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

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 |

Kanchan Pavangadkar
Dissertation:
Role of ADa2b AND GCN5 in COR Gene Expression during Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis
Thesis Advisor: M. Thomashow
Graduated: Summer 2008 |

David Lacher
Dissertation:
Comparative Molecular Evolutionary Analysis of Virulence Loci in Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
Thesis Advisor: T. Whittam
Graduated: Spring 2007 |

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
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
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 |

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 |
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