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.
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
Structure of the Chicken Neuron-Glia Cell Adhesion Molecule, Ng-CAM: Origin of the Polypeptides and Relation to the Ig Superfamily, Mark P. Burgoon
Regulation of Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Development: Interactions Between Trophic Factors and Neurotransmitters, Susana Cohen-Cory
Integrin Modulating Factor 1 (IMF-1): A Lipid That Modulated Leukocyte Integrins, Anne Hermanowski-Vosatka
Structure and Function Analysis of a Plant Transcription Activator, Fumiaki Katagiri
1990
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the Yeast Gene Encoding Fibrillarin, a Major Nucleolar Protein, Paul F. Fehlner
Albumin Transcriptional Regulation, Roy Steven Herbst
Modulation of Signal Transduction in the Nervous System by Protein Phosphorylation, Jessica F. Hopfield
Signal Transduction and Transcriptional Regulation in the Response to Type I Interferon, Daniel Solomon Kessler
1989
Fast Sound Propagation in Binary Fluid Mixtures, Alessandro Campa
Identification, Characterization, and Developmental Analyses of A Growth Cone Specific Epitope and a Synaptic Vesicle Protein, Stephen Henri Devoto
Studies on the Activity of the Long Terminal Repeat of Rous Sarcoma Virus in Animal Cells and in Yeast, Anindya Dutta
DNA-Protein Interactions in f1 DNA Replication, David I. Greenstein
On the Repair of DNA Breaks and the Specificity of the EcoRI Restriction Enzyme, Joseph Heitman
Molecular Cloning of Avian Sarcoma Virus CT10 and Characterization of its Protein Product, Bruce J. Mayer
1988
Opiate Regulation of Lordosis: Neurochemical Evaluation of the Role of Opiate-Serotonergic Interactions, Donald LeRoy Allen
Radial Glia and the Migration of Young Neurons in the Adult Avian Brain, Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Superstrlngs in Four Dimensions, Robert Theodore Bluhm Jr.
The mRNA Cap and Discontinuous Transcription in Trypansoma brucei, Marion Struik Freistadt
1987
Host-Parasite Interrelations: Bacterial Adherence to and Invasion of Epithelial Cells, Debra Bessen
The Nuclear Pore Complex: Novel Glycoprotein Constituents, Laura Isabelle Davis
Novel intermediate filaments in the nuclear envelope: molecular cloning and analysis of lamins A and C, Daniel Zev Fisher
Modification of Low Density Lipoprotein and the Effects of Modified Low Density Lipoproteins on the Endocytic and Secretory Repertoire of the Macrophage, Ruth Rebecca Montgomery
1986
The Specific Carboxymethylation of the N-Terminal Amino Groups of Human Hemoglobin: Structural and Functional Implications, Wendy Jane Fantl
1985
Coordinated Control of Liver-Specific Genes in Cultured Cells From Mice and Rats, David Forrest Clayton
Cutaneous and Supraspinal Control of the Axial Muscles in the Rat: Implications for Behavior, Mark Steven Cohen
Maternal Behavior in the Rat: Neuroendocrine and Neuroanatomical Substrates, Susan Elizabeth Fahrbach
The Oncogene of Avian Sarcoma Virus UR2 and its Cellular Homologue: Structure, Sequence and Expression, Wendi S. Neckameyer
1984
The Nonenzymatic Modification of Proteins by Steroids and DNA by Reducing Sugars; In Vitro and In Vivo Studies, Richard J. Bucala
Distinct Examples of Immunologic Analysis in Molecular and Cellular Biology: Small Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins and the T Cell Receptor, David E. Fisher
1983
Tumor Cell Glutathione Metabolism Therapeutic Implications, Bradley Alan Arrick
Sequence and Functional Structures of the Extrachromosomal rDNA Minichromosome of Physrum Polycephalum, Gerald Ray Campbell
Liver Cell Adhesion Molecules in Embryonic Development, Warren J. Gallin
Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of the Bryan Strain of Rous Sarcoma Virus, Teena Louise Lerner
Comparative Biochemistry of Drug-Binding Proteins in Calmodulin/S100 Family, Daniel Robert Marshak
Regulation of Expression of a Retroviral Transforming Gene and Its Cellular Homolog, Bernard Mathey-Prevot
Structure-Function Relationships of Elements of the Bacteriophage f1 Genome, Phyllis Barbara Moses
A Transmembrane Precursor of Secretory Component, Keith Elliot Mostov
1982
Neuromuscular Junctions in Androgen Sensitive Muscles: A Model for Synaptic Plasticity, William V. Bleisch
Infinite Sets of Conserved Charges and Duality in Quantum Field Theory, Michael Patrick Grady
Purification and Activity of the PP60SRC Protein Kinase, Michael E. Greenberg
Strategies for Oncogenesis by Avian Leukosis Viruses, Benjamin G. Neel
1981
Composition and Dynamics of the Plasma Membrane of Entamoeba Histolytica, Stephen Blaine Aley
Transcriptional and Translational Products of Avian Erythroblastosis and Avian Myeloblastosis Viruses, Steven Mathias Anderson
Promoters and Heterogeneous 5' Termini of the Messenger RNAs of Adenovirus 2, Carl Chester Baker
Characterization of Phagosome-Lysosome Fusion in Macrophages, Margaret Carol Kielian
Biogenesis of Membrane-Bound and Secreted Immunoglobulins, Joseph M. McCune
The Membrane Polypeptides of the Vacuolar System: Composition and Recycling, William A. Muller
1980
Studies on the Structure of Human Fibronectin, Martha B. Furie
Rat Lymphocyte Surface Glycoproteins Mediating Mitogenesis by Periodate or Neuraminidase Plus Galactose Oxidase, Richard Neal Mitchell
1979
Analysis and Synthesis of the Dynamic Response of Retinal Neurons, Scott E. Brodie
Probing Mitotic Chromosome Structure and Arrangement Using Micromanipulation, Bruce R. Korf
Early Events in the Biosynthesis and Subcellular Consignment of Secretory and Membrane Proteins, Vishwanath R. Lingappa
Sensory and Hypothalamic Control of Lordosis Behavior in Female Rodents, Kirk Randall Manogue
Studies on Chloroplast Protein Synthesis In Vivo and In Vitro, Karl Stanley Matlin
1978
Skylight Polarization Patterns as Cues for Honey Bee Orientation; Physical Measurements and Behavioral Experiments, Michael Leo Brines
The Classical Limit of QuantumTheory, John Thomas Bruer
Structural Analyses of Murine Histocompatibility Antigens, Robert Julian Milner
Studies on Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis: The Synthesis of Glucagon, Svetlana Mojsov
1977
Second Order Logic and Logical Form, Daniel Frederick Bayer
Studies on the Complement Receptor of a Human Lymphoblastoid Cell Line, Gary John Hoffman
Hemoglobin Alc: Structure, Biosynthesis and Clinical Significance In Diabetes Mellitus, Ronald J. Koenig
1976
The Ontogeny of Antigen-Binding Cells, Peter Gabriel D'Eustachio
Studies of Plant Viroid RNA and Other RNA Species of Unusual Function, Elizabeth Dickson