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PhD Dissertations


Viviana Maymi

Cell Intrinsic Factors Influence CD8+ T Cell Fate Decisions Following Acute and Chronic Infection
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Brian Rudd


Sarah Post

Identification Of A Novel Cell-Penetrating Protein Derived From The Human Gut Microbiome With Potential For Intracellular Therapeutic Delivery
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Ilana Brito


Jessica Caroline Gomes Noll

Identification and Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus Proteins and Their Contribution to Protection
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Diego Diel


Meagan Keller

Metabolic Gridlock: Interrogating the Nexus of Bacterial Central Metabolism and Antibiotic Susceptibilit
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Tobias Doerr


Joshua Jones

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Systems-Level Interplay Between Host And Gut Microbiota
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Ilana Brito


Caylee Falvo

Understanding the Drivers of Viral Shedding in Bats: The Role of Diet and Immune Function
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Raina Plowright


Timothy Robinette

The Role Of Sirt1 In The Metabolic And Psychiatric Disorder Anorexia Nervosa & Investigating Proteostasis Renewal In The Immortal Germline
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Soon Hon Cheong


Dan Crowley

Using Serology to Understand Bat-Virus Interactions Across Scales
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Raina Plowright


Liangdao Li

Efficient Generation of Primordial Germ Cells and CRISPR Perturbation Screens Identify Epigenetic Regulators Impacting Primordial Germ Cell Development
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: John Schimenti


James Miller

A Comparative Species Approach to Understand the Role of MiRNAs in Mammary Gland Health and Disease
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Gerlinde Van de Walle


James Mullman

Stressing the Importance of SIRT5 in Cancer: How SIRT5 Loss Alters Glycosylation and Ribosome Biology
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Robert Weiss


Kieran Koch-Laskowski

From Paint Strokes to Pixels: Picturing Metabolic Health through the Gut at the Physiological, Cellular, and Transcriptomic Levels
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy


Haewon (May) Byun

Virus-Host Interactions and the Impact on Host Cellular Mechanism
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Hector Aguilar-Carreno


Rosanna Ma

Functional examination of long noncoding RNAs and RNA therapy in fibrolamellar carcinoma
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy


Seona Lee

Uncovering The Role of SOX6 in Stem Cell Heterogeneity in Skin
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Tudorita Tumbar


Esteban Flores Cortes

Histone H2A Variants and a Novel Genome-Wide Regulation of HSV-1 Lytic Chromatin Dynamics
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Luis Schang


David Buchholz

Viral Glycoproteins: Biological and Vaccination Roles
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Hector Aguilar-Carreno


Gabriela Mansano Do Nascimento

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BROADLY PROTECTIVE VACCINE CANDIDATES FOR SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUSES
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Diego Diel


Danielle Sosnicki

ON THE EPIDIDYMIS AND SPERM FUNCTION: A LONG AND CONVOLUTED TUBULE PLAYING A CRITICAL ROLE IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
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Concentration: Zoology and Wildlife Conservation
Principal Investigator: Alexander Travis / Pierre Comizzoli


Orchi Anannya

INTERLEUKIN 2 INDUCIBLE T CELL KINASE (ITK) FINE TUNES T CELL DIFFERENTIATION
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Avery August