Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Kathryn Scherpelz | Stephen Meredith | Alzheimer's Brain and Meninges-Seeded Amyloid Fibrils |
| Jeremy Treger | Francisco Bezanilla | Novel Techniques in Optical Electrophysiology Lead to New Biophysical Insights |
| Ian Roundtree | Chuan He | Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation by N 6-Methyladenosine and Selective RNA Binding Proteins |
| Katherine Zhou | Tao Pan | RNA Modifications: Impact on Protein Binding, Co-Transcriptional Regulation, and Sequencing Signatures |
Biophysics
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Hutchison | Aaron Dinner | Improved statistical methods for analyzing circadian rhythms in high-throughput data |
| Gabe Salzman | Demet Arac-Ozkan/Shohei Koide | The Extracellular Regions of Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptors Regulate Ligand Binding and Intracellular Signaling |
| Ramya Parameswaran | Bozhi Tian | Silicon nanowires for the optical modulation of cellular activity |
Cancer Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Gasser | Stephen Meredith | Synthesis and Assembly of Functionalized Peptide Nanoplatforms for the Targeted Delivery of Molecules to Tumors |
| Marina Sharifi | Kay Macleod | Autophagy is Required for Focal Adhesion Dissassembly, Tumor Cell Motility, and Metastasis |
| Erin Mowers | Kay Macleod | The role of autophagy in tumor progression and metastasis |
Computational Neuroscience
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Arup Sarma | David Freedman | Learning-Dependent Plasticity of Visual and Cognitive Encoding in Parieto-Frontal Networks |
| Sophia Uddin | Howard Nusbaum | Auditory understanding of speech and non-speech |
Development, Regeneration & Stem Cell Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Rajiv Nadadur | Ivan Moskowitz | Defining Gene Regulatory Networks of Cardiac Rhythm |
Ecology & Evolution
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvia Ranjeva | Sarah Cobey/Greg Dwyer | Host heterogeneity and the dynamics of pathogen diversity. |
| Frank Wen | Sarah Cobey | Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Influenza Shaped by Human Immunity |
Human Genetics
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| David Blair | Andrey Rzhetsky | Investigating Complex and Mendelian Disease Genetics Through Massive Digital Phenotyping |
| Samantha Thomas | Yoav Gilad | Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Model to Study Individual Variation and Comparative Genomics |
Genetics, Genomics & Systems Biology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Chew | Mike Rust | Vulnerability to Molecular Noise Constrains the Architecture of Bacterial Clocks |
Immunology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Tjota | Anne Sperling | Activation of Antigen Presenting Cells through FCRGamma Drives IL-33 Dependent TH2-Type Responses in the Lungs |
| Tony Tu | Yang-Xin Fu | CD160, An Essential Regulator of the Cytokine Response by Natural Killer Cells |
| Jennifer Jacobsen | Barbara Kee | EZH2 Regulates the Pre-antigen Receptor Checkpoint and B-2 Lineage Commitment |
| Ben Casterline | Julie Wardenburg | Early life acquisition and pathogenesis of maternally inherited Bacteroides fragilis |
| Jeff Bunker | Albert Bendelac | Specificity of homeostatic IgA |
| Phil Hsu | Chuan He | Roles of mRNA methylations in biology: processing and development |
Integrative Neuroscience
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Anya Bershad | Harriet de Wit | Effects of Opioids on Social and Emotional Processing in Humans |
Microbiology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Becker | Julie Bubeck-Wardenburg | Tissue-Specific Modulation of Innate Immunity by Staphylococcus aureus Alpha-Toxin |
| Vivian Choi | Julie-Bubeck-Wardenburg | Characterization of Virulence-Associated Protein Processing Genes in Bacteroides fragilis |
| Mark Lunderberg | Olaf Schneewind | Assembly of the Bacillus anthracis vegetative cell envelope |
| Megan Zilla | Dominique Missiakas | The Role of LytR-CpsA-Psr Enzymes in the Lifecycle of Bacillus anthracis |
Neurobiology
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Iboro Umana | Dan McGehee | Nicotinic Modulation of Descending Pain Control Circuitry |
| David Koren | Wei Wei | Dendritic Mechanisms Underlying Retinal Direction Selectivity |
Public Policy
| MSTP Trainee | Faculty Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Nina Gao | David Meltzer | What Gets Measured (Gets Done): Essays on Healthcare, Policy and Perils of the Subjective made Objective |