Ph.D. Dissertations in Biological Sciences

• 2013 Jason Biegel [Stewart] Evolution and Expression of the Lysozyme and β1,4-Galactosyltransferase Families in Mammals: Possible Roles in Fertilization
• 2013 Rebecca Pinder [Robinson] The Ecology of Earthworms in Riparian Habitats
• 2013 Aaron Sheppard [Hirsch] The Masking Effects of Light on Circadian Activity and Sleep Rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster
• 2012 Alexander Ciota [I Wang/Kramer] Intra and interhost dynamics shaping arbovirus adaptation and evolution
• 2012 Sunil Desai  [Lnenicka] Characterization of postsynaptic Ca2+ signals and their role in synaptic regulation at the Drosophila larval
• 2012 Jung Doh [Lee] The C. elegans RNA-binding protein GLD-1 recognizes sequence, structure and context information to repress translation of its mRNA targets
• 2012 Yuanyuan Liu [Szaro] The role of an RNA binding protein hnRNP K during axon development and regneration in Xenopus laevis
• 2012 Sean C. Robinson [Robinson] Experimental and Molecular Studies of Bryophyte Dispersal on Alpine Summits
• 2011 Christopher Collins [Kays/Robinson] The Importance of Disease and Mortality in Mammalian Ecology and Behavior
• 2011 William Daley  [Larsen] Rho Kinase Regulates Basement Membrane Dynamics to Coordinate Salivary Gland Branching
Morphogenesis and Tissue Organization
• 2011 Tao He [Lnenicka] Ca^2+ Regulation and Transmitter Release at the Drosophila Larval NMJ
• 2011 Denise A. Mayer [Robinson/Molloy] Evaluation Of A Biopesticide Against Invasive Species For Native Species Restoration
• 2011 Joel Ralston [Robinson/Kirchman] Biogeographic Consequences of Historic and Contemporary Climate Change In Boreal Birds
• 2011 Shengchun Wang [Shi] Design and Application of Composite RNA Aptamers
• 2011  Daiying Xu [Shi] Creating RNA Aptamer to Modulate Functions of Human Estrogen Receptor Alpha
• 2010 Andrew Allstadt [Caraco] Ecological invasion in spatially competitive systems
• 2010 Santhoshi Bandla [Stewart] Molecular evolution of genes underlying phenotypic differences between humans and chimpanzees
• 2010 Kurt M. Gibbs [Szaro] Spinal cord regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles
• 2008 Lakshminarayanan [Szaro] Ananthakrishnan Transcriptional and translational dynamics of neurofilament RNAs during optic nerve regeneration
• 2008 James Dutko [Cunningham/Curcio] Ty1 retromobility is restricted by human APOBEC proteins and facilitated by messenger RNA turnover
• 2008 Julie M. Urban [Robinson/Cryan] A Phylogenetic Investigation of the Planthopper Superfamily Fulgoroidea (Insecta: Hemiptera) with emphasis on the family Fulgoridae
• 2007 Sohini Bose [Zitomer] The regulation of the general stress response in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The cross-talk between the transcriptional activtator Msn2 and the Kinase repressor Srb10
• 2007 Meranda Bradley [Osuna] Global gene regulation by Fis in Escherichia coli
• 2007 Jason deKoning [CB Stewart] Experimental design and the detection of adaptive molecular divergence in phylogenetics and genomics
• 2007 Yongping Shao [Osuna] The mechanism of DNA recognition by factor for DNA inversion stimulation (Fis) in Escherichia coli.
