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.
2023
Dissecting Host-Viral Interactons Through Focused or Unbiased High-Throughput Genetic Approaches, Daniel Poston
A Chemical-Genetic Map of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Nicholas Poulton
Deep Molecular Characterization of Human Cortical Cell-Types, Christina Pressl
Inter-Organellar Nucleic Acid Communication by a Mitochondrial tRNA Regulates Nuclear Transcription, Christopher Rouya
New Insights into the Roles of FAN1 Nuclease in Genome Maintenance and Disease, Christian S. Saffran
Life on the Edge: Insights into the Neural and Behavioral Algorithms of Plume Tracking, Andrew Siliciano
The Internal Orchestration of a Courtship Ritual in Drosophila, Tom Anton Hindmarsh Sten
Anteromedial Thalamus Gates the Selection & Stabilization of Long-Term Memories, Andrew Toader
Life on a Ball: Multi-Week Tethered Behavior in Drosophila, Jazz Weisman
Enrichment and Transcriptome Analysis of CD4+ T Cell Clones Harboring Intact HIV-1 Proviruses, Georg Hartmut Johannes Weymar
On the Origins of Genetic Novelty in Drosophila, Eric Bo Zheng
2022
Human Antibody Response to Flaviviruses and SARS-Coronavirus-2, Marianna Elizabeth Agudelo
The Effect of Early Dietary Intervention on Alzheimer's Disease-Related Pathology and Cognitive Function in Mice, Anna Amelianchik
The Genetic and Neural Basis of Sexual Dimorphism in Mosquito Behavior, Nipun Basrur
B Cell Receptor Signalng in Germinal Centers, Spencer T. Chen
Uncovering Regulators of Whole-Body Metabolism by Chemoproteomic Profiling of the Adipocyte Secretome, Chan Hee J. Choi
Novel Optical Tools to Investigate Presenilin Control of Neurotransmission, Ryan J. Farrell
Songbird Brain Organization and its Molecular Convergence with Humans for Vocal Imitation Learning, Gregory Gedman
Non-Canonical Odor Coding Ensures Robust Mosquito Attraction to Humans, Margaret Herre
Biased Constitutive Activity in the Uveal Melanoma Oncogene CYSLTR2 is Unique in CYSLTR2 Germline and Pan-Cancer Human Variome, Mizuho Horioka-Duplix
Integration Sites in the Persistence of Latent HIV-1, Amy S. Huang
New Roles for the Integrated Stress Response in Cancer and Proteostasis, Brian Hurwitz
DNA Methylation and DNA Methyltransferases in the Clonal Raider Ant, Ooceraea biroi, Ivasyk Iryna
Sign-Inverting Vectors Underlie a Coordinate Transformation in the Drosophila Central Brain, Itzel Gonzalez Ishida
Structure and Mechanism of PCAT1, a Polypeptide Processing and Secretion Transporter, Virapat Kieuvongngam
Nonlinear Representation of Auditory Stimuli Across the Auditory Cortex, Frank Tejera Leon
Intestinal CD4+T Cell Responses to Food, Ainsley Lockhart
Building an Allocentric Traveling-Direction Signal Via Vector Computation, Cheng Lyu
Restriction-Modification and CRISPR-Cas Systems: Cooperation Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Prokaryotes, Pascal Maguin
Peptidergic Signaling Controls the Dynamics of Sickness Behavior in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Javier Marquina-Solis
Multi-Modal Regualtion of Actin Networks, Lin Mei
Structural Studies of the Nucleolar Stages of Ribosome Biogenesis in Yeast, Linamarie Miller
53BP1/Shieldin Counteract DSB Resection Through Fill-In Synthesis, Zachary Kenneth Mirman
Tumor Suppression by a TRNA Synthetase, Maria Passarelli
A Developmental Pathway for Epithelial-to-Motoneuron Transformation in C. Elegans, Alina Rashid
Modulation of Prefrontal Cortex activity and sociability by local interneurons expressing corticotropi-releasing hormone, Michael Riad
Sensory and Neuromodulatory Entrainment of Foraging States in C. Elegans, Elias Scheer
Characterization of a Novel Sensing Mechanism Governing Antigenic Variation in P. Falciparum, Victoria M. Schneider
Transcriptomic and Proteomic Studies of Intercellular Communication Between Melanocytes and Keratinocytes in Human Skin, Gabriella Stephanne Spitz-Becker
Reproductive Resilience of Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes, Krithika Venkataraman
Endogenous Neurosteroid Hormone Production and Early Oligodendricyte Development, Paige Winokur
Ultra-Fast and Multi-Dimensional Face Processing in a New Face Area, Zetian Yang
Mechanistic Understanding of the Role of TRF1 in Telomere Replication, Zhe Yang
Ras Drives Malignancy Through Stem Cell Crosstalk with the Microenvironment, Shaopeng Yuan
2021
Metabolic Coordination of Stem Cell Fate Controls Tumor Initiation and Tissue Repair, Sanjeethan C. Baksh
Restriction of Food Intake by Dorsomedial Hypothalamus, Caner Caglar
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Causing Beta-Amyloid Variants Have Altered Effects on the Clotting System, Steven Cajamarca
Mechanisms for the Evolution of Superorganismality in Ants, Vikram Chandra
Non-Canonical Axonal Insulin Receptor Signaling Drives Aversive Olfactory Learning, Du Cheng
Unraveling the Interaction Between Beige Adipocytes and the Sympathetic Nervous System, Jingyi Chi
Linker Histone Medicated Regulation of Mitotic Chromosome Compaction and Individualization, Pavan Choppakatla
Biochemical Studies of Peptidoglycan Hydrolases from Commensal and Pathogenic Bacteria, Juliel Espinosa
Finding Common Ground: The Common Marmoset as a Model to Accessing and Providing Insight into the Social Brain, Margaret Fabiszak
Tension Propagation Along Tip-Link Cadherins: Regulation and Implications for the Auditory System, Daniel M. Firester
Deciphering Cancer Metabolic Dependencies in the Tumor Microenvironment, Xiphias Ge Zhu
The Role of DNA Methylation in Defining the Vocal Learning Transcriptome of the Zebra Finch, Caitlin Sun Gilbert
The Role of Nutrient Availability in Therapeutic Response of Leukemia, Rohiverth Guarecuco Jr.
Not Black and White: BMP Signaling Drives Melanocyte Differentiation Downstream of Stem Cell Activation, Nicole Rai Infarinato
The Taste of Blood, Veronica Jove
Single-Molecule Investigation of Chromatin-Associated Factors in Genome Organization and Epigenetic Maintenance, Rachel Leicher
Pathogenic Characterization and Therapeutic Development for Fiblrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Solomon N. Levin
A Role for ACSBG1 in Obesity-Accelerated Breast, Olivia Maguire
Interactions Between Microbial, Neuronal, and Immune Cells in the Digestive System, Fanny Matheis
Genome-Wide Human-Specific RNA Regulatory Elements in the Brain, Elisabeth A. Murphy
Characterizing Inflammatory Mechanisms in Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Kristina Navrazhina
NOGGIN Transport in a Model Human Epiblast, Tiên Phan-Everson
Accessory Nucleases Provide Robust Antiparasite Immunity for Type III CRISPR-Cas Systems, Jakob Træland Rostøl
A Proteomic Approach to Elucidating the Function of Picornavirus 2A Protease, Artem Serganov
A Translational Approach to Modeling Unique Aspects of Germ Cell Development During Self-Organization of the Primate Embryo, Rohan R. Soman
Developmental Dynamics of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine and its Role in the Terminal Differentiation of Neurons, Elitsa Stoyanova
A-to-I RNA Editing in Human Cells, Tony Sun
Chemical Tools for Exploring Metabolite Interactions with Nuclear Receptors and Beyond, Taku Tsukidate
The Identification of a Leptin Dependent Neural Pathway Regulating Adipose Tissue Innervation, Putianqi Wang
The Role of Compartmentalized Metabolism in Cellular Metal Homeostasis, Ross A. Weber
Transcriptional Regulation of the Metabolic Response to Therapy in Leukemia, Robert Thomas Williams
2020
The Role of Adipocytes in the Tumor Microenvironment in Obesity-Driven Breast Cancer Progression, Sarah Ackerman
Blood-Derived Plasminogen Modulates the Neuroimmune Response in Both Alzheimer's Disease and Systemic Infection Models, Sarah K. Baker
Characterizing the RNA Editing Specificityof ADAR Isoforms and Deaminase Domains In Vitro, Mariel Therese Bartley
Visualizing Protease Activation, Retrochmp3 Activity, and VPR Recruitment During HIV-1 Assembly, Kate Bredbenner
Hybridization in Ants, Ian Butler
Time-Restricted Feeding Extends Longevity in Drosophila Melanogaster, Daniel Cabrera
Structural and Functional Studies of the Unconventional Proteobacterial Transcription Activator Crl in Complex with the Transcription Machinery, Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena
Cryo-EM Studies of Bacterial RNA Polymerase, James Chen
DDI1/2 and RTF2-Dependent Regulation of RNASE H2 at the Replisome Ensures Genome Stability, Brooke A. Conti
Diverse Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists: Relationships Between Signaling and Behavior, Amelia Dunn
Monogenic Defects of the Type I Interferons Signaling Pathway in Humans: Molecular and Clinical Implications, Nicholas Hernandez
Small-Molecule Activation of Yap for Inner-Ear Regeneration – and Beyond, Nathaniel Kastan
Molecular Mechanisms and Antigen Receptor Requirements for Lymphocyte Adaptation to Intestinal Tissues, Mariya B. London
Identification of Previously Unknown Interactions Between G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins, Emily Margaretha Lorenzen
Sympathy for the Microbiota: How Changes in Gut Microbial Composition Influence the Immune System and Basic Physiology by Way of the Sympathetic Nervous System, Paul Andrew Muller
Mechanisms of Evasion: Anti-Tumor Immune Suppression & TRNA-Dependent Growth in Cancer Metastasis, Lisa Brooke Noble
Cas9-Primed Adaptive Immunity During the CRISPR-Cas Response, Philip M. Nussenzweig
A Network Approach to Understanding miRNA Regulation in Adipose Tissue, Sean O'Connor
Germline Genetic Determination of Cancer Outcome, Benjamin N. Ostendorf
Dissection of Neurons and Circuits Involved in Regulating Innate Behaviors, Movement and Higher Cognitive Functions in Mice, Luca Parolari
Analyzing Resistance to Design Chemical Inhibitors of AAA Proteins, Rudolf Pisa
Chemical Biology of Dynein, Cristina C. Santarossa
A Role for Mindbomb 1 in Adenovirus Genome Delivery, Stephanie Sarbanes