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Author:

Jamis, Lina

Title:

A Silent Symphony: Unconventional Myosin 3a and Human Hereditary Hearing Loss

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

myosin
MYO3A
stereocilia
Espin1
filopodia
actin
switch I
G488E

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Committee Members:

Christopher Martin Yengo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alistair J Barber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Bronson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cirilo, Joseph

Title:

The Role of Class III Myosins in Actin Protrusion Length Regulation

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

myosin
actin
actin cytoskeleton
actin protrusion
filopodia
stereocilia
molecular motor
MYO3A
cell biology

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Committee Members:

Thomas Spratt, Major Field Member
Christopher Yengo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Maria Bewley, Outside Unit Member
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Nikolay Dokholyan, Outside Field Member

Author:

Hylton, Ryan

Title:

Cofilactin Bundling in Neurodevelopment and Degeneration

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

cryo-EM
cryo-ET
tomography
growth cones
cofilin
actin
cofilactin
filopodia
fluorescence microscopy
cofilin-actin rods

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Committee Members:

David Degraff, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kirsteen Browning, Major Field Member
Kent Vrana, Co-Chair of Committee
Matthew Swulius, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christopher Yengo, Major Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair