Upcoming Thesis Defenses
| Date, Time, Location | Speaker | Title | Mentor & Program |
| Thurs 5/9 9:00 AM 2117 MERF |
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"The Role of ADP-ribosylation during Coronavirus Infection" Matt Grunewald, M5G |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD Microbiology |
Past Thesis Defenses
| Date, Time, Location | Speaker | Title | Mentor & Program |
| Thurs 10/18 3:00 PM 2189 MERF |
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"Brain structure and function in juvenile-onset Huntington's disease" Alexander (Sasha) Tereshchenko, M5G |
Peg Nopoulos, MD Neuroscience |
| Fri 11/2 2:00 PM 5-669 BSB |
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"The Role of Neprilysin in Ocular Surface Homeostasis and Corneal Wound Healing" Rachel Genova, M5G |
Andrew Pieper, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Tue 11/20 2:30 PM 2189 MERF |
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"Big Data Analytics and Cancer Biology: Lessons in Taking Science From the Processor to the Patient" Nicholas Borcherding, M5G |
Weizhou Zhang, PhD Cancer Biology |
| Fri 12/7 1:00 PM 2117 MERF |
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"Treating Retinal Disease" Joseph Giacalone, M5G |
Ed Stone, PhD & Budd Tucker, PhD Genetics |
| Fri 12/14 1:00 PM 2117 MERF |
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"The Role of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier in the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" Sean Tompkins, M5G |
Eric Taylor, PhD Biochemistry |
| Mon 12/17 9:00 AM 2117 MERF |
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"Bacterial Coinfections during Murine Cutaneous Leishmaniasis" Tiffany Borbon, M5G |
Mary Wilson, MD Microbiology |
| Mon 12/17 1:00 PM 1-561 BSB |
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"Utilization of Forward Genetic Approaches to Elucidate Mechanisms of Cancer Initiation and Drug Resistance" Charlotte Feddersen, M5G |
Adam Dupuy, PhD Anatomy & Cell Biology |
| Tues 12/18 12:00 PM S402 CPHB |
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"Influence of Preexisting Mental Illness on Breast Cancer Endocrine Therapy Adherence" Cole Haskins, M5G |
Betsy Chrischilles, PhD Epidemiology |
| Thurs 1/24 1:00 PM 2117 MERF |
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"Investigating the TAU-FYN interaction in healthy and disease states of the brain" Max (Guanghao) Liu, M5G |
Gloria Lee, PhD Neuroscience |