Student Profiles | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

David Alderman Second Year

James Austin Second Year

Andy Bennett Degree/School : B.S., B.A. - Georgia State University : M.S. - Leeds University Title of Thesis : Polymorphic transposons in the human genome Mentor's Name : Scott Devine

Jennifer Bradford Degree/School : B.S. Biology, Virginia Tech Mentor's Name : Xiao-Jiang Li

Austin Cape Third Year

Kathryn Carroll Third Year

Cheryl Clauson Degree/School : B.A. Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL) Title of Thesis : Transcriptional Mutagenesis and Prion formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mentor's Name : Paul Doetsch

Justin Cotney Degree/School : B.S. Biology, Birmingham Southern College (2002) Title of Thesis : Characterizing specific roles of the mitochondrial transcription machinery Mentor's Name : Gerald Shadel

Sarah Edwards Second Year

Robert Esterberg Degree/School : B.S. Biology , University of West Florida Title of Thesis : The role of fgf receptors in oticplacode induction Mentor's Name : Andreas Fritz

Alexander Fedotov Third Year

Meyer Friedman Degree/School : B.S., Tulane University Title of Thesis : Polyglutamine expanded TBP and transcriptional dysregulation Mentor's Name : Xiao-Jiang Li

Lyra Griffiths Degree/School : B.A. - Agnes Scott College Title of Thesis : Digging deeper into mechanisms of DNA repair of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with specific look at the proteins, Ntg1p, Ntg2p, and Pif1p Mentor's Name : Paul Doetsch

Monica Hall Third Year Degree/School : B.S. Chemistry , University of Louisville Title of Thesis : Mechanisms of Nuclear Transport in Multinucleated Muscle Cells Mentor's Name :

Colin Harrison Second Year

Mary Kathryn Harrison Second Year

Veronica Henderson Degree/School : B.S. Biology, Clark Atlanta University Title of Thesis : The Characterization of Rap1 (Small GTPase Protein) Signaling and its Role in Prostate Cancer Mentor's Name : Carlos Moreno

Natasha Hollis Degree/School : B.S. Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana Title of Thesis : Mentor's Name : Stephanie Sherman

Jessica Hunter Title of Thesis : Genetic Epidemiology of Fragile X Premutation Carriers Mentor's Name : Stephanie Sherman

Morna Ikeda Degree/School : B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology, Northwestern University Title of Thesis : Mentor's Name : Stephen Warren

Rebecca Iskow Title of Thesis : Active Human Transposons and Human Disease Mentor's Name : Scott Devine

Yasminka Jakubek Second Year

Sarah Jones Third Year

Jacob Kagey Degree/School : B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University Title of Thesis : Defining Structural and Cis Acting Elements That Contribute to Epigenetic Silencing in Cancer Mentor's Name : Paula Vertino

Andrea Kasinski Degree/School : B.A. State University of New York College at Buffalo Title of Thesis : Controlling the activation of Apoptosis Signal regulating Kinase 1 (ASK1) : Identification of the serine 83 and serine 967 kinase(s). Mentor's Name : Haian Fu

Wendy Kellner Second Year

Carolyn Krisel Title of Thesis : Characterization of A Novel Drosophila Growth-Inhibitory Gene, Gang of Four Mentor's Name : Kenneth Moberg

Yu-Heng Lai Third Year

Tengguo Li Mentor's Name : William Kelly

Adam Locke Third Year Degree/School: B.A. Biology/Lawrence University Title of Thesis: Genetic variation in Down Syndrome associated with congenital heart disease. Mentor's Name : Stephanie Sherman

Mary Lucas Degree/School : B.S. Chemistry/Virginia Union University Title of Thesis : Does Hs2 act as an enhancer of the TMS1 gene? Mentor's Name : Paula Vertino

Karissa McClinic Degree/School : B.S. Genetics - University of Georgia (Athens) Title of Thesis : Characterization of Sig-1 mutants ­ Celegans : Characterization of H2AZ a variant of H2A Histone Mentor's Name : Bill Kelly

Laura McLane Degree/School : B.S. Biology , Dickinson College Title of Thesis : Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Factors required for Ty1 Retrotransposition in the yeast S. Cerevisiae Mentor's Name : Anita Corbett

Candace Middlebrooks First Year

Lydia Morris Second Year

Nathan Mortimer Degree/School : B.S. Biology ­ Emory University Title of Thesis : Regulation of the Drosophila Archipelago Ubiquitin E3 Ligase Mentor's Name : Ken Moberg

Rebecca Oas Title of Thesis : Effects of Conditional Endothelial KO of p120 Mentor's Name : Andrew Kowalczyk

Tiffany Oliver Degree/School : Tennessee State University Title of Thesis : Unavailable Mentor's Name : Stephanie Sherman

Changhui Pak Title of Thesis : Mentor's Name : Peng Jin

Melissa Parsons Degree/School : B.A. - Goucher College Title of Thesis : Role of TMSI/ASC in Death Receptor Signaling Mentor's Name : Paula M. Vertino

Pritty Patel Third Year Mentor's Name : Paula M. Vertino

Dannie Perdomo Second Year

Kanika Pulliam Third Year

Michael Santoro Second Year

Kisha Scarlett First Year

Christopher Scharer Title of Thesis : Characterization of the Developmental Transcription Factor Sox4 and Its Role As A Transforming Oncogene Mentor's Name : Carlos Moreno

James (Jamie) Schroeder Thirrd Year

Jennifer Sefton Second Year

Eric Severson Title of Thesis : Morphological, Structural, & Functional Analysis of Immunoglobulin Superfamiily Proteins in Epithelial Cells Mentor's Name : Charles Parkos

Anjali Shah Degree/School : B.S. - Vanderbilt University : M.S. - John Hopkins University Title of Thesis : Characterization of polyglutamine expanded mutant Tata-box binding protein in neuronal cells Mentor's Name : Xiao Jiang Li

Lauren Smith Third Year Mentor's Name : Xiao-Jiang Li

Tesheka Stevenson Title of Thesis : Molecular genetic analysis of unc-94, a gene crucial for myofibril organization in c. elegans Mentor's Name : Guy Benian

Chen-Ying Su Second Year Title of Thesis : Mentor's Name : Tamara Caspary

Dan Swartzlander Third Year Mentor's Name : Paul Doetsch

Keith Szulwach Title of Thesis : Small RNA and Epigenetic Mentor's Name : Peng Jin

Christina Timmerman Second Year

Christy Wentworth Third Year Mentor's Name : Andrew S. Neish

Charles Wright Second Year

Ge Xiong Third Year Mentor's Name : Guy Benian

Shang-Hsun Yang Third Year Title of Thesis : Animal models of premature aging disease Mentor's Name : Anthony Chan

Hyesuk Yoon Degree/School : M.S. - Korea University Title of Thesis : B-Cell Differentiation MHC Class II Mentor's Name : Jeremy Boss

Wendy Zinzow Third Year Mentor's Name : Jeremy Boss

| Faculty | Current Students | Prospective Students | Areas of Training | Spotlight | Contact Us | Graduate Division | GMB Links |

| GRADUATE DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES |

COPYRIGHT © 2007 EMORY UNIVERSITY