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(previous five years)

Student PI Year Graduated Dissertation Title
Brian Webster Greene 2006-2013  
Michael Patnode Rosen 2006-2013  
Ian Kratter Finkbeiner 2008-2013  
Noelle Huskey Goga 2007-2013  
Alex Greninger DeRisi 2007-2013  
Jonathan Russell Ptacek 2010-2013  
Lionel Lim Goga 2007-2013  
Chris Nelson DeRisi 2007-2012  
Lauren Martens Farese 2006-2012  
Yelena Bronevetsky Ansel 2007-2012  
Jon Clingan Matloubian 2006-2012  
Annie Arguello Cheyette 2006-2012 Dactl cooperates with Dishevelled-1 and Disrupted in Schizophrenia-1 during postsynaptic development in mouse forebrain GABAergic interneurons
Michelle Toft Graham Lowell 2005-2012  
Melissa Ehlers Stewart Black 2005-2012 NFATc1 controls skeletal muscle fiber type and is a negative regulator of MyoD transcriptional activity
Angela Sia Muchowski 2005-2012 Mechanisms of Amyloid-beta Toxicity in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sarah Gierke Wittmann 2006-2012 Function and dynamics of microtubules and plus-end-tracking proteins during 3d epithelial remodeling
Mark White Srivastava 2006-2012 The Role of NOTCH1 Signaling in Aortic Valve Calcification
Robert Judson Blelloch 2007-2012 MicroRNAs Promote Induced Pluripotency Through the Regulation of Cooperative Gene Networks
Jane Yu Schneider 2008-2012 On Generation of Variation in Craniofacial Development and Evolution
Elizabeth Gray Cyster 2007-2012 Development and function of IL-17-committed gdT cells
Renee VanderLaan Hebrok 2006-2012 Regulation of the development of pancreatic diseases by cell intrinsic and stromal influences
Kyriacos Koupparis McKerrow 2007-2012 Investigating the function of CLK1 kinase in Trypanosoma brucei and identifying other essential kinases
Sachi Jain Yim Huang, Y. 2007-2012 Investigating the Effects of ADP-Ribosylation Factor (ARF) 4 on Pattern Separation and Dendritic Spine Development in Mice
Josie Clowney Lomvardas 2007-2012 Genomic and nuclear organization of olfactory receptors
Jonathan Chou Werb 2008-2012 Insights into breast cancer metastasis: understanding the roles of transcription factors, microRNAs and the tumor microenvironment
Renatta Knox Ferriero 2007-2012 Fyn in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
Raymond Ng Willenbring 2007-2012 A microRNA-21 surge facilitates rapid cyclin D1 translation and cell cycle progression in mouse liver regeneration
Karen Ring Huang, Y. 2007-2012 Direct Reprogramming of Mouse and Human Fibroblasts into Multipotent Neural Stem Cells with a Single Factor
Jeff Alexander Bruneau 2006-2012 Stage-specific Chromatin Modification and Regulation in Cardiomyocyte Differentiation
Emily Harrington Rowitch 2008-2012 Manipulating developmental mechanisms to promote remyelination
Feng-Yen Li Lenardo 2007-2012 XMEN disease reveals novel regulatory roles for magnesium in the immune system
Danielle Shin Braun 2007-2012 Biochemical Dissection of SHP-2 and C-CBL in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Amy Moon Wynshaw-Boris 2006-2012  
Molly Thomas Ansel 2008-2012 Eri1 Regulation of Lymphocyte MicroRNA Homeostasis and Effector Functions
David Steiner Ansel 2008-2012 MicroRNA Regulation of Helper T Cell Cytokine Production and Differentiation
Ben Freeze Kreitzer 2008-2012 Optogenetic Dissection of Pathway-Specific Processing in the Basal Ganglia
Emily Elliott Lowell 2006-2012 Neutrophils as the Key Mediators of Antibody-induced Arthritis and Edema: The Central Role of Syk
Nicole Santos Reiter 2005-2012 Primary cilia mediate vertebrate Hedgehog signaling through the regulation of Smoothened and Gli2
Emily Thornton Krummel 2006-2012 Lung Surveillance Revealed by Two-Photon Live Imaging
Julie Hunkapiller Reiter 2005-2011 The Role of Cilia and Polycomb-like 3 in Embryonic Stem Cell Maintenance and Differentiation
William Schachterle Black 2005-2011 Transcriptional regulation of Gata4 in the developing heart
April Price Locksley 2005-2011 Reporter mice reveal unexpected sources of effector cytokines
Emily Gogol Gross 2006-2011 Discovery and Relevance of the Cell Envelope Stress Response sRNA Network in E.coli
Helen Hwang Rulifson 2006-2011 Serial specification during Drosophila placodal neurogenesis
Rebecca Lock Debnath 2005-2011 Novel functions for autophagy during Ras transformation
John Morris Hebrok 2004-2011 Rewired pancreatic plasticity and the specification of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma precursors
Varvara Zeldovich Bakardjiev 2007-2011 Placental Defenses against Infection
Kristen Coakley Roose 2006-2011 Regulation of RasGRP1 protein in thymocyte development and peripheral T cells
Kathryn Austgen Oakes/Ganem 2007-2011 Dissecting the ER stress-induced Apoptotic Pathway
You Bin Lin Brückner 2006-2011

