Congratulations to our newest student alumnae!
Master's of science
M.S. biological sciences
| Name | Year | Presentation | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Hanna | 2019 | Spiracles, trachea, and glands: development and evolution of an insect respiratory system | Aleksandar Popadić |
| Asia Hightower | 2020 | Functional specialization of alternative zinc finger proteins in vegetative and reproductive meristem regulation | Edward Golenberg |
| Julia Sosin | 2019 | Successional changes in plant ecological species groups and fuels on a jack pine-dominated landscape in northern lower Michigan | Daniel Kashian |
M.S. biotechnology
| Name | Year | Project | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Koshko | 2020 | Metabolic reprogramming by in utero maternal benzene exposure | Marianna Sadagurski |
| Aaron Kren | 2020 | Visualization of the effects of MSL recruiting elements on chromosome location | Victoria Meller |
Master's of arts
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Hazar Younis | 2020 |
Doctor of philosophy
| Name | Year | Dissertation | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke Feeley | 2020 | The role of SER/THR phosphorylation on MRPC, a master transcriptional regulator controlling the Myxococcus Xanthus developmental program | Penelope Higgs |
| Han Cheong | 2019 | Abelson tyrosine kinase links axon guidance receptors to cytoskeletal dynamics through protein-protein interactions mediated by its C-terminal domain | Mark VanBerkum |
| Zuzer Dhoondia | 2020 | Termination-independent role of Rat1 in cotranscriptional splicing in budding yeast | Athar Ansari |
| Shashwat Mishra | 2020 | Specific sensory neurons and insulin-like peptides modulate discrete stages of C. elegans oogenesis in response to food quality | Joy Alcedo |
| Abby Wicks | 2019 | Evolutionary ecology of the native Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum) and the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus): A genomic perspective | Thomas Dowling |