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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

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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:

Mercer, Jason Chance

Title:

3,5-BISTRIFLUOROMETHYL PYRAZOLE (BTP) COMPOUNDS AND REGULATION OF STORE-OPERATED CALCIUM CHANNELS BY THE ACTIN-BINDING PROTEIN DREBRIN

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

calcium
store-operated channel
CRAC
BTP
actin
cytoskeleton
drug

File:

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Committee Members:

Avery August, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member
Blake R Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Cichon, Joseph Michael

Title:

Cofilin Rods And Neurodegeneration

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

cofilin
actin
LIM kinase
cytoskeleton
synapse

File:

Download JosephCichon-MastersThesis-2009-Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhou, Kang

Title:

cytoskeletal regulation of gremline architecture in C. elegans

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

C.elegans
germline
cytoskeleton

File:

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Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Aimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

O'connor, Joseph William

Title:

Biophysical Regulation of TGFbeta1-induced epithelial mesenchymal transition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

epithelial mesenchymal transition
cytoskeleton
cell adhesion
TGFbeta signaling
epigenetics
microcontact printing

File:

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Committee Members:

Esther Winter Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Cheng Dong, Committee Member

Author:

Elmasri, Zeinab

Title:

Investigating Alphavirus-Induced Membrane Modulations During Virus Assembly and Egress

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Alphavirus
RNA viruses
membrane modifications
cytoskeleton
viral ion channels
viral replication
viral assembly

File:

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Committee Members:

Lorraine Santy, Major Field Member
Anthony Schmitt, Outside Unit & Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Major Field Member
Joyce Jose, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Govindarajan, Maalavika

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

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

Author:

Thyagarajan, Pankajam

Title:

Studying the significance of neuronal microtubule polarity and the influence of support cells on microtubule nucleation in dendrites

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

microtubule
cytoskeleton
neuron
dendrite
microtubule nucleation
microtubule polarity
significance of microtubule polarity
regulation of microtubule nucleation
sites of nucleation
endosomes
endocytosis
clathrin
support cells
skin cells
glia
Wnt
Wnt signaling
frizzled
AP2
sites of endocytosis
dendrite branchpoint
dsh
axin
Frizzled
g-tubulin
EB1-GFP

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Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Lorraine Santy, Major Field Member
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Major Field Member

Author:

Sankhe, Chinmay

Title:

Regulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition via Matrix Stiffness and Histone Methyltransferases

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Hyaluronic acid
atomic force microscopy
cytoskeleton
integrin-linked kinase
apoptosis
hydrogels
Hyaluronic Acid
Atomic Force Microscopy
Cytoskeleton
Apoptosis
Hydrogels
epigenetics
H3K9Me2
chromatin
Hippo Signaling
nuclear localization
biosensor

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Esther Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Major Field Member
Sergei Grigoryev, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies