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.
2010
Lipid Chemistry and Mechanical State of the Membrane Modulate Ion Channel Function, Daniel Schmidt
The Impact of Host Factors on Retroviral Evolution and the Identification of a Novel Receptor That Was Used by an Ancient Primate Retrovirus, Steven J. Soll
Regulation of Chromosome Segregation by the Chromosomal Passenger Complex, Boo Shan Tseng
Characterization of a Novel Chromatinâ€Induced Mechanism that Couples Microtubule Disassembly and Nuclear Reâ€Formation, Eileen Madeleine Woo
Role of Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin Ligases in Retroviral Budding, Maria Zhadina
2009
Glia Are Required For Sensory Neuron Morphology And Function In Caenorhabditis elegans, Taulant Bacaj
Studies of G-Protein Coupled Receptors Incorporated Into a Novel, Nanoscale, Membrane-Mimetic System, Sourabh Banerjee
Analysis of Cellular Factors Involved in Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2 Entry, Cameron Dale Bess
Transcriptional Regulation Of Adipocyte Function, Kivanc Birsoy
The Role Of Adult Stem Cells And Tumor Necrosis Factor In Peripheral Neuropathy, Prabhjot Singh Dhadialla
Characterization of a Novel 53BP1-Dependent Mechanism that Promotes Non-Homologous End Joining of Deprotected Telomeres by Increasing Chromatin Mobility, Nadya Dimitrova
Cell Size Control And Asymmetric Cell Fates In Start Of The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Cycle, Talia, Stefano Di
Regulation of the Heterochromatin Protein 1 by Phosphorylation of Histone H3 and the HP1 Hinge Domain, Holger Dormann
Peak Mitotic Cyclin Permits Mitotic Exit, Benjamin Drapkin
Regulated Histone H3 Proteolysis During Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation, Elizabeth M. Duncan
Novel Interactions of the Hormone Leptin Revealed by PET Imaging in Rodents and Rhesus Macaques, Robert Richard Flavell
A Model of the Production of Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions in the Tokay Gecko, Michael Gelfand
Mechanism of Signal Transduction By The Staphylococcus Aureus Quorum Sensing Receptor AGRC, Elizabeth A. George Cisar
Perceptual Learning Of Object Shape, Doruk Golcu
Population Dynamics In A Model Closed Ecosystem, Doeke Romke Hekstra
Synaptic Protein Profiling in the Mammalian Brain, Elizabeth Heller
Mechanistic and Physiological Studies of the Insulin-Dependent Regulation of FOXA2, Jessica Jean Howell
Architecture of a Coat for the Nuclear Pore Membrane, Kuo-Chiang Hsia
Biophysical Characterization of Structure and Dynamics of Nuclear Pore Complex Components, Martin Kampmann
Transfer Properties of the Hair Cell-Afferent Fiber Synapse, Erica C. Keen
The Neural Circuitry Of Social Behavior In C. elegans, Evan Z. Macosko
The Manipulation Of Apical Dendritic Plasticity And The Consequences For The Effects of Chronic Stress, Trudy McCall
Novel Roles for the Tissue Plasminogen Activator System in the Development of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Regulation of Contextual Learning After Stress, Melissa Noel-Castro
Specification And Function Of Early Hair Follicle Stem Cells, Jonathan Nowak
Fibrin Formation and Dissolution in the Progression of Amyloid-Beta Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease, Justin Paul
Perceptual Learning, Long-Range Horizontal Connections And Top-Down Influences In Primary Visual Cortex, Valentin Piëch
Dissecting the Development and Function of C. elegans Glia with Mutations of the mls-2 and vab-3 Genes, Yoshimura Satoshi
Regulation of Apoptosis by XIAP Ubiquitin- Ligase Activity, Andrew James Schile
Hierarchy and CIS-Regulation in Drosophila Segmentation: Rules for Pattern Formation and Clues to Evolution, Mark David Schroeder
Regulation of Gene Expression in Trypanosoma brucei, Tim Nicolai Siegel
The Role and Fate of Branch Site-U2 snRNA Interaction During Pre-mRNA Splicing, Duncan Smith
Physiological Effects of Estradiol in the Mouse Hippocampal Formation, Joanna L. Spencer
Of Mice and Men: Studying Innate and Adaptive Immunity Against the Epstein-Barr Virus, Till Strowig
Regulation of Immunoglobulin Gene Diversification By Noncoding RNA's, Grace Teng
Biochemical Analysis of the Protein-Protein Interactions Involved in Karyopherin-Mediated Transport Across the Nuclear Pore Complex, Jaclyn Tetenbaum-Novatt
Dissecting the Functions of Classical Cadherins in Skin, Christopher Tinkle
Structural Studies of Three Factors That Affect the Prokaryotic Transcription Cycle; Microcin J25, LAMBDA Q and T4 GP33, Kelly-Anne Fisi Twist
An In Vivo Characterization of the Functional Role of Two Novel Genes: StARD5 and ADAM11, Marc Paul Waase
Circuit Dynamics of Adult Visual Cortex, Homare Yamahachi
Biochemical and Genetic Studies of Beclin 1 Function in Autophagy, Yun Zhong
2008
Tuning of the Active Hair Bundle, Omar Ahmad
Cracking the Odor Code: Molecular and Cellular Deconstruction of the Olfactory Circuit of Drosophila Larvae, Kenta Asahina
Proteomic, Bioinformatic and Functional Characterization of the Nuclear Pore Complex of the African Trypanosome, Jeffrey Allen DeGrasse
The Hu Syndrome: At the Intersection of Cancer and Autoimmunity, Ilana J. DeLuca
Role of AID and microRNA-155 in c-myc-IgH Translocations, Yair Dorsett
Discovery of the First Endogenous Gain of Function Mutation in Drosophila RAS1 as a Dominant Suppressor of Apoptosis, Christopher Gafuik
Semi-Synthesis of the Transcription Factor SMAD2 Containing Caging Groups and Phosphoaminoacid Analogues, Michael Eric Hahn
Structural Analysis of Cycle Inhibiting Factor from Pathogenic Escherichia Coli, Yun-Yuan Hsu
A Structural and Biochemical Analysis of the Drosophila Protein Period, Heather Anne King
Structural and Computational Studies of RNA Polymerase, William J. Lane
The Role of GDF-3 in Patterning the Early Embryo, Ariel Levine
Visualizing Dendritic Cells In Vivo, Randall L. Lindquist
Histone Modifications in Trypanosoma Brucei, Veena Mandava
Dendritic Cell Regulation of Peripheral Tolerance in Polyclonal T Cell Repertoires, Revati F. Masilamani
Dividing the Preplate: Characterization of Neuronal Subpopulations in the Early Murine Cerebral Cortex, Hilleary Botts Osheroff
Small Molecules as Probes for Cell Division and Intracellular Transport, Ulf Peters
Conditional Protein Alleles and Regulation of Bacterial Transcription: A Thesis in Two Acts, Edmund Ching Schwartz
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Leptin’s Metabolic Effects, Amandeep Singh
Crystal Structure and Mechanism of Lysine Specific Demethylase-1, Pete G. Stravropoulos
The Apollo Nuclease Binds To TRF2 and Protects, Megan van Overbeek
Dendritic Cells in Normal and Inflamed Human Skin, Lisa C. Zaba
Identification of Loss of Specific FMRP-RNA Interactions as a Cause of Fragile X Syndrome, Julie B. Zang
2007
A New Type of Programmed Cell Death in C. Elegans, Mary C. Abraham
Regulation of Histone Covalent Modifications During Yeast Apoptosis, Sung Hee Ahn-Upton
Kh Domains on Brain Polyribosomes: FMRP and Nova in Translational Regulation, Claire Elizabeth Fraser
The Role of Microglia in the Effects of Steroid Hormones on Brain Inflammation, Andres C. Gottfried-Blackmore
The Role of Pot1 in Telomere Protection and Maintenance, Dirk Hockemeyer
Comparative Studies of Processivity Clamp Loader ATP Site Function., Aaron M. Johnson
Insect Host Seeking: Investigations into the Molecular Mechanisms of Chemosensation, Walton D. Jones
The Role of Histone H2B Ubiquitylation and its Related Factors in Transcriptional Regulation in Mammalian Cells, Jaehoon Kim
A Search for the Counter-Immune Mechanisms of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Meghan Alida Kirksey
Energy Homeostasis During Fasting and Fed States: Foxa2 Regulates Hepatic Amino Acid Uptake, Vivian M. Lee
Haplotype-Based Association Studies: Approaches to Current Challenges, Mark A. Levenstien
Chronic Stress Effects on Prefrontal Cortical Structure and Function, Conor Liston
A Genetic-Proteomic Approach to Identify Cellular Components that Interact with HIV-1, Yang Luo
The Role of Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase in Antibody Diversification and B Cell Malignancies, Eleonora Market
The Multifunctional Capsid Gene of Hepatitis C Virus, Laura Katherine McMullan
A Map of Transcription Factor Expression in Neuronal Precursors of the Chicken and Mouse Embryonic Cerebellum, Daniver Morales
Genetic and Biochemical Analyses of the Flaviviridae Capsid Proteins, Catherine Lucy Murray
A Structural Basis for Host Cytoskeletal Disruption and Virulence by Yersinia Protein Kinase A, Gerd Prehna
Molecular Regulation of Hair Follicle Morphogenesis, Horace Rhee
From Naturally Occurring Tumor Immunity to Supernatural T Cells: Isolation and Characterization of a Murine T Cell Receptor Specific for Human Breast and Ovarian Tumor Antigen Cdr2, Bianca D. Santomasso
Autophagy Delivers Viral Antigens for MHC Class II Presentation and is Regulated by Viral Infection, Dorothee Schmid
Death by Frustration: How Defects in Cell Differentiation Trigger Apoptosis, Ann H. Tang
Targeted Disruption of Lynx2 Reveals Distinct Functions for Lynx Homologues in Learning and Behavior, Ayse Begum Tekinay
Dissecting the Entry Pathways of Hepatitis C and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Viruses, Donna M. Tscherne
Genetic and Molecular Characterization of Programmed Cell Death in the C.elegans Tail-Spike Cell, Carine Waase-Maurer
Characterization and Functional Analysis of Astrotactin 2 Reveals a Role for Endocytosis in Glial-guided Neuronal Migration, Perrin Megan Wilson
Role of Laminins in the Development of the Peripheral Nervous System, Wei-Ming Yu
2006
TMEM27: A Cleaved and Shed Plasma Membrane Protein That Stimulates Pancreatic Beta Cell Proliferation, Pinar Akpinar
Integration of Light and Temperature in the Regulation of Circadian Gene Expression in Drosophila, Catharine E. Boothroyd