Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

RECENT GRADUATES

 
Tuli     

 

Amit Tuli, Ph.D.  September 2009                                     

Thesis: Regulation of the major histocompatibility complex class I antigen presentation pathway by amyloid precursor-like protein 2 

(Mentor: Joyce C. Solheim, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate  

(Mentor: Michael B. Brenner, M.D.)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy 

Harvard University                                         

 

 

Mahak     

 

Mahak Sharma, Ph.D.  September 2009                                     

Thesis: Role of C-terminal EHDs and their interaction partners in endocytic trafficking 

(Mentor: Steve Caplan, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate  

(Mentor: Michael B. Brenner, M.D.)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy 

Harvard University                                         

 

 

Deb     

 

Shonali Deb, Ph.D.  August 2009                                     

Thesis: Molecular characterization of PD2/Paf1 (RNA polymerase II-associated factor I) 

(Mentor: Surinder K. Batra, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate  

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University                                         

 

 


Sangeeta    

 

Sangeeta Bafna, Ph.D.  June 2009                                     

Thesis: Functional Studies of MUC4 mucin in pancreatic cancer 

(Mentor: Surinder K. Batra, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate  

Stowers Institute, Kansas City                                         

 

 


Marko 

 

Marko Jovic, Ph.D.  May 2009                                    

Thesis: Mechanisms of EHD1-mediated endocytic recycling 

(Mentor: Steve Caplan, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate                                           

National Institutes of Health 

 


Shalini      

 

Shalini Mitra, Ph.D.  October 2008                                    

Thesis: Intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of gap junction assembly 

(Mentor: Parmender Mehta, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Pittsburgh

 


Shyamali 

 

Shyamali Mandal, Ph.D.  July 2008         

Thesis: Studies on alpha-catenin and invadopodia 

(Mentor: Keith Johnson, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California - San Francisco

 

 


Souvik Grad 

 

Souvik Chakraborty, Ph.D.  May 2008 

Thesis: Regulatory aspects of gap junction assembly 

(Mentor: Parmender P. Mehta, Ph.D.)  

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Pittsburgh

 


Junker Grad 

Wade Junker, Ph.D.  April 2008

Thesis: Molecular and biological studies of MUC17 

(Mentor: Surinder K. Batra, Ph.D.)

 

Current Position:

ABS Corporation

 


Xiaoyi Grad    

Xiaoyi Deng, Ph.D.  October 2007

Thesis: Structural studies of human homologous recombination repair proteins: replication Protein A and RAD52 

(Mentor: Gloria Borgstahl, Ph.D.)

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Pharmacology       

UT Southwestern 

 


He Li Grad

He Li, Ph.D.  June 2007

Thesis: Butyrylcholinesterase as anti-organophosphate intoxication agent: studies on tetramer assembly and aging mechanisms 

(Mentor: Oksana Lockridge, Ph.D.)              

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California-Berkeley

 


Boland Grad 

Michael Boland, Ph.D.  April 2007

Thesis: Identification and characterization of interactions between De Novo DNA methyltransferase 3b and thymine-DNA glycosylase(s) 

(Mentor: Judith Christman, Ph.D.)

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Fellow

Scripps Institute - La Jolla, CA                           

 


Pallavi Grad

Pallavi Chaturvedi, Ph.D.  April 2007          

Thesis:  Role of MUC4 mucin in pancreatic cancer

(Mentor: Surinder K. Batra, Ph.D.)

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

 

 


Ta-Chun 

Ta-Chun Yuan, Ph.D.  April 2007

Thesis: ErbB-2 via PYK2 up-regulates the adhesive ability to androgen receptor-positive human prostate cancer cells  

(Mentor: Ming-Fong Lin, Ph.D.)

 

Current Position:

Assistant Professor

National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan                           

 


Chris 

Christopher Theisen, Ph.D.  April 2007

Thesis: A novel role for the cadherin/catenin complex in cell motility  

(Mentor: Keith Johnson, Ph.D.)

 

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Kansas Medical Center