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Author:

Muthukrishnan, Gayatri

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF KINESIN-2 MECHANOCHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

stochastic simulation
run length
ATP hydrolysis
optical tweezers
quantum dots
biophysics
kinesin
microtubules

File:

Download FinalThesis_041408.pdf

Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Willilams, Committee Member

Author:

Nguyen, Michelle Marie

Title:

Why Move It When You Can Make It? Drosophila Neuronal Microtubule Polarity Requires Local Microtubule Nucleation

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

microtubules
neuronal polarity
Golgi
axon initial segment
Drosophila
centrosome
ankyrin

File:

Download NguyenDissertationFinal.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
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member
Timothy J Jegla, Special Member

Author:

Long, Melissa Katherine

Title:

Identifying the function of kinesin-13 family members and how they contribute to neuronal development.

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

kinesin-13
Klp59C
Klp10A
neuronal development
microtubules
cell polarity

File:

Download MelissaLong_MastersThesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wendy Hanna Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Li

Title:

Investigation of the molecular basis underlying a multi-step model of axon injury responses

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

axon regeneration
neuroprotection
microtubules
gamma-tubulin
Nmnat
DLK
JNK
fos
caspases
mitochondria

File:

Download ChenDissertationJuly15.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member

Author:

Dick, Taryn Eve

Title:

A promising anti-cancer agent that functions as a dual target inhibitor of SphK1 and microtubule dynamics

Graduate Program:

Molecular Toxicology

Keywords:

Sphingosine Kinase
Cyclin-dependent kinase 1
cell cycle arrest
mitotic arrest
mitotic cell death
microtubules

File:

Download Taryn_Dick-_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jong Kak Yun, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jong Kak Yun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor J Ruiz Velasco, Committee Member
Shantu G Amin, Committee Member
Dhimant Desai, Committee Member
Richard Robert Young, Committee Member
Jeremy Andrew Hengst, Special 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:

Download Dissertation_AW.pdf

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