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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Development of a New Independent Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Quality Assurance Audit Tool for Clinical Trials, Austin M. Faught
DEVELOPMENT OF CHIMERIC TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFER OF HETEROLOGOUS SUBSTRATES ACROSS THE GRAM-NEGATIVE CELL ENVELOPE, Trista M. Berry
DIABETES AND OBESITY INDUCE TRANSCRIPTOMIC AND METABOLOMIC CHANGES ENHANCING PANCREATIC CANCER AGGRESSIVENESS, Guermarie Velázquez Torres
Differential regulation of IRESs in the Aurora A mRNA by bFGF through the mTOR complex TORC2 modulates Aurora A kinase expression, Roy L. Voice III
DISCOVERY AND ELUCIDATION OF THE FGFR3-TACC3 RECURRENT FUSION IN GLIOBLASTOMA, Brittany C. Parker Kerrigan
DISSECTING THE ROLES OF TRIM24 IN REGULATION OF HEPATIC LIPID METABOLISM AND INFLAMMATION, Lindsey C. Minter
DUAL ASSEMBLY NANOPARTICLES ACHIEVE SUSTAINED SILENCING OF ZNF304: A NOVEL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOR Β1 INTEGRIN, Burcu Aslan
Effects of oxytocin on human aggression, Joseph L. Alcorn III
EFFECTS OF RESTING STATE ON PERCEPTUAL LEARNING, Sarah Eagleman Ph.D.
EGFR Modulates MicroRNA Maturation In Response To Hypoxia Through Phosphorylation Of Argonaute2, Jia Shen
ENERGY STRESS CAUSES CHAPERONES TO ASSEMBLE INTO CYTOPLASMIC COMPLEXES, Kimberly J. Cope
EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR INDUCES FYN EXPRESSION VIA UP-REGULATION OF P47PHOX IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME, Blake P. Johnson
EVALUATION OF ARTIFACTS IN EXPERIMENTAL CINE 4D CT ACQUISITION METHODS, Sarah Joy
EVALUATION OF CURRENT CLINICAL CRITERIA FOR LI-FRAUMENI SYNDROME IN A DIVERSE SAMPLE OF TP53 MUTATION CARRIERS, Emily A. Parham
EYE-TRACKING MEASURES OF ATTENTIONAL BIAS IN COCAINE DEPENDENT SUBJECTS, Nadeeka Dias
Forecasting Longitudinal Changes in Oropharyngeal Tumor Volume, Position, and Morphology during Image-Guided Radiation Therapy, Adam D. Yock
Functional Analysis of Cytosolic Hsp70 Nucleotide Exchange Factor Networks in Yeast, Jennifer Lynn Abrams
FUNCTIONS OF THE HOMEOBOX GENE DLX4 IN CONTROLLING INFLAMMATORY SIGNALING AND METASTASIS OF EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER, Dhwani Haria
Gain-of-function Mouse Models to Investigate Biological Roles of PRMT6, Alessandra Di Lorenzo
GENETIC PREDICTORS OF METABOLIC SIDE EFFECTS OF DIURETIC THERAPY, Jorge L. Del Aguila
Genomic Characterization of Polyps in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patients and Identification of Candidate Chemopreventive Drugs, Francis A. San Lucas
HYPOXIA MEDIATED DOWNREGULATION OF MIRNA BIOGENESIS LEADS TO INCREASED TUMOR PROGRESSION, rajesha rupaimoole
IDENTIFICATION OF CELL SIGNALING PATHWAY REGULATED BY MICRORNAS IN CANCER CELLS USING A SYSTEMS BIOLOGICAL APPROACH, sangbae Kim
Image-Guided Proton Therapy for Online Dose-Evaluation and Adaptive Planning, Joey P. Cheung
IMBALANCE BETWEEN NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE AND ELAFIN PROMOTES BREAST CANCER GROWTH AND PROGRESSION, Joseph Anthony Caruso
Implementation of Upright Treatments for Lung and Head and Neck Cancers, Ming-Jung Hsieh
INVESTIGATING CHECKPOINT KINASES 1/2 AS NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, MAYUR ARVIND GADHIKAR
Investigating the Role of Exosomal Communication in the Glioma Microenvironment, Javier Figueroa
In Vivo Dosimetry using Plastic Scintillation Detectors for External Beam Radiation Therapy, Landon S. Wootton
JAB1 NEGATIVELY REGULATES PTEN AND PROMOTES RESISTANCE TO TRASTUZUMAB IN HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, Thuy T. Vu
LATINAS AND THE TRADITIONAL GENETIC COUNSELING MODEL: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Stephanie Thompson
Mapping the Human Vasculature by In Vivo Phage Display, Julianna Bronk
MDM2-mediated degradation of SIRT6 phosphorylated by AKT1 promotes tumorigenesis and trastuzumab resistance in breast cancer, Umadevi Thirumurthi
Mechanisms of Astrocyte Contribution to Bortezomib-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Caleb R. Robinson
MECHANISMS UNDERLYING DISTINCT EGFR VERSUS FGFR-3 AND -1 DEPENDENCY IN HUMAN BLADDER CANCER CELLS, Tiewei Cheng
Methodological Development of a Multi-Parametric Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Framework for Assessing Treatment Response with MRI, Ryan J. Bosca
MODULATED FUNCTIONS OF THE FANCONI ANEMIA CORE COMPLEX, Yaling Huang
MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND ITS TREATMENT ALTER PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, Alyssa K. Kosturakis
NATURAL AND EXOGENOUS GENOME EDITING IN WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PATIENT CELLS, Tamara J. Laskowski
NO-INDEPENDENT MODULATION OF SOLUBLE GUANYLYL CYCLASE (sGC) ACTIVITY AND FUNCTION, George L. Britton Jr
NOTCH SIGNALING INHIBITED BY IKAROS1 IN HUMAN T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA, Camille W. Graham
Novel Posttranslational Modification in LKB1 Activation and Function, Szu-Wei Lee
Novel serum biomarkers for lung cancer early diagnosis and clinical outcome, Fanmao Zhang
NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION OF MET VIA INTERNET MECHANISM, MEI-KUANG CHEN
p120-catenin regulates REST and CoREST, and modulates mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation, moonsup lee
p53 MAINTAINS HEPATIC CELL IDENTITY DURING LIVER REGENERATION, Zeynep Hande Coban Akdemir
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION USING RAPID KVP-SWITCHING DUAL-ENERGY CT FOR ASSESSING BONE MINERAL DENSITY, John M. Wait
Phage Display Library Screening for PSA-/lo Prostate Cancer Cell-Binding Peptides, John R. Moore
PI3K- and mTOR-dependent mechanisms of lapatinib resistance and resulting therapeutic opportunities, Samuel Brady
Potential Roles of Peroxidases in Caenorhabditis Elegans Innate Immunity, George R. Tiller and george r. tiller
PROTEASOME INHIBITION ENHANCES THE EFFECT OF BIKDD GENE THERAPY, Ye Sun
REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES AND P21 WAF1/CIP1 ARE BOTH ESSENTIAL FOR, Alison Fitzgerald
REGULATION OF FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF MECHANOSENSITIVE TRPV4 CHANNEL IN THE DISTAL NEPHRON BY DIETARY POTASSIUM AND SODIUM INTAKE, Nabila Boukelmoune
REGULATION OF MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT AND TUMORIGENESIS BY 14-3-3 ZETA, Sumaiyah Rehman
Regulation of the Candida albicans arginine biosynthetic pathway, Claudia Jimenez Lopez
Regulators of Bacterial Cell Division: Investigations of Min Oscillation and FtsA Activity, Jennifer R. Herricks
ROLE OF MACROPHAGES IN ADAPTIVE RESISTANCE TO ANTI-VEGF THERAPY, Heather Dalton
ROLE OF PHOSPHORYLATION OF FOCAL ADHESION KINASE AT TYROSINE 861 IN PROSTATE CANCER METASTASIS, Tanushree Chatterji
ROLE OF TALIN1 PHOSPHORYLATION IN BETA1 INTEGRIN ACTIVATION AND PROSTATE CANCER METASTASIS, Jung-Kang Jin
ROLE OF THE ANG-TIE2 PATHWAY IN THE INVASIVE RECURRENCE OF GBM FOLLOWING ANTI-VEGF THERAPY, Nahir Cortes Santiago
ROLES FOR B-Raf KINASE IN THE SPECIFIC REGULATION OF α4β1 INTEGRIN IN T CELLS, Wells S. Brown
Selective Elimination of Malignant Melanoma Using the Novel Anti-tumor Agents, OSW-1 AND PEITC, Kausar Begam Riaz Ahmed
SOX2-DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRWAY DIFFERENTIATION IN THE MOUSE LUNG, Belinda J. Hernandez
Stochastic Data Assimilation Approaches for Magnetic Resonance Temperature Imaging, Joshua P. Yung
Strategies to sensitize bladder cancer cells to small molecule inhibitors targeting the PI3K pathway, Giovanni Nitti
STRUCTURE BASED PREDICTION OF DRUG-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS AT ALLOSTERIC SITES: TOWARDS DIRECT INHIBITION OF THE RAS ONCOGENE, Harrison Hocker
Support Desired by Women Following Termination of Pregnancy for a Fetal Anomaly, Aarti Ramdaney
Sustained adrenergic signaling promotes cervical cancer progression, Nouara C. Sadaoui
Swarna Ramaswamy_Thesis, Swarna S. Ramaswamy
SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA DISEASE-CAUSING GENE, Jennifer D. Churchill
TARGETING BREAST CANCER WITH BACTERIOPHAGE ASSOCIATED SILICON PARTICLES, Srimeenakshi Srinivasan
TARGETING COX-2 AND RANK IN AGGRESSIVE BREAST CANCERS: INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER AND TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, Monica E. Reyes
TARGETING COX-2 AND RANK IN AGGRESSIVE BREAST CANCERS: INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER AND TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, Monica Elizabeth Reyes
TARGETING THE MDM2-P53 AXIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEDIFFERENTIATED LIPOSARCOMA, Katelynn Bill
Targeting the Redox System to Overcome Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Marcia A. Ogasawara
THE APICAL POLARITY COMPLEX PROTEIN, PALS1, REGULATES CELL FATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CEREBELLUM AND NEOCORTEX, JUN YOUNG PARK
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE IL-1 PATHWAY, Isaac C. Wun
THE EPIGENETICS OF SMALL CELL PROSTATE CANCER, Brittany N. Kleb
THE NOVEL UPSTREAM REGULATOR OF FBXW7, JI-HYUN SHIN
THE ONCOGENIC MAP KINASE SIGNALING PATHWAY MODULATES MHC-I SURFACE EXPRESSION IN MELANOMA, Sherille Denae Bradley
The regulation of microRNA biogenesis by ribosome-interacting proteins, Brian Pickering
THE ROLE OF DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE -11 IN INNATE AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSES, Kalyan Chakravarthy Nallaparaju
THE ROLE OF GLUTAMINE AND MEVALONATE PATHWAY IN AFFECTING THE STEMNESS AND VIABILITY OF GLIOBLASTOMA STEM CELLS, Naima Hammoudi
The Role of MIR-34a in Inhibition of Prostate Tumor Growth in the bone and Induction of Autophagy, Sanchaika Gaur
THE ROLE OF THE C5A RECEPTOR IN HOST DEFENSE AGAINST LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES, Daniel Calame
THE ROLE OF TRAF6 PHOSPHORYLATION IN Src/TRAF6-MEDIATED IKK, JNK, Akt ACTIVATION AND TUMORIGENESIS, Yun Seong Jeong
TYROSINE 370 PHOSPHORYLATION OF ATM POSITIVELY REGULATES DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE, Hong-Jen Lee
USE OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR PROTON THERAPY VERIFICATION, Jongmin Cho
Utilizing Haplotypes for Sensitive SNP Array-based Discovery of Somatic Chromosomal Mutations, Selina M. Vattathil
Volumetric scintillation dosimetry for scanned proton beams, Daniel G. Robertson
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Acceleration of the PanIN Development in Mice Expressing Oncogenic K-Ras Due to a High Fat Diet, Bincy Philip