Alumni
(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 |