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GRADUATES

Biology Doctoral Graduates 2006-2007

NAME

MENTOR

THESIS TITLE

AHMED, ZAGHLOUL.

A. WIERASZKO

A TEST OF THE OXIDATIVE STRESS THEORY: HIGHER LEVELS OF OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN LONG-LIVING NAKED MOLE-RATS THAN IN MICE

 

BERNICK, ANDREW J.

R. VEIT

THE INHIBITION OF CHROMATIN BOUND P53 BY MDM2.

 

BROADBELT, KEVIN

L. JONES

THE ROLE FO THE HSP90 MOLECULAR CHAPERONE COMPLEX IN THE REGULATION OF MAL63 MAL-ACTIVATOR PROTEIN IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

 

CHEEMA, SAIMA

C. MICHELS

UNRAVELING THE MOLECULAR PHOTOBIOLOGY OF THE EMERGING MOFDEL FERN, CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII

 

DAVIS, CLAUDETTE P.

 K. HUBBARD

PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION GENETICS OF THE TAWNY OWL (STRIX ALUCO) IN WESTERN EUROPE: CONTRAST BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIAL AND NUCLEAR MARKERS

 

FITZGERALD, JUDITH M.

S. CLEMANTS

CORTICAL FEEDBACK AND THE INTEGRATION OF SIGNALS ACROSS THE VISUAL FIELD

 

IMBRUCE, VALERIE

C. PADOCH

GENE REGULATION BY POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROCESSING DURING CELLULAR SENESCENCE IN HUMAN DIPLOID FIBROBLASTS

 

KHAN, SARAH

M. BALICK

HEAVY METAL SEQUESTRATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF BIOLOGICAL ORGTANISMS: A STUDY IN THEIR COMPARTMENTALIZATION

 

MEHTA, MUKTI

P. BANERJEE

IMPACTS OF HEAVY METALS ON DIATOM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) COMMUNITIES IN CONSTITUTION MARSH AND FOUNDRY COVE COLD SPRING, NEW YORK, USA

 

NEUNTEUFEL, EVELYN

R. VEIT

DEVELOPMENTAL-STAGE AND CELL-TYPE SPECIFIC ACTIBVITIES OF THE MOUSE T CELL RECEPTOR-ALPHA LOCUS CONTROL REGION

 

PORTER-MORGAN, HOLLY

A. HENDERSON

THE POST CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY OF REPENOMANUS (TRICONODONTA MAMMALIA): ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE HIGH-LEVEL PHYLOGENY OF MAMMALS.

 

REYNERTSON, KURT A.

K. KENNELLY

SURVIVAL SIGNAL GTENERATED BY PHOSPHOLIPASE D.

 

RODRIK-OUTMEZGUINE, VANESSA

D. FOSTER

EGL-32 ACTS THROUGH SPERM TO REGULATE EGG-LAYING IN C. ELEGANS

 

SANCHEZ-DEL-PINO, IVONNE

T. MOTLEY

PROSTAGLANDIN J2: ITS REOLE IN PROTEIN AGGREGATION AND CYTOSKELETAL INTEGRITY

 

TEJEDOR, ADRIAN

N. SIMMONS

COFORMATIONAL SWITCHING MEDIATES ATTACHMENT OF THE YEAST CANDIDA ALBICANS TO MAMMALIAN PROTEINS

 

Biology Doctoral Graduates 2005-2006

NAME

MENTOR

THESIS TITLE

ANDZIAK, BLAZEJ A.

S. BUFFENSTEIN

A TEST OF THE OXIDATIVE STRESS THEORY: HIGHER LEVELS OF OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN LONG-LIVING NAKED MOLE-RATS THAN IN MICE

 

ARVA, NICOLETA

J. BARGONETTI

THE INHIBITION OF CHROMATIN BOUND P53 BY MDM2.

 

BALI, MEHTAP

C. MICHELS

THE ROLE FO THE HSP90 MOLECULAR CHAPERONE COMPLEX IN THE REGULATION OF MAL63 MAL-ACTIVATOR PROTEIN IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

 

BISOONDIAL, TERRENCE

T. SHORT

UNRAVELING THE MOLECULAR PHOTOBIOLOGY OF THE EMERGING MOFDEL FERN, CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII

 

BRITO, PATRICIA H.

 G. BARROWCLOUGH

PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION GENETICS OF THE TAWNY OWL (STRIX ALUCO) IN WESTERN EUROPE: CONTRAST BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIAL AND NUCLEAR MARKERS

 

CANTONE, GINA

J. LEVITT

CORTICAL FEEDBACK AND THE INTEGRATION OF SIGNALS ACROSS THE VISUAL FIELD

 

GHANDHI, SHANAZ A.

K. HUBBARD

GENE REGULATION BY POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROCESSING DURING CELLULAR SENESCENCE IN HUMAN DIPLOID FIBROBLASTS

 

GOLDBERG, JACOB. J

T. JENSEN

HEAVY METAL SEQUESTRATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF BIOLOGICAL ORGTANISMS: A STUDY IN THEIR COMPARTMENTALIZATION

 

HALLIHAN, BETSY

T. JENSEN

IMPACTS OF HEAVY METALS ON DIATOM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) COMMUNITIES IN CONSTITUTION MARSH AND FOUNDRY COVE COLD SPRING, NEW YORK, USA

 

HARROW, FAITH

B. ORTIZ

DEVELOPMENTAL-STAGE AND CELL-TYPE SPECIFIC ACTIBVITIES OF THE MOUSE T CELL RECEPTOR-ALPHA LOCUS CONTROL REGION

 

HU, YAOMING

J. MENG

THE POST CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY OF REPENOMANUS (TRICONODONTA MAMMALIA): ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE HIGH-LEVEL PHYLOGENY OF MAMMALS.

 

LI, HUI

D. FOSTER

SURVIVAL SIGNAL GTENERATED BY PHOSPHOLIPASE D.

 

MC GOVERN, MARIE

C. SAVAGE-DUNN

EGL-32 ACTS THROUGH SPERM TO REGULATE EGG-LAYING IN C. ELEGANS

 

OGBURN, KENYON

M. PEREIRA

PROSTAGLANDIN J2: ITS REOLE IN PROTEIN AGGREGATION AND CYTOSKELETAL INTEGRITY

 

RAUCEO, JASON M.

P. LIPKE

COFORMATIONAL SWITCHING MEDIATES ATTACHMENT OF THE YEAST CANDIDA ALBICANS TO MAMMALIAN PROTEINS

 

REDENTI, STEPHEN

R. CHAPPELL

LOCALIZATION AND PHYSIOLOGY OF ZINC IN THE VERTEBRATE RETINA

 

RIOS, ILEANA

K. HUBBARD

PHOSPHORYLATION OF HETEROGENEOUS RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN A1 IN HUMAN DIPLOID FIBROBLASTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR P38 MAP KINASE

 

SALTON, JUSTINE

F. SZALAY

EVOLUTIONARY MORPHOLOGY OF THE POSTCRANIAL SKELETON IN AFRO-MALAGASY TENRECOIDEA (MAMMALIA)

 

SERBAN, VALERIA

M. QUINN

TAURINE CHLORAMINE MODULATES NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION BY ACTIVTED BV-2 CELLS

 

SOMENARAIN, LATCHMAN

L. JONES

MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: FACT OF NEUROPLETIC EXPOSSURE

 

SOUCIER, CHRISTIAN

J. BASIL

DETECTION OF UNDERWATER STIMULI IN CHAAMBERED NAUTILUS

 

ZARNOCH, CHESTER

M. SCHREIBMAN

STUDIES OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR OVER-WINTER MORTALITY IN JUVENILE AQUACULTURED HARD CLAMS MERCENARIA MERCENARIA (LINNEUS, 1758)

 

ZHU, JUDY P.

J. ANGULO

METHAMPHETAMINE-INDUCED CELL DEATH IN THE STRIATUM AND THE ROLE OF NEUROKININ-1 RECEPTOR IN ITS PATHOGENY

 

ZHANG, XUE-SONG

H. CHENG

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI GENES INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHING SYMBIOSIS WITH ITS HOST PLANT ALFALFA

Biology Doctoral Graduates 2004-2005

NAME     
MENTOR 
THESIS
ADAYEVTATYANA 
P. BANERJEE  
"Novel Effects of Serotonin 1A Receptor-Mediated Signaling through Map Kinase"
 
ALVAREZ, AIDA
K. CAMERON 
"Phylogenetics of Prescottiinae Dressler and Systematics of Gomphichis Lindl (Orchidaceae)"
 
BAGGETT, SCOTT
E. KENNELLY
"Phytochemistry of Clusiaceae Benzophelvelves: Novel Bioactive Compounds from Gareinia"
 
GADURANIDHI 
C. MICHELS
"The Role of YCK1, 2 Casein Kinase 1 in the trafficking and glucose-induced inactivation of Maltose Permease in saccharomyces cerevisiae."
 
GOLDMAN, BRIDGIT
T. SHORT
"p53 in Complex with Mdm2 is inhibited  from activating downstream effector pathways"
 
GOPEN, TAMARA
J. BARGONETTI-
CHIVARIA
"Phytochrome and sucrose regulation of early  anthocyanin accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana"
 
JACKSON, DESMOND
D. FOSTER
"Tumor suppressing effects of Protein Kinase Cdelta"
 
MA, JUN 
E. KENNELLY
"Polyphenolic Antioxidants from Saptaceae Fruits"
 
MA, DONG
T. SCHMIDT
"All about als: A neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Alpha subunit gene in Drosophila melanogaster"
 
MARCELO, WEKSLER
R. VOSS
"Phylogenetic Analysis of the tribe Oryzomyinimuroidea: Sigmodontinae based on morphological and molecular data"
 
MATASOV, DEMETRIUS
Z. ZAKERI
"Characterization and Mechanism of Influencza A induced cell death"
 
MOHAMED, ABEER
T. SHORT
"Photomorphogenesis in the model fern Ceratopteris richardii"
 
MORALES, JORGE
S. GOVIND
"Immune supression by parasitoid wasps of Drosophila: studies on virus-like particles, virulence, and genome-wide expression analysis"
     
NUNTANAKORN, PAIBOON
E.KENNELLY
"Polyphenolic Constituents from Black Cohosh (Actae racemosa) and related species"
 
SPENCER, TIMOTHY
M. FILBIN
"The role of CaMKIV in the neurotrophin-induced Priming Effect and the Characterization /  regeneration of ES-derived motor neurons"
 
SULLIVAN, REGINA 
S. ROTENBERG
"Studies of Protein Kinase C-alpha as a Mechanistic Component in Metastatic Murine Mealnoma Cells"
 
WEKSLER, MARCELO
R.VOSS
"Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Tribe Oryzomyinimuroidea:  Sigmodontinae Based On Morphological And Molecular Data."
 
WHITE, DAVID
"Regulation of the p53 response following treatment  with DNA Damaging agents"
     
Biology Doctoral Graduates 2003-2004

NAME     
MENTOR 
THESIS
TAREK A. ABBAS
J. BARGONETTI
ABROGATING THE P53 RESPONSE: IMPLICATIONS FOR TUMOR PROMOTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE
 
JENNIFER
ADJODHA
C. MICHELS
REGULATION OF MURINE MELANOMA METASTASIS BY PROTEIN KINASE C(PKC) DELTA
 
NORA M. BARBOZA
D. STEVENSON
ARABIDOPSIS MUTANTS USED TO STUDY THE EFFECT SOF S(+) BETA-METHYL-ALPHA,BETA-DIAMINOPROPIONIC ACID (BMAA) A CYCAD-DERIVED
GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST
 
JOHN HAGAN BROWN
T. JENSEN
A STUDY OF METHODS TO RELEASE PHOSPOHORUS FROM POLYPHOSPHATE
BODIES IN VARIOUS MICROBES
 
LISA M. CAMPBELL
D. STEVENSON
ANATOMY AND SYSTEMATICS OF XYRIDACEAE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO ARATITIYOPEA STEYERM & P.E. BERRY
 
ZIXUAN CAO
M. FILBIN
MAPPING THE NEURITE OUTGROWTH INHIBITORY DOMAIN OF MYELIN-ASSOCIATED
GLYCOPROTEIN (MAG) AND BLOCKING THE INHIBITORY EFFECT
OF MAG BY INTERLEUKIN-6
 
YUHONG CHEN
D. FOSTER
NOVEL PHOSPHOLIPASE D/MTOR SURVIVAL PATHWAY IN HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS
 
CARSTEN W. GLAESER
D. KINCAID
THE ECOLOGY OF AN URBAN WOODLAND IN QUEENS COUNTRY, NEW YORK
 
SANDRA HECHT
D. KINCAID
THE EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON BOUTELUA CURTIPENDULA (MICHX.) TORREY IN NEW YORK
 
YU HUANG
K. IQBAL
IDENTIFICATION OF GLYCOSYLATED
PROTEINS IN ALAZHEIMER'S DISEASE BRAIN
 
SHAZIA  KHAN
J. VALDOVINOS
INTERACTION OF VESICULAR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE, HORMONES AND
DROUGHT IN SOYBEANS
 
KENNETH LYNK
J. RACHLIN
FEEDING PATTERNS OF SALT MARSH FISHES
 
PIERS MAJESTYK
W. BUCK
A REVISION OF THE MOSS GENUS ERYTHRODONTIUM (ENTODONTACEAE)
 
CLAUDIO MAZZATENTA
J. VALDOVINOS
MEDICINAL PLANTS AND SHAMANISM IN THE AMAZON VARZEA
 
ANNETTE OPLER
D. KINCAID
ECOLOGICALSTUDIES OF PHORANDENDRON SEROTINUM (FAF) M.C. JOHNSTON, AMERICAN CHRISTMAS MISTLETOE
 
OLGAA OROZCO
D. LENTZ
POISONOUS PLANTS AND THEIR USES IN CAJAMARCAA, PERU
 
ANDREANA OSOSKI
M. BALICK
ETHNOBOTANY OF RURAL AND URBAN DOMINICAL REPUBLIC: MEDICINAL
PLANTS, WOMEN AND HEALTH
 
VICTOR PACHECO
R. VOSS
PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES OF THE THOMASONYINI (MUROIDEA: SIGMODONTINAE)
BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL DATA
 
CAIHONG QIU
T. SHORT
ISOLATING AND CHARACTERIZING COMPONENTS IN PHTOCHROME SIGNALING NETWORKS
 
MICHAEL SAMMS
J. GUYDEN
THE FUNCTION OF THYMIC NURSE CELLS AND INTRA-TNC MACROPHAGES DURING
T-CELL DEVELOPMENT

Executive Officer:
Laurel A. Eckhardt

APO:
Joan A. Reid


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