Recent Graduates of the Biophysics and Structural Biology Program

Construction of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteomic library and the identification and characterization of a novel 2’-O-methyltranseferase that acts on position 4 of tRNA in yeast.

Marina Roginskaya, Ph.D.  -  2006
Advisor: William Bernhard

Oxidative Damage to DNA by Ionizing Radiation: Radioprotection.

Christopher Strohsahl, Ph.D  -  2006
Advisor: Benjamin Miller

The Role of Secondary Structure in DNA Recognition as Applied to Pathogen Detection.

Franz Gruswitz, Ph.D.  -  2006
Advisor: Barry Goldstein/Joseph Wedekind

Folding Studies of Outer Surface Protein A Fragments from Borrelliaburgdorferi: a Model Beta Sheet and Structural Investigation of the Catalytic Domain of Human Type II Inosine 5'-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase.

Andjelka Celic, Ph.D  -  2005
Advisor: Mark Dumont

Identification and Functional Analysis of Residues Involved in Activation of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae G Protein Coupled Receptor Ste2p.

Shubhadeep Purkayastha, Ph.D.  -  2005
Advisor: William Bernhard

Physico-Chemical Mechanisms of Direct Effect Damage in DNA Exposed to Ionizing Radiation.

Prithwish Pal, Ph.D  -  2004
Advisor: Philip Knauf

Illuminating Conformational Changes in Human Erythrocyte Anion Exchanger 1 (hAE1) by Fluorescence Energy Transfer Methods.

Joel Wojciechowski, Ph.D.  -  2004
Advisor: Ingrid Sarelius

Leukocyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions Following Firm Adhesion During the Inflammatory Response In Situ.

Soumya Mitra, Ph.D  -  2004
Advisor: Thomas Foster

Photodynamic Therapy: Biophysical Mechanisms and Molecular Responses.

Shude Yan, Ph.D.  -  2004
Advisor: Shohei Koide

Mapping the Rugged Folding Energy Landscape of a ?-Sheet Protein.

Ali Ozgenc, Ph.D  -  2004
Advisor: Christopher Lawrence 

DNA Damage Tolerance in Escherichia coli by RecA-independent Recombination.

Scott Horner, Ph.D.  -  2003
Advisor: Benjamin Miller

The Design and Synthesis of Novel Receptors for Use in Bacterial Pathogen Detection.

Christopher Spillmann, Ph.D.  -  2003
Advisor: Richard Waugh

The Role of Force and Cell Rheology in Neutrophil Adhesion Mediated by B2-Integrin.

 

Andrei Alexandrov, Ph.D  -  2003
Advisor: Eric Phizicky

Two Proteins that Form a Complex are Required for 7-Methylguanosine Modificiation of Yeast tRNA.

 

Dipesh Risal, Ph.D  -  2002
Advisor: Barry Goldstein

Ligand Binding in Human Inosine 5'-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Type I and Type II: Crystallographic and Kinetic Studies.

 

Andreia Ionescu, Ph.D  -  2002
Advisor: Edward Puzas/Regis O'Keefe

A Role for Transcription Factors CREB and ATF-2 in Modulation of Chondrocyte Differentation.

 

Cathleen Cox, Ph.D  -  2002
Advisor: Ravi Basavappa

Structural Studies of the N-Terminal region of Cyclin B and Pds1, and Calcium Coordination and Backbone Dynamics of the Metastasis Associated Protein, Mts1.

 

Roman Eliseev, Ph.D  -  2002
Advisor: Thomas Gunter

On the Mechanisms of Cytochrome C Release from Mitochondria in Apoptosis.

 

Vincent Batori, Ph.D  -  2002
Advisor: Shohei Koide

Engineering of a Fibronectin Type III Domain as an Improved Scaffold for Novel Binding Proteins.

 

Yaqiong Lin, Ph.D  -  2002
Advisor: Ravi Basavappa

Structural and Functional Analysis of Mitotic E2 from Human UbcH10.

 

 

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