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.
2024
Molecular Mechanisms of Sensing and Synergy by Anti-Bacteriophage Immune Systems in Staphylococcus, Dalton Van Banh
Breaking Down Microtubule Formation: Characterizing the Biochemical and Cellular Functions of the γ-Tubulin Ring Complex, Adi Y. Berman
On the Second Telomere Maintenance Machine: Structure, Recruitment, and Regulation of the CST–Polα/primase C-strand Fill-in Complex, Sarah Wang Cai
Revealing SMC5/6's Dynamic Behavior on Diverse DNA Topologies Through Single-Molecule Methods, Jeremy Tzu-Huai Chang
New Insights into the Evolution of Learned Vocalization from the Australian Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia castanotis, Matthew Henry Davenport
Cellular and Circuit Consequences of a Genetic Locus for Attention, Zachary Gershon
Using Small Molecule Tools to Study ATPase Mechanoenzymes, Natalie Jones
A Platform for Analyzing Force Sensitivity and Multivalency in Actin Networks, Joseph Theo Levin
Single-Molecule Studies of CFTR Gating and Pharmacology, Jesper Bøegh Levring
Connecting Female Mating Decisions and Male Courtship Strategies in Drosophila, Rufei Li
RNA Therapeutics for Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Christoph Neumayer
Human Inborn Errors of Immunity: Tuberculosis, Autoimmunity, and Beyond, Masato Ogishi
Investigating the Supracellular Processes Underlying Emergent Material Phase Properties During Embryonic Skin Morphogenesis, Karl H. Palmquist
Elucidating the Role of Phospholipid Scramblase 1 in Antiviral Innate Immunity, Gabrielle Paniccia
Structural Mechanisms of F-actin Mechanochemical Regulation and Flexible Network Assembly, Matthew J. Reynolds
Discovery and Optimization of a Family of Naturally Encoded Antibiotic Compounds that Evade Antibiotic, Adam Rosenzweig
Strain Variation as a Window Into the Neural Logic of Drosophila Mate Choice, Anna Ryba
Recall Germinal Center and Antibody Responses, Ariën Schiepers
Use of Genetically Encoded Tools to Interrogate Mechanisms of Glutathione Homeostasis from Mitochondria to Mice, Rebecca Timson
Influence of Mouse Motor Cortex on Vocal Musculature, César D. M. Vargas
2023
A Gain-of-Function Role of Apolipoprotein E2 in Melanoma Progression, Nneoma Adaku
The Search for Regulatory Mutations in Gitelman Syndrome, Renan Eduardo Aparicio
Replaying Life's Tape With Intraclonal Germinal Center Evolution, Tatsuya Araki
Investigating the Effect of Antibody-Mediated Feedback on Ongoing Germinal Center Responses, Alexandru Barbulescu
Structual Visualization of Cytoskeletal Force Tranduction, Ayala Carl
Development of Improved Genetic Methods for Enterococcus Faecium, Victor Chen
Cells that Kill: The Chemose nsory Cell Types of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes, Olivia Victoria Goldman
Interrogation and Manipulation of the IGG FC Glycan, Aaron Keshav Gupta
Transgenic Tools in Ants and the Representation of Alarm Pheromones in the Ant Antennial Lobe, Taylor Eco Hart
Recombination and Excision: DNA Repair Proteins in Prokaryotic Host-Virus Conflicts, Amer Azim Hossain
Cortical Control of Naturalistic Facial Expression Production in Primates, Geena Rose Ianni
Neural Control of Sickness Behavior, Anoj Ilanges
Antibody-Effector Functions in Antiviral Response, Kevin Shuolong Kao
Vulnerability to G - Quadruplexes in BRCA2 - Null Medulloblastoma: A Protective Role for the PIF1 Helicase, Danielle L. Keahi
Using Chemical Probes to Examine Cellular Activities, Megan Elizabeth Kelley
Rarely Acquired Type II-A CRISPR-Cas Spacers Mediate Anti-Viral Immunity Through the Targeting of a Non-Canonical PAM Sequence, Claire T. Kenney
Sex Differences and the Evolution of Gene Expression, Samuel Khodursky
Neotelomere Formation by Telomerase in Human Cells, Charles Gunnar Kinzig
Proteomic Analysis of WNT Signaling and Metabolism of Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma, James Knox
Multiplexed Mapping of the Interactome of G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins, Ilana Beth Kotliar
Structures, Functions, and Druggability of the SARS-CoV-2 Replication–Transcription Complex, Brandon F. Malone
On the High-Dimensional Geometry of Neuronal Population Dynamics, Jason M. Manley
Transcriptomic Signatures of Projection Class Neurons for Vocal Control, Stephanie Joy Marcus
Bioorthogonal Tethering of Drug Fragments to Engineered G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Jordan M. Mattheisen
Mechanical Manipulation of Eukaryotic Chromatin by DNA-Binding Proteins, Tuan Nguyen
Structural and Functional Analysis of Substrate Recognition and Inhibition of the Multidrug Transporters MRP1 and MRP2, Harlan Linver Pietz
Converting an Allocentric Goal Direction into an Egocentric Steering Signal in Drosophila, Peter Mussells Pires
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
Anterior Cingulate Function Across Multiple-Time Scales Shapes Learning and Memory, Josue Manuel Regalado
Inter-Organellar Nucleic Acid Communication by a Mitochondrial tRNA Regulates Nuclear Transcription, Christopher Rouya
Life on the Edge: Insights into the Neural and Behavioral Algorithms of Plume Tracking, Andrew Siliciano
Dissecting the Roles of Cancer Cell Lipid Metabolism in Tumor Progression and Immune Evasion, Mariluz Soula
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
Neural Population Dynamics Underlying Encoding of Time in the Cortico-Striatal Circuit, Francisca Martínez Traub
The Nanomechanics of Protocadherin 15, A Protein Essential for Human Hearing, Camila M. Villasante
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
Pioneer Factors Compete for Epigenetic Factors in Switching Stem Cell Fates, Yihao Yang
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
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