December 2009
Esteban Carrizosa
Thesis Mentor: Jan Burkhardt
Thesis Title: "Role and Regulation of the actin-regulatory protein HS1 in TCR signaling"
Jacqueline Perrigoue
Thesis Title: "Initiation and regulation of type 2 immunity and inflammation at mucosal sites "
Thesis Advisor: David Artis
Adeeb Rahman
Thesis Title: "Defining a T cell intrinsic role for MyD88 during LCMV infection"
Thesis Advisor: Laurence Turka
Betsy Taylor
Thesis Title: "TSLP regulates intestinal immunity and inflammation"
Thesis Advisor: David Artis
August 2009
Thi Bui
Thesis Title: "Regulation of metabolism during proliferation and cellular stress"
Thesis Advisor: Craig Thompson
Priya Dedhia
Thesis Title: "Tribbles in myeloid differentiation and transformation"
Thesis Advisor: Warren Pear
Haina Shin
Thesis Title: "Regulation of CD8 T cell dysfunction during chronic viral infection"
Thesis Advisor: John Wherry
May 2009
Andrea Carpenter
Thesis Title: “The TCRb LOCI: Mechanisms controlling rearrangement and allelic exclusion”
Thesis Advisor: Craig Bassing
Erica Carpenter
Thesis Title: “Lymphocyte response and dysregulation in human cancer”
Thesis Advisor: Robert Vonderheide
Sara Colpitts
Thesis Title: “The generation and maintenance of CD4+ T cell responses in concomitant immunity to Leishmania Major”
Thesis Advisor: Phillip Scott
December 2008
Eric Allenspach
Thesis Title: “The role of dendritic cell subsets in the regulation of CD4+T cell responses"
Thesis Advisor: Terri Laufer
Shannon Grande
Thesis Title: "A role for immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs in the transformation of nonhematopoietic cells"
Thesis Advisor: John Monroe
Marisa Juntilla
Thesis Title: “Akt signaling maintains survival and proliferation in immature T cells and hematopoietic stem cells”
Thesis Advisor: Gary Koretzky
Dan Northrup
Thesis Title: “The transcription factor EBF directs B lineage commitment”
Thesis Advisor: David Allman
Paige Porrett
Thesis Title: “The subversion of treg-mediated transplantation tolerance by toll-like receptor signals”
Thesis Advisor: Laurence Turka
Laura Solt
Thesis Title: “The interaction with NEMO regulations the function of Ikkalpha”
Thesis Advisor: Michael May
Jason Standanlick
Thesis Title: “Tonic B cell antigen receptor signals supply an NF-kB substrate, p100, for prosurvival BLYS signaling”
Thesis Advisor: Michael Cancro
Laura Treml
Thesis Title: “Role for TACI, a BLYS receptor, in toll-like receptor stimulated B cells and marginal zone fitness”
Thesis Advisor: Michael Cancro
Matt Walsh
Thesis Title: “The role of the adaptor protein TRAF6 in CD8 T cell homeostasis and as a substrate for non-degradative ubiquitination”
Thesis Advisor: Yongwon Choi
August 2008
Stanley Adoro
Thesis Title: “Regulation of Coreceptor Gene Transcription and CD4/CD8 Lineage Choice in the Thymus”
Thesis Advisor: Alfred Singer
Jenni Crowley
Thesis Title: “BLYS receptor regulation and responsiveness in activated B lymphocytes”
Thesis Advisor: Michael Cancro
Alice Hsu
Thesis Title: “Impaired immune activation following Leishmania Mexicana infection”
Thesis Advisor: Phillip Scott
Frederick Karnell
Thesis Title: “Developmental-associated differences in membrane cholesterol content play a defining role in the response of transitional immature and mature B cells to B cell receptor engagement”
Thesis Advisor: John Monroe
Jodi Karnell
Thesis Title: “Regulation of CD4+ T cell responses by PTEN”
Thesis Advisor: Laurence Turka
Vikram Palanivel
Thesis Title: “ The role of an asymmetric T lymphocyte division in generating diversity during adaptive immune responses”
Thesis Advisor: Steven Reiner
Megan Suhoski
Thesis Title: “Optimal activation, growth and expansion of Human CD8+ T cells using a novel artificial antigen presenting cell system”
Thesis Advisor: Carl June
Justin Taylor
Thesis Title: “Immunoregulation of helminith-induced Th2 responses”
Thesis Advisor: Edward Pearce