Past Students
| Name Sort descending | Dissertation | Started | PhD earned | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bing He | Systematic Analysis of Enhancer and Promoter Interactions | Postdoc, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | ||
| Adam J. Hefel | RPA complexes and tool development for the study of DSB repair in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline | |||
| Karrie A. Heins | Mechanisms of Gene Silencing By Hetrochromatin Protein 1 | Genetics Counselor, Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Indiana University Hospital | ||
| 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) | ||
| Kwo Wei Ho | “The Genetic Basis Of Seasonal Affective Disorder” | Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Univ of Florida Medical Center | ||
| Amber Hohl | “Understanding the role of topoisomerase 2 in chromosome associations” | Lab Superintendent, Dept. of Engineering, Iowa Fertilizer | ||
| 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 | ||
| Matthew Jorgenson | "Breaking down walls: studies of RlpA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa" | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama for Medical Sciences | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Tanner S. Koomar | Genetic Signatures of Neurodevelopment and Language | |||
| