recent and upcoming dissertation defenses
2012-2013 DEFENSES to date:
December
Jie Xu (CAMB)
December 10, 3:00, Reunion Hall, John Morgan Bldg.
Title: Discovering Novel Intrinsic Antiviral Responses to
Arboviruses: From Transcription to Intestinal Innate Immunity
advisor:
Dr. Sara Cherry
Nick Parrish (CAMB)
December 14, noon, TRC auditorium
Title:
Phenotypic Characteristics of Mucosally Transmitted HIV-1
advisor: Dr.
Beatrice Hahn
November
Eric Lee (CAMB)
November 19, 3:00, BRB auditorium
Title: Fbx4 opposes cyclin D1 accumulation and the tumorigenic potential of BrafV600E in melanoma
advisor:
Dr. J. Alan Diehl
Pat Ward (CAMB)
November 30, 2:00, BRB auditorium
Title: The common feature of cancer-associated IDH1 and IDH2 mutations is a neomorphic enzyme activity converting alpha-ketoglutarate to the oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate
advisor: Dr. Craig Thompson
October
Jiyeon Kim (Immunology)
October 1, 2:00, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg.
Development and regulation of natural T helper 17 cells
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
Dania Daye (Bioengineering)
October 11, 1:00, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title:
Understanding the metabolo-genetic regulation of breast cancer recurrence using magnetic resonance-based integrative metabolomics
advisors: Dr. Lewis Chodosh and Dr. Mitch Schnall
Whitney Parker (Neuroscience)
October 29, 2:00, Reunion Hall, John Morgan Bldg.
Title: Insights from Pretzel Syndrome: The Role of STRADA in Neuronal Migration and Cortical Development
advisor: Dr. Pete Crino
Waihay Wong (CAMB)
October 29, 2:30,Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg.
Title: Hypoxic regulation of MYC and epidermal barrier formation
advisor: Dr. Celeste Simon
September
Alanna Strong (CAMB)
September 12, 2:00, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Sortilin as a Novel Regulator of Plasma Cholesterol, Very-Low Density Lipoprotein Secretion and LDL Catabolism
advisor: Dr. Dan Rader
Jake Lazarus (CAMB)
September 14, 2:00, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Cytoplasmic Dynein and Dynactin Modulate Microtubule Dynamics
advisor: Dr. Erika Holzbaur
Jason Moore (Neuroscience)
September 18, 2:00, Barchi Library, 140 John Morgan Bldg
Title: Sleep-Promoting Ventrolateral Preoptic Neurons Contribute to Anesthetic-Induced Hypnosis
advisor: Dr. Max Kelz
August
Stephan Kadauke (CAMB)
August 14, 2:00, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Tissue-Specific Epigenetic Bookmarking to Preserve Transcriptional Programs through Mitosis
advisor: Dr. Gerd Blobel
Armen Moughamian (Neuroscience)
August 15, 2:00, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: The CAP-Gly Domain of p150Glued in Axonal Transport and Neurodegenerative Disease
advisor: Dr. Erika Holzbaur
Grace Lin (CAMB)
August 17, 12:00, 337 Towne Building
Title: Integrins and forces in mesenchymal stem cell differentiation
advisor: Dr. Chris Chen
Michael Paley (Immunology)
August 30, 1:30, BRB Auditorium
Title: Transcriptional control and population dynamics of CD8 T cell responses
advisor: Dr. John Wherry
2011-2012 DEFENSES
July
Greg Peterfreund, (CAMB)
July 9, 2:00, BRB 252
Title:
Bacterial and Microeukaryotic Succession in the Gut Microbiome
advisors: Dr. Rick Bushman and
Dr. Jun Zhu
Rebecca May, (Immunology)
July 27, 2:00, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title:
Proximal signaling pathways in a natural killer cell development and effector function
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
June
Emily Charlson, (CAMB)
June 21, 2:30, Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg
Title:
The human respiratory tract microbiome in health and disease
advisor: Dr. Rick Bushman
May
Karen Ocwieja, (CAMB)
May 9, 10:00, Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg
Title:
Patterns of HIV integration and splicing: windows on mechanism
advisor: Dr. Rick Bushman
March
Maria Ciocca, (CAMB)
March 21, 1:00, Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg
Title:
Asymmetric T Cell Division and the Self-renewal of Specific Immunity
advisor: Dr. Steve Reiner
December
Tao Zou, (Immunology)
December 1, 10:00, BRB Auditorium
Title: Signals controlling regulatory T cell differentiation and homeostasis
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
Eugene Khandros, (CAMB)
December 1, 2:00, Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Protein quality control in hemoglobin synthesis and beta thalassemia
advisor: Dr. Mitch Weiss
Brittany Weber, (Immunology)
December 8, 3:00, Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Elucidating the role of TCF-1 in T-lineage development and differentiation
advisor:
Dr. Avinash Bhandoola
Nik Singh, (CAMB)
December 15, 1:00, TRC Auditorium
Title: Hdac3 is a critical regulator of neural crest progenitor cell biology
advisor:
Dr.
Jon Epstein
Matt LeBoeuf, (CAMB)
December 20, 2:00, BRB Auditorium
Tentative
title:
The role of Hdac1 and Hdac2 in embryonic and hair follicle development and homeostasis
advisor:
Dr.
Sarah Millar
October
Scott Gordon, (Immunology)
October 4, 11:00, BRB Auditorium
Title: Maturation of Natural Killer Cells Regulated by T-box Transcription Factors
advisor: Dr. Steve Reiner
David Pilkinton, (BMB)
October 4, 3:00, location TBA
Title: Inhaled oxygen as a quantitative intravascular MRI contrast agent
advisor: Dr. Ravi Reddy
Stephanie Cross, (Neuroscience)
October 18, 2:00, 253 BRB
Title: Activation of the antioxidant response attenuates HIV replication and neurotoxin production in human macrophages
advisor: Dennis Kolson
Nooreen Dabbish, (Neuroscience)
October 26, 3:00, m100 John Morgan Bldg
Title:
Synaptic Change During C. elegans Lethargus
advisor: David Raizen
Sam Crayton, (Bioengineering)
October 28, 10:00, 2000 Vagelos Library
Title: ICP-MS Analysis of Lanthanide-doped Nanoparticles: A Quantitative and Multiplexing Approach to Investigate Nanoparticle Biodistribution, Blood Clearance, and Targeting
advisor: Dr. Andrew Tsourkas
Amar Majmundar, (CAMB)
October 31, 3:00, location TBA
Title: TBA
advisor: Dr. Celeste Simon
September
Scott Bresler,(BMB)
September 19, 9:00, 253 BRB
Title: Regulation and inhibition of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase
advisor: Dr. Mark Lemmon
Bobby Basu, (Pharmacological Sciences)
September 30, 1:00, TRC Auditorium
Title: SILEC: A new tool to study mitochondrial and metabolic disease
advisor: Dr. Ian Blair
2010-2011 DEFENSES
August
Natalie Wolkow, (CAMB)
August 12, 10:00, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
Title: Retinal Iron Homeostasis: The Cellular Roles of Ceruloplasmin and Hephaestin
advisor: Dr. Josh Dunaief
David Hill, (CAMB)
August 16, 1:00, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Microbial Regulation of Allergic Inflammation
advisor: Dr. David Artis
Craig Wilen, (CAMB)
August 26, 2:00, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Tentative title:Engineering HIV-resistant human CD4+ T cells with CXCR4-specific zinc-finger nucleases.
advisor: Dr. Bob Doms
June
Cynthia Khoo, (Pharmacological Sciences)
June 20, 1pm, Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Insulin biosynthesis and beta cell survival regulated by Pdx1 targets
advisor: Dr. Doris Stoffers
Michelle Kim, (Health care management and economics)
June 30, 10am, the Chestnut Room, Colonial Penn Center
Title: TBA
advisor:Dr. Mark Pauly
May
David Schoppy (CAMB)
May 10, 1pm, BRB Auditorium
Title:
Characterization and use of the interaction between ATR suppression and p53 deficiency
advisor: Dr. Eric Brown
Mike Gandal (Bioengineering)
May 18, 10am, Berger Auditorium, basement of Skirkanich Hall
Title:
Auditory evoked gamma synchrony: validating translational biomarkers for schizophrenia and autism
advisor: Steve Siegel
Andy Edmondson (CAMB)
May 27, 2pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Genetics of HDL Metabolism
advisor: Dan Rader
February
Andrew Lippa (CAMB)
Feb 18, 12pm, 209 Johnson Pavilion
Title: PhoQ and your little protein too": A story of negative feedback
advisor:
Dr. Mark Goulian
December
Ana Cristancho (CAMB)
December 6, 1:30pm, Dunlop Auditorium (Stemmler)
Title: Coordination of Cell-Cell Contact, Cell Structure, and Transcriptional Regulation to Promote Adipogenesis
advisor: Dr. Mitch Lazar
Abby Olsen (CAMB)
December 9, 11:00am, 253 BRB
Title: The EIIIA fibronectin splice variant promotes hepatic stellate cell motility and thioacematide-induced liver fibrosis
advisor: Dr. Becky Wells
Terry Dean (Neuroscience)
December 10, 2:00pm, M100 John Morgan Bldg
Title: SSS modulates K+ channel kinetics to shake the sleep right out of you
advisors: Drs. Amita Sehgal and Toshi Hoshi
Anthony Chi (Immunology)
December 16, 1:00pm, Dunlop Auditorium (Stemmler)
Title: Delineation of the cellular pathway and molecular mechanisms in Notch1-mediated early T lineage development
advisor: Dr. Avinash Bhandoola
Dan Zlotoff (Immunology)
December 17, 9:00am, 253 BRB
Title: Signals governing the recruitment of T lineage progenitors to the thymus
advisor:Dr. Avinash Bhandoola
Hojun Li (CAMB)
December 21, 3:00pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Control of targeted and random AAV vector genomic integration in gene therapy for hemophilia B
advisor: Dr. Kathy High
November
Marcus Goncalves (CAMB)
November 18th, 12:00pm, BRB Auditorium
Title: The role of the activin receptor IIB (ActRIIB) in glucose and energy homeostasis
advisor: Dr. Rex Ahima
Niraj Shanbhag (CAMB)
November 19th, 2:00pm, Reunion, John Morgan Bldg
Title: ATM dependent chromatin changes silence transcription in cis to DNA double-strand breaks
advisor: Dr. Roger Greenberg
Dave Moore (BMB)
November 23, 9:00am, location tba
Title: TBD
advisor: Dr. Bill Degrado
Trey Schroeder (BMB)
November 23, 2:30pm, location TBD
Title: TBD
advisors: Dr. Yale Goldman and Dr. Erika Holzbaur
October
Marta Rowh (Immunology)
October 7, 3:00pm, 252 BRB
Title: DNA Damage Responses and Suppression of Chromosomal Translocations in Developing Lymphocytes
advisor: Dr. Craig Bassing
Kristine Fortin, (CAMB)
October 8, 10:00am, m100 John Morgan Bldg
Title: Protein Partners and Post-translational Modifications: Towards Understanding the Regulation of Argonaute Proteins
advisor: Dr. Zissimos Mourelatos
September
Renuka Nayak (CAMB)
September 13, 10:00am, BRB Auditorium
Title: Coexpression networks based on natural variation in human gene expression at baseline and under stress
advisors: Dr. Vivian Cheung and Dr. Michael Kearns
2009-2010 DEFENSES
July
Alec Schmaier (Pharmacological Sciences)
July 9, 2:00pm, CRB Austrian Auditorium
Title: The evolution of platelet responses to collagen under conditions of hemodynamic flow
advisor: Dr. Mark Kahn
March
Colette Shen (Bioengineering)
March 8, 12:00pm, 337 Towne Building
Title: Regulation of angiogenesis by adhesive and mechanical cues from the extracellular matrix
advisor: Dr. Chris Chen
Karla Leavens (CAMB)
March 29, 2:00pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: The Role of Akt2 in Hepatic Lipid Metabolism
advisor: Dr. Morrie Birnbaum
December
Amy Tsou (CAMB)
December 4, 12:00pm, 209 Johnson Pavilion
Title: Novel Targets and a Cofactor for the Vibrio Cholerae Quorum Sensing Transcriptional Regulator, HapR
advisor: Dr. Jun (Jay) Zhu
Alex Chavez (CAMB)
December 7, 10:30am, 14th floor BRB
Title: Novel Roles for the SMC5/6 Complex and the DNA Helicase MPH1 in Template Switch
advisor: Dr. Brad Johnson
Shetal Patel (CAMB)
December 10, 10:30am, BRB Auditorium
Title: Functional Analysis of the Cdk7/cyclin H/Mat1 Complex in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and Embryos
advisor: Dr. Celeste Simon
Brett McCray (Neuroscience)
December 14, 3:30pm, Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Mutations in Rab7 That Cause Axonal Degeneration Result in Unregulated Nucleotide Exchange and Inappropriate Activation
advisor: Dr. J Paul Taylor
Chiu-yu Chen (Bioengineering)
December 15, 12:00pm, BRB Auditorium
Title: Regulation of Blood-Lymphatic Endothelial Identity by Blood Flow and Hemodynamic Forces
advisor: Dr. Mark Kahn
November
Uma Sachdeva (CAMB)
November 5, 1:00pm, Dunlop Auditorium (Stemmler)
Title: The circadian clock as a sensor of cell metabolic state: Interactions between nutrients, growth factors, and the mammalian clock machinery
advisor: Dr. Craig Thompson
Defne Amado (Neuroscience)
November 20, 2:00pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
Title: Gene therapy in the retina: exploring neurotrophic treatment and readminstration in Retinal Disease
advisor: Dr. Jean Bennett
Ksenia Orlova (Neuroscience)
November 24, 3:00pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
Title: The function of STRADa during corticogenenesis: Insights into the neuropathogenesis of ocal Cortical Dysplasias
advisor: Dr. Peter Crino
David Wise (CAMB)
November 30, 2:00pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Exploring the Role and Regulation of Mitochondrial Glutamine Metabolism in Cancer
advisor: Dr. Craig Thompson
October
Anup Sharma (Neuroscience)
October 27, 1:00pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
Title: A neurotoxic phosphoform of ELK-1 is implicated in neurodegenerative disease
advisor: Dr. Jim Eberwine
September
Matt Buas (CAMB)
September 16, 3:30pm, 251 BRB
Title: Mechanisms of Notch-Mediated Inhibition of Skeletal Myogenesis
advisor: Dr. Tom Kadesch
Kunal Patel (CAMB)
September 21, 2:30pm, Class of 62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Coxsackievirus Entry into Nonpolarized Cells
advisor: Dr. Jeff Bergelson
Alexei Polishchuk (BMB)
Sept 23, 11:00am, 255 Anatomy Chemistry
Title: Structure-based mechanism of proton transport through the influenza A/M2 protein
advisor: Dr. Bill DeGrado
2008-2009 DEFENSES
June
Priya Dedhia (immunology)
June 12, 2:00pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: The role of Tribbles in myeloid differentiation and transformation
advisor: Dr. Warren Pear
May
Anil Panigrahi (CAMB)
May 1, 2:00pm, BRB Auditorium
Title: RS Rearrangement: Observations and Implications from a Novel Assay of B Cell Tolerance
advisor: Dr. Nina Luning Prak
December
Matthew Bevers (Neuroscience)
December 1, 1:00pm, Barchi Library
Title: Role of calpain isoforms in acute brain injury
advisor: Dr. Robert Neumar
Benjamin Kleaveland (CAMB)
December 1, 2:00pm, Reunion, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Regulation of Cardiovascular Organ Formation and Integrity by
the Heart of Glass Receptor-Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Pathway
advisor: Dr. Mark Kahn
Jennifer Oliver-Krasinski (Pharm)
December 1, 2:30pm, Class of ‘62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Novel roles for Pdx1 in the endocrine pancreas
advisor: Dr. Doris Stoffers
Marisa Juntilla (Immunology)
December 1, 3:00pm, BRB Auditorium
Title: Akt signaling maintains survival and proliferation in immature T cells and hematopoietic stem cells.
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
Larry Bish (CAMB)
December 2, 3:00pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Myostatin regulation and function in the heart Location and Time
advisor: Dr. H. Lee Sweeney
Matt Culyba (CAMB)
December 2, 12:00pm, Hill 131
Title: Catalysis by the poxvirus Holliday junction resolving enzyme
advisor: Dr. Frederic D. Bushman
Jason Watts (CAMB)
December 15, 3:00pm, Location - TBD
Title: FoxA Pioneer Factor: Genetic Competence and Epigenetic Restriction
advisor: Dr. Ken Zaret
November
Josh Gruber (CAMB)
November 3, 3:00pm, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Ars2 links the RNA interference pathway to cellular proliferation
advisor: Dr. Craig Thompson
Andy McClelland (Neuroscience)
November 10, 11:30am, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
Title: The ephrin-B family of receptor tyrosine kinase ligands in CNS synapse development
advisor: Dr. Matthew Dalva
Amol Navathe (Health Care Systems)
November 14, 9:00am, Chesnut Room, Colonial Penn Center (3641 Locust Walk)
Title: The formation of surgeon peer reputation and its effect on technology adoption
advisor: Dr. Mark Pauly
Mira Sachdeva (CAMB)
November 17, 3:00pm, Reunion, John Morgan Bldg
Title - TBD
advisor: Dr. Doris Stoffers
Ali Harrist (Neuroscience)
November 20, 3:00pm, Wood Room (John Morgan Building)
Title: Annexin 2 interacts with HIV-1 Gag at phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate-containing lipid rafts and increases viral production
advisor: Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano
Stephanie Eucker (Bioengineering)
November 25, 9:00am, 337 Towne Building
Title - TBD
advisor: Dr. Susan Margulies
October
Marie Guerraty (Bioengineering)
October 9, 1:00pm, Vagelos 2000
Title: Aortic Valve Endothelial Phenotypes during Hypercholesterolemia
advisor: Dr. Peter F. Davies
Martina Lefterova (CAMB)
October 15, 1:00pm, BRB Auditorium
Title: Genome-wide Orchestration of Adipocyte Biology by PPARg and C/EBP
advisor: Dr. Mitchell A. Lazar
Eric Mellon (BMB)
October 23, 3:30pm, Johnson Foundation Library (248 Anatomy-Chemistry)
Title: The regional cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption with proton detected 17O MRI during precision 17O2 inhalation in swine
advisor: Dr. Ravinder Reddy
Meredith Miller (Pharmacology)
October 29, 2:00pm, Johnson Foundation Library (248 Anatomy-Chemistry)
Title: Small molecule inhibitors of integrin α2β1(alpha2beta1) that prevent pathological thrombus formation via an allosteric mechanism
advisor: Dr. William F DeGrado
September
Le-Ben Wan (CAMB)
September 4, 2:00pm, 251 BRB
Title: Maternal Depletion of CTCF Reveals Multiple Functions In Transcription and Development
advisor: Dr. Marisa Bartolomei
Simone Stalling (Bioengineering)
September 10, 2:00pm, 337 Towne Building
Title: Biological Approaches to Connective Tissue Repair
advisor: Dr. Steven B. Nicoll
Michael Avissar (Neuroscience)
September 12, 10:00am, Barchi Library (140 JMB)
Title: The Reliability and Precision of Auditory Nerve Reponses
advisors: Dr. Thomas Parsons and Dr. Jim Saunders
Eric Allenspach (Immunology)
September 12, 1:00pm, TBD
Title: Dendritic Cell Subsets in the Regulation of CD4+ T Cell Immune Responses
advisor: Dr. Terri Laufer
Elise Carpenter (History and Sociology of Science)
September 12, 2:00pm, Cohen/Logan 392
Title: The Social Practice of HIV Drug Therapy in Botswana, 2002-2004: Experts, Bureaucrats, and Health Care Providers
advisor: Dr. Steven Feierman
August
Sarah Choi (CAMB)
August 12, 1:00pm, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Insulin Regulates Adipocyte Lipolysis via a Compartmentalized AKT-Independent Signaling Pathway
advisor: Dr. Morrie Birnbaum
July
Vikram Palanivel (Immunology)
July 22, 2:00pm, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: The One and The Many: Generating Diversity during Adaptive Immunity
advisor: Dr. Steve Reiner
2007-2008 DEFENSES
January
Matt Scharf (Neuroscience)
January 3, 2:00pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg.)
Title: Role of AMPH in Sleep-Wake
advisor: Dr. Allan Pack
December
Jing Wang (CAMB)
December 3, 1:30pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Regulation of circadian rhythm and adipogenesis by the nuclear receptor Rev-erb alpha
advisor: Dr. Mitch Lazar
Prin Amorapanth (Neuroscience)
Dec 3 - 1:30pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg.)
Title: Where Are They? The Neural Systems Underlying the Language of Space
advisor: Dr. Anjan Chatterjee
Tamar Gur (Neuroscience)
December 4, 10am, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan)
Title: The Role of CREB Family Transcription Factors in Depression, Anxiety, and Antidepressant Response
advisor: Dr. Julie Blendy
November
Neel Singhal (Neuroscience)
November 2, 2:30, 140 John Morgan (Barchi Library)
Title: The role of resistin in the CNS regulation of glucose and energy homeostasis
advisor: Dr. Rex Ahima
John Gordan (CAMB)
November 20, 2 pm, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha have antagonistic effects on c-Myc: implications for
normal and transformed cell proliferation
advisor: Dr. Celeste Simon
Andy Intlekofer (Immunology)
November 26, 3:00, BRB Auditorium
Title: Transcriptional control of CD8+ T cell differentiation: a tale of two T-box factors
advisor: Dr. Steve Reiner
October
Frances High (CAMB)
Oct. 4, 1:15pm., Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Notch Signaling in Cardiac Development
advisor: Dr. Jon Epstein
Dexter Hadley (GCB)
Oct. 8, 2:00pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Genome-scale annotation of genetic factors underlying neurotransmission & neuropsychiatric disease
advisors: Dr. Junhyong Kim and Dr. Maja Bucan
Doug Lin (CAMB)
Oct. 26, 2:00pm, BRB auditorium
Title: Interplay between SCF and CDK complexes in the control of cellular proliferation
advisor: Dr. J. Alan Diehl
September
Andrew Trister (Bioengineering)
Sept. 18, 10:30am, in Wu and Chen Auditorium in Levine Hall
Title: Nanoscale particle binding in silico: Hiv docking and multivalent recruitment under flow
advisor: Dr. Dan Hammer
Matt Kayser (Neuroscience)
Sept.. 20, 10:00am, 140 John Morgan Bldg.
Title: EphB Receptors Direct Formation of a Subset of CNS Excitatory Synapses
advisor: Dr. Matthew Dalva
2006-2007 DEFENSES
August
Jennifer Orthmann Murphy (Neuroscience)
August 29, 1:30pm Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
Title: The role of Cx47 in gap junction coupling between astrocytes and oligodendrocytes
advisor: Dr. Steve Scherer
May
Pallavi Gopal (Neuroscience)
May 21, 10am, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan)
Title: Guiding non-radial cell migration
advisor: Dr. Jeff Golden
February
Tina Franklin-Dumont (CAMB)
Wednesday, Feb 7th, 10am, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg.
Title: Counting up off schedule: Investigating the timing of developmental transitions in the Drosophila testis
advisor: Dr. Steve DiNardo
November
John Northrop (CAMB)
November 2, 2:00pm, 209 Johnson Pavilion
Title: CD4 T help dependent epigenetic remodeling in memory CD8 T cells
advisor: Dr. Hao Shen
October
Daria (Dasha) Babushok (CAMB)
Oct 31, 2006, 2pm, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg.
Title: Role of Line-1 retrotransposon in genome evolution: mechanisms of L1 integration and L1-mediated creation of new genes
advisor: Dr. Haig Kazazian
September
Melissa Middleton (Immunology)
Sept 8, 2pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: 12/15-lipoxygenase and the myeloid cell: A chronicle of oxidation, inflammation, and leukemogenesis
advisor: Dr. Ellen Pure
P. Peter Ghoroghchian (Bioengineering)
Sept 8, 3:00pm, Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (3330 Walnut)
Title: Emissive Polymer Vesicles: Soft Nanoscale Probes for in vivo Optical Imaging
advisor: Dr. Dan Hammer and Dr. Michael Therin
Ben Schwarz (Immunology)
Sept 11, 11:00, 251 BRB
Title: Trafficking from the bone marrow to the thymus: a prerequisite for T lymphopoiesis
advisor: Dr. Avinash Bhandoola
2005-2006 DEFENSES
June
Michael Buckstein (CAMB)
Thursday, June 15, 1:00 pm, 252 BRB
Title: A Novel HPLC Based Approach to Characterizing and Quantitating Nucleotide Pools in Bacteria
advisor: Dr. Harvey Rubin
Darren Hess (Neuroscience)
June 2, 9am, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg).
Title: The role of neurotrophin signaling in development and maintenance of neuromuscular synapses
advisor: Dr. Rita Balice Gordon
Tessa Sundaram (Bioengineering)
June 5, 2:00pm, 1412 BRB
Title: Quantitative Regional Assessment of Pulmonary Parenchymal Dynamics Using Image Registration and Analysis Techniques
advisor: Dr. Jim Gee
May
Evan Ray (CAMB)
May 5, 3:00pm, B-400 Richards
Title: Intracellular Cations Modulate Kv Channel Recovery From Slow Inactivation
advisor: Dr. Carol Deutsch
April
Ben Olenchock (Immunology)
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:00-3:00 PM, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Regulated Diacylglycerol Metabolism During Antigen Receptor Stimulation of T Cells and Mast Cells
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
March
Gina Clemens (Immunology)
March 20, 2pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Tyrosine Kinase-Associated Receptor Signaling in Neutrophils: Regulation by Adaptor Molecules In Vitro and In Vivo
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
Aaron Nelson (CAMB)
March 21, 1pm, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Local Mucosal Responses to Bacterial Colonization
advisor: Dr. Jeff Weiser
February
Laila Dadvand (Neuroscience)
Feb 6, 1:00, 140 John Morgan Bldg
Title: Divergent Effect of Sleep on the Loss and Recovery of Deprived Eye Responses in the Developing Visual Cortex
advisor: Dr. Michael Stryker (secondary advisor, Dr. Marcos Frank)
Joanne Jang (CAMB)
Feb 16, 2:00, Reunion, John Morgan Bldg
Title: The Contribution of Ras to MYC and Wnt-induced Tumor Progression
advisor: Dr. Lewis Chodosh
January
Lara Wine Lee (Neuroscience)
Jan 19th, 1:30, Abramson Bldg., 7th Floor Center Conference Room
Title: The Role of Signaling through BMP Type I Receptors in Central Nervous System Development
advisor: Dr. E. Bryan Crenshaw
December
Evan Farkash (Immunology)
Dec 2, 10:00, Reunion Hall, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Keeping L1s in Line: Genomic Defenses Against Retrotransposition
advisor: Dr. Nina Luning Prak
Chris Vakoc (CAMB)
Dec 7, 1:30, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Chromatin Loops and Methylated Histones Associated with Gene Activation
advisor: Dr. Gerd Blobel
Collin Blakely (CAMB)
Dec 8, 3:00, Reunion, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Developmental Events Influence Breast Cancer Risk: Insights from MYC, Stat5 and Pregnancy
advisor: Dr. Lewis Chodosh
Deepak Sampathu (Neuroscience)
Dec 15, 2:00, Reunion, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Biochemical Studies of Pathological Inclusions in Alpha-Synucleinopathies and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration with Ubiquitin-Positive Inclusions
advisor: Dr. Virginia M.Y. Lee
Chelsea Pinnix (CAMB)
Dec 16, 11:00, BRB Auditorium
Title: Notch1 Activation Confers Transforming Properties to Primary Human Melanocytes and Promotes Human Melanoma Progression
advisor: Dr. Meenard Herlyn
Marcin Imielinski (GCB)
Dec 19, 10:00, 1311 Blockley Hall
Title: In silico analysis of microbial biosynthetic capabilities at the genome-scale
advisor: Dr. Harvey Rubin
Carl Davis (CAMB)
Dec. 20, 3:00, 209 Johnson Pavilion
Title: Interactions between West Nile virus and the C-type lectins DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR
advisor: Dr. Bob Doms
November
Marc Meulener (CAMB)
November 23, 2pm, 253 BRB
Title: Functional and Biochemical Characterization of Parkinsons Disease Gene DJ-1 in Drosophila”
advisor: Dr. Nancy Bonini
Jessica Dworet (CAMB)
November 2, 10am, 251 BRB
Title: The role of CREB in thyroid cell survival
advisor: Dr. Judy Meinkoth
Michael Higley (Neuroscience)
Friday, October 28, 3:00pm, 140 John Morgan Bldg (Barchi library)
Title: Neural Mechanisms of spatiotemporal sensory integration in the rat barrel system
advisor: Dr. Diego Contreras
Michael Silverman (Immunology)
Wednesday, October 26th, 1:00pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: SLP-76: Complex regulation of FceRI signaling in mast cells
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
Farhad Abtahian (CAMB)
September 23, 3:30, Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
Title: Regulation of blood and lymphatic vascular separation by Syk and SLP-76
advisor: Dr. Gary Koretzky
Maria Chen (CAMB)
September 20, 10:00, 253 BRB
Title: Compartmentalization and variation of envelope gp160 from various brain regions of SIVmac239-infected macaques
advisor: Dr. Francisco Gonazalez Scarano
Ellen Krasik (Bioengineering)
September 16, 8:00am, 5000 Vagelos
Title: Simulation of neutrophil adhesion under flow and the transition from rolling to firm adhesion
advisor: Dr. Daniel Hammer
Bhaskar Srivastava (Immunology)
September 8, 2:00, 252 BRB
Title: The development and maintenance of marginal zone B cells
advisor: Dr. Dave Allman