BBS PhD Program

Recent Dissertations


Hector Loyola Irizarry

Development of Broad Host-Range Plasmid Tools for Manipulation of Bacterial Communities
Conferral Date: August 2023
Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Ilana Brito

Candice Limper

Effects of Increased Mitochondrial DNA Mutations on T-Cell Development and Function
Conferral Date: August 2023
Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Avery August is building a pipeline for faculty diversity

Felicity Emerson

Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Longevity-Regulating Chromatin Factors in C. elegans”
Conferral Date: May 2023
Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Siu Sylvia Lee

Robert Lopez-Astacio

Evolution of Feline and Canine Parvoviruses: Understanding the Capsid Structure, the Natural Variation, and the Antibody Selection
Conferral Date: May 2023
Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Colin Parrish

Julio Sanchez

Oncogenic PI3K Signaling Impacts Adaptive Immune Resistance by Upregulating Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis and PD-L1 Associated Cargo
Conferral Date: December 2022
Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Richard Cerione, PhD

Furkat Mukhtarov

Dual-Localization of The Yeast Methionine R-sulfoxide Reductase MXR2
Conferral Date: December 2022
Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Sevier, PhD

Alexis Oldfield

Ultrasound Characterization of Antral Follicle Dynamics Across The Adiposty Spectrum
Conferral Date: December 2022
Concentration: Translational Medicine
Principal Investigator: Marla Lujan

Kristina Ceres

Evolution and Population Dynamics of Mycobacterial Pathogens with Applications for Disease Control
Conferral Date: August 2022
Concentration: Population Medicine and Epidemiology
Principal Investigator: Yrjo Grohn

Adam Francisco

Multi-omic Investigations Identify Micro-RNA Regulators of Cell Proliferation and Reveal Proteoglycan Aberrancy in Fibrolamellar Carcinoma”
Conferral Date: August 2022
Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy