Calendar: Dissertation Defenses

2024   
Lia Parkin Dissertation DefenseLia A. Parkin08/07/2024Untangling the Contributions of LprG and Rv1410c to Mycobacterial Membrane Maintenance
Natalia Kronbauer de Oliveira Dissertation DefenseNatalia Kronbauer de Oliveira07/17/2024Longevity Regulation and Drug Resistance in Aging of Cryptococcus neoformans
Alicia Mendoza Dissertation Seminar AnnouncementAlicia Mendoza04/09/2024The Role of Histidine Kinase NahK Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hoi Tong Wong Dissertation SeminarHoi Tong Wong03/21/24Uncovering Novel Functions of Viral Accessory Proteins
2023   
Cody Kempen Dissertation AnnouncementCody Kempen11/14/2023IL-17RA Signals on Paneth Progenitors to Regenerate the Intestinal Epithelium via Adam17
Carla Lanze Dissertation SeminarCarla E. Lanze11/01/2023Regulation of Morphogenesis and Stress Resistance in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans
Valeria Montoya Dissertation SeminarValeria Montoya09/13/2023GCN2 Kinase is an Essential Regulator of Stress Responses to Asparagine Deprivation in Activated T Cells
Kyle Smith Dissertation AnnouncementKyle Smith08/14/2023Uracil-DNA Gycosylase of Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Binds Cognate Viral Replication Factors Independently of its Catalytic Residues
William Schutt Defense AnnouncementWilliam Schutt08/01/2023Zika Virus Induces Tristetraprolin to Post-transcriptionally Regulate Interferon Expression
Chad Hogan Dissertation Defense AnnouncementChad Hogan04/25/2023STAT3 as a Critical Host Determinant of Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Latency
Todd Benziger_Dissertation Defense AnnouncementTodd Benziger03/31/2023The Role of TolC in Francisella tularensis Pathogenesis
2022   
Nuri Kim Dissertation Defense AnnouncementNuri Kim06/06/2022Gene Recoding by Synonymous Mutation Creates Promiscuous Intragenic Transcription Initiation in Mycobacteria
Dissertation Defense Announcement - Tyler NormileTyler Normile05/26/2022Immunomodulatory Roles of Sterylglucosides during Fungal Infection
S. Snaider Dissertation DefenseSydney Snaider05/12/2022Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms of Interferons in Establishing Persistent Adenoviral Infections
Stephen Gaudino Dissertation Defense AnnouncementStephen Gaudino05/03/2022Intestinal Interleukin-22 Receptor Signaling Mediates Paneth Cell Effector Functions to Promote Mucosal and Metabolic Health
Xun LinXun Lin04/27/2022The Role of Akkermansia muciniphila in Multiple Sclerosis
2021   
Ramon PerezRamon Perez12/02/2021Novel Infection of Pericytes by Andes Virus enhances Endothelial Cell Permeability
Aniska ChikhalyaAniska Chikhalya11/18/2021Exploring the Effects an Interferon-stimulated Gene, Interferon-Induced Protein with Tetratricopeptide Repeats 3 on Adenovirus replication
Timothy ChuTimothy Chu11/10/2021Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Outer Proteins Inhibit Adaptive γδ T cell Functions
J. Bettke Dissertation PosterJulie Bettke08/26/2021The Role of Inflammatory Monocytes in the Host Response to Persistent Salmonella Infection
Megan Mladinich Dissertation SeminarMegan Mladinich08/04/2021Zika Virus Persistence and Spread in Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells is Directed by Autocrine CCL5
2020   
Jessica Imperato Dissertation DefenseJessica Imperato10/07/2020Mucosal T Cell Responses are Shaped by Batf3-DC after Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Infection
Michael Motley Dissertation DefenseMichael P. Motley07/21/2020The Role of Anti-capsular Antibodies in Protection Against Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
2019   
Image is hereErika Orner12/02/2019How Replicative Aging Contributes to Resilience of Cryptococcus neoformans
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Natasha Medici11/25/2019Studies on Bacterial RhoA Modifying toxins and their Regulation of the Pyrin Inflammasome
BurtonEric Burton08/07/2019Host Factors Regulate EBV Lytic Cycle Entry
BryanArielle Bryan07/26/2019The Role of Host Lipids in the Immune Response to Crytococcus neoformans
PsonisJohn Psonis06/13/2019Inhibition of Pilus Assembly by Nitazxanide
SimonsMatthew Simons04/18/2019Unique Interferon Pathway Regulation by the ANDV Nucleocapsid Protein is Conferred by Phosphorylation of Serine 386
2018   
ChenYuping Chen12/13/2018How Cells Coordinate Growth and Division
FrankDavid Frank12/6/2018Sts-1 and Sts-2 Regulate Early Resistance to C. albicans Infections
ParasharKaustubh Parashar12/5/2018Role of Sts Proteins in the Immune Response to Francisella tularensis LVS
KoppingErik Kopping12/5/2018Modulation of Host Cell Responses by Francisella tularensis
DongQiwen Dong10/22/2018Investigation of the Roles of the Uracil-DNA Glycosylase and dUTPase of Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 in Pathogenesis and Genomic Stability
BottAlex Bott06/13/2018Glutamine Synthetase in Cancer Cell Metabolism and Oncogenesis
SkikeNick Van Skike06/07/2018

Investigating the Roles of Members of the Viral Phosphoribosylformylglycineamide Aminotransferase Family in Gammaherpesvirus Pathogenesis

MunshiMansa Munshi04/12/2018The Role of Ceramide Synthases in the Pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans
2017   
ZhangSiwei Zhang09/06/2017Regulation of FYN Phosphorylation by the PTPN23 Tumor Suppressor Phosphatase in Breast Tumorigenesis
BridgesRebecca Bridges08/02/2017Regulation of Post-translational Modifications by the Adenovirus E4-ORF3 Protein
Espaillat posterMel Pilar Espaillat04/20/2017The Immunomodulatory Role of Acid Ceramidase in Ulcerative Colitis
2016   
XuYifeng Xu12/16/2016Circuitry of Gene Expression in Yeast Meiosis
click for pdfPatrick McLaughlin12/5/2016Pathogenesis of, and Host Response to Salmonella Infection
click for pdfJustin Gardin12/2/2016The Effect of Codon and Codon Pair Biases on Translation Speed and mRNA Stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
click for pdfLawton Chung06/21/2016Molecular Mechanisms of Caspase-1 Inhibition by Yersinia YopM
click for pdfHiren Vijay Patel05/11/2016Towards the Inhibition and Functional Characterization of Serine Hydrolases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Click to view PDFElitza Ivanova04/11/2016Ubiquitination of Zeta-associated Protein of 70 kDa Regulates the Activation of T Cell Receptor-proximal
Signaling Pathways
Click to see PDFTomoki Nomakuchi02/10/2016Antisense oligonucleotide–directed inhibition of nonsense-mediated mrna decay
Click to view PDFAnand Bhagwat02/08/2016BET Inhibition Releases the Mediator Complex from Specific cis Elements in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells
Click to view PDFGlenn Werneburg01/29/2016Dissection of usher-chaperone-subunit interactions during pilus biogenesis in Escherichia coli
2015   
Click to view PDFBrandon Cieniewicz12/4/2015Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation During Meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Click to view PDFKaustav Mukherjee12/4/2015The interaction of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 with the innate and adaptive immune systems of the host.
Click to view PDFYueting Zheng12/3/2015Exploring the Role of Interferons in Adenovirus Replication and the Establishment of Persistent Infection in Normal Human Cells
Click to view PDFPeter Chahales11/11/2015Inhibition of Chaperone/Usher Pilus Assembly by Nitazoxanide
Click to view PDFAlexis Santana08/11/2015Role of NF-κB Recognition Sites in RTA Transactivation of Lytic Gene Expression during Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Infection
Click to view PDFSalvatore Parino08/07/2015Candida albicans Adenylyl cyclase – cAMP Pathway and Hyphal Growth
Click to view PDFNadia Jaber07/09/2015Class III phosphoinositide 3-kinase Vps34 in autophagy, endocytosis and nutrient-induced signaling
Click to view PDFEmmanual Asare07/07/2015Genetic and structural analyses of poliovirus protein 2CATPase
Click to view PDFNana Minkah06/25/2015Murine gammaherpesvirus ORF75A tegument protein promotes virus replication and is required for the efficient establishment of latency in vivo
Click to view PDFLifang Li06/12/2015Kill it before it kills you – Identification of novel factors that promote virulence of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans
Click to view PDFAngad Garg05/11/2015A new RFX transcription factor works with forkhead factors to control mitosis
Click to view PDFBingyin Wang05/07/2015Recoding of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus L Gene by Computer-Aided Design Provides a Live Attenuated Vaccine Candidate
Click to view PDFJason Tam05/06/2015On the Role of Immature Myeloid Cells in the Host Response to Salmonella Infection
Click to view PDFXiaoying Wang02/27/2015Mechanism of type III secretion system-triggered killing of Yersinia inside macrophages
2014   
Click to view PDFEsma Ucisik-Akkaya04/28/2014Identification of sporulation-defective genes and a Rab-cascade model for the formation of the forespore membrane in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Click to view PDFChristopher Doyle04/24/2014The role of TolC in the virulence of Francisella tularensis
Click to view PDFMalka Arabov03/18/2014The effects of CpG and UpA dinucelotides on the attenuation of poliovirus by codon pair deoptimization
Click to view PDFAnnMarie Torres01/13/2014L-Asparaginase II produced by S. Typhimurium inhibits T cell responses through hydrolysis of L-asparagine and suppression of metabolic reprogramming
Click to view PDFJoseph Catanzaro01/17/2014Role of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCA) in oncogenic Ras-mediated tumorigenesis
2013   
Click to view PDFCindy Thomas-Charles11/20/2013Francisella tularensis: Interactions with Hepatocytes and Pathways for the Acquisition of Iron
Click to view PDFJameson Crowley07/15/2013Lipid Exhange Between Borrelia burgdorferi and Host Cells
Click to view PDFHa Youn Shin07/09/2013Regulation of Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Transport of STAT5 Transcription Factor
Click to view PDFBrodie Miles05/20/2013Differentiation, Survival, and Aberrant Trafficking of Human Monocyte-derived Dendritic Cells Driven by Porphyromonas gingivalis
Click to view PDFChen Yang05/15/2013Development of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines by Codon Pair Deoptimization
2012   
Click to view PDF Amy Kullas12/11/2012Inhibition of Mammalian T cells by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Click to view PDF Kai Wu11/29/2012The Role of L4-22K and L4-33K during Adenovirus Infection
Click to view PDF William D. McCaig11/14/2012Characterization of Outer Membrane Vesicles and Nanotubes in Francisella
Click to view PDF Kathleen DelGiorno11/8/2012Causes and Effects of Epithelial Morphogenesis in Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer
Click to view PDF Zhixun Dou8/10/2012Study of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in the Regulation of Autophagy
Click to view PDFMarcin Stawowczyk7/2/2012Functions of Interferon Stimulated Gene, ISG54
Click here to view pdf.Chunling Wang6/19/2012Functional analysis of the roles of poliovirus protein 2CATPase in viral RNA replication and encapsidation using alanine scanning mutagenesis and yeast two hybrid analysis
Click to view PDFMatthew Hatkoff6/1/2012Roles of the Chaperone/Usher Pathways of Yersinia pestis in Interactions with Host Cells and Virulence
Click to view PDFDeAnna Bublitz

4/2/2012

 

The Inhibitory Effect of Francisella tularensis on Endothelial Cells
2011   
Click to view PDFYing Zheng8/18/2011Mechanism of YopJ-Induced Cell Death and Capase-1 Activation in Macrophages Infected with Yersinia
Click to view PDFErica Ullman5/23/2011Crosstalk Between the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Lysosomes in the Regulation of Cell Death
2010   
Click to view PDFGregory Sabino12/8/2010Interferon-Gamma Fosters a Shift from Acute to Chronic Inflammation in Lyme Disease
Click to view PDFHui-Chen Chen12/1/2010Nucleocytoplasmic Transport of the Transcription Factor STAT6
Click to view PDFHuei-Mei Chen12/1/2010Repression of Meiotic Gene Expression by Regulated RNA Stability and by Antisense Transcription
Click to view PDFTimothy Pepini11/30/2010Andes Virus Regulation of Cellular MicroRNAs Contributes to Hantavirus Induced Endothelial Cell Permeability
Click to view PDFAmir Emanuel Zeituni8/24/2010The Specific Interactions Between Dendritic Cells and Porphyromonas gingivalis
Click to view PDFHuaixin Zheng8/10/2010Interplay between Francisella tularensis and Hepatocytes
Click to view PDFJennifer Lynn Guerriero7/23/2010A Study of Cell Death Pathways and Innate Immunity in Cancer Chemotherapy
Click to view PDFSylvia Samaniego7/23/2010Conditional Loss of IKKs in Macrophages Affects Granuloma Formation and Pathology of Francisella tularensis LVS Infection
Click to view PDFNicholas Navin7/9/2010Inferring Tumor Progression from Genomic Heterogeneity
Click to view PDFSabrina Racine Brzostek5/13/2010DNA Damage Response Activates Interferon Signaling
2009   
Click to view PDFQinyuan Li11/11/2009Function of the Usher N- and C-Terminal Domains in Pilus Biogenesis
Click to view PDFElizabeth Mulligan8/12/2009Escherichia coli McrA: Isolation of Recombinant Forms of McrA and Study of Its Binding to Methylated DNA for Use as a Tool in Epigenetic Studies
Click to view PDFKasey Karen7/24/2009The Interplay Between Adenovirus and the Double-Strand Break Repair Response in the Struggle to Replicate
Click to view PDFAdam Rosebrock7/15/2009Regulation of Transcription in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Click to view PDFChristopher Czura7/7/2009Neural Regulation of Inflammation and Bleeding
Click to view PDFSarit Lilo6/25/2009Mechanism of Caspase-1 Activation in Macrophages and its Role in Pathogenesis by Yersinia pestis
Click to view PDFBetty Noel6/23/2009Intracellular Survival of Yersiniae in Naïve and Activated Macrophage: Role of the Phagocytosis Mechanism and the Virulence Plasmid
Click to view PDFKimberly Feres6/1/2009Contributions fo the RON Receptor Tyrosine Kinase to the Progression of Breast Cancer
Click to view PDFTimothy LaRocca5/13/2009The Mechanism of Complement-Independent Bactericidal Antibodies Against Borrelia
Click to view PDFAlexandra Lucs3/23/2009A Structure-Function Study of ErbB2
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2008   
Click to view PDFAviva Diamond12/8/2008The Role of AMA1 in Spore Wall Formation
Click to view PDFJohn Robert Coleman7/17/2008Construction and Characterization of Codon-Pair Customized Poliovirus
Click to view PDFAmanda Ullman3/17/2008The Adenovirus E4 ORF3 Protein Functions to Antagonize Aspects of the Interferon-Induced Antiviral State
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2007   
Click to view PDFLisa Runco12/12/2007Chaperone/Usher Pathways of Yersinia pestis
Click to view PDFKatie Mickle8/6/2007Effects of Checkpoint Mutation on DNA Replication and Re-Replication Within Fission Yeast
Click to view PDFDouglas Gladue7/11/2007Regulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling in Yeast
Click to view PDFNicole Kruh6/25/2007Protein-Protein Interactions in the FAS-II Pathway of M. tuberculosis
Click to view PDFPaul Lawrence5/8/2007Hepatocyte-Specific Endocytic Activity Exhibited by the Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor (CAR)
Click to view PDFNidia DeJesus3/30/2007Impact of Mutating a Single Conserved Nucleotide Between the Cloverleaf and Internal Ribosome Entry Site on Biological Properties of Poliovirus and Coxsackievirus A20
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2006   
Click to view PDFYing Liu12/8/2006Complementation of N-Terminal Lethal Mutations of Poliovirus Protein VPg(3B)
Click to view PDFRobert Rutigliano9/29/2006Reprogramming Cellular Morphology with Synthetic Signaling Proteins
Sorry, pdf not availablePing Jiang5/5/2006Genetic Recombination Between Poliovirus and Closely-Related Enteroviruses: Implications for Global Polio Erradiation and Enterovirus Evolution
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2005

 

   
Click to view PDFInderjit Chabra12/16/2005Adenovirus-AAV Hybrid Vectors for Gene Therapy
Click to view PDFTony Ng11/29/2005Pilus Biogenesis by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli: Functional Analysis of the Usher N Terminus
Click to view PDFStephane Shu Kin So11/22/2005Function of the Usher C-Terminus in Pilus Biogenesis