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| Aldredge |
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Danielle |
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Major Professor: Carlito Lebrilla |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemistry |
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| Andreozzi |
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Erica |
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Major Professor: Angie Louie |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Multimodal imaging approach to allow for the integrated assessment of activated microglia in relation to amyloid beta plaques in mouse models of Alzheimers Disease through the use of targeting imaging agents that are able to be detected by MRI and PosPETs. |
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| Arzola |
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Lucas |
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Major Professor: Karen McDonald |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Biochemical engineering/biotechnology |
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| Barber (Balko) |
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Suzanne |
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Major Professor: Tonya Kuhl |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Investigating the Interaction Forces between Reversibly and Covalently Complementary Functionalized Surfaces: From Membrane Fusion to Bottoms-up Assembly of Fuctional Materials |
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| Barkauskas |
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Don |
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Major Professor: David Rocke |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Statistics |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Detecting Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer Using Mass Spectrometry Data |
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| Bennun Serrano |
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Sandra |
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Major Professor: Marjorie Longo & Roland Faller |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Investigation at the Nano-scale Length of the Mechanism of Action of Trehalose on the Phase Behavior of Mixed Phospholipid Bilayers |
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| Bent |
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Zachary |
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Major Professor: Glen Young |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Expression of the Y. enterocolitica Ysa Type III Secretion System During Infection in the Mouse Model of Yersiniosis |
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| Berger |
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Crystal |
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Major Professor: Xinbin Chen |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Identifying biological markers for early breast cancer diagnosis/prognosis as well as developing novel therapeutics to treat breast cancer |
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| Blackmore |
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Craig |
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Major Professor: Patricia Wakenell |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Comparative Pathology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Cytokines/cell signals involved in cell death due to herpes virus infection |
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| Bratt |
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Jennifer |
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Major Professor: Jerold Last |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Effects of Th2 Immune Response and Arginine Concentration on Urea Cycle Enzyme Expression and Activity |
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| Britton |
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Monica |
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Major Professor: Abhaya Dandekar |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Genetics |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Genomic Analysis of Pratylenchus vulnus and its Interaction with Walnut Roots |
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| Butterfield |
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Timothy |
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Major Professor: Katayoon Dehesh |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Plant Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Transformation of an oilseed crop into a biofuels factory |
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| Careaga |
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Milo |
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Major Professor: Paul Ashwood |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Immunology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Autoimmunity and neuroimmunology |
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| Cartier |
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Anna |
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Major Professor: Steve Theg |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Plant Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Genetically modified crops |
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| Cash |
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Jennifer |
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Major Professor: Tim Patten |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Linear-Dendritic Block Copolymers for Nerve Tissue Engineering |
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| Castillo |
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Patricia |
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Major Professor: Charles Bevins |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Immunology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Determining the protective role of a neutrophil alpha defensin peptide (NP3) using knock-in mice |
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| Ceballos |
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Shannon |
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Major Professor: Wolf Heyer |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Cellular & Developmental Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Using genetic tools to understand problems |
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| Chan |
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Jeffrey |
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Major Professor: TBA |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Immunology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Mechanisms of inflammation and it's role in viral models |
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| Chang |
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Astra |
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Major Professor: Nipavan Chiamvimonvat |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Characterization of Adult Cardiac Stem Cells |
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| Chen |
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Chao Yu |
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Major Professor: Kit Lam |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Pharmacology & Toxicology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Tyrosine Kinase Substrate as Imaging Agent |
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| Chen |
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Honglin |
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Major Professor: Hsing-Jien Kung, Ralph DeVere White |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Genetics |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Down-regulation of p53R2 to sensitive prostate cancer to DNA damaging agents |
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| Chen |
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Ying |
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Major Professor: David Rocke |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Statistics |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Cross-Species Microarray Data Analysis |
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| Cheng |
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Yu-Shen |
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Major Professor: Jean VanderGheynst |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biological Systems Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Developing Systems of Enhanced Ethanol Production from Microalgae |
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| Chiniquy |
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Dawn |
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Major Professor: Pamela Ronald |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Plant Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Plant pathology |
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| Davis |
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Ryan |
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Major Professor: Gervay-Hague |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Organic synthesis in which complex molecules are designed for specific purposes. |
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| Decker |
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Noah |
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Major Professor: Patricia Oteiza |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Nutritional Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Epicatechin and Procyanidins |
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| Dickey |
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Allison |
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Major Professor: Roland Faller |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Investigating How Lipid Charge and Chemical Composition Alter the Functionality of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Recepter |
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| Dietzel |
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Kevin |
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Major Professor: Linda Bisson |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Elucidation of Novel Factors Effecting Hexose Transporter Gene Expression in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae |
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| Dixit |
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Neha |
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Major Professor: Scott Simon |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Immunology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Specific mechanisms involved in Integrin mediated Neutrophil adhesion and transmigration from blood to the local tissues during an inflammatory response |
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| Dodge |
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Corey |
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Major Professor: Karen McDonald |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Continuous Production of Recombinant Gelatin from Plant Cell Culture |
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| Doherty |
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Matthew |
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Major Professor: |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: My interests lie in translational research on retroviruses. More specifically, I am interested in their treatment with antiretroviral drugs and vaccines as well as use in gene therapy. |
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| Dukerich |
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Meghan |
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Major Professor: Martin Privalsky |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: The role of mutant thyroid hormone receptors in renal clear cell carcinoma |
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| Easlon (nee Zumstein) |
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Erin |
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Major Professor: Su-Ju Lin |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Longevity Regulators Involved in Calorie Restriction |
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| El-khouri |
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Rita |
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Major Professor: Timothy Patten |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Physical and Chemical Studies of Lipid/Lipopolymer Mixtures |
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| Elmore |
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James |
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Major Professor: Gitta Coaker |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Plant Pathology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: The activation of bacterial effector proteins inside plant cells and their subsequent host targets/virulence mechanisms. |
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| Fei |
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Xin |
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Major Professor: Gang Sun |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Self-Decontaminated Polymers with Antimicrobial Function |
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| Feng |
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Wen-Ying |
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Major Professor: David Rocke |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Statistics (Biostatistics Emphasis) |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: The Methods for Control and Estimation of False Positive Rate from Multiple Group Analyses |
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| Fostvedt |
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Erik |
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Major Professor: TBA |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Epigenetics |
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| Garay |
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Paula |
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Major Professor: Kim McAllister |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Elucidating the major players and the mechanism involved in synaptogenesis |
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| Gawande |
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Prasad |
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Major Professor: Claude Meares |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Biological chemistry |
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| Gillies |
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Laura |
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Major Professor: J. Bruce German |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Food Science Technology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Analysis of Bioactive Lipids: Docosahexaenoic Acid and Glycolipids |
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| Glavan |
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Tiffany |
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Major Professor: Satya Dandekar |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Medical microbiology; bacterial and viral pathogenesis, immune defenses at mucosal surfaces, vaccine production |
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| Goldstein |
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Elianna |
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Major Professor: Luca Comai |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Plant Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: The Genetic Basis of Aneuploidy Tolerance in Arabidopsis |
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| Gracedela Pena |
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Myra Grace |
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Major Professor: Kristina Abel |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Immunology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: HIV/SIV infant pathogenesis and vaccine development |
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| Grapov |
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Dmitry |
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Major Professor: John Newman |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Investigation of biological outcome of lipoprotein lipid constituents on lipoprotein structure, function, and correlation to pathophysiology |
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| GrayMerod |
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Robin |
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Major Professor: Stefan Wuertz |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Plasmid DNA Uptake by Biofilms to Facilitate the Bioaugmentation of Wastewater Treatment |
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| Green |
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Dominik |
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Major Professor: R. Holland Cheng |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Structural Studies of the Catalytic Cycle of Heavy Riboflavin Synthase from Bacillus Subtilis |
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| Gunathilake |
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Pradeepa |
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Major Professor: John Yoder |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Plant Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Macromolecular trafficking from host plants into the hemiparasitic plant Triphysaria |
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| Hamilton |
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Brian |
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Major Professor: TBA |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Structure/function relationship in proteins. |
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| Hamilton |
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Oldham (Scott) |
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Major Professor: Noelle L'Etoile |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Genetically Malleable C. Elegans Neural Circuts Cultured in Microfluidic Devices |
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| Han |
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Huilan |
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Major Professor: Cristina E Davis |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Interdisciplinary field of MEMS, mechanical and biotechnology. |
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| Haroldsen |
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Victor |
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Major Professor: Alan Bennet |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Applied sciences. Special interest in plant biotechnologiesEngineering a Multi-Trait Tomatoe: Nutritional Improvement of Tomatoe Fruit Through the Enhancement of L-Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)Content |
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| Hastey |
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Christine |
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Major Professor: TBA |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: microbial pathogenesis |
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| Herzberg |
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Kristina |
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Major Professor: Wolf-Dietrich Heyer |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Regulation of homologous recombination through Rad55-Rad57phosphorylation. |
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| Higgins |
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Laura |
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Major Professor: John Rutledge |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: The Postprandial Activation of Human Monocytes by VLDL Lipolysis Products Provides a Mechanism of Chronic Vascular Inflammation |
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| Hill III |
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Thomas |
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Major Professor: Richart Harper |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Pharmacology & Toxicology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: The Immunologic Effects of Environmental Ozone and 1-Nitronaphthalene Exposure on the Incidence and Severity of Viral Respiratory Infections in Susceptible Populations |
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| Ho |
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Laura |
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Major Professor: Kent Pinkerton |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Pharmacology & Toxicology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Mechanisms of tobacco smoke caused diseases by using microarray analysis |
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| Holden |
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Kevin |
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Major Professor: Stephen Barthold |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: The Borrelia burgdorferi arthritis-related protein (Arp) and its role in the pathogenesis of Lyme borreliosis in the murine model |
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| Holland |
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Reef |
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Major Professor: TBA |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Microbes |
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| Hoopes |
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Matthew |
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Major Professor: Marjorie Longo/Rolland Faller |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biophysics |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Optical and Molecular Dynamic Analysis of Phospholipid Bilayers on Porous Supports |
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| Houghton |
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Jessica |
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Major Professor: Jason Eiserich |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Pharmacology & Toxicology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Uncovering the role of tubulin tyrosine ligase as a modulator of cell growth and transformation |
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| Howland |
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Michael |
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Major Professor: Atul Parikh |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Substrate and Leaflet Interactions in Supported Lipid Membranes |
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| Huang |
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Ting-Kuo |
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Major Professor: Karen McDonald |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Evaluation and Dynamics of Gene Expression Systems for Human Therapeutics Production in Transgenic Plant Cell Cultures |
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| Hwang |
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Yi-Hwa (Patty) |
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Major Professor: Neil Hunter |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Chromosome size dependent control of crossing-over during meiosis in budding yeast |
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| Hwee |
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Darren |
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Major Professor: Sue Bodine |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Research in skeletal muscle physiology, with a particular interest in the regulation of skeletal muscle size with aging |
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| Ishimaru |
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Tatz |
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Major Professor: Robert Weiss |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Cell and Developmental Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Proteomic analysis of renal cell carcinoma |
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| Jen |
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Connie |
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Major Professor: Julie Leary |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Mass Spectrometry Insights into the Significance of Chromalin Receptor Tyrosime Sulfation |
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| Jesinghaus |
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Roger |
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Major Professor: Michael Toney |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Enzyme Engineering and structure and function of enzymes, also biofuel |
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| Joshi |
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Geetika |
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Major Professor: Kate Scow |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Soils and Biogeochemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Genetics of MTBE degrading bacterium Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1. |
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| Ju |
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Kou-San |
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Major Professor: Rebecca Parales |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Bacterial Metabolism of Nitroarene Compounds: Characterization of the Nitroarene Dioxygenase Enzymes and Determination of the Critical Elements Controlling Gene Expression |
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| Jung |
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Yun Joon |
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Major Professor: Ronald Li |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Bioengineered pacemakers derived from human embryonic stem cells |
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| Kareta |
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Michael |
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Major Professor: Frederic Chedin |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Structure, Function and Targeting of Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases |
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| Katipally |
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Kavya |
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Major Professor: Anthony Passerini |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Aging in atherosclerosis |
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| Kauffman |
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Robert |
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Major Professor: Tom North |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Microbiology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Impact of HIV latency on long term AIDS therapy |
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| Kerwin |
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Rachel |
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Major Professor: Stacey Harmer |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Plant Biology |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Plant biotechnology; the production of biofuels |
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| Khazaie |
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Saeed |
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Major Professor: Claude F. Meares |
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E-mail |
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| Graduate Program: Chemistry |
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| Interests / Thesis Title: Design and Synthesis of Infinite Affinity Labeling moeities for Cell Surface Receptors of B-Cell Lymphocyte. |
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| Kumar |
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Pavan |
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Major Professor: Abhaya Dandekar |
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E-mail |
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