Student Theses and Dissertations
The Rockefeller University has awarded over one thousand Ph.D’s since 1959. This collection contains theses beginning with the graduating class of 2006. Earlier theses are added by request or as permission to digitize is received. For more information visit the FAQ page.
2013
Frequency Selectivity of Synaptic Exocytosis in Hair Cells of the Bullfrog's Amphibian Papilla, Suchit H. Patel
Deep Brain Stimulation to Increase Generalized Arousal in Intact Mice and a Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury, Amy Wells Quinkert
Top-Down Control of Lateral Interactions in Visual Cortex, Nirmala Ramalingam
Phenotypic and Genotypic Models of Streptococcal Colonization of the Human Tonsil, Dennis J. Spencer
Tuning of Neuronal Excitation by a Brain Specific Microrna MIR-128: From Targets to Behavior, Chan Lek Tan
An Analysis of Synaptotagmins in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Laura Winzenread
2012
Exploring Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis, Pablo Ariel
Dissecting Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis, Moritz Armbruster
Structure and Organization of Nuclear Pore Proteins, Claire Atkinson
PHDS, Stress, And Starvation: The Identification Of A New RPD3 Deacetylase Complex Involved In The Yeast Oxidative Stress And Metabolism Pathways, Lindsey A. Baker
Efforts Toward Production of Novel Natural Products From Uncultured Soil Microbes, Jacob Joseph Banik
Induction of Innate and Adaptive Immunity In Vivo by Selective Antibody Targeting of Poly dA:dT and Antigen to Dendritic Cells, Scott A. Barbuto
Vocal Handedness: The Emergence of Lateralization at Fledging, Rudy Bellani
Genetic Variation in Neurotransmitter Receptors Generates Behavioral Diversity, Andres Bendesky
Chemical Reporters for Investigating Lipidated Proteins at the Host-Pathogen Interface, Guillaume Charron
The Application of Functional Metagenomics to Natural Products Research, Jeffrey William Craig
Characterization of the Central Cavity of a Potassium Channel: Helix Dipoles, Conformational Plasticity and Inhibition, Disan Schold Davis
Chemical Reporters for Bacterial Pathogenesis and Beyond, Markus Grammel
The Neural Circuit for Behavioral Responses to Pheromone and Social Behavior in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Heeun Jang
Analysis of Behavior in Populations of Swimming Microbes, David Jordan
Identification of a Novel Regulator of ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis, Genevieve S. Joseph
The Dynamic Streptococcus Pyogenes Transcriptome in the Host Cell Environment and Contributions by Phage, Barbara Juncosa
WIP1 Phage Specificity for B. Anthracis, Sherry Kan
The Extent and Nature Of Chromosomal Rearrangements in B Lymphocytes, Isaac Andrew Klein
Structural and Functional Studies of SLO K+ Channels: Mechanisms of Gating by Intracellular Signaling, Manuel D. Leonetti
Roles of the Methylcitrate and Methylmalonyl-COA Pathways in Mycobacterial Metabolism and Pathogenesis, Manisha Ulhas Lotlikar
The GluK4 Kainate Receptor Subunit Regulates Mood, Memory and Excitotoxic Neurodegeneration, Emily Rhodes Lowry
Conserved and Novel Properties of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Dictyostelium Discoideum, Laura Macro
Structure Function Analysis of Adenosine Deaminase Acting on tRNA (ADAT2) from Trypanosoma Brucei, Miller Marshall
The Expression of the Zinc Finger Transcription Factor zDC Defines the Classical Dendritic Cell Lineage, Matthew M. Meredith
The Diversity of Cortical Interneurons, Miho Nakajima
Progress Towards Integrated Models of HCV Dynamics, Thomas S. Oh
rRNA Promoters as Targets for Transcription Factors: Structural and Functional Studies of PhERI and CarD, Joseph S. Osmundson
Glia Delimit Shape Changes Of Sensory Neuron Receptive Endings in C. elegans, Carl Procko
Protein Phosphatase 1 at the Kinetochore Regulates Chromosome Segregation, Jessica Scott Rosenberg
Molecular and Functional Characterization of Pyramidal Cell Types in the Frontal Cortex of Mouse Brain, Prerana Shrestha
Sample Path Analysis of Integrate-and-Fire Neurons, Thibaud Taillefumier
Examining Intracellular Phosphorylation Gradients During Cell Division, Lei Tan
Approaches to Study Small Molecule Inhibitors and Their Targets, Sarah Anne Wacker
Variability in Singing and in Song in the Zebra Finch, Cameron Wellock
Using "Designer" Nucleosomes to Study Enzymatic Crosstalk Between Histone Ubiquitylation and Histone Methyltransferases, Sarah J. Whitcomb
Mechanisms That Ensure the Proper Terminal Structure of Mammalian Telomeres, Peng Wu
Develoment and Application of Chemical Strategies to Study Protein Fatty-Acylation in Eukaryotes, Mingzi Zhang
2011
Defining Gene Expression in Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes and Melanocytes: A Prerequisite for Understanding Hyperplastic and Neoplastic Pathology, Erika de Wyllie Billick
The Role of 53BP1 in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair, Anne Helen Bothmer
DRE-1/FBXO11, A Conserved F Box Protein, Regulates Apoptosis in C. elegans and is Mutated in Human Lymphoma, Michael Chiorazzi
Assessing the Phylogenetic and Cultural Content of Learned Song, Nicole Creanza
From Microarrays to Behavior: Genes Controlled by Feeding State in Mosquitoes and Flies, Shelli F. Farhadian
Cell-Type Specific Translational Profiling in Huntington's Disease Mouse Models, Robert J. Fenster
Long-Term Quantitative Microscopy: From Microbial Population Dynamics to Growth of Plant Roots, Zak Frentz
Antigen presentation : Influence of Cell Type and Route of Antigen Uptake, Alice O. Kamphorst
Spatial Control of CDC42 Activation Regulates Cell Width and Growth Zone Formation, Felice D. Kelly
Natural Product Biosynthesis In Uncultured Bacteria, Jeffrey Kim
The Role of the Stereociliary Glycocalyx in Hair Bundle Cohesion, Adria Claire Le Boeuf
Rapid Functional Dissection of Genetic Networks Via RNAi In Mouse Embryos, Geulah Livshits
Regulation of Polarized Protein Transport to Axons, Dendrites, and Sensory Cilia in Caeborhabditis Elegans Neurons, Tapan Apurva Maniar
Studies of the Kinetics of Cell Cycle Processes in S. Cerevisiae: The Molecular Basis of Start Irreversibility and Cyclin-Cdk Ordering of Mitotic Events, Catherine Oikonomou
Sensory Organ Morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Grigorios Oikonomou
The Long-Rage Directional Behavior of the Nematode C. Elegans, Margherita Peliti
Structure-Function Analysis of Insect Olfactory Receptors, Maurizio Pellegrino
Mitotic Exit: Thresholds and Targets, Andrea Geoghegan Procko
Expanding the Horizons of Enzybiotic Identification, Jonathan Edward Schmitz
A Hydrodynamic Sensory Antenna Used By Killifish for Nocturnal Hunting, Jason S. Schwarz
A Proteomic and Genomic Investigation Into Replication Fork Dynamics in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Matthew David Sekedat
Net Addition and Long-Term Survival of Adult-Born Neurons in the Zebra Finch HVC: Why Replace When You Can Keep Them All?, Clare Walton
Bioorthogonal Chemical Reporters Reveal Fatty-Acylation of Histone H3 Variants and Cholesterol Modification of Proteins and Trafficking in Cells, John P. Wilson
2010
Proteome-Wide Prediction of Acetylation Substrates, Amrita Basu
Exosporium Morphogenesis in Bacillus Cereus and Bacillus Anthracis, Monica Maria Fazzini Bellinzona
A Molecular Mechanism for Endocytic Recycling of the M5 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor, Jacob T. Bendor
Structural and Functional Characterization of B. Anthracis Udp-Glcnac 2-Epimerase and Salmonella Secreted Effector I, Shyam Bhaskaran
Variability and Dynamics of Apoptotic Events in Single Cells, Patrick Bhola
Structural Studies on the Regulation of Sporulation in Bacillus and Antibiotic Sulfation, Matthew J. Bick
Genome-Wide Decoding of mRNP and miRNA Maps, Sung Wook Chi
The Role of Lysogenic Bacteriophage in Virulence and Survival of Streptococcus Pyogenes, Chad W. Euler
Visualizing Synaptic Specificity with GRASP, Evan H. Feinberg
Cell Death Mechanisms in Drosophila Differentiated Photoreceptor Neurons, Alexis Robert Gambis
Characterization of Histone H2A Functional Domains Important for Regulation of the DNA Damage Response, Elizabeta Gjoneska
Genome-Wide Localization And Novel Deposition Pathways Of Histone Variant H3.3 In Embryonic Stem And Neuronal Precursor Cells, Aaron David Goldberg
Unzipping Amyloid Fibrils: How a Novel Calcium-Binding Protein, NUCB1, Prevents the Formation of Amyloid Fibrils, Neeraj Kapoor
Genome-Scale Genetics: Lessons from Founder Populations, Eimear Elizabeth Kenny
Controls Over S-Phase And Over Nuclear Synchrony, Lee Maxine Kiang
Cellular Signaling in Development of the Cochlear Tonotopic Gradient, Lukasz Kowalik
Reconstitution and Characterization of Human Endogenous Retrovirus-K, Young Nam Lee
Mechanisms for Maintaining Cell Identity in C.elegans Olfactory Neurons, Bluma J. Lesch
Mitotic Exit Control in Budding Yeast: Regulators and Dynamics, Ying Lu
Mechanistic Insights into the Stimulation of Dot1L-Mediated Methylation of Histone H3 by Semisynthetically Ubiquitylated Histone H2b, Robert Kendall McGinty
Dynamic and Integrative Properties of the Primary Visual Cortex, Justin N. J. McManus
Structural and Molecular Correlates of Individual Differences in Anxiety Behavior and the Stress Response, Melinda Miller
Dissecting the Contribution of the Carboxyl-Terminal Domain and Tail of HIV-1 Integrase to Viral Dynamics and Enzymatic Function, Kevin Dominic Mohammed
Synaptic Specificity in the Zebrafish Lateral Line, Aaron Nagiel
Biochemical and Structural Analysis of the Nucleoporin Nup214 and its Involvement in mRNA Export, Johanna Napetschnig
Localization and Function Of RNA Interference in the Cerebral Cortex, John T. G. Pena
Regulation of Surface Proteins Assembly on the Wall of Gram-Positive Bacteria, Assaf Raz
Characterization of the Functional Role of the Intracellular Cholesterol Transporter StARD4 in Knockout Mice, and Investigation of Epigenetic Modulation of ApoA-I Transcription, Joshua Riegelhaupt
Regulation of Anaphase Promoting Complex Coactivators, Jonathan Robbins
Identification and Characterization of APOBEC1 mRNA Editing Targets: A Transcriptomics Approach, Brad Randall Rosenberg
Mechanisms Of Presynaptic CaV2 Calcium Channel Localization In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Yasunori Saheki