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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:: Download Thesis_Mater_20141209_unlink.pdfDownload Movie_3.1_microtubule_zippering.aviDownload Movie_3.2_microtubule_Curls2.avi
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

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Author:: Long, Melissa Katherine
Title:: Identifying the function of kinesin-13 family members and how they contribute to neuronal development.
Graduate Program:: Cell and Developmental Biology
Keywords:: kinesin-13
Klp59C
Klp10A
neuronal development
microtubules
cell polarity
File:: Download MelissaLong_MastersThesis_V2.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Rolls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wendy Hanna Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Chen, Li
Title:: Investigation of the molecular basis underlying a multi-step model of axon injury responses
Graduate Program:: Cell and Developmental Biology
Keywords:: axon regeneration
neuroprotection
microtubules
gamma-tubulin
Nmnat
DLK
JNK
fos
caspases
mitochondria
File:: Download ChenDissertationJuly15.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member

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Author:: Lei, Lei
Title:: important regulators of plant cellulose synthesis
Graduate Program:: Plant Biology
Keywords:: cellulose synthesis
primary cell wall
cellulose microfibrils
cortical microfibrils
the alignment hypothesis
endoglucanase
File:: Download Ph.D._Dissertation_-_Lei_Lei.pdf
Committee Members:: Ying Gu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ying Gu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Special Member

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Author:: Chen, Geng Yuan
Title:: CONTRIBUTION OF KINESIN-MEDIATED MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS TO THE REGULATION OF MITOTIC SPINDLE STABILITY: MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF KINESIN-MICROTUBULE INTERACTION
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Kinesin
Microtubule
Microtubule-associated protein
Eg5 inhibitors
Mitosis
Size-scaling problem
Single-molecule
transient kinetics
Tubulin dynamics
File:: Download _20180720__Geng-Yuan_Chen_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Outside Member

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Author:: Pisupati, Aditya
Title:: Structure-Function Relationships and Biochemical Manipulation of 6-TM Superfamily Ion Channels
Graduate Program:: Neuroscience
Keywords:: ion channels
voltage-gated
structure
function
six-transmembrane
6-TM
Shaker
CNBD
TRPV
File:: Download AP_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Timothy J Jegla, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy J Jegla, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Committee Member

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Author:: Weiner, Alexis
Title:: Dendritic Microtubule Polarity is Maintained by Kinesin-2 Steering and Positioning of Nucleation Sites by Endosomal Wnt Signaling Proteins
Graduate Program:: Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:: neurons
microtubules
nucleation
APC2
gTub
dendrite
File:: Download Dissertation_AW.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy J Jegla, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

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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:: Download Thesis_May2020QF.pdf
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

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Author:: Feng, Chengye
Title:: Investigation of microtubule polarity regulation in dendrites of drosophila sensory neurons
Graduate Program:: Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:: microtubule polarity
Patronin
Trim9
kinesin-5
dendrite development
dynamic instability
File:: Download Thesis_draft_Chengye_Feng_Spring_2020_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yingwei Mao, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Haselden, William
Title:: Spatial and temporal patterns of nitric oxide diffusion and degradation drive emergent cerebrovascular dynamics
Graduate Program:: Neuroscience
Keywords:: nitric oxide
neurovascular coupling
vasomotion
computational model
hemoglobin
hemodynamics
File:: Download Dissertation_in_Neuroscience_-_Haselden.pdf
Committee Members:: Patrick James Drew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick James Drew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Program Head/Chair

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