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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
IDENTIFYING MOLECULAR TARGETS AND VALIDATING NOVEL THERAPIES FOR OVARIAN CANCER, Alejandro Villar-Prados
Identifying Subunit Organization and Function of the Nuclear RNA Exosome Machinery, Jillian Losh
IL-1α BLOCKADE REDUCES IMMUNE SUPPRESSION IN THE EARLY TUMOR MICRO-ENVIRONMENT, Brenda Melendez
Improved Target Coverage of Spinal Metastases Through the Use of Flattening Filter Free Beams, Laura Bennett
Improving dbNSFP, Mingyao Lu
INSIGHTS INTO THE REACTIVATION, REGULATION AND ESSENTIALITY OF OXIDATIVE PROTEIN FOLDING PATHWAYS IN ACTINOBACTERIA, Belkys Sanchez
INTEGRATIVE BIOINFORMATICS APPROACHES TO ELUCIDATING PROSTATE CANCER CELL HETEROGENEITY, PLASTICITY, AND TREATMENT RESPONSE, Hsueh-Ping Chao
Intratumoral STING Activation Sensitizes Poorly Immunogenic Cancers to Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy, Casey Ager
INVESTIGATING INVASION IN DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU WITH TOPOGRAPHICAL SINGLE CELL GENOME SEQUENCING, Anna Casasent and Anna Casasent
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF INTRAGENIC DNA METHYLATION ON GENE EXPRESSION, AND THE CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS ON TUMOR CELLS AND ASSOCIATED STROMA, Michael McGuire
INVESTIGATING THE ROLES OF TAP63 AND TAP73 IN CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AND LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA, Andrew J. Davis
INVESTIGATING THE SINGLE CELL HETEROGENEITY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF MISTRANSLATION, Christopher Evans
Investigation of Novel Virulence Mechanisms in Candida albicans, Elisa Marie Tafoya Vesely
INVOLVEMENT OF GDAP1 IN THE REGULATION OF MTORC1 ACTIVITY IN A DROSOPHILA MLIV MODEL, Kristen Clemons
ISCHEMIC STROKE DAMAGE IS REDUCED BY INHIBITION OF IL-6 SIGNALING WITH TOCILIZUMAB, Jacob Hudobenko
Mechanism of Incorporation and Repair of Uracil at Highly Transcribed Genes In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Norah Auma Owiti
MECHANISMS AND TARGETING OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL REGULATOR REST IN MEDULLOBLASTOMA DISSEMINATION, Keri Callegari
MICRORNA FUNCTIONS IN UV-INDUCED CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, Tran Nguyen
miR-484 Functions as an Onco-miR in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Nashwa Kabil
Nanoscale Organization of the Small GTPase Rac1, Kelsey Maxwell
Omics Approaches to Uncover Germline and Somatic Variation Underlying Inherited Sarcomagenesis, Justin Wong
Outcomes of Genetic Testing in a Genitourinary Genetics Clinic, Annelise Pace
Patient Attitudes Toward Genetic Testing for Inherited Predispositions to Hematologic Malignancies, Taylor Beecroft
PHOSPHORYLATION IMPAIRS DICER1 FUNCTION TO ACCELERATE AGING AND TUMORIGENESIS IN VIVO, Neeraj Aryal
POPULATION CODES AND THEIR CORRELATES IN DECISION MAKING, Neda Shahidi
Psychiatric Impact of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Utilization of Mental Health Treatment, Kate Mowrey
ROLE OF P300 ZZ DOMAIN IN CHROMATIN ASSOCIATION AND HISTONE ACETYLATION, Yongming Xue
SIMVASTATIN DOES NOT SENSITIZE IBC3 HER2+ INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER BRAIN METASTASES TO WHOLE BRAIN IRRADIATION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED MOUSE MODEL, Swaminathan Kumar
Somatostatin Receptor 2 Regulation by C-terminal Motifs and PDZ Domain Proteins, Courtney Olsen
SPHINGOSINE KINASE 1 REGULATES FASCIN EXPRESSION TO PROMOTE METASTASIS IN TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, Sunil Acharya
STRUCTURE BASED DRUG DESIGN OF HIGH AFFINITY KRAS INHIBITORS, Michael McCarthy
