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BBS PhD Program

PhD Dissertations


Hector Loyola Irizarry

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


Candice Limper

Effects of Increased Mitochondrial DNA Mutations on T-Cell Development and Function
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Avery August


Felicity Emerson

Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Longevity-Regulating Chromatin Factors in C. elegans”
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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
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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
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Richard Cerione


Furkat Mukhtarov

Dual-Localization of The Yeast Methionine R-sulfoxide Reductase MXR2
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Sevier


Alexis Oldfield

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


Kristina Ceres

Evolution and Population Dynamics of Mycobacterial Pathogens with Applications for Disease Control
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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”
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy