Recent Dissertation Titles
Dissertation thesis titles authored by doctoral degree conferees in the past two academic years. Titles are listed with student’s name and mentor.
- “Genome buffering and its effects on cancer growth"
- Quinn Barrett
Mentor: Lawrence Lum, Ph.D. - "Pax7 Expression Defines Germline Stem Cells in the Adult Testis"
- Gina Aloisio
Mentor: Diego Castrillon, M.D., Ph.D. - "Context-Selective Support of the AKT/mTOR Regulatory Axis by Tank-Binding Kinase 1 (TBK1)"
- Jonathan Cooper
Mentor: Lu Le, M.D., Ph.D. - "Protecting Healthy Cells against the Negative Effects of Radiation Therapy in Lung Cancer"
- Mariam El-Ashmawy
Mentor: Jerry Shay, Ph.D. - "Biomarker Accessible and Chemically Addressable Mechanistic Subtypes of BRAF Melanoma"
- Banu Eskiocak
Mentor: Michael White, Ph.D. - "Targeting Cyclin Dependent Kinases 4/6 Activity in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma"
- Jorge Franco
Mentor: Erik Knudsen, Ph.D. - "Novel Insights into DNA Double-Strand Break Repair and its Cancer Implications"
- Molly Hardebeck
Mentor: Sandeep Burma, Ph.D. - "Regulation of the tumor suppressor p14ARF by TGFß in human lung cancer cells"
- Jared Hooks
Mentor: Damith Udugamasooriya, Ph.D. - "Identification of Oncogenic Kras-Associated Vulnerabilities in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"
- Ji Mi Kim
Mentor: Michael White, Ph.D. - "The Functional Roles of the Lin28/let-7 Axis in Tissue Regeneration and Cancer"
- Liem Nguyen
Mentor: Hao Zhu, M.D. - "Control of Oocyte Reawakening by Kit"
- Hatice Duygu Saatcioglu
Mentor: Diego Castrillon, M.D., Ph.D. - "BMP Signaling Regulates Germ Cell Pluripotency, Sexual Differentiation and Cancer Susceptibility"
- Angelica Sanchez
Mentor: James Amatruda, M.D., Ph.D. - "Fibulin-5 Promotes Pancreatic Tumor Growth through Inhibition of Integrin-induced ROS"
- Mary Topalovski
Mentor: Rolf Brekken, Ph.D. - "Mechanisms of Genome Buffering and Cell Fate Coordination in Adult tissue Homeostasis"
- Rubina Tuladhar
Mentor: Lawrence Lum, Ph.D.