Targeting PH domain proteins for cancer therapy, Zhi Tan
The Cross-Talk Between Neurons and Microglia Through Interleukin-4 After Ischemic Injury, Shun-Ming Ting
The Epithelial To Mesenchymal Transition In Breast Cancer Induces Alterations In Metabolism, Esmeralda Ramirez-Peña
THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF MEMANTINE ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND ACTIVITY OF IRRADIATED DENDRITIC SPINES, Thanh Lam
The Regulation of DNA Methylation in Mammalian Development and Cancer, Nicolas Veland
The Role of Merlin and Apicobasal Polarity in Endometrial Development and Homeostasis, Erin Lopez
The Role of Perivascular FIbrosis in Post-Stroke Glymphatic Impairment and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Matthew D. Howe
The Role of Tumor Suppressor DEAR1 in the Acquisition of Mammary Stem/Progenitor Cell Properties, Uyen Le
TRICHURIS MURIS WHEY ACIDIC PROTEIN INDUCES TYPE 2 PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY AGAINST WHIPWORM, Neima Briggs
TRIM24 as an Oncogene in the Mammary Gland, Aundrietta Duncan
Trim24 in Normal & Malignant Hematopoiesis, Justin Shaw
TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY: MECHANISMS OF ACQUIRED RESISTANCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMUNE RELATED TOXICITIES, Ashvin Jaiswal
UBE4B LEVELS DETERMINE THE EFFICACY OF EGFR AND STAT5 INHIBITORS IN TREATMENT RESISTANT NEUROBLASTOMA, David James Savage
VASCULAR INJURY IN Col3a1+/- MICE MODEL OF VASCULAR EHLER-DANLOS SYNDROME, Ping ZHOU MS
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A LICENSE TO KILL: UNDERSTANDING NATURAL KILLER CELL LICENSING TO FIGHT CANCER, Jolie Schafer
ANALYSIS OF THE BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR ACTIVITIES OF SUBSTRATE BINDING BY THE MOLECULAR CHAPERONE HSP110/SSE1, Veronica M. Garcia
ANDROGEN RECEPTOR AND PROSTATE CANCER CELL HETEROGENEITY, Qu Deng
A PRECLINICAL STUDY OF RADIATION-INDUCED LUNG TOXICITY WHEN IRRADIATING IN A STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD, Ashley E. Rubinstein
A tail-based test for differential expression analysis and pathway analysis in RNA-sequencing data, Jiong Chen
Attitudes of Clinicians Towards Cardiac Surgery and Trisomy 18, Meagan Kaulfus
Attitudes Toward and Uptake of Prenatal Genetic Screening and Testing in Twin Pregnancies, Kathryn M. Reese
Barriers to Expansion of Supervision Networks at Genetic Counseling Training Programs, Jordan E. Berg
CD47+ Exosomes Facilitate Effective Targeting of Oncogenic Kras in Pancreatic Cancer, Sushrut Kamerkar
CHARACTERIZATION AND REVERSAL OF DOXORUBICIN-MEDIATED CHANGES IN SENSORY NEURONS, Brittany L. Coughlin
CHARACTERIZATION OF NOTCH1 AND PI3K-PTEN-AKT/mTOR PATHWAY INTERACTION IN HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, Kyriante' Henry
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UBIQUITIN LIGASE, UBE4B, IN ENDOCYTIC TRAFFICKING, Natalie Sirisaengtaksin and Natalie Sirisaengtaksin
Characterizing the source of neutrophil elastase and proteinase 3 cross-presentation in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Selena Carmona
CIRCULATING AUTOANTIBODIES IN HUMAN TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY SUBJECTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN, Georgene Hergenroeder
CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF OBESITY IN MELANOMA, Jennifer L. McQuade
CLINICAL APPLICABILITY OF PROPOSED ALGORITHM FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS AT RISK FOR HEREDITARY HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES, Maggie Clifford
Computational Identification of Noncoding Driver Mutations Based on Impact on RNA Processing, Kevin Zhu
