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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:

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

File:

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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:

Uppalapati, Maruti Chandra Mouli Varma

Title:

CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF MICROTUBULES AND MANIPULATION OF KINESIN DRIVEN MICROTUBULE MOTION

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

protein patterning
microfabrication
AC electrokinetics
microtubule
kinesin
mitosis

File:

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Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Ryan S Clement, Committee Member

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:

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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

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:

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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:

Zhu, Xiaoyu

Title:

THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF REGULATORS OF PLANT EXOCYTOSIS AND THEIR ROLES IN CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

cellulose synthase complex
exocytosis
exocyst complex
microtubule

File:

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Committee Members:

Ying Gu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ying Gu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yanming Wang, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member

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:

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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

Author:

Jiang, Rui

Title:

An In Vitro Reconstitution Investigation into the Kinetic Mechanisms Underlying Kinesin-based Vesicle Transport

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

kinesin
microtubule
kinetics
in vitro reconstitution
lipid membrane
total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
Paul Cremer, Outside Unit Member
William Hancock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Butler, Major Field Member
Christopher Yengo, Outside Field Member

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