Recent Graduates

David Lacher

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

Thesis Advisor: Thomas Whittam

Graduated: 2007

Yang Liu

Dissertation:
Investigating Functions of GCN5 and SNF1 in HIS3 Activation

Thesis Advisor: Min-Hao Kuo

Graduated: Fall 2006

Ajith Vengellur

Research Area:
Hypoxia & Metal Toxicity

Lab: J. LaPres

Graduated: Summer 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: David Arnosti

Graduated: 2007

Harrie Van Erp

Dissertation:
Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Zea Mays

Thesis Advisor: J. Walton

Graduated: 2007

Carlos Martinez

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

Thesis Advisor: David Arnosti

Graduated: Summer '07

Current Position: Postdoc at Stony Brook University

Bill Underwood

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

Thesis Advisor: Sheng Yang He

Graduated: Fall '06

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: Robert Wiseman

Graduated: 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: Martha Mulks

Graduated: Spring '06

Christy Mecey-Smith

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

Thesis Advisor: Suzanne Thiem

Graduated: Fall '05

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: James Hancock

Graduated: Fall '05

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: Karen Friderici

Graduated: Summer '05

Current Position: Mayo Clinic

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: Christoph Benning

Graduated: Summer '05

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: Sarah Elsea

Graduated: Spring '05

Current Position: Post Doctoral, University of Michigan

Geoffrey Attardo

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

Thesis Advisor: Alex Raikhel

Graduated: Summer '04

Current Position: Post Doctoral, Yale University

Hongbo Gao

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

Thesis Advisor: Katherine Osteryoung

Graduated: Spring '04

Current Position: Post Doctoral, Michigan State University

Paula Hauck

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

Thesis Advisor: Sheng Yang He

Graduated: Fall '04

Current Position: Post Doctoral, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.

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: Laurie Kaguni

Graduated: Fall '04

Current Position: Post Doctoral, Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA

Hua Zhang

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

Thesis Advisor: Steve van Nocker

Graduated: Fall '04

Current Position: Post Doctoral, University of Maryland

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Guanghui Liu

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

Thesis Advisor: Greg Howe

Graduated: '04