Upcoming Thesis Defenses
| Date, Time, Location | Speaker | Title | Mentor & Program |
Past Thesis Defenses (2019-2020)
| 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 |
| Tues 8/20 1:00 PM 2117 MERF |
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"Neural representations of cognitive control and speech in the subthalamic nucleus" Ryan Kelley, M5G |
Jeremy Greenlee, MD Neuroscience |
| Wed 10/2 12:00 PM 6-559 BSB |
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"Investigations of Human Genetics and Mouse Models in the Study of Glaucoma" Carly van der Heide, M5G |
Michael Anderson, PhD & John Fingert, MD, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Fri 11/15 11:00 am B111 ML |
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"Defining the Impact of Metabolic Disease on Critical Parameters of Mesencymal Stromal Cell Therapy" Lauren Boland, M5G |
James Ankrum, PhD Biomedical Science |
| Mon 12/2 8:00 am 2117 MERF |
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"Role of the Genes, NOS1 and CREB1, in a Mouse Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome" Dylan Todd, M5G |
Daniel Bonthius, MD, PhD Neuroscience |
| Wed 12/4 1:00 pm 2117 MERF |
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"LJA5: A novel population of pain and itch suppressing brainstem neurons" Lindsay Agostinelli, M4G |
Alex Bassuk, MD, PhD Neuroscience |
| Fri 12/6 9:00 am 2117 MERF |
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"The role of macrophages in Ebola virus infection" Kai Rogers, M5G |
Wendy Maury, PhD Microbiology |
| Thurs, 12/12 1:00 pm 1117 MERF |
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"The Structure and Function of Rad5 in Error-Free DNA Damage Bypass" Melissa Gildenberg, M5G |
Todd Washington, PhD Biochemistry |
| Mon, 1/13 9:00 am 2117 MERF |
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"Repurposing Disulfiram for Targeting of Hypoxic Cancer Cells Through Redox Cycling of Copper" |
Doug Spitz, PhD Free Radical & Radiation Biology |
| Thu 2/20 9:00 am Virtual |
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"Metabolic Regulation of the Cardiac Sodium Channel" |
Barry London, MD, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Fri 3/6 11:00 am 5-669 BSB |
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"Protein O-Mannose Kinase-Mediated Regulation of a-Dystroglycan Function" |
Kevin Campbell, PhD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Mon 3/30 9:00 am Virtual |
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"Structural and Proteomic Insights into the Pathogenesis of Hereditary Uveitis" |
Vinit Mahajan, MD, PhD Molecular & Cellular Biology |