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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
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
MATHEMATICAL MODELING REVEALS THAT G2/M CHECKPOINT OVERRIDE, Hui Ju Hsieh
MATHEMATICAL MODELING REVEALS THAT G2/M CHECKPOINT OVERRIDE CREATES A THERAPEUTIC VULNERABILITY IN TSC2-NULL TUMORS, Hui Ju Hsieh
MATHEMATICAL MODELING REVEALS THAT G2/M CHECKPOINT OVERRIDE CREATES A THERAPEUTIC VULNERABILITY IN TSC2-NULL TUMORS, Hui-Ju Hsieh
MECHANISM OF CANDIDA ALBICANS BIOFILM AND VIRULENCE INHIBITION BY A BACTERIAL SECRETED FACTOR, Carrie Graham
MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE SENSITIVITY AND RESISTANCE OF GASTRIC CANCER CELLS TO MET INHIBITORS, Rebecca Schroeder
Membrane Bound IL21 Promotes Natural Killer Cell Expansion Through mIR 124-3p Mediated Regulation, Anitha Somanchi
Memory Potential, Molecular Characterization, and Translational Applications of the Novel ThEO/TcEO T Cell Phenotype, Todd Bartkowiak and Todd Bartkowiak
Mitochondrial Fission After Traumatic Brain Injury, Tara Fischer
Modeling Post Stroke Respiratory Dysfunction, Apneas and Cognitive Decline, Anthony Patrizz
MODIFICATION OF APLYSIA FEEDING NETWORK BY L-DOPA AND DOPAMINE-DEPENDENT LEARNING, Curtis Neveu and Curtis L. Neveu
MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS OF RESIDUAL DISEASE IN OVARIAN CANCER, Kshipra M. Gharpure
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF INWARD AND OUTWARD BUDDING FROM MULTIVESICULAR ENDOSOMES, Monica Gireud Goss
NON-CODING RNAS IDENTIFY THE INTRINSIC MOLECULAR SUBTYPES OF MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER, Andrea E. Ochoa
NOVEL BAYESIAN ADAPTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGNS IN EARLY PHASES, Haitao Pan
On the Origin of Sensory Errors, Jonathan R. Flynn
Optogenetic interrogation of primary visual cortex and its impact on neural coding and behavior, Ariana R. Andrei
PARP inhibitor upregulates PD-L1 expression and enhances cancer-associated immunosuppression, Shiping Jiao
Pharmacologic and Genetic Manipulations of Angiotensin Signaling in Thoracic Aortic Disease Models, Andrew M. Peters
PHOPSPHORYLATION AND UBIQUITIN MODIFICATION AT DNA DAMAGE SITES IN RESPONSE TO DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS, Atanu Paul
Preclinical Development of Therapeutic Strategies Against Triple-Negative and Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Angie M. Torres-Adorno
Quality of Life: Socio-Demographic and Genetic Determinants as well as Links with Cancer Outcomes, Jeanne Pierzynski
Quantitative DWI as an Early Imaging Biomarker of the Response to Chemoradiation in Esophageal Cancer, Benjamin C. Musall
ROLE AND REGULATION OF SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE IN ERYTHROCYTE, Kaiqi Sun
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN HUMAN & MICROBIAL GENOMES, Xuan Zhu
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL EFFECT OF PHOSPHORYLATION ON AMPA RECEPTORS, Caitlin E. Nurik
STUDY OF REGULATED CELL DEATH IN TWO SYSTEMS: PD-1 IN NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND RIP3 IN NEURONS, YU HUANG
TARGETING APOPTOTIC PATHWAYS TO OVERCOME DRUG RESISTANCE IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, Rongqing Pan
TARGETING AUTOPHAGY TO IMPROVE EFFICACY OF CDK4/6 INHIBITION IN BREAST CANCER, Smruthi Vijayaraghavan
Targeting Epigenetic Regulators for the Treatment of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Aarthi Goverdhan
The External Globus Pallidus: Bidirectional Control Over Anxiety-Related Behavior Mediated by CRFR1, Albert J. Hunt Jr
The functions of SETD5 and miR-221 in embryonic stem cell differentiation, Tsai-Yu Chen
The Hypoxic Adenosine Response Modulates Macrophage Differentiation and Contributes to Lung Disease, Kemly Mary Philip
THE ROLE OF ADENOSINE SIGNALING IN MATURE ERYTHROCYTES AND ERYTHROID PROGENITORS, Hong Liu
The Role of the DIRAS Family Members in Regulating Ras Function, Cancer Growth and Autophagy, Margie Nicole Sutton
THE ROLE OF THE EPITHELIAL-TO-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION (EMT) IN LUNG CANCER PROGRESSION, David H. Peng
The Utilization of Prenatal Microarray: A Survey of Current Genetic Counseling Practices and Barriers, Leslie N. Durham and Leslie Durham
TUMOR-CELL DERIVED INHIBIN, BETA A IS ESSENTIAL FOR ADRENERGIC EFFECTS ON FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION, Archana Sidalaghatta Nagaraja
Undergraduate Student Perceptions and Awareness of Genetic Counseling, Amanda Gerard
UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF GENOMIC INSTABILITY DURING REPLICATIVE AGING IN BUDDING YEAST, Sangita Pal
VISUALIZING THE DYNAMICS OF IMMUNE SURVEILLANCE IN BRAIN TUMORS BY INTRAVITAL MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY, Felix Nwajei
VOLUMETRIC, MAGNETIC RESONANCE-VISIBLE, AND RADIATION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY, Hannah J. Lee
WISP1 IS AN OVEREXPRESSED DRIVER OF GLIOBLASTOMA, Pushan R. Dasgupta
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Accurate mutation annotation and functional prediction enhance the applicability of -omics data in precision medicine, Tenghui Chen
AN AUTOMATED SYRINGE PUMP SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF DYNAMIC HYPERPOLARIZED MRI PHANTOMS, Harlee G. Harrison
Assessing the Potential Clinical Impact of Variable Biological Effectiveness in Proton Radiotherapy, Christopher R. Peeler Ph.D.
Attitudes Towards Prenatal Genetics Among Southeast and East Asian Women: A Qualitative Pilot Study, GINGER J. TSAI
BIAS AND VARIABILITY IN IMAGE-BASED VOLUMETRIC YTTRIUM-90 DOSIMETRY, Wendy Siman
Cellular and genetic bases of cold nociception and nociceptive sensitization in Drosophila larvae, Heather N. Turner
Characterization of Stem Cell Turnover in a Living Epithelial Bilayer, Elizabeth Sumner
Characterization of the ATO Gene Family in Alternative Carbon Metabolism, Heather A. Danhof
Characterization of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 and its role in Parkinson's Disease Pathogenesis using Drosophila, Antonio Joel Tito Jr. and Sheng Zhang
CIRCUMVENTING CISPLATIN RESISTANCE IN OVARIAN CANCERS THROUGH REACTIVATION OF p53 BY NON-CROSS-RESISTANT PLATINUM ANALOGS, Michelle Martinez-Rivera