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.
2006
Telomere Structure and Shortening in Telomerase-Deficient Trypanosoma brucei: Implications for Anitgenic Variation, Oliver Dreesen
The Role of Drosophila Odorant Receptors in Odor Coding, Elane Fishilevich
NKAINs: A Novel Family of Membrane Proteins that Interact with the Na, K-ATPase and Affect Membrane Excitability, Svetlana Gorokhova
Role of Laminin gamma 1 in Cortical Development, Veronique Haegeli
Self-Renewal Requirements of Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Engraftment Potential in Mouse Blastocysts, Daylon Jefferson James
Dendritic Cells Mediate the Dual Effects of IFN alpha/beta in HCV Immunity, Randy Longman
Microarray Analysis Identifies Novel Cholesterol Regulated Genes, Including Pcsk9 Which Regulates LDL Receptor Function and LDL Cholesterol Levels, Kara Noelle Maxwell
Glyoxylate Metabolism in Mycobacterium smegmatis, Lubomir Nikolaev Merkov
Exploring the Biophysical Properties of Domains Within Multi-Domain Proteins, Vasant Muralidharan
Immunologic Memory to Polysaccharide Antigens, Tetyana V. Obukhanych
The Roles of daf-6 and Cell-Cell Interactions in Sensory Organ Morphogenesis, Elliot A. Perens
Studies on the Histone Methyltransferase G9a, Srihari Cidambi Sampath
Control of Chromosome Segregation by the Aurora B Complex, Srinath Cidambi Sampath
A Molecular Dissection of the Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus, Jeremy P. Segal
The Dual Role of OCA-B in B Cell Development and Signaling, Rachael Siegel
Structural Analysis of an RNA Polymerase Sigma Factor and Its Anti-sigma: sigma28/FLGM, Margareta K. Sörenson
2005
Exploring the Early Events in the HIV-1 Life Cycle: From Post-Entry Restriction to Nuclear Import, Tshaka J. Cunningham
Genetic and Biochemical Studies on Protein Phosphorylation in the Circadian Clock of Drosophila Melanogaster, Saul Kivimae
The Role of the Glyoxylate Cycle in the Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ernesto Javier Munoz-Elias
Myosin-Like Proteins in S. cerevisiae: Multifunctional, Structural Components of the Nuclear Envelope, Mario Niepel
The Structural and Functional Analysis of a Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channel, Vanessa Ruta
Comparative Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Homo sapiens, Mus musculus and Rattus norvegicus Transcriptomes, Bahar Taneri
2004
Site and Mechanism of Leptin's Antisteatotic and Insulin Sensitizing Actions in Lipodystrophic Liver, Esra Asilmaz
Using Microscopy to Examine Mechanisms of Cell Division, Lily Copenagle
Attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium Can Be Used to Transduce Human Dendritic Cells Towards Vaccination Against HIV-1, Deborah Gurner
Differential Screening in Immunodeficient Mice Reveals Bacterial Enzymes With Unexpected Roles in Host-Pathogen Interactions, Katherine B. Hisert
Roles for the E3 Ligase Itch in Immune Response Modulation, Sukhvinder Kaur Sahota
Molecular Basis of Vertebrate Embryonic Migration, Paris A. Skourides
A Novel Subfamily of Three StAR-Related Lipid Transfer Proteins That Are Differentially-Regulated and Function in Intracellular Cholesterol Metabolism, Raymond E. Soccio
Resonant Detection of Nano to Microscopic Objects Using Whispering Gallery Modes, Frank Vollmer
Functional analyses of hTel2 and TRF2 deltaB: Insights Into the Role of a New DNA Damage Pathway and Homologous Recombination in Mammalian Telomere Function, Richard Chih-Chien Wang
2003
Measurement of the Diffractive Structure Function of the Antiproton in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at √ s = 1800 and 630 GeV, Kenichi Hatakeyama
Isolation and Characterization of Estrogen Receptor- Interacting Proteins, Yun Kyoung Kang
RCK Domain Model of Calcium Activation in BK Channels, Alexander R. Pico
Subcellular Localization and Activity of the Multidrug Resistance Protein 1, Asha Rajagopal
Identification and Characterization of the DNA Damage Response Function of Human Rif1 and a Search For Human Rap1 Interacting Factors, Joshua Silverman
Protein Semi-Synthesis in Vivo, Izabela Giriat Stankiewicz
Functional Roles of Nova in RNA Metabolism, Giovanni Stefani
2002
Transcription, Editing, and Switching of Antibody Genes, Rafael Casellas
Biogenesis and Traffic of the Potassium Channel, Natalie de Souza
Nova Regulation of Alternative Splicing in the CNS, B Kate Dredge
Site-Specific Incorporation of Biochemical and Biophysical Probes into Proteins Using Expressed Protein Ligation, Mande Holford
Targeting Receptor-Histidine Kinase Signaling in Staphylococcus Aureus, Gholson J. Lyon
Stress and Hippocampal Plasticity, Kara Pham
Mapping Genes for Complex Traits: Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Dyslipidemia on the Pacific Island of Kosrae, Dvora Shmulewitz
ZIPRO1: Fine Tuning Proliferation in Discrete Cell Populations, Christopher Wynder
Structural Studies of DNA Replication Proteins by X-Ray Crystallography and Molecular Dynamics, Yanxiang Zhao
2001
Emerging Auditory Selectivity in the Caudomedial Neostriatum of the Zebra Finch Songbird, Caroline Wan-Yin Ang
Mechanisms of TRAFSignaling, Joseph R. Arron
Impact of Thymectomy on the Peripheral T Cell Pool in the Context of SIV Infection, Sarah Tuttleton Arron
Molecular Anatomy of a Living Nerve Terminal: Actin and Synapsin in the Synaptic Vesicle Cycle, Ona E. Bloom
Genetic Studies on the Circadian Clock in the Model Organism Drosophila Melanogaster, Sebastian Martinek
Antigenic Variation and Telomere Structure in Trypanosoma brucei, Jorge Luis Munoz Jordan
Interactions between Nova and brPTB Proteins in Alternative Splicing and Nuclear Localization, Alexandros Demetrios Polydorides
Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Islet-and Liver-Enriched Transcription Factors in Metabolism and Development, David Quan Shih
Functional Analysis of the Human Telomeric Protein TRF2, Agata Smogorzewska
2000
Dynamics of DNA Breathing and Folding for Molecular Recognition and Computation, Gregoire Bonnet
Structure-Function Studies on Human Epithelial Cystic Fibrosis Chloride Channels Expressed in Xenopus Laevis Oocytes, Laszlo Csanady
An Alternative View of the Templates and Functions of RNA Polymerase II, Julija Filipovska
A Niche for Adult Neurogenesis: Analysis of BMP Signaling and Transcriptional Profiles of Adult Subventricular Zone Cells, Daniel A. Lim
Information Encoding by Individual Neurons and Groups of Neurons in the Primary Visual Cortex, Daniel Salo Reich
The Brain Invaders: Widespread Neuronal Dispersion in Developing and Adult Mammalian Brain, Hynek Wichterle
1999
Characterization of DNA Binding Activities at Vertebrate Telomeres, Alessandro Bianchi
A Brain for Language and the Language of the Brain, Guillermo A. Cecchi
Mechanism of Nuclear Protein Import and Export an In Vitro Approach, Monique Floer
1998
Inactivation of the JAK-STAT Pathway, Richard Lawrence Haspel
Identification and Characterization of Mlp1p and Mlp2p : Molecular Components of Filaments Localized at the Interface between the Nuclear Pore Complex and Nuclear Interior, Caterina Strambio-De-Castillia
1997
Characterization of the Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration Antigen Cdr2, John Peter Corradi
Experimental Models of Mycobacterial Replication and Killing in Macrophages, Pairote Laochumroonvorapong
Protein/Peptide Recognition Modules in Cellular Signaling and HIV Pathogenesis, Chi-Hon Lee
1996
The Paraneoplastic Antigen Nova-1 is a Neuron Specific and Sequence Specific RNA Binding Protein, Ronald J. Buckanovich
MacMARCKS and the Protein Kinase C Signal Transduction Pathway: Role in Neural Secretion and Neural Development, Sandy Chang
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Rodent Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Wendy Chung
Protein Characterization by Mass Spectrometry, Steven Louis Cohen
The CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator) Channel: Anion Permeation, and Regulation by Adenylyl Cyclase and ATP Hydrolysis, Athanasios G. Dousmanis
Direct Photon Differential Cross Section in p'p Collisions at the Square Root of s = 1.8 TeV, Arthur G. Maghakian
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Cyclic GMP Signaling in Higher Plants, Robert B. McGrath
1995
Preinitiation Complex Assembly and General Transcription Factor IIA, Richard Alan Bernstein
DNA Recognition by Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins, Adrian Ferre-D'Amare
Towards a Molecular Genetic Analysis of Spermatogenesis in Drosophila, Pierre Gonczy
A Role for RAS in V-CRK Transformation, Heidi Greulich
1994
Functional Dynamics of Primate Retinal Ganglion Cells, Ethan A. Benardete
Odd-paired: a zinc finger pair-rule protein required for the timely activation of engrailed and wingless in Drosophila embryos, Mark Benedyk
Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Induced Clonal Anergy in αβ T Cell Receptor Transgenic Mice, Joel Nee-Lartey Blankson
B Cell Activation: The Regulation by T Cells and the Induction of the Protein Tyrosine Kinase SYK, Mark S. Forman
A Molecular Characterization of Human General Transcription Factor IID, Alexander Hoffmann
Eukaryotic Transcriptional Activation Mechanism: Protein-Protein Interactions, Tae Kook Kim
Nerd: A Neuron-Specific Gene in Drosophila Melanogaster Related to Vertebrate GAP-43, Victor Neel
1993
Cellular Trafficking and Processing Pathways of the Alzheimer (β)/A4 Amyloid Precursor Protein, Gregg L. Caporaso
Analysis of Immediate-Early Gene Expression in the Songbird Brain Following Song Presentation, Claudio Vianna de Mello
Analysis of Novel Genes Whose mRNAs Are Enriched in the HVC-Associated Telencephalon of Songbirds, Julia Melinda George
Mode of Action of Penicillin in Pneumococci: From Inhibition of Cellular Targets to Bacterial Death, Philippe Moreillon
1992
Molecular Approaches to the Genetics of Obesity: Mapping and Characterization of the Murine Diabetes (db) Gene, Nathan Bahary
A Genetic and Molecular Analysis of the Control of the Start of the Cell Cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Charles B. Epstein
Androgen Regulation of Gene Expression Associated with Cell Growth and Neural Plasticity: Studies in Songbird Brain and the S115 Cell Line, Kent L. Nastiuk
1991
A Mutational Analysis of the Period Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster, Mary K. Baylies