• 2006 Xiaojun Feng [Szaro/Castracane] Development of a Living Cell-based Biosensor
• 2006 Amar Thyagarjan [Szaro] Neurofilament Triplet mRNAs Are Targets Of A Dynamic Post-transcriptional Operon During Vertebrate Brain Development
• 2005 Anna Hartwell [Robinson] Distribution of purple loosestrife and effects of its invasion in wetlands of the Hudson River Valley, New York
• 2005 Lee Klinkenberg [Zitomer] The role of Mot3in combinatorial repression of the hypoxic and DNA damage regulons in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Cooperative recruitment of the Ssn6/Tup1 general repression complex
• 2005 Byunghee Leu [Schmidt] Activity-dependent retinotectal sharpening of Zebrafish: The role of AA-PKC-GAP43 pathway
• 2005 Qingqing Liu [Shub/Belfort] Homing endonucleases: Structure and Function
• 2005 Kimi Nishikawa [Millis] Expression and activity of gp38k, a novel adhesion and migration factor for mammalian cells
• 2005 Nidhi Rumpal [Lnenicka] Activity-dependent plasticity of calcium clearance mechanisms in motor axons during development
• 2005 Tang Tang [Shub/Castracane] Cantilever based mass sensor for biological applications
• 2004 Nicholas Burgis [Cunningham] A Repair System for the Exclusion of Noncanonical Purines from DNA
• 2004 Jennifer Frank [M Stewart] Effect of earthworms and the salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, on detrital community structure and function in a mixed deciduous forest
• 2004 Stephan Glavanakov [Caraco] Computational Ecology of Vector-Borne Disease: Spatially Detailed Simulations and Analyses
• 2004 Niquiche Guity [McCormick] Retinoic acid, histone deacetylase inhibitors, and embryonal carcinoma stem cell differentiation
• 2004 Thomas Mennella [Zitomer] Transcriptional repression of the Hypoxic genes by Tup1 and the molecular mechanism of derepression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• 2004 Timothy Pratt [Osuna] Transcription study the Escherichia coli fis promoter: Characterization of in vitro fis P transcriptional requirements and examination of alternative trancription initiation sites
• 2004 Diane Wilson [Hirsch] The behavioral genetics of lead toxicology in Drosophila
• 2003 Richard Bonocora [Shub] Homing endonucleases and their association with Group I Introns
• 2003 Peggy Friar [Able] Mechanisms influencing adoption in the common tern (Sterna hirundo)
• 2003 Diana Weber [Lehman] Investigations of bottlenecks in pinnipeds
• 2002 Geoffrey Gardner [Robinson] Persistence and spread of Cryptococcus fagisuga, the initiating agent in beech bark disease
• 2002 Christine Gervasi [Szaro] Expression of the neurofilament protein peripherin during development and optic nerve regeneration in Xenopus laevis
• 2001 Walter G. Ellison [Able] Population structure and gene flow in two long-distance migrant birds, the Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) and Veery (C. Fuscescens)
• 2001 Roy A. Khalaf [Zitomer] Rfg1, a Protein Related to the Hypoxic Repressor Rox1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is a Novel DNA Binding Repressor of Filamentation in the Pathogenic Yeast, Candida albicans
• 2001 David Lemmon [J Brown] Sex-biased provisioning behaviors throughout the dependency period in Carib Grackles, Quiscalus lugubris. Relationships to joint costs of reproduction and sex-specific life histories in a tropical species
• 2001 Christopher Pace [S Tieman] Development of layer 4 spiny stellate cells in the visual cortex of normal and dark-reared cats
• 2001 Isabella Scheiber [Able] Mate Choice in the House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), a Monomorphic Passerine
• 2001 Kimberly Walker [Osuna] Transcriptional regulation of the E. coli fis promoter
• 2000 Michael B. Beach [Osuna] Function and Regulation of FIS in Enteric Bacteria
• 2000 Archana Belle [Shub] Marker exclusion by bacteriophage T4 is mediated by site-specific non-intron encoded homing endonucleases
• 2000 Nirmal Bhagabati [J Brown] Geographic variation in Mexican Jays (Aphelocoma ultramarina): Local differentiation, polyphyly or hybridization?
• 2000 Praveen Karanth [CB Stewart] Molecular Systematics of the Langurs and Population Genetics of Hanuman Langur
• 2000 Alexander Kastaniotis [Zitomer] The roles of Transcription factor Mot3 and chromatin in the Repression of the Hypoxic gene ANB1 in yeast
• 2000 Hae-Young Koh [Jacklet] NO-cGMP Signaling in Central Nervous System of a Mollusc, Aplysia californica
• 2000 Jeffrey L. Vaughn [Cunningham/Cavanaugh] Development of a mechanistic model for the DNA-binding domain of the Bacillus subtilis transition state regulatory protein AbrB by NMR Spectroscopy