Recent MSTP Dissertations

By Specialty

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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

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

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

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