Past Students
| Name | Dissertation | Started Sort ascending | PhD earned | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia C. Gaynor | Genetic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Suicidal Behavior | |||
| Allison Cox | "Whole Exome Analysis of Individuals and Families with Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO)" | |||
| Eric T. Monson | Interrogation of Rare Functional Variation within Bipolar Disorder and Suicidal Behavior Cohorts | |||
| Salleh N. Ehaideb | "Elucidating the mechanism of prickle-associated epilepsy in flies" | |||
| Fengxiao Bu | Exploring the Genetics of a Complex Disease – Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome | |||
| Melissa Marchal | Paradoxical metastasis suppressor functions of Abl family kinases in a model of androgen receptor-indifferent advanced prostate cancer | |||
| Changya Chen | “Dynamics of the Epigenome and 3D Genome in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development” | |||
| 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) | ||
| S. Scott Whitmore | Molecular Investigations of Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Molecular Ophthalmology Laboratory, Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research, UIOWA | ||
| Hung-Lin Chen | “Environmental and genetic modifiers of Shudderer, a Drosophila voltage-gated sodium channel mutant.” | |||
| Emily A. Beck | Effects of protein-protein interactions on speciation: assessment of cascading positive selection and introgression | |||
| 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" | |||
| Katie A. Weihbrecht | Characterization Of The Biological Role Of The Ciliopathy Gene Serologically Defined Colon Cancer Antigen 8 (Sdccag8) | |||
| Ashlyn M. Spring | "A postsynaptic signaling system for the regulation of homeostatic synaptic plasticity" | |||
| Alex H. Wagner | "Computational methods for identification of disease-associated variations in exome sequencing" | Postdoctoral Research Associate, McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington Univ | ||
| Bing He | Systematic Analysis of Enhancer and Promoter Interactions | Postdoc, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | ||
| Benjamin T. Brett | "A computational approach for comparative oncogenomics using mouse models" | Senior Bioinformation, PreventionGenetics | ||
| Dina Ahram | "The characterization of clinical, genetic and molecular aspects of primary angle closure glaucoma in a canine genetic model" | Senior Clinical Director, Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics, Quest Diagnostics | ||
| Samuel Trammell | Novel nad+ metabolomic technologies and their applications to nicotinamide riboside interventions | |||
| Juan Santana | "The Dm-Myb oncoprotein coordinates higher-order chromatin structure to potentiate expression of target genes as well as stabilize facultative heterochromatin" | |||
| Emily K. Petruccelli | A tale of two genes controlling behavior in Drosophila: role of DopEcR in alcohol-induced behavior and effects of epilepsy mutations on sleep | Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville | ||
| Johnny Cruz Corchado | Causes and consequences of crossing over variation in Drosophila melanogaster | |||
| Matthew Jorgenson | "Breaking down walls: studies of RlpA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa" | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama for Medical Sciences | ||
| Pavitra S. Ramachandran | “Non-allele specific silencing of ataxin-7 improves phenotypes in a mouse model of Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7” | Postdoctoral Research, Univ of Pennsylvania | ||
| Ralph Hazlewood | “Molecular genetics of optic nerve disease using patients with cavitaryoptic disc anomaly” | Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Rachael Kuchtey Lab | ||
| Xitiz Chamling | Identification and characterization of cep131 as a bbsome interacting protein | Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | ||
| Amber Hohl | “Understanding the role of topoisomerase 2 in chromosome associations” | Lab Superintendent, Dept. of Engineering, Iowa Fertilizer | ||
| Ji Wan | "Global Analysis of Alternative Polyadenylation Regulation using High-throughput Sequencing" | Postdoctoral Associate, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell Univ | ||
| Farah Alul | “Investigating the Genetics of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone in Newborns” | |||
| 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 | ||
| Heather M. Brockway | “A role for the csn/cop9 signalosomein synaptonemalcomplex assembly and meiotic progression” | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept of Neonatology, Center for Preterm Birth, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | ||
| Lily Paemka | "Prickle protein regulation." | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Dept. of Pediatrics, UIOWA | ||
| 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 | ||
| Danielle S. Rudd | Genomic Copy Number Variation in Schizophrenia | Research Scientist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center | ||
| Yan Zhang | "Elucidating a role for CEP290 in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and other cilia-related disorders" | Marketing Specialist, BGI Americas Corp | ||
| 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”. | |||
| 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 | ||
| Leah C. Biggs | “Interferon regulatory factor 6: a novel regulator of keratinocyte differentiation and migration” | Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine | ||
| Megan L. Ealy | Otosclerosis – Identifying genetic contributions to a complex hearing disorder | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford Univ | ||
| Tara K. Maga | "Unraveling the complex genetics of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome" | Genetics Counselor, Dept. of Medicine, Hermatology/Oncology, Univ of Illinois-Chicago | ||
| Abraham M. Sheffield | “Gene therapy for hereditary hearing loss: Lessons from a mouse model” | Pediatric and Adult Otolaryngologist, Quincy Medical Group | ||
| Emily I. Schindler | "Molecular Genetics of Retinal Degeneration" | Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories, Mercy Hospital-St. Louis Main Laboratory | ||
| 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 | ||
| Jinlu Cai | Coex-Rank: an approach for microarray combined analysis – Applications to PPARγ related datasets | Associate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Genetics | ||
| Janine N. Martin | "Developing RNAi Therapy for DYT1 Dystonia" | Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Kirkwood Community College | ||
| Jason L. Weirather | "Computational Approaches to the Study of Human Trypanosomatid Infections" | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Pulmonary, UIOWA | ||
| Kacie J. Meyer | “Detection, interpretation, and functional consequences of genomic copy number variation in human disease” | Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Univ of Iowa | ||
| 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 |