* | PhD 2018 | |
Walton, Eric | "Cell Wall Lipids Promoting Host Angiogenesis During Mycobacterial Infection" | Tobin | PhD 2018 | |
2017 |
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Shumansky, Kara | Sullenger* | MS 2017 | Pfizer | |
Alvarez, Monica | "Human Genetic Variation in VAC14 Alters Susceptibility to Pathogenic Infections" | Ko | PhD 2017 | Duke |
Kleinstein, Sarah | "Human Genomics of Complex Trait Severity" | Goldstein* | PhD 2017 | Columbia |
Saelens, Joseph | "Genomic, genetic, and functional interrogation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak strains" | Tobin | PhD 2017 | Postdoc, at Duke, Medicine - ID |
Poling, Brigid | "The Epstein-Barr Virus-encoded BHRF1 miRNAs Regulate Viral Gene Expression in Cis" | Cullen | PhD 2017 | Artech Information Systems |
Snavely, Emily | "Functional Characterization of Type II Secretion in Chlamydia" | Valdivia | PhD 2017 | Postdoc at Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY |
Carpenter, Victoria | "The C. trachomatis effector protein TepP hijacks host cell signaling pathways to promote bacterial survival during infection" | Valdivia | PhD 2017 | Medical School |
Mitchell, Caitlyn | Silver | MS 2017 | Genetic Counseling Graduate Student at University of South Carolina | |
Schmidt, Elyse | "The Role of Irgm1 In Mitochondrial Dynamics and Metabolism" | Taylor* | PhD 2017 | PreScouter Global Scholar |
Feeley, Eric | "The role of Galectic 3 in pathogen sensing and cell autonomous defense" | Coers | PhD 2017 | Field Application Scientist, Gyros Protein Technologies |
Cao, Xiou | "Neuronal Regulation of the Innate Immune Response in Caenorhabditis elegans" | Aballay | PhD 2017 | Postdoc at Stanford |
Homa, Nicholas | "Virus-Host Interactions during Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Infection of B cells" | Luftig | PhD 2017 | Nuventra Pharma Sciences |
Sharma, Ruchira | "Olfactory receptor accessory proteins play crucial roles in receptor function and gene choice" | Matsunami | PhD 2017 | Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSF |
Levitt, Brandt | "Drug Development in Dengue Virus and Molecular Epidemiology of Malaria in Western Kenya" | Chi and Taylor* | PhD 2017 | Research Analyst, UNC |
Vargas-Muñiz, José | "Septins' Role in Morphogenesis, Development, and Pathogenesis of the Human Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus" | Steinbach* | PhD 2017 | Postdoc at UNC-CH |
2016 |
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Nicholson, Cindo | "The development and application of a method to quantitatively identify RNA binding sites, and whole transcript targets of RNA binding proteins" | Keene | PhD 2016 | Postdoc, IRTA Fellow at NIEHS |
Barrows, Nicholas | "Characterization of host factors and anti-viral compounds for diverse mosquito-borne flavivurses" | Garcia-Blanco* | PhD 2016 | Postdoc, Univ of Texas |
Ang, Weixingladys | "Mechanisms of rush desensitization in mast cells" | Abraham* | PhD 2016 | Postdoc Research Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
Landau, Dustin | "Multiple Approaches to Novel GSD Ia Therapies" | Koeberl* | PhD 2016 | Research Associate, Quintiles |
Price, Alexander | "Temporal Regulation of LMP1 and Apoptosis Resistance After Primary EBV" | Luftig | PhD 2016 | Postdoc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Zhao, Ying | "Physical and genetic analysis of the CUP1 tandem array in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae" | Petes | PhD 2016 | JD Candidate, Northwestern Law School |
Baxter, Ryan | Valdivia | MS 2016 | Research Assistant, Univ of CO | |
Woods, Benjamin | "Mechanisms of Cdc42 polarization in yeast" | Lew* | PhD 2016 | Postdoc, UNC-CH |
Zhou, Ting | "Transcriptome and Functional Analysis of Carotid Body Glomus Cells" | Matsunami | PhD 2016 | Postdoc, Duke |
Rempe, Katherine | "Insights into nonpilus adhesin functionality and the molecular determinants of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzaecolonization" | St. Geme* | PhD 2016 | Clinical Research, Actelion Pharmaceuticals |
Starr, Kimberly | "The genetic and molecular basis for Kingella kingaeencapsulation and capsule diversity" | St. Geme* | PhD 2016 | Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Fellow at University of Washington |
Brown, Mike | "Antineoplastic Cytotoxicity and Immune Adjuvancy of Recominant Oncolytic Poliovirus" | Gromeier* | PhD 2016 | Postdoc Associate, Duke |
Lu, Yi-Fan | "Functional Evaluation of Causal Mutations Identified in Human Genetic Studies" | Goldstein | PhD 2016 | Postdoc Research Scientist at Columbia University |
2015 |
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Pilla-Moffett, Danielle | "Mechanisms by Which Guanylate Binding Proteins Target Pathogen Vacuoles and Promote Caspase-11 Dependent Pyroptosis" | Coers | PhD 2015 | Project Management, Regulatory Affairs at Nuventra Pharma Sciences |
Frank, Christopher | "Chromatin Accessibility Dynamics Underlying Development and Disease" | Crawford* | PhD 2015 | Scientist, Element Genomics in Durham, NC |
