Past Students
| Name | Dissertation | Started Sort descending | PhD earned | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Dylla | “Arenavirusesand LentiviralGene Transfer: Host and Vector Properties Influencing Efficacy” | Principle Medical Writer, Global Medical Publishing, ABBVIE | ||
| 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 | ||
| Jeremiah D. Hackett | Endosymbiosis and Genome Evolution | Associate Dean, Graduate & Postoctoral Affairs, Dept of Ecology and Evolutional Biology, Univ of Arizona | ||
| Andreas Beyer | Protective Effects of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma in the Vascular Wall: Insights From Mice Expressing Dominant Negative Mutants | Assistant Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin | ||
| Nicholas K. Rorick | The Structure and Function of Interferon Regulary Factor 6 (IRF6) and the Identification of Potential Downstream Targets | Dentist, Sycamore Hills Dentistry | ||
| Karrie A. Heins | Mechanisms of Gene Silencing By Hetrochromatin Protein 1 | Genetics Counselor, Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Indiana University Hospital | ||
| Glenn M. Borchert | MICRORNAS: Functional and Regulatory Insights Based on Orgin | Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ of South Alabama | ||
| Jennifer A. Barlett | The Role of PLUNC and LPLUNC1 in Airway Host Defense | Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Pediatrics, UIOWA | ||
| Marwan K. Tayeh | Elucidating the Molecular Pathogensis of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Utilizing Animal Models Zebrafish and Mice | Associate Professor of Clinical Medical & Molecular Genetics, Director of the IU Diagnostic Genomics Laboratory, Indiana University, School of Medicine | ||
| 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 | ||
| Timothy J. Moss | Connections Between HP1 Hsalpha and Breast Cancer Invasion/metastasis | Clinical Genetics, Spectrum Corewell Health | ||
| Hsan-jan (David) Yen | Development of the Zebrafish Model System to Gain Insight in the Pathophysiology of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome | Research Scientist, Corning Research Center | ||
| Annie Pei-Fen Chiang | Comparative and integrative genomic approach toward disease gene identification: application to Bardet-Biedl Syndrome | Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics Consultant | ||
| Bridget M. Riley-Gillis | The FGF Signaling Pathway's Contribution to Cleft Lip and Palate | Principal Research Scientist II, Human Genetics, AbbVie | ||
| Marisa Banasik | “Integrase Competent or Deficient Lentiviral Expression of MicroRNAs and Short Hairpin RNAs for Messenger RNA Inhibition” | Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. Bio-medical Sciences, Iowa State Univ | ||
| Wei Li | The role of activator protein 2 transcription factors in Zebrafish neural crest development | Research Fellow, Vanderbilt Univ | ||
| Fedik Rahimov | Interferon Regulatory Factor 6 and Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate | Principal Scientist, AbbVie | ||
| 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 | ||
| Christina S. Winborn | Feedback regulation of CGRP gene expression | Postdoc, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center | ||
| Maria Asuncion (Zen) A. Abeleda | “The Role of the Alternative Pathway of the Complement System in the Development of Dense Deposit Disease” | Intellectual Property Law Clerk (Patent), Barnes and Thornburg, LLP (Indianapolis Office) | ||
| JiHui Ren | Control of Protein Sorting to the Lysosome by HSE1 and its Interacting Proteins | Research Scientist, Stony Brook Cancer Center | ||
| William Lanier | The Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes | |||
| Tony Fischer | "Augmenting Antiviral Host Defense in the Respiratory Epithelium" | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Allergy/Pulmonary Medicine, UIHC | ||
| 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 | ||
| Erin R. Burnight | "Targeting Therapeutic Vector Expression and Integration for Gene Therapy Applications" | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Depart. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, UIOWA | ||
| Matthew Dickson | Functional Effects of Angiotensinogen Ploymorphisms | Cardiology Fellow and Postdoc, Univ of Texas Southwestern | ||
| 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) | ||
| Igor Schneider | "Critical Roles for calcium and beta-caterin in zebrafish left-right organ asymmetry" | Assistant Professor, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará | ||
| Di Xu | "An old gene takes on a new form: Expression and functions of Renin Isoforms" | Research Scientist, Shenzhen Beike Bio-Technology Co. Ltd | ||
| Colleen A. Campbell | “Identification of a Genetic Contribution to Ménière’s Disease” | Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Clinical Associate Professor | ||
| Kacie J. Meyer | “Detection, interpretation, and functional consequences of genomic copy number variation in human disease” | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Physiology, Univ of Iowa | ||
| Pamela R. Pretorius | "Elucidating a role for BBS3 in syndromic and non-syndromic retinal disease” | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Hanover College | ||
| 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 | ||
| Erik Westin | “The Modulation of ROS by Short Telomere Signaling ” | Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham | ||
| Patricia Schneider | “Role of Axin-RGS domain during axis formation: maternal vs. zygotic functions” | Assistant Professor, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará | ||
| Ahmed Moustafa | Evolutionary and functional genomics of photosynthetic eukaryotes | Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics & Genomics, Department of Biology, American Univ-Cairo | ||
| Jason L. Weirather | "Computational Approaches to the Study of Human Trypanosomatid Infections" | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Pulmonary, UIOWA | ||
| Megan L. Ealy | Otosclerosis – Identifying genetic contributions to a complex hearing disorder | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford Univ | ||
| Jinlu Cai | Coex-Rank: an approach for microarray combined analysis – Applications to PPARγ related datasets | Associate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Genetics | ||
| Abraham M. Sheffield | “Gene therapy for hereditary hearing loss: Lessons from a mouse model” | Resident, Dept. of Otolaryngology, UIHC | ||
| Emily I. Schindler | "Molecular Genetics of Retinal Degeneration" | Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories, Mercy Hospital-St. Louis Main Laboratory | ||
| Tara K. Maga | "Unraveling the complex genetics of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome" | Genetics Counselor, Dept. of Medicine, Hermatology/Oncology, Univ of Illinois-Chicago | ||
| Janine N. Martin | "Developing RNAi Therapy for DYT1 Dystonia" | Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Kirkwood Community College | ||
| Shyam Ramachandran | "A Novel microRNA Network Regulates CFTR Biosynthesis: Implications for Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics" | Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology & Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics. Univ of Pennsylvania | ||
| Leah C. Biggs | “Interferon regulatory factor 6: a novel regulator of keratinocyte differentiation and migration” | Postdoctoral Research, Dept. Developmental Biology, Univ of Helsinki Finland | ||
| 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 | ||
| Kwo Wei Ho | “The Genetic Basis Of Seasonal Affective Disorder” | Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Univ of Florida Medical Center | ||
| Danielle J. Beekman | “The Evolution and Expression of Drosophila Meiosis Genes” | Research Associate, Department of Biology, UIOWA | ||
| Man Chun John Ma | “Integrating Genetical Genomics and Systems Biology to Determine Genetic Determinants of Metabolic Syndrome in Lyon Hypertensive Rats”. | |||
| Yan Zhang | "Elucidating a role for CEP290 in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and other cilia-related disorders" | Marketing Specialist, BGI Americas Corp |