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1989 BARRY R. STRIPP
"Cloning, Sequencing and Expression of Newcastle Disease Virus Glycoprotein Genes"
Defended: September 25, 1989. (Dr. Henry 0. Stone, Jr., Advisor) WILLIAM H. WALLACE
"Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Gluconate Utilization in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1"
Defended: May 23, 1989. (Dr. Paul V. Phibbs, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1990 SCOTT D. COBOURN
"The Biological Effects of Palindromic and Direct Repeat DNA Sequences with the Potential for Formation of DNA Secondary Structures"
Defended: March 30, 1990. (Dr. Uwe R. Muller, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1991 DALE L. LUDWIG
"Influence of Copy Number and Chromosomal Position Effect on Heterologous Gene Expression in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Defended: July 16, 1991. (Dr. Carlo V. Bruschi, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1992 PAUL A. ALGATE
"Molecular Basis of the Abrogation of IL3 Dependency in Lymphoid Cell Lines Transformed by an Autocrine Mechanism"
Defended: November 24, 1992. (Dr. James A. McCubrey, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1993 MARK B. ROGERS
"Molecular Genetic Analysis of Endogenous β-Lactamase Production in Bacteroides fragilis"
Defended: December 14, 1993. (Dr. C. Jeffrey Smith, Advisor) MARTY W. MAYO
"The Mechanism by Which Phorbol Esters Support the Proliferation of an Interleukin 3-Dependent Hematopoietic Cell Line"
Defended: December 2, 1993. (Dr. James A. McCubrey, Advisor) PAUL W. TEBBEY
"Identification of Arachidonic Acid as a Pluripotent Regulator of Gene Expression"
Defended: November 19, 1993. (Dr. Thomas M. Buttke, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1994 SHIWANI K. ARORA
"Characterization of the crc Gene and its Product Required for Catabolite Repression Control in Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
Defended: November 28, 1994. (Dr. Paul V. Phibbs, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1995 BETSAIDA TORRES
"Identification and Characterization of Thyroid Hormone Regulated Genes in Human Fibroblasts by mRNA Differential Display Analysis and Quantitative Competitive Polymerase Chain Reaction: Insights into Thyroid Hormone Receptor Isoform Specific Gene Regulation"
Defended: October 3, 1995. (Dr. Stephen Usala, Advisor) LYNDON C. KIRBY
"Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Reverse Amide Analogs of Conjugated Bile Acids"
Defended: July 5, 1995. (Dr. James P. Coleman, Advisor) LORITA M. REBELLATO
"Specificity and Effectiveness of Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies in the Induction of Primate Transplantation Tolerance"
Defended: April 6, 1995. (Dr. Judith M. Thomas, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1996 JAMES E. deVENTE
"Altered Protein Kinase C (PKC) Expression in the Human MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Line: Role of PKC Pathway in Breast Cancer Progression"
Defended: August 6, 1996. (Dr. Kirk Ways and Dr. James A. McCubrey Co-Advisors) Return to Main Menu 1997 FIONA C. BEAUMONT
"The Bordetella Alcaligin Siderophore System: A Study of Biosynthesis and Regulatory Genes"
Defended: November 20, 1997. (Dr. Sandra K. Armstrong, Advisor) HO YOUNG KANG
"Identification and Characterization of the Bordetella pertussis Alcaligin Siderophore Biosynthesis Operon"
Defended: October 8, 1997. (Dr. Sandra K. Armstrong, Advisor) XIAO-YANG WANG
"Autocrine Transformation of IL-3 Dependent Hematopoietic Cells Mediated by Intracisternal Type A Particle Transposition into the 3' Untranslated Region of IL-Gene"
Defended: January 28, 1997. (Dr. James A. McCubrey, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1998 WILLIAM D. PROCTOR
"Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of HexR, a Negative Regulator of Carbohydrate Utilization of the hex Region of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01"
Defended: November 24, 1998. (Dr. Paul V. Phibbs, Advisor) KIM M. KOSLOWSKI
"The Characterization of Two Distinct Properties of the UL28 Protein in Pseudorabies Virus and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1"
Defended: November 10, 1998. (Dr. Nels Pederson, Advisor) PAUL E. HOYLE
"Signaling through the Raf Family of Serine/Threonine Kinases in Hematopoietic Cells"
Defended: November 9, 1998. (Dr. James A. McCubrey, Advisor) PAULA Y. ARNOLD
"Antigen Presentation by T Cells: Evidence for T Cell Receptor-Mediated Uptake of Vesiculated Peptide/MHC Class II Complexes Derived from Antigen Presenting Cells"
Defended: July 14, 1998. (Dr. Mark D. Mannie, Advisor) GENA D. TRIBBLE
"Development of a Model of Transposition for the Bacteroides Mobilizable Transposon Tn4555"
Defended: April 20, 1998. (Dr. C. Jeffrey Smith, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 1999 KARLA J. POSEKANY
"Evaluation of α1,3 Galactosyltransferase for Cancer Gene Therapy: Anti-Gal Antibodies Exert In Vitro and In Vivo Anti-Tumor Activity"
Defended: February 16, 1999. (Dr. Kathryn M. Verbanac, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 2000 CHRISTOPHER D. HERREN
"Identification and Characterization of Genes Induced During Oxidative Stress in the Opportunistic Pathogen Bacteroides fragilis"
Defended: November 28, 2000. (Dr. C.Jeffrey Smith, Advisor) CAROLINE R. WEINSTEIN-OPPENHEIMER
"Roles of the RAS-RAF-ERK Signaling Pathway in the Development of Resistance to the Chemotherapeutic Drug Doxorubicin in the MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Line"
Defended: September 28, 2000. (Dr. James A. McCubrey, Advisor) DARREN J. SMALLEY
"Identification of Oxidative Stress Response Genes from the Obligate Anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis: Characterization of a Ribonucleoside Diphosphate Reductase that is Functional During Aerobic Conditions"
Defended: May 11, 2000. (Dr. C. Jeffrey Smith, Advisor) WILLIAM L. BLALOCK, III
"Autocrine Transformation of Hematopoietic Cells by the RAS/RAF/MAPK Pathway Member MEK1 and the Ability of BCL2 Overexpression to Enhance MEK-1 Mediated Transformation"
Defended: June 13, 2000. (Dr. James A. McCubrey, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 2001 DHAVAL M. PATEL
"Intercellular Exchange of Functional Class II MHC Glycoproteins Among Leukocytes is Activation-Dependent in the T Cell Compartment but is Activation-Independent in Other Types Of APC"
Defended: November 26, 2001. (Dr. M. Mannie, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 2002 MINDI R. WALKER
"T Cell Expression of MHC Class II Glycoproteins: Presentation of the Self Peptide Rat Myelin Basic Protein Induces Tolerance in the Lewis Rat Model of EAE"
Defended: April 1, 2002. (Dr. M. Mannie, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 2004 JOHN G. SHELTON
"A Conditionally Active v-ErbB Transforms Hematopoietic Cells To Cytokine-Independence and Promotes Cell Survival and Proliferation"
Defended: November 29, 2004 (Dr. James McCubrey, Advisor) JOHN T. LEE
"PI3K/AKT and RAF/MEK/ERK Signaling in Advanced Prostate Cancer: Implications for Resistance to Chemotherapeutic Compounds"
Defended: November 19, 2004 (Dr. James McCubrey, Advisor) CHRISTIAN J. SUND
"Identification of oxyR Independent Oxidative Stress Response Genes in the Obligate Anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis"
Defended: November 18, 2004 (Dr. C. Jeffrey Smith, Advisor) CHRISTOPHER J. HOWE
"A Novel Mechanism for the Activation of the CaM-Kinases by Hydrogen Peroxide and Their Role in the Phosphorylation of I-κB in Human T Lymphocytes"
Defended: April 16, 2004 (Dr. R. Franklin, Advisor) JILL A. MAXWELL
"The Mechanism and Kinetics of Reovirus T1- And T3-Induced Apoptosis of Human Colon and Pancreatic Cancer Cells"
Defended: March 29, 2004 (Dr. S. Oberhaus, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 2005 CHERYL SPENCE
"Characterization and Regulation of an Oxygen-Upregulated Starch Utilization Operon in the Obligate Anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis"
Defended: November 16, 2005 (Dr. C. Jeffrey Smith, Advisor) OSWALDO G. RODRIGUEZ-MORA
"Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Kinases Participate in the Cell Cycle Regulation and Antiapoptotic Mechanisms in MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells"
Defended: May 17, 2005 (Dr. Richard Franklin, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 2006 BRIAN E. BULLMAN
"Identification and Characterization Of PqsH, a Putative Monooxygenase Required for PQS Production, and Comparison To PqsL, an Opposing Putative Monooxygenase"
Defended: April 5, 2006 (Dr. Everett C. Pesci, Advisor)
ERIC S. ANDERSON
"Identification of the AraC-Like Transcriptional Regulator DhbR and Its Role in the Regulation Of The Genes Required For Siderophore Biosynthesis in Brucella abortus"
Defended: November 21, 2006 (Dr. Roy M. Roop, II, Advisor)
MICHAEL L. HORNBACK
"The Brucella abortus xthA-1 and xthA-2 Gene Products Play Overlapping Roles in Base Excision Repair and Resistance To Reactive Oxygen Intermediates"
Defended: November 27, 2006 (Dr. Roy M. Roop, II, Advisor)
Return to Main Menu 2007 JAMES T. PAULLEY "Production Of BhuA By Brucella Abortus Is Required For Hemin Utilization And Virulence And Is Dependent On The Transcriptional Regulators RirA AndChrA" Defended: September 12, 2007 (Dr. R. Martin Roop, II, Advisor) Return to Main Menu 2008 HEIDI DALRYMPLE
"Exploring pathways of Lung Homeostasis: Role of Alveolar Macrophages and Lymphocytes: Defended: July 23, 2008 (Dr. Mary Jane Thomassen, Advisor)
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