Cho, Jang Eun (Lisa) | "Topoisomerase 1-dependent Mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" |
Jinks-Robertson | PhD 2015 | Postdoc, Duke |
Kokes, Marcela | "Mechanisms of ChlamydiaManipulation of Host Cell Biology Revealed Through Genetic Approaches" | Valdivia | PhD 2015 | HHMI Postdoc, at Stanford |
Kang, Dong | "EBV BART microRNAs target pro-apoptotic and anti-Wnt signaling genes to promote cell survival and proliferation" | Cullen | PhD 2015 | Business consultant, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Group, Japan |
Smith, Kristen Jurcic | "Examining Mycobacterial Interactions with Host Cellular Pathways" | Lee* | PhD 2015 | Technical Director at LabCorp |
Perley, Casey | "Mycobacterium tubercolosissurface-binding antibodies alter early infection events" | Frothingham* | PhD 2015 | Postdoc, US Army Medical Research, Infectious Diseases |
Miao, Yuxuan | "Mechanisms of Bacterial Expulsion as a Cell Autonomous Defense Strategy In the Bladder Epithelium" | Abraham* | PhD 2015 | Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow at Rockefeller University |
Whisnant, Adam | "Interactions of Mammalian Retroviruses with Cellular MicroRNA Biogenesis and Effector Pathways: | Cullen | PhD 2015 | Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at Universität Würzburg |
2014 |
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Tamika Payne | Tomaras* | PhD 2014 | Microbiologist/ Interdisciplinary Risk Assessor, USDA | |
Krupp, Deidre | Gregory* | PhD 2014 | Postdoc, Oregon Health & Science University | |
2013 |
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Bowen, Samantha | Abraham* | PhD 2013 | Director of Operations at Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development | |
MacDonald, Ian | Kuehn* | PhD 2013 | Postdoc Research Associate, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy |
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Mobley, Yuvon | Abraham* | PhD 2013 | Medical Affairs Manager at Assurex Health | |
Prest (Hoefs), Tiffany | Seed* | PhD 2013 | Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Colorado Boulder | |
Traver, Maria | Taylor* | PhD 2013 | Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | |
2012 |
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Frahm, Marc | Ferrari/Tomaras* | PhD 2012 | Equity Research Associate at Cowen and Company | |
Kulp, Adam | Kuehn* | PhD 2012 | Scientist, Micronature in Morgantown, WV | |
Mitchel, Kat | Jinks-Robertson | PhD 2012 | Genetics Development Scientist at Invitae | |
Nikitin, Pavel | Luftig | PhD 2012 | Senior Scientist at Bioverativ | |
Porsch, Eric A. | St. Geme* | PhD 2012 | Research Associate II at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | |
Shveygert, Mayya | Gromeier* | PhD 2012 | Senior Writing Associate, AMGEN | |
Kotula, Jonathan | Sullenger* | PhD 2012 | Senior Scientist, Caribou Bisciences, Berkeley, CA | |
2011 |
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Bateman, Stacey | Seed* | PhD 2011 | Research Scholar | |
Chutkan, Halima | Kuehn* | PhD 2011 | Medical Writer, Whitsell Innovations | |
Jorgensen, Ine | Valdivia | PhD 2011 | Researcher, Oslo Univ. Hospital in Riskshospitalet Oslo, Norway | |
2010 |
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Byrnes, Edmond | Heitman | PhD 2010 | Chief, Public Liaision Group National Institutes of Health, NINR, Bethesda, MD | |
Chen, Julia (Ling-Yu) | Chi | PhD 2010 | Scientist, San Francisco Bay Area | |
Findley, Keisha | Heitman | PhD 2010 | Scientist, FDA | |
Jin, Cong | Abraham* | PhD 2010 | Associate Professor China CDC |
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Kim, Jong Wook | Nevins | PhD 2010 | Post-Doctoral Fellow Hahn Lab Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
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Lee, Phoebe S. | Petes | PhD 2010 | Trigent Solutions, Chantilly, VA | |
Mudrak, Ben | "Secretion and lipopolysaccharide binding of heat-labile enterotoxin" | Kuehn* | PhD 2010 | Communication Manager, Research Square |
Saunders, Kevin | Tomaras* | PhD 2010 | Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke | |
Walters, Robert | Gromier* | PhD 2010 | Research Associate, U of Colorado, Boulder | |
2009 |
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Cocchiaro, Jordan | Valdivia | PhD 2009 | Program Manager, DHVI | |
Miller, Heather B. | Garcia-Blanco | PhD 2009 | Assistant Professor in Chemistry, High Point, NC | |
Sessions, October | Garcia-Blanco | PhD 2009 | Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School | |
Sheets, Amanda | "Cha-Cha-Cha: Variable adhesive activity of the Haemophilus cryptic genospecies trimeric autotransporter Cha" | St. Geme* | PhD 2009 | Associate Director, Drug Development (Microbiologist) - Cempra Pharmaceuticals |
Sena (Spesock), April | Pickup | PhD 2009 | Director of Technical Development at Seqirus, Liverpool UK | |
Tekippe, Mickey | Aballay | PhD 2009 | Duke University Medical School | |
Vignola, Mark | Valdivia | PhD 2009 | Director, Investor Relations at Intercept Pharmaceuticals | |
2008 |
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Chen, Shao-Yin | "Identification and functional characterization of erythrocyte microRNAs" | Chi | PhD 2008 | Medical Science Liaison at Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. |
Hsueh, Yen-Ping | "Sex in Cryptococcus: Signaling, mating-type locus evolution and gene silencing" | Heitman | PhD 2008 | Post-Doctoral Fellow Sternberg Lab California Institute of Technology |
Natalizio, Barbara | "Examination of the role of the carboxyl-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II in coupling transcription to mRNA splicing" | Garcia-Blanco | PhD 2008 | AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at National Science Foundation |
Reedy, Jennifer | "Sexual reproduction and signal transduction in the Candida species complex" | Heitman | PhD 2008 | Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School |
Song, Jeongmin | "Toll like receptor 4-mediated immune responses in the bladder epithelium" | Abraham* | PhD 2008 | Assistant Professor at Cornell University |
Styer (Vignola), Katie Letitia | "Using genetic analysis and the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to identify bacterial virulence factors and innate immune defenses against pathogens" | Aballay | PhD 2008 | Associate at McKinsey & Company |
Umbach, Jennifer Lin | "Analysis of the interaction between viruses, miRNAs and RNAi pathway" | Cullen | PhD 2008 | Associate Director, Marketing at Orexo AB |
2007 |
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Bishop, Brian Lee | "Regulated exocytosis of E. coli from infected bladder epithelial cells" | Abraham* | PhD 2007 | Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs at Emergent BioSolutions |
Hall, Charles Robert | "The contribution of horizontal gene transfer to the evolution fungi" | Dietrich | PhD 2007 | Scientist II at Dupont Industrial Biosciences |
Kadyrova, Lyudmila Yurievna | "Using nucleic acids to repair β-globin gene mutations" | Wharton | PhD 2007 | Research Associate Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Lynch, Heather Elizabeth | "Poxvirus-mediated activation of NF-B" | Pickup | PhD 2007 | Shared Resource Laboratory Manager at Duke Human Vaccine Institute |
Mauger, David Michael | "Regulation of the alternative splicing of FGFR2 in epithelial cells" | Garcia-Blanco | PhD 2007 | Scientist, Molecular Biology & Informatics at Moderna Therapeutics |
Valley, Cory M. | "Genomic analysis of chromatin organization on mammalian X chromosomes" | Willard | PhD 2007 | Law School, University of Maryland |
2006 |
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Baraniak, Andrew Paul | "Fox proteins mediate epithelial-specific fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 exon choice" | Cullen | PhD 2006 | Technology Specialist for Biotechnical and Medical Patients Fish & Richardson |
Bray, Steven Matthew | "Analysis of a putative pheromone receptor sub-family within the Drosophila gustatory receptor gene family" | Amrein | PhD 2006 | Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company |
Campbell, Stephanie Ann | "Exploiting cell type-specific translational control for cancer treatment" | Gromeier* | PhD 2006 | Medical Science Liaison Novartis Vaccines |
de Sessions, Paola Florez | "CIS and TRANS-acting factors in enteroviral propagation" | Gromeier* | PhD 2006 | National University of Singapore |
Doehle, Brian Paul | "APOBEC3-mediated intrinsic immunity to retroviral infection" | Cullen | PhD 2006 | Scientist, Gilead Sciences |
Merrill, Melinda Kay | "Attentuation of PV-Ripo neurovirulence at the level of translation initiation" | Gromeier* | PhD 2006 | Medical Science Liaison Biogen |
Song, Yan | "Localization and translational regulation of NANOS mRNA in Drosophila embryos" | Amrein | PhD 2006 | Principal Investigator, Peking University |
2005 |
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Dufresne, Andrew Thomas | "Immunogenicity and neruopathogenesis of human Enterovirus C" | Gromeier* | PhD 2005 | Associate at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
Duncan, Matthew Jason | "Pathogenesis of UTIs" | Abraham* | PhD 2005 | Engineered Products, S2n |
Hall, Allison Haberstroh | "RNA interference as a potential therapy: Examining silencing of HPV oncogenes and the behavior of modified siRNAs" | Pickup | PhD 2005 | Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology Duke University |
Zhang, Zhihong | "The experimental and comparative study of functional elements in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome" | Dietrich | PhD 2005 | Illumina |
2004 |
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Blankenship, Jill R. | "Lessons from a pathogen: Calcineurin in Candida albicans" | Heitman | PhD 2004 | Assistant Professor, U of Nebraska, Omaha |
Lu, Shihua | "RNA biogenesis: Lessons from mRNA and miRNA" | Cullen | PhD 2004 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
Yi, Rui | "Nuclear RNA export: From messenger RNA to microRNA" | Cullen | PhD 2004 | Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder |