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Author:

Ambrose, Jonathan Christian

Title:

The Roles of Molecular Motors and Microtubule Dynamics in Assembly and Function of the Higher Plant Mitotic Spindle

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

mitosis
kinesin
molecular motor
cytoskeleton
microtubule
spindle
cell

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Cyr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Uppalapati, Maruti Chandra Mouli Varma

Title:

CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF MICROTUBULES AND MANIPULATION OF KINESIN DRIVEN MICROTUBULE MOTION

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

protein patterning
microfabrication
AC electrokinetics
microtubule
kinesin
mitosis

File:

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Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Ryan S Clement, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Yalei

Title:

Investigating the cellular functions of kinesin, microtubules and +TIPs using in vitro reconstitution, microscale engineering and novel statistical techniques

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

microtubule
kinesin
cellulose synthase
spindle
micro-fabrication
in vitro reconstitution
statistics

File:

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Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Feng, Qingzhou

Title:

Motor dynamics underling bidirectional cargo transport by kinesin and dynein

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

kinesin
dynein
microtubule
bidirectional transport

File:

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Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Outside Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
William O. Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Luque, Miranda

Title:

THE EFFECT OF pH ON THE INTERACTIONS OF KINESIN-1 AND KINESIN-2 WITH THEIR MICROTUBULE TRACK

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (MS)

Keywords:

pH
microtubule
kinesin-1
kineisn-2

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Gustavo Alberto Nader, Committee Member

Author:

Govindarajan, Maalavika

Title:

Mechanisms that influence microtubule nucleation machinery localization in Drosophila melanogaster dendritic branchpoints

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (MS)

Keywords:

microtubule
nucleation
Drosophila melanogaster
neurons
dendritic branchpoints
cytoskeleton
cell biology
confocal microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aimin Liu, Committee Member
Sonia Cavigelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
William O Hancock, Committee Member