Past Students
| Name Sort ascending | Dissertation | Started | PhD earned | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn N. Marsden | The Naked Truth: The Nkd EF-Hand Domain Modulates Divergent Wnt Signaling Outputs in Zebrafish | |||
| Melissa Marchal | Paradoxical metastasis suppressor functions of Abl family kinases in a model of androgen receptor-indifferent advanced prostate cancer | |||
| Tara K. Maga | "Unraveling the complex genetics of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome" | Genetics Counselor, Dept. of Medicine, Hermatology/Oncology, Univ of Illinois-Chicago | ||
| Man Chun John Ma | “Integrating Genetical Genomics and Systems Biology to Determine Genetic Determinants of Metabolic Syndrome in Lyon Hypertensive Rats”. | |||
| Wei Li | The role of activator protein 2 transcription factors in Zebrafish neural crest development | Research Fellow, Vanderbilt Univ | ||
| Elizabeth Leslie | "Advances in Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Cleft Lip and Palate Disorders" | Assistant Professor, Oral Biology, Univ of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine | ||
| Patrick Lansdon | Bidirectional communication between the brain and gut microbiota in Shudderer, a Drosophila Nav channel mutant | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas | ||
| Lisa A. Lansdon | The role of structural variation in cleft lip and palate | Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City | ||
| William Lanier | The Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes | |||
| Athena Kvamme | ||||
| Tanner S. Koomar | Genetic Signatures of Neurodevelopment and Language | |||
| Zachary W. Kockler | A unified alternative telomere lengthening pathway in yeast survivor cells | IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanisms of Genome Dynamics Group, Genome Integrity & Structural Biology , National Institute of Environmental Health Services | ||
| Ryan Kavlie | Touch insensitive larva B, A Gene Necessary for Hearing and Male Fertility in Drosophila melanogaster Encodes a Conserved Ciliary Protein | Research Associate, Ear Institute, Univ College London | ||
| Garrett A. Kaas | “Genetic analysis of Shudderer, the lithium-responsive neurological mutant of Drosophila melanogaster” | Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurobiology, Univ of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) | ||
| Matthew Jorgenson | "Breaking down walls: studies of RlpA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa" | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama for Medical Sciences | ||
| Alissa M. Hulstrand | Characterization of a novel maternal Cdc42 effector protein in Xenopus laevis development | Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Development, Northland College | ||
| Amber Hohl | “Understanding the role of topoisomerase 2 in chromosome associations” | Lab Superintendent, Dept. of Engineering, Iowa Fertilizer | ||
| Kwo Wei Ho | “The Genetic Basis Of Seasonal Affective Disorder” | Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Univ of Florida Medical Center | ||
| Danielle Herrig | "Evaluating gene flow, gene expression divergence and hybrid expression in Drosophila sister species" | Postdoctoral Researcher , Univ of Kentucky, Department of Biology, Linnen Lab (Adaptation & Speciation Genomics) | ||
| Karrie A. Heins | Mechanisms of Gene Silencing By Hetrochromatin Protein 1 | Genetics Counselor, Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Indiana University Hospital | ||
| Adam J. Hefel | RPA complexes and tool development for the study of DSB repair in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline | |||
| Bing He | Systematic Analysis of Enhancer and Promoter Interactions | Postdoc, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | ||
| Ralph Hazlewood | “Molecular genetics of optic nerve disease using patients with cavitaryoptic disc anomaly” | Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Rachael Kuchtey Lab | ||
| Jill Hauer | Novel Insights into the Genetic and Immunologic Drivers of C3 Glomerulopathy | |||
| Sara J. Hanson | “The molecular evolution of reproduction in animals: Insights from sexual and asexual rotifers” | Postdoctoral Fellow, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin Ireland | ||
| Chris A. Hamm | “Functional genomic analyses of the impact of global hypomethylation and of tumor microenvironment in a rat model of human chondrosarcoma” | Clinical Genomics Scientist, Quintiles | ||
| Carmen Halabi | Interference with PPAR(gamma) Function in Smooth Muscle Causes Vascular Dysfunction and Hypertension | Pediatric Nephrology Fellow, Washingto Univ/St. Louis Children's Hospital | ||
| Jeremiah D. Hackett | Endosymbiosis and Genome Evolution | Associate Dean, Graduate & Postoctoral Affairs, Dept of Ecology and Evolutional Biology, Univ of Arizona | ||
| Stephanie Haase | Exploring the relationship between circadian neuron activity patterns and behavioral output in Drosophila | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Iowa | ||
| Alexander Greiner | Genetic and Molecular Basis of Sudden Cardiac Death Syndromes | Resident Physician, University of Iowa | ||
| Wesley Goar | Computational strategies to investigate the genetic causes of human eye disease | Senior Bioinformatics Scientist and Associate Manager of Bioinformatics, Immortagen | ||
| Joseph Giacalone | Treating retinal disease | |||
| Sophia C. Gaynor | Genetic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Suicidal Behavior | |||
| Tyson Fuller | Insights into neurodevelopmental disorders: Molecular and behavioral studies using the zebrafish | |||
| Emily Fox | Using Drosophila oogeneis to define the role of prostaglandin signaling in collective, invasive cell migration | |||
| Joshua R. Fletcher | "Oxidative stress resistance in the Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain is associated with genetic variability in the ferrous iron uptake gene feoB" | |||
| Tony Fischer | "Augmenting Antiviral Host Defense in the Respiratory Epithelium" | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Allergy/Pulmonary Medicine, UIHC | ||
| Matthew Faron | "Francisella tularensis virulence gene expression and the role of alveolar type II epithelial cells in early pneumonic tularemia" | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin | ||
| Salleh N. Ehaideb | "Elucidating the mechanism of prickle-associated epilepsy in flies" | |||
| Megan L. Ealy | Otosclerosis – Identifying genetic contributions to a complex hearing disorder | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford Univ | ||
| Douglas Dylla | “Arenavirusesand LentiviralGene Transfer: Host and Vector Properties Influencing Efficacy” | Principle Medical Writer, Global Medical Publishing, ABBVIE | ||
| Matthew Dickson | Functional Effects of Angiotensinogen Ploymorphisms | Cardiology Fellow and Postdoc, Univ of Texas Southwestern | ||
| Lea K. Davis | Copy Number Detection and Association Studies of Autism and Autism Related Endophenotypes | Research Associate (Assistant Professor), Dept. of Medicine, Univ of Chicago | ||
| Johnny Cruz Corchado | Causes and consequences of crossing over variation in Drosophila melanogaster | |||
| Matthew Cring | Genetic therapeutic strategies for Bardet-Biedl syndrome | |||
| Allison Cox | "Whole Exome Analysis of Individuals and Families with Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO)" | |||
| Karen C. Clark | Genetic Basis of Cardiometabolic Disease in the Lyon Hypertensive Rat | |||
| Annie Pei-Fen Chiang | Comparative and integrative genomic approach toward disease gene identification: application to Bardet-Biedl Syndrome | Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics Consultant | ||
| Hung-Lin Chen | “Environmental and genetic modifiers of Shudderer, a Drosophila voltage-gated sodium channel mutant.” | |||
| Changya Chen | “Dynamics of the Epigenome and 3D Genome in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development” |