We are excited to announce that several of our dedicated students will be presenting their doctoral and master’s thesis defenses this month, showcasing their hard work and groundbreaking research. Please join in us congratulating them!
Doctoral Defenses
Feb. 27th – 1pm
Kimberly Paulsen
Molecular Hide and Seek: KSHV miRNAs Target STING to Evade Host Immunity
Mar. 7th – 1pm
Mario Chang
Investigating Cancer Metabolism and Therapeutic Efficacy with Stable Isotope Tracer Methods
Mar. 14th – 2pm
Nicholas Hiers
The Life and Death of Animal microRNAs
Master’s Thesis Defenses
Feb. 25th – 9:30am
Catherine McKenzie
Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Delivery of Inflammatory Cell Death Executioners for Cancer Therapy
Feb. 25th – 3pm
Renbin Liu
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF YAP ACTIVATION IN POLYPLOID GIANT CANCER CELLS FORMATION
Feb. 26th – 1pm
Pranit Manohar
Regulation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase via Tyrosine Phosphorylation mediates Mitochondrial Metabolism and Cancer Progression
Feb. 26th – 2:15pm
Wenxin Hu
Phosphorylation Regulation in GSDMD of Pyroptosis
Feb. 28th – 9:30am
Sunfeel Akaphan
Molecular Mechanisms and Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Translation Fidelity in Mammals
Feb. 28th – 3pm
Alexander Pearce
Investigating the roles of Type 1 Diabetes genetic risk loci CTLA4 and BACH2 in modulation of regulatory and effector T cell function
Mar. 3rd – 11am
Junlin Wang
USING PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLUS CASEI 393 TO EXPRESS THE TUMOR-RELATED GENE P53 FOR CANCER VACCINATION
Mar. 3rd – 3pm
Erick Castro
Impact of Cancer Associated Pol Beta Variants on Base Excision Repair Coordination
Mar. 4th – 1pm
Mustafa Kalaycioglu
Biochemical, structural, and single-molecule characterization of DNA ligase 1 active site residues demonstrate role of F635 and F872 for faithful ligation
Mar. 5th – 11am
Leonardo Perez
CATCH mediated delivery of synthetic zinc finger proteins to JURKAT cells
Mar. 6th – 2pm
Jacob Ratcliffe
CHARACTERIZATION OF NICK BINDING AND SEALING BY DNA LIGASE 1 HUNTINGTONS DISEASE VARIANT K845N AT THE BIOCHEMICAL, STRUCTURAL, AND SINGLE-MOLECULE LEVELS