Computer-Aided Detection of Pathologically Enlarged Lymph Nodes On Non-Contrast CT In Cervical Cancer Patients For Low-Resource Settings, Brian M. Anderson, Laurence E. Court, Ann Klopp, Stephen F. Kry, Jennifer Johnson, Erik Cressman, Arvind Rao, and Jinzhong Yang
CONTRASTING EFFECTS OF AN MDM2 FUNCTIONAL POLYMORPHISM ON TUMOR PHENOTYPES, Guadalupe J. Ortiz IV
Cyclin B1 mediates the effect of UCHL1 in promoting cell cycle progression in uterine papillary serous carcinoma, Suet Ying Kwan
CYTOPLASMIC CYCLIN E MEDIATES RESISTANCE TO AROMATASE INHIBITORS IN BREAST CANCER, Iman Doostan
DEVELOPING NOVEL APPROACHES TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TO T CELL BASED CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY, Rina M. Mbofung
DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF NK CELL INTERACTIONS WITH PEDIATRIC TUMOR CELLS TO PREDICT RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY, Arianexys Aquino Lopez
EFFECT OF ENTINOSTAT ON NK CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY AGAINST OS CELLS AND OS LUNG METASTSIS, Simin Kiany
ENDOCYTIC TRAFFICKING OF THE AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN IN RAT CORTICAL NEURONS, sahily reyes
EVALUATING THE THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF RESTORING WILD-TYPE P53 ACTIVITY IN P53-MUTANT TUMORS, Connie A. Larsson
FRET-Based Investigations of the Structure-Function Relationships in the NMDA Receptor, Drew M. Dolino
FUNCTIONAL ASYMMETRY OF THE IMMUNE CELL PLASMA MEMBRANE, Eric Malmberg
FURTHER ADVANCES FOR THE SEQUENTIAL MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENT RANDOMIZED TRIAL (SMART), TIANJIAO DAI
Genesurance Counseling: Patient Perspectives, Chelsea Wagner
GSK3B regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell properties and is a novel drug target for triple-negative breast cancer, Geraldine Vidhya Raja
HIGH-THROUGHPUT MAPPING OF THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PARTICLE THERAPY, Lawrence Bronk
HSP27 AND CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED AUTOPHAGY AS BIOMARKERS IN OSTEOSARCOMA, John Andrew Livingston
Image Registration to Map Endoscopic Video to Computed Tomography for Head and Neck Radiotherapy Patients, William S. Ingram
IMPACT OF KRAS/NRAS MUTATIONAL HETEROGENEITY ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN COLORECTAL CANCER, Jonathan M. Loree
Improvements in four-dimensional and dual energy computed tomography, Rachael M. Martin
IMPROVING NK CELL THERAPY FOR OSTEOSARCOMA, Jennifer Foltz
INSIGHTS INTO THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF SALT INDUCIBLE KINASE 1: A NOVEL MECHANISM OF METABOLIC CONTROL, Randi Fitzgibbon
INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF OMICS DATA IN ADULT GLIOMA AND OTHER TCGA CANCERS TO GUIDE PRECISION MEDICINE, Xin hu and xin hu
Investigating the Neural Basis of Audiovisual Speech Perception with Intracranial Recordings in Humans, Muge O. Sertel
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PRMT1 AND ARGININE METHYLATION OF HSP70 IN HUMAN PANCREATIC CANCER, Liang Wang
INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLES OF ASF1 AND CAF-1-MEDIATED CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY IN THE HUMAN DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE, Ting-Hsiang Huang
INVOLVEMENT OF THE RECEPTOR FOR ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS (RAGE) IN PROGRESSION OF PANCREATIC CANCER, Nancy Azizian MS
LBPI: A WEB INTERFACE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ALLOSTERIC LIGAND BINDING SITES, Nabina Paudyal
LBPI: A WEB INTERFACE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ALLOSTERIC LIGAND BINDING SITES, Nabina Paudyal
MANAGING VARIANT DISCREPANCY IN HEREDITARY CANCER: CLINICAL PRACTICE, BARRIERS, AND DESIRED RESOURCES, Ellen Zirkelbach