2018 PhD Thesis Defenses
LEAH GUTHRIE
Thesis Title:Human Microbiome Drivers of Inter-individual Variation in Drug and Food Responses
Date:Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Time: 10:00 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Libusha Kelly
PhD Student, Department of Systems and Computational Biology
NELSON GIL
Thesis Title: The Molecular Basis for Receptor-Ligand Recognition in the Immunoglobulin Superfamily
Date: Monday, December 17, 2018
Time: 10:00 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Andras Fiser
MD-PhD Student, Department of Systems and Computational Biology
ZHEJUN JI
Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanism and Functional Study of RpS12 Dependent Cell Competition
Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Genetics Library, Room 723, Ullmann Building
Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Baker
PhD Student, Department of Genetics
LARA KLEINFELTER
Thesis Title: Breaking and Entering: Hantavirus Interactions with Host Factors
Date: Monday, December 10, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: 3rd Fl. Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Medical Science Building
Laboratory of Dr. Kartik Chandran
PhD Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
MICHAEL WILCOCKSON
Thesis Title: Loss of Runx1 Triggers Inactivation of a Pu.1 Gene Enhancer and Terminal Erythroid Differentiation
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: 5th Fl. Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Medical Science Building
Laboratory of Dr. Arthur Skoultchi
MD-PhD Student, Department of Cell Biology
SAMANTHA HEITZ
Thesis Title: Exploring the PI3Kb-Rab5 Interface
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Jonathan Backer and Dr. Anne Bresnick
PhD Student, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
TALICIA SAVAGE
Thesis Title: Challenging Current Paradigms: Increasing the Efficacy of Radiation Therapy with Novel Radiation Schemes
Date: Thusday, November 1, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Chandan Guha
MD-PhD Student, Department of Pathology
SAIMA LIMI
Thesis Title:Transcriptional Dynamics During Lens Fiber Cell Differentiation and Novel Insights into Their Denucleation Process
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Ales Cvekl
Ph.D. Student, Department of Genetics
JIAHAO CHEN
Thesis Title: Myelodysplastic Syndromes Progression to Acute Myeloid Leukemia at the Stem Cell Level
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: 5th Fl. Lecture Hall, Forchheimer
Laboratory of Dr. Ulrich Steidl
Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology
CHARLES KENWORTHY
Thesis Title: Single Particle Tracking of PBAF and Its Implications for Epigenetic Targeting and Cancer
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2018
Time: 11:00 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Robert Coleman
M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
SAMANTHA WASHBURN
Thesis Title: Cerebellar Modulation of Basal Ganglia Nuclei Through a Monosynaptic Projection
Date: Friday, September 21, 2018
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: 919, Rose F Kennedy Center
Laboratory of Dr. Kamran Khodakhah
Ph.D. Student, Department of Neuroscience
YUN-RUEI KAO
Thesis Title: Iron Homeostasis-Regulatory Pathways Mediate HSC Fate
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: 5th Fl. Lecture Hall, Forchheimer
Laboratory of Dr. Ulrich Steidl
Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology
KRISTIAN SAIED-SANTIAGO
Thesis Title: The Role of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans as Co-Receptors of Wnt-Signaling During Neural Development in Caenorhabditis elegans
Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Hannes Buelow
Ph.D. Student, Department of Genetics
ELISE MIKE
Thesis Title: Neuropsychiatric Lupus: Pathogenic Determinants and Novel Therapeutic Approaches
Date: Thursday, September 06, 2018
Time: 10:00 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Chaim Putterman
M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
KARIN SKALINA
Thesis Title: Generation of an In situ Tumor Vaccine Using Focused Ultrasound-Induced Immune Priming
Date: Friday, August 31, 2018
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: 3rd Fl. Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Medical Science Building
Laboratory of Dr. Chandan Guha
M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Department of Pathology
CHRISTOPHER JOHNDROW
Thesis Title: Investigating Route Specific Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to TLR2 Ligands
Date: Friday, August 30, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: 3rd Fl. Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Medical Science Building
Laboratory of Dr. Steven Porcelli
Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
KELLY MITCHELL
Thesis Title: The Interleukin-1 Receptor Accessory Protein in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Oncogenic Functions and Therapeutic Targeting
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2018
Time: 10:30 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center/Block Pavilion
Laboratory of Dr. Ulirch Steidl
Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology
YU KONG
Thesis Title: Understanding Mosaicism of Human Genetic Diseases
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center/Block Pavilion
Laboratory of Dr. John Greally
Ph.D. Student, Department of Genetics
LIANE HUNTER
Thesis Title: Evidence Towards a More Personalized Approach to Characterizing Structural and Functional Outcomes from Repetitive Head Impacts in Soccer
Date: Thursday, August 9, 2018
Time: 10:30 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center/Block Pavilion
Laboratory of Dr. Michal Lipton
M.D.-Ph.D. Student, PhD in Clinical Investigation (PCI)
ANDREW JOHNSTON
Thesis Title: How Genetic Variation Influences Molecular Genomic Phenotypes
Date: Thursday, August 1, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center/Block Pavilion
Laboratory of Dr. John Greally
M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Department of Genetics
SERENA CHIANG MAO
Thesis Title: The Role of Amphiregulin in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer
Date: Friday, July 27, 2018
Time: 10:00 am
Location: 5th Fl. Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Medical Science Building
Laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey Segall
M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
ANA BATISTA-GONZALEZ
Thesis Title: mTOR Impacts Metabolic Health by Regulating Dietary Lipid Absorption
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2018
Time: 11:00 am
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Laboratory of Dr. Rajat Singh
Ph.D. Student, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
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