| 2016 | |
| Neha Zutshi, PhD Advisor: Dr. Hamid Band Dissertation: The Role of CBL Family of E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in Intestinal Epithelial Homeostasis |
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| Lee Jaramillo, MS Advisor: Dr. Nora Chapman Thesis: Role of Stemloop D in Terminally Deleted Coxsackievirus B3 Replication |
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| Matthew Dale, PhD Advisor: Dr. B. Timothy Baxter Dissertation: M1 Macrophage Polarization by Elastin-Derived Peptides Drives Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation |
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| Derek Moormeier, PhD Advisor: Dr. Ken Bayles Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Control of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Development |
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| 2015 | |
| Weiwei Zhang, PhD Advisor: Dr. Wing-Chung (John) Chan Co-advisor: Dr. Kai Fu Dissertation: The Role of Genetic Alterations in Tumor Initiation, Progression and Transformation |
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| Abhilasha Purohit, PhD Advisor: Dr. Rakesh Singh Dissertation: The Role of CXCR2 in Pancreatic Cancer Development and Progression |
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| Shane Smithee, PhD Advisor: Dr. Nora Chapman Dissertation: Characterization of The Replication of Coxsackievirus B3 with A Mutationally Disrupted CRE(2C) |
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| Mohammad Awaji, MS Advisor: Dr. Catherine Gebhart Track: Clinical Laboratory Science |
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| Vivek Mahajan, PhD Advisor: Dr. Alexander Kabanov Dissertation: Role of Macrophages on Muscle Transfection with pDNA/Pluronic Formulation |
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| Cortney Heim, PhD Advisor: Dr. Tammy Kielian Dissertation: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells contribute to subversion of innate immunity during Staphylococcus aureus biofilm infection |
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| Lin Zhang, PhD Advisor: Dr. Jixin Dong Dissertation: Role of Hippo-YAP Signaling In Mitosis and Prostate Cancer |
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| Qamra Alqahtani, MS Advisor: Dr. Allison Cushman-Vokoun Track: Clinical Laboratory Science |
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| Yinshi Yue, MS Advisor: Dr. Kaihong Su Thesis: Identification of Novel Autoantibodies for Lupus Nephritis |
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| Sohinee Bhattacharyya, PhD Advisor: Dr. Hamid Band Dissertation: Role of the Endocytic Recycling Regulator EHD1 in Mammalian Development |
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| Dallas Jones, PhD Advisor: Dr. Zhixin (Jason) Zhang Dissertation: Pax5 negatively regulates B lineage cell proliferation through inhibition of D cyclin expression |
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| McKenzie Lehman, PhD Advisor: Dr. Ken Bayles Dissertation: Molecular mechanism of LytSR signal transduction during biofilm formation |
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| 2014 | |
| Katherine Maliszewski, PhD Advisor: Dr. Paul Fey Dissertation: Study of competence for DNA transformation in Staphylococcus aureus |
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| Aqilah Alelew, MS Advisor: Dr. Peter Iwen Track: Clinical Laboratory Science |
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| Song Li, PhD Advisor: Dr. Kaihong Su Dissertation: Study of Plasma Cell Repertoire in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis |
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| Carolyn Schaeffer, PhD Advisor: Dr. Paul Fey Dissertation: Contribution of accumulation-associated protein to Staphylococcus epidermidis virulence |
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| Austin Nuxoll, PhD Advisor: Dr. Paul Fey Dissertation: Arginine Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus |
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| Hesham Hassan, PhD Advisors: Dr. Rakesh Singh and Dr. Bhavana Dave Dissertation: TP73 in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Pathogenesis and Therapy |
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| Shuping Yang, PhD Advisor: Dr. Jixin Dong Dissertation: Novel Phosphorylation of HIPPO-YAP Signaling Pathway Controls its Oncogenic Activity |
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| Casey Gries, PhD Advisor: Dr. Ken Bayles Dissertation: Life or Death: Maintaining Bacterial Homeostasis |
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| Abdulaziz Alhazmi, MS Advisor: Dr. Nora Chapman Thesis: Detection of Enteroviruses Persistence in Pancreas, Spleen and Heart |
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| Juan Xiong, PhD Advisor: Dr. Tammy Kielian Dissertation: Aberrant Microglia and Inflammasome Function in Juvenile Batten Disease |
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| Yenis Gutierrez-Murgas, MS Advisor: Dr. Jessica Snowden Thesis: Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm infection induces an anti-inflammatory response |
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| Hongyan Liao, PhD Advisor: Dr. Zhixin (Jason) Zhang Dissertation: Analyses of the Functional Antibody Repertoire in HIV-infected Individuals |
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| Wanqin Xie, PhD Advisor: Dr. Zhixin (Jason) Zhang Dissertation: Molecular Regulation of V(D)J Recombination by Subnuclear Targeting of the RAG and NHEJ Factors |
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| Tess E. Kuenstling, PhD Advisor: Steven Hinrichs Dissertation: Characterization of Influenza Hemagglutinin Vaccine Immunogenicity and Identification of Novel Anti-Influenza Therapeutics |
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| Vinee Purohit, PhD Advisor: Dr. Pankaj Singh Dissertation: Mechanistic Insights into the Metabolic Aspects of Therapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer |
