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