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Author:

Rao, Kavitha S

Title:

EXPLORING MECHANISMS UNDERLYING AXON REGENERATION USING DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURONS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

neuron
injury
neuronal injury
axon regeneration
drosophila
zebrafish
axotomy
dendrite
microtubule
spastin
atlastin
hereditary spastic paraplegia

File:

Download KRaoFinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Outside Member
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Justin Stephen

Title:

Biochemical Recognition Specificity and Evolution of S-locus F-box Genes in Petunia Based Self-Incompatibility

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

self-incompatibility
petunia
SI
SLF
transcriptome
self/non-self recognition
solanaceae
genome assembly
S-ribonuclease
S-RNase
S-locus F-box
F-box

File:

Download JSWilliams_Dissertation_Oct_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Teh-hui Kao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Teh-hui Kao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Committee Member
Dr. Ross C. Hardison, Committee Member
Dr. Claude W. dePamphilis, Outside Member

Author:

Miller, Jason Eli

Title:

Detection of mRNA decay machinery association with RNA during unstressed and stressed conditions

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Gene regulation
RNA decay
RIP-seq
Oxidative Stress
Ccr4-NOT

File:

Download Miller_final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph C. Reese, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Outside Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member

Author:

Ferlez, Bryan Henry

Title:

Photochemical Electron Transfer in Homodimeric Type I Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

photosynthesis
reaction center
heliobacteria

File:

Download Ferlez_B_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Outside Member
B. Tracy Nixon, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Sang-Ah

Title:

STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LSD1/COREST HISTONE DEMETHYLASE COMPLEX ON THE NUCLEOSOME

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

nucleosome
chromatin
structural biology
gene regulation
histone demethylase
lsd1

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation__Sang-Ah_Kim__-_Final_Draft_2016_12_08.pdf

Committee Members:

Song Tan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrey S. Krasilnikov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lu Bai, Committee Member
David S. Gilmour, Committee Member
Scott Showalter, Outside Member

Author:

Qiu, Yijun

Title:

Identification of Regions in Drosophila Spt5 That Are Involved in Promoter Proximal Pausing

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

transcription elongation
RNA polymerase II
promoter proximal pausing
Spt5
KOW domain
gene regulation

File:

Download Yijun_Qiu_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Outside Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Girer, Nathaniel Gabriel

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR IN LIVER METABOLISM

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
Fibroblast growth factor 21
Liver Metabolism

File:

Download Girer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Perdew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Perdew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Patterson, Committee Member
Jeffrey Peters, Committee Member
Connie Rogers, Outside Member
Ross Hardison, Committee Member
Ross Hardison, Committee Member

Author:

Koubek, Emily Jean

Title:

The Role of an ARF1 and ARF6 Signaling Pathway in HGF-Stimulated Epithelial Cell Migration

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ARF6
ARF1
Cytohesin
Rac1
HGF Signaling
Cell Migration

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Emily_Koubek.pdf

Committee Members:

Lorraine Santy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lorraine Santy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Outside Member
Ying Gu, Committee Member

Author:

Hubbard, Troy David

Title:

Ligand Selectivity and Evolutionary Divergence of the Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AHR
Evolution
Ligand selectivity
PAHs
Toxicity

File:

Download Troy_Hubbard_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Gary Perdew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Andrew Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jeffrey Peters, Committee Member
Dr. Ming Tien, Committee Member
Dr. Edward Dudley, Outside Member

Author:

Browder, Kristen Cherie

Title:

THE ROLE AND REGULATION OF APICAL SPECTRINS IN CELL POLARITY, TRAFFICKING, GROWTH, AND CORTICAL TENSION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Crumbs
Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A)
Tension
Beta Heavy-Spectrin
Alpha Spectrin
Polarity
Par6
Sdt
aPKC
Strain Sensor
Endocytosis
Hippo/Warts Pathway
cpstFRET
Drosophila

File:

Download Kristen_C_Browder_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Graham H. Thomas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Graham H. Thomas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lorraine Santy, Committee Member
William Hancock, Outside Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member