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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:

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:

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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:

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:

Ma, Ningxin

Title:

TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF DIRECT ASTROCYTE-TO-NEURON CONVERSION

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

reprogramming
astrocyte
neuron
RNA sequencing

File:

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Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yingwei Mao, Committee Member
Shaun Mahony, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Outside 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 (PHD)

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