Recent Graduates

 

Recent graduates Geoff Attardo, Paula Hauck, Nathan Hauck and HongBo Gao (far right)

 

Eliana Gonzales-Vigil

Dissertation:
Identification and Characterization of Tomato (solanum Lycopersium) Proteins Involved in Resistance to Insect Herivores

Thesis Advisor: Gregg Howe

Graduated: Summer 2009

Dana Reznik
Dana Reznik Gerken

Masters Report:

The development of a system to measure ribosomal dropoff in microorganisms with various rRNA operon copies


Thesis Advisor: Tom Schmidt

Graduated: Summer 2009

Matthew Berry


Masters Thesis :

Role of waaL and umuDC in Erwinia amylovoara Ea1189 in Oxidative and Ultraviolet Radition Stress Survival


Thesis Advisor: George Sundin

Graduated: Spring 2009

Amal Abdul-Hafez

Dissertation:
Regulation of angiotensinogen gene expression by transforming growth factor-beta 1 in lung fibroblasts

Thesis Advisor: Bruce Uhal

Graduated: Fall 2008

Andrea Braeutigam

Dissertation:

Role of the plastid envelope membrane in integrating the plastid into cellular metobolic networks

Thesis Advisor: Andreas Weber

Graduated: Fall 2008

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Marc Linka

Dissertation:

Understanding the origin and function of organellar metabolite transport proteins in photosynethic Eukaryotes


Thesis Advisor: Andreas Weber

Graduated: Fall 2008

Adam Nelson

Dissertation:
Genomic Analysis of Pathogen Evolution: Virulence Gene Acquisition and Genetic Erosion in Escherichia Coli

Thesis Advisor: T. Whittam

Graduated: Summer 2008

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Kanchan Pavangadkar

Dissertation:
Role of ADa2b AND GCN5 in COR Gene Expression during Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis

Thesis Advisor: M. Thomashow

Graduated: Summer 2008

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David Lacher

Dissertation:
Comparative Molecular Evolutionary Analysis of Virulence Loci in Pathogenic Escherichia Coli

Thesis Advisor: T. Whittam

Graduated: Spring 2007

Martin Buckley
Martin Buckley

Dissertation:
Drosophila Retinoblastoma protein regulation by the COP9 Signalosome: A Link between proteplytic destruction and activity of a transcriptional repressor?

Thesis Advisor: D. Arnosti

Graduated: Fall 2007

Carlos Martinez
Carlos Martinez

Dissertation: Hairy-mediated transcriptional repression in the context of a Drosophila embyro

Thesis Advisor: D. Arnosti

Graduated: Fall 2007

Current Position: Postdoc at Stony Brook University

Harrie Van Erp
Harrie Van Erp

Dissertation:
Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Zea Mays

Thesis Advisor: J. Walton

Graduated: Fall 2007

 

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Ajith Vengellur

Dissertation:
The Role of HIFIa Signaling in Metal-Induced Toxicity

Thesis Advisor: J. LaPres

Graduated: Fall 2007

Current Position: Post Doc at Michigan State University

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Yang Liu

Dissertation:
Investigating Functions of GCN5 and SNF1 in HIS3 Activation

Thesis Advisor: M. Kuo

Graduated: Fall 2006


Bill Underwood

Dissertation: Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Thaliana: Induction and Suppression by Pseudomonas Syringae

Thesis Advisor: S. He

Graduated: Fall 2006

Current Position: Postdoc at University of California, Berkeley


William Pasutti

Dissertation: AICAR Induction of PGC-1α in C2C12 skeletal muscle cells is sensitive to glucose metabolism

Thesis Advisor: R. Wiseman

Graduated: Spring 2006 with a Masters


Trevor Wagner

Dissertation: Identification and Regulation of Actinobacillus Pleuropneumoniae in Vivo Induced Genes that Respond to Branched-Chain Amino Acid Limitation

Thesis Advisor: M. Mulks

Graduated: Spring 2006


Christy Mecey-Smith

Dissertation: Mechanisms Leading to Translation Arrest in Autographa californica Multinucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus-infected Lymantria dspar 652Y Cells

Thesis Advisor: S. Thiem

Graduated: Spring 2006

Current Position: Post Doc with Sheng Yang He, Plant Research Lab, Michigan State University


Cholani Weebadde

Dissertation: AFLP Mapping and QTL Identification for Day-Neutrality in Strawberry

Thesis Advisor: J. Hancock

Graduated: Fall 2005

Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of International Agriculture at MSU


Leeyoung Park

Dissertation: A Genetic Study of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Candidate Gene Association Studies Using Haplotypes

Thesis Advisor: K. Friderici

Graduated: Summer 2005

Current Position: MSU


Setsuko Wakao

Dissertation: Characterization of Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogeuase Isozymes and Their Roles in the Plant and in Seed Oil Accumulation of Arabidopsis thaliana

Thesis Advisor: C. Benning

Graduated: Fall 2005

Current Position: Post Doctoral, University of California, Berkeley


Christopher Vlangos

Dissertation: Analysis of 17p11.2 Deletions and Candidate Gene Characterization in Smith-Magenis Synodrome

Thesis Advisor: S. Elsea

Graduated: Spring 2005

Current Position: Post Doctoral, University of Michigan


Paula Hauck

Dissertation: Understanding the Molecular Basis of Disease Susceptibility of Arabidopsis to Pseudomonas Syringae PV. Tomato DC3000

Thesis Advisor: S. He

Graduated: Fall 2004

Current Position: New Mom of Andrew Haulk


Ningguang Luo

Dissertation: Biochemical and Genetic Study of The Mitochondrial DNA Replicase and Development of a Drosophila Model of Mitochondrial Toxicity in Antiviral Therapy

Thesis Advisor: L. Kaguni

Graduated: Fall 2004

Current Position: Stay at home Mom studying for Medical Boards


Hua Zhang

Dissertation: Arabidopsis Vernalization Independence Genes are Involved In Flowering Locus C Activation

Thesis Advisor: S. Nocker

Graduated: Fall 2004

Current Position: Post Doctoral, University of Maryland


Geoffrey Attardo


Dissertation: Nutritional Regulation of Vitellogenin Gene Transcription in the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes Aegytpi

Thesis Advisor: A. Raikhel

Graduated: Summer 2004

Current Position: Post Doctoral, Yale University


Hongbo Gao

Dissertation: Dynamin-related Proteins Involved in Chloroplast Division and Morphogenesis

Thesis Advisor: K. Osteryoung

Graduated: Spring 2005

Current Position: Post Doctoral, Michigan State University

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Guanghui Liu

Dissertation: Jasmonate Regulation of Defense Responses in Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum)

Thesis Advisor: G. Howe

Graduated: Summer 2004