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Author:

Mattie, Floyd J

Title:

Kinesin-2 and +TIP dependent directed growth maintains the uniformly polarized microtubule array in Drosophila dendrites

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

dendrite
polarity
microtubule
Kinesin-2
+TIP
neuron
APC
adenomatous polyposis coli
EB1
noncentrosomal

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Stone, Michelle Catherine

Title:

Microtubule Polarity and Drosophila Sensory Neuron Responses to Axon and Dendrite Injury

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

Drosophila
axon
dendrite
injury
regeneration
microtubule polarity

File:

Download 1-Michelle_Stone_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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:

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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

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:

Hertzler, James

Title:

Kinetochore-Based Microtubule Regulation And Calcium Signaling Are Required For Functional Dendrite Regeneration In Drosophila

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Kinetochore
dendrite
dendrite regeneration
calcium
functional regeneration
drosophila

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Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janine Kwapis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Alloway, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Major Field Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Program Head/Chair