Congratulations to the following Pathology and Microbiology students who have defended successfully and graduated.
Aaron Jensen, PhD Dissertation: “The Unfolding Saga: the Role of the ClpC Unfoldase in the Development and Differentiation of Chlamydia trachomatis” |
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Megan Otte, MS |
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Kabita Pandey, PhD Dissertation: “Combinatorial antiviral regimen as a strategy to control SARS-CoV-2 Infections” |
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Natalie Sturd, PhD Dissertation: “A Tale of Two Proteins: An Investigation of Eukaryotic Proteins FLI1 and LRRF1 Localization to the Chlamydial Inclusion Membrane” |
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Srijanee Das, PhD Co-Advisor: Dr. Benson Edagwa Dissertation: “Development of long-acting antiviral and antimicrobial prodrug nanoformulations” |
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Amanda Stastny, MS Co-Advisor: Dr. Amanda Brinkworth Non Thesis Program |
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Matthew Romero, PhD Dissertation: “Synergetic Signaling between Secreted Effectors TarP and TmeA Regulates Actin Kinetics and Efficient Entry“ |
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Dissertation: “Towards a Mode of Action for the Anti-Schistosomal Aryl Hydantoins” |
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Enakshi Roy, PhD Advisor: Dr. St. Patrick Reid Dissertation: “Understanding the Effect of Chikungunya Virus Infection on Bone Homeostasis” |
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Zachary Scott, PhD Dissertation: “Investigating and Targeting Iron Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae” |
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Nathan Hatch, PhD Dissertation: “Investigating Transcriptional Anomalies During Persistence in Chlamydia trachomatis” |
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Christopher Horn, PhD Dissertation: “The Glycolysis-HIF-1⍺ Axis Is a Critical Component of Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Activity in Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm Infection” |
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Nicholas Wood, PhD Dissertation: “A Critical Assessment of the Role of ClpXP-Mediated Proteolysis in the Development and Differentiation of Chlamydia trachomatis” |
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Melissa Holzapfel, MS Dissertation: “Mechanisms of Mutated Myosin Vb Mediated Cholestasis in Microvillus Inclusion Disease” |
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Blake Bertrand, PhD Dissertation: “The Interface between Host and Bacterial Metabolism during Staphylococcus Aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection” |
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Caitlin Molczyk, PhD Dissertation: “Targeting the CXCR1/2 Axis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma” |
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Catherine Vornholt, MS Non Thesis Program |
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Jian Li, PhD Dissertation: “Overcoming Resistance to Drug-induced Apoptosis in Cancer Cells” |
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Opeoluwa Oyewole, PhD Dissertation: “Investigating the Role of Sphingosine Kinases during Alphavirus Infection” |
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Samuel Johnson, PhD Dissertation: “Gut Commensals Modulate SIV/SHIV Pathogenesis and Therapeutics” |
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Kathryn Cole, PhD Dissertation: "Leukocyte Subsets in the Peripheral Blood and Spleen of Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients" |
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Jane Morwitzer, PhD Advisor: Dr. St. Patrick Reid Dissertation: “Exploring Host-Pathogen Interactions of the Ebola Virus Ribonucleoprotein Complex” |
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Logan Bulock, PhD Dissertation: “Metabolic heterogeneity and the roles of CodY and CcpA in central metabolism and S. aureus biofilm formation” |
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Edward Makarov, MS Co-Advisor: Dr. Larisa Poluektova Thesis: “Humanized mice for brain infection of emerging viruses” |
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Omalla (Allan) Olwenyi, PhD Co-Advisor: Dr. Courtney Fletcher Dissertation: “Immunological Factors associated with SIV/SHIV Persistence in Diverse Tissue Compartments” |
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Kimberly Ziegenhorn, MS Non Thesis Program |
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Lisa Jorgenson, PhD Dissertation: "Understanding the impact of Chlamydia trachomatis infection on host vesicular trafficking" |
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Stephen Luebker, PhD Dissertation: “Gene Expression Profiling of Mapk Pathway Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma” |
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Paran Goel, MS Thesis: “Neutrophils in Pancreatic Cancer Progression” |
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Jennifer Endres, MS |
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Thomas Troia, MS Non Thesis Program |
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Abdulelah Alqarzaee, PhD Dissertation: Staphylococcal ClpXP protease targets the cellular antioxidant system to eliminate fitness-compromised cells in stationary phase |
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Raina Barnes, MS |
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Matthew Martens, PhD Dissertation: Marinopyrrole Derivatives as Putative Anti-Parasitic Molecules Promoting Initiation of Programmed Cell Death in Toxoplasma gondii |
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Insha Mushtaq, PhD Dissertation: Role of endocytic machinery regulators in EGFR traffic and viral entry |
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Austin Sanford, PhD |
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Yongji Zeng, PhD |
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Jonathan Herskovitz, PhD Dissertation: Multistrain HIV-1 Elimination: A CRISPR-Cas9 and Theranostics-based Approach |
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Cheng Wang, PhD Dissertation: Identification of clonal evolution pattern and mutation event associated with relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using next-generation sequencing |
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Kathleen Hecker, MS Non Thesis Program |
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Paroma Roy, PhD Dissertation: Glycan-dependent adherence and skin colonization of Staphylococcus epidermidis mediated by the surface protein Aap |
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Connor Rose, MS Non Thesis Program |
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Itidal Reslane, MS Thesis: Arginine Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus. |
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Joel Frandsen, PhD Dissertation: Flavonoid and cannabidiol neural glyoxalase pathway enhancement against aging and Alzheimer’s disease. |
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Macy Wood, PhD Dissertation: Insights into the chlamydial niche: the dynamic roles of inclusion membrane (Inc) proteins in Chlamydia trachomatis development |
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Maggie Bartlett, PhD Dissertation: Fundamental differences in the B cell locus, V(D)J repertoire, and Marburg virus epitope recognition of the Egyptian rousette bat that may allow for asymptomatic presentation. |
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Jiayu Yu, PhD Dissertation: Molecular Pathogenesis of a Novel Subgroup of Peripheral T-cell Lymphomas. |
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Kai Huang, PhD Dissertation: Mechanism of BAX/BAK Activation in Apoptotic Signaling. |
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Tayla Heavican, PhD Dissertation: Molecular Insights into Major Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Entities with Advances in a Representative Model System. |
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Chunyi Zhou, PhD Dissertation: Acid Resistance Mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus |
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Lingyun Wu, PhD Dissertation: IL-17-CXCR2 Axis Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis and Therapy Resistance |
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Jiuli Zhou, PhD Dissertation: The Role of Zyxin in Mitosis and Colon Cancer |
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Mohammad Awaji, PhD Dissertation: The CXCR2-Dependent Role of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma |
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Kelsey Yamada, PhD Dissertation: Monocyte anti-inflammatory activity is dictated by metabolic status during Staphylococcus aureus biofilm infection |
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Xuan Zhang, PhD Dissertation: Targeting oncogenic protein synthesis in MYC driven B cell lymphoma |
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Tian Tian, PhD Dissertation: Role of Rac1-PAK Pathway in Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas |
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Seth Stauffer, PhD Dissertation: Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 1-Mediated AMPK Phosphorylation Regulates Mitotic Progression and Links to Antitubulin Cytotoxicity |
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Saraswoti Khadge, PhD Dissertation: Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Regulate Mammary Tumor Growth and Metastasis by Modulating Tissue Microenvironments |
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Tra-My Hoang, PhD Dissertation: Regulation of icaADBC by IcaR and TcaR in Staphylococcus epidermidis |
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Amanda Bartling, MS Thesis: Francisella tularensis Insertion Sequence Elements Contribute to Differential Gene Expression |
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Thandiwe Jere, MS Thesis: MicroRNA expression and disease correlation in a Hispanic Lupus cohort |
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Kholud Alharthi, MS Non Thesis Program |
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Navatha Shree Polavaram, PhD Dissertation: Elucidation of the function of Neuropilin 2 in osteoclasts in promoting prostate cancer bone metastasis |
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Julia Sommer, PhD Dissertation: “Focus: A Graph Approach for Data-Mining and Domain-Specific Assembly of Next Generation Sequencing Data” |
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Xingcheng (Cindy) Chen, PhD Dissertation: The Role of Hippo Pathway in Mitosis and Cancer |
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Anna Staudacher, MS Thesis: Redirection of the immune response to Staphylococcus aureus infections |
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Dianne Wellems, MS Thesis: Functional Importance of Proline Transporters in Staphylococcus aureus |
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Bushra Bakhsh, MS Non Thesis Program |
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Cortney Halsey, PhD Dissertation: Amino acid catabolism in Staphylococcus aureus |
Tyler Scherr, PhD Advisor: Dr. Tammy Kielian Dissertation: Staphylococcus aureus biofilms interfere with macrophage antimicrobial responses through differential gene regulation, toxin production, and purine metabolism |
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K. Jacob Fischer, MS Thesis: Inflammatory Monocytes in Post-Influenza Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia |
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Chao Wang, PhD Dissertation: Mutations affecting epigenetic regulators and their role in peripheral T-cell lymphomas |
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Bei Jiang, PhD Dissertation: Molecular Pathogenesis of natural killer/T-cell lymphomas |
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Ian Windham, PhD Dissertation: Regulation of cid-mediated cell death in Staphylococcus aureus |
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Joseph Rohr, PhD Dissertation: Activating mutations of proximal T-cell signaling molecules in peripheral T-cell lymphomas |