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Author:

Prothero, Katie Eva

Title:

Identification of a CTCF-independent insulator that delimits X-inactivated from expressed transcripts within the UBA1 gene

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

DNA methylation
X chromosome inactivation
epigenetics

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura Carrel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Carrel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sergei A Grigoryev, Committee Member
Ira Joseph Ropson, Committee Member
Jiyue Xhu, Committee Member

Author:

Robbins, Michael Lawrence

Title:

TISSUE-SPECIFIC PATTERNING SPECIFIED BY A MULTICOPY PERICARP COLOR1 ALLELE IN MAIZE

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

transposon
maize
enhancer
flavonoid
mosaic
DNA methylation

File:

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Committee Members:

Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member

Author:

Sekhon, Rajandeep Singh

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF REGULATION OF MAIZE PERICARP COLOR1 BY AN EPIGENETIC MODIFIER UNSTABLE FACTOR FOR ORANGE1

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Tandem repeat
DNA methylation
Epigenetics
Gene regulation
Maize
Epiallele

File:

Download Thesis_Rajandeep_Sekhon.pdf

Committee Members:

Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David M Braun, Committee Member
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Stahl, Jill

Title:

Genetic, Epigenetic and Chromosomal Domain Influences on Gene Expression from the Inactive X Chromosome

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

X chromosome inactivation
X chromosome
gene expression
DNA methylation

File:

Download Stahl_Final_Revision_9-1-13.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura Carrel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Carrel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Joseph Gunther, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Eckert, Committee Member
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member

Author:

Cui, Jin

Title:

Insights into the epigenetic regulation of Unstable factor for orange1 in maize

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Unstable factor for orange1
Maize genetics
RNA-seq
small-RNA
DNA methylation
alternative splicing

File:

Download Final_submission_JinCui.pdf

Committee Members:

Surinder Chopra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member
Jesse R Lasky, Outside Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gomez Campo, Kelly

Title:

Physiological ecology and functional genomics of symbiotic corals: The effect of light exposure

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Symbiotic corals
Photoacclimation
Light-stress
Coral bleaching
Heat-stress
Phenotypic plasticity
DNA methylation
Gene expression
Biological networks

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Committee Members:

Sally Mackenzie, Major Field Member
James Marden, Major Field Member
David Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Iliana Baums, Chair of Committee
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Benson, Christopher

Title:

Genomic and transcriptomic insight into the evolution and breeding of turfgrass species, Poa annua and Bouteloua dactyloides

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Poa annua
turfgrass
genetics
genomics
polyploidy
sequencing
breeding
annual bluegrass
annual meadowgrass
pistil smut
Bouteloua dactyloides
Buffalograss
Salmacisia buchloëana
the genome balance hypothesis
dioecy
tilletia
golf
putting green
homoeolog
polyploid plasticity hypothesis
chromosome modification
chromosome restructuring
fractionation
retrotransposon
synteny
RNA-seq
comparative genomics
pan-genome
transposable element
host manipulation
amphihapoid
haploid plants
allotetraploid
DNA methylation
Poa infirma
Poa supina

File:

Download Benson_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sally Mackenzie, Major Field Member
David Huff, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Claude Depamphilis, Outside Field Member
Gary Felton, Outside Unit Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Song, Fan

Title:

Unveiling Structural Variation: Detection, Characterization, Phasing, and Its Role In 3D Genome Reorganization in Cancer

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Structural Variation
Chromatin Structure
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Epigenomics
Hi-C
DNA methylation
Histone modification

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_May_2021_Fan_Song_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhonghua Gao, Major Field Member
Sinisa Dovat, Outside Unit & Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair
Shaun Mahony, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ross Hardison, Major Field Member
Feng Yue, Special Member

Author:

Silva Gallardo, Constanza Paulina

Title:

The impact of nicotine exposure and cigarette smoking on gene expression and behavior from a translational perspective

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health (PHD)

Keywords:

gene expression
genomics
smoking
nicotine
translational
cigarette smoking
reduced nicotine-content cigarettes
RNA-Seq
DNA methylation
sex differences

File:

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Committee Members:

Dajiang Liu, Outside Unit Member
David Vandenbergh, Major Field Member
Steven Branstetter, Outside Field Member
Helen Kamens, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Gould, Program Head/Chair