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Author:

Fang, Cheng

Title:

Structural and Functional Modulation of Inhibitory Synapses by GODZ-mediated Palmitoylation of GABAA Receptors

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

trafficking
synaptogenesis
inhibitory synapses
palmitoylation
GABAA receptors
DHHC-CRD proteins

File:

Download Cheng_Thesis_April17.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard Luscher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Erin Elizabeth Sheets, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member

Author:

Chalkia, Dimitra

Title:

ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THREE MULTIDOMAIN GENE FAMILIES CONCERNED WITH BASIC CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES IN EUKARYOTES

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

evolution
protein domain
functional divergence
formin

File:

Download Dimitra_Chalkia_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Masatoshi Nei, Committee Member
Jan Klein, Committee Member
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member

Author:

Darlington, Mark Burton

Title:

SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE, DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA HOWARDI (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE): MALE TRAITS FAVORED BY CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE.

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

sexual selection
cryptic female choice
mating display rate

File:

Download Darlington_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Mark C Mescher, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member

Author:

Schilder, Rudolf

Title:

Mechanics, Metabolism & Menosporinae: An integrative analysis of dragonfly flight performance

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

mechanics
metabolism
muscle
insect flight muscle
infection
gregarine
parasite

File:

Download RJ_Schilder_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Xin

Title:

Use of Human induced-pluripotent Stem Cells to Understand Molecular Mechanisms of Autism

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Human iPSC
astrocyte
neuron
functional maturation
synapse
KCC2
GABA functional switch
MeCP2
REST
Rett syndrome
Autism

File:

Download Xin_Tang_Dissertation_The_Final_Version_20140409.pdf

Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cavener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Yingwei Mao, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Jinling

Title:

Genetic analyses of the cilia-dependent hedgehog signal transduction in the mouse

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

hedgehog
spinal cord patterning
Gli
Sufu
cilia

File:

Download Jinling_Liu_Dissertation_Dec_2_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member

Author:

Lohay, George Martin

Title:

ELEPHANTS WITHOUT BORDERS: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY GENETIC CONNECTIVITY IN TANZANIA

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

African Savanna elephants
Population structure
genetic connectivity
corridors
fecal-centric
microsatellite markers
simple sequence repeats (SSRs)
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
habitat loss
habitat fragmentation
wildlife corridors
age and sex structure
Amelogenin gene (AMELX/Y)

File:

Download Lohay_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
George H Perry, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Outside Member
Anna Bond Estes, Special Member