Characterization of regulators of blood cell number identified in a Drosophila genome-wide RNAi screen

Yun Choi McManus 2005-2011 On RNA 3’-end Oligouridylation
Jana Broadhurst McCune 2007-2011 Beyond the hygiene hypothesis: exploring the immunology of helminthic therapy
Amy Young McCormick 2004-2011 Regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling by wild-type and oncogenic Ras
Alana Lerner Papa 2005-2011 Investigation of apoptosis under endoplasmic reticulum stress during diabetes pathogenesis
Lisa Kelly Cyster 2005-2011 EBI2 positions naïve and activated B cells
Bethann Hromatka Fisher 2005-2011 Investigations into the human placenta:  sticky malaria and sweet sugars
Jesse Green Cyster 2005-2011 The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor S1P2 maintains the homeostasis of germinal center B cells and promotes niche confinement
Corey Miller McCune 2006-2011 The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor S1P2 maintains the homeostasis of germinal center B cells and promotes niche confinement
Jan Lui Kriegstein 2006-2011 Developmental expansion of the human neocortex
Joyce Hu Matloubian 2006-2011 Chemokine receptor CXCR3 affects the balance between effector and memory CD8 T-cell generation
Yvan Chanthery Weiss W. 2006-2011 Paracrine signaling through MYCN enhances tumor-vascular interactions in neuroblastoma
Armando Lemus Engel 2006-2011 Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT amino acid residues necessary for its proteasomal dependent degradation in the host cytoplasm
Landys Lopez-Quezada McKerrow 2004-2011 Function of Macromolecular Serine Protease Inhibitors in the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni
Wanda Kwan Muchowski 2005-2011 Investigating the Role of Microglia and the Immune System in Huntington's Disease
Nga Bien-Ly Huang Y 2005-2011

Investigating the Effect of C-Terminal Truncated Apolipoprotein E4 on Amyloid-Beta-Induced Neuronal and Behavioral Deficits in Mice

Shuyi Zhang McKerrow 2005-2011 Characterization of the host macrophage response to intracellular protozoan pathogens
Mary Mohrin Passegue 2005-2011 DNA damage response and DNA repair during hematopoietic differentiation and development
Lilliana Radoshevich Debnath 2005-2011 ATG12 Conjugation to ATG3 Modulates Mitochondrial Homeostasis and Cell Death
Nichole Reyes Oakes 2005-2011 The Role of the Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway in Neuronal Development and Survival
Daniel Garcia Evan 2004-2011 Using switchable mouse models to assess the therapeutic potential of MdmX and E2F3
Julia Gilden Krummel 2004-2011

Control of the T Cell Cortex by the Septin Cytoskeleton

Steve Chmura Killeen 2003-2011 In Vivo Genetic Fate Mapping of T-cell Receptor Signal Strength
Nathan Hunkapiller Fisher 2004-2011 Human Trophoblast Differentiation and Invasion During Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
Jaime Lopez Toczyski 2004-2011 Damage-dependent Regulation of DNA Replication
Abigail Miller McCormick 2002-2011 A novel role for a complex of PDZ proteins in PI3K signaling
Jesse Lyons McCormick 2003-2011 Investigating the role of MC1R and cAMP signaling in melanoma
Shan-Shan Zhang Bruneau 2006-2010 Connexin the dots in the His-Purkinje system: uncovering Irx3 function in cardiac conduction
Cristina Penaranda Bluestone 2005-2010 Therapeutic interventions to modulate the anti-islet response in autoimmune diabetes
Courtney Anderson Black 2004-2010 The role of the transcription factor MEF2C in cardiac and skeletal muscle metabolism
Elizabeth Theusch Gitschier 2005-2010 The genetic epidemiology of absolute pitch
Sue-Ann Lee Muchowski 2010 Implication of the endosomal trafficking pathway in alpha-synuclein pathogenesis
Christopher Hackett Weiss W 2003-2010 Deciphering neuroblastoma development with classical genetics, exon arrays, and transposon mutagenesis
Collin Melton Blelloch 2005-2010 Opposing microRNAs regulate mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal
Marine Champsaur Lanier 2005-2010 Effects of NKG2D ligand expression on host immune responses
Brigitte Watkins Brown 2004-2010 Modulation of Host Inflammatory Responses by SecA2 of Mycobacterium marinum
Jonathan Esensten Bluestone 2006-2010 Transcription factors in CD4+ T cell activation and differentiation
Marcus Zachariah Cyster 2006-2010 T cell egress from the thymus via corticomedullary blood vessels
Rachel Jacks Diamond 2005-2010 Tau Fibrils Enter Cells By Macroendocytosis
Janet Lau Hebrok 2001-2010 Hedgehog signaling during pancreas development
Davina Wu Locksley 2005-2010 Type 2 Cytokines in Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Regulation
Kate Stewart Weaver 2006-2010 The Role of SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling in the Regulation of Stromal-Epithelial Interactions in Breast Tumorigenesis
Patrick Murphy Wang 2004-2010 Notch Signaling in Brain Angiogenesis: Mechanisms of Arterial Venous Specification and Arteriovenous Malformation
Suzanne Angeli Diamond 2003-2010 Identification and Characterization of Actin-Binding Motifs on the Androgen Receptor and Huntingtin: Implications for Polyglutamine Disease
Pooja Agarwal Black 2004-2009 The Transcription Factor MEF2C Is Required For Craniofacial and Melanocyte Development
Ryan Swenerton  McKerrow 2003-2009 Biochemical and Functional Characterization of Serine Proteases in Leishmania
Vanessa Angeles Reijo Pera 2003-2009 Characterization of NANOS Expression and Function in Human Germ Cells
Jessica Van Ziffle  Lowell 2003-2009 Neutrophils require Syk kinase to mount an effective host response to bacterial infection
Cory Nicholas Reijo Pera 2003-2009 Embryonic stem cell-derived oocyte development in follicles by transplantation into an endogenous ovarian niche
Rebecca Botelho McCune 2004-2009 Plasmacytoid dendritic cell function in pathogenic vs. non-pathogenic HIV and SIV infection
Kelly Haston Reijo Pera 2004-2009 The Role of Dazl in Maintenance of Pluripotency and Murine Germ Cell Development in vivo and in vitro.
Cathy Collins Brown 2005-2009 Host Ubiquitination of Cytosolic Mycobacteria
Trinna Cuellar McManus 2004-2009 The Role of Dicer in Post-mitotic Dopaminoceptive Neurons and Turnover of Dicer Generated MiRNAs
Bess Frost Diamond 2004-2009 Prion-Like Characteristics of the Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau
Cynthia Mysinger McCormick 2002-2009 CAR is Not Required for Adenovirus Infection: Integrin alpha v beta 5 Mediates Binding to CAR-Negative Cells
Elizabeth Sharp Nixon 2002-2009 Ethnic & Gender Immune Response Differences
Won-Suk Chung Stainier 2003-2009 Induction of Pancreatic Beta Cells in Zebrafish
Jeff Mold McCune 2002-2009 The Development of the Human Fetal Adaptive Immune System and Its Role in Promoting Immunological Tolerance
Alika Maunakea Costello 2002-2008 A conserved role for intragenic DNA methylation in cell context-specific gene regulation
Elizabeth Co Fisher 2004-2008 The immune paradox of human pregnancy: Fetal trophoblasts and maternal leukocytes
Sarah Elson Johnson 2002-2008 Characterization of the She3-dependent RNA transport system in Candida albicans
Dustin Khiem Black 2002-2008 The transcription factor MEF2C regulates B cell maturation, proliferation, and function
Angell Shieh Shannon 2004-2008 Interrogating the roles of specific downstream effector pathways in the pathogenesis of hematopoietic malignancies initiated by oncogenic K-RasG12D
Larry Shiow Cyster 2004-2008 The Regulation and Mechanism of Lymphocyte Egress
Zaman Mirzadeh Alavarez-Buylla 2003-2008 Epithelial organization of the adult neural stem cell niche
Vernon Phan McCormick 2003-2008  
Jennifer Lilla Werb 2000-2008 The role of mast cells and plasma kallikrein in mammary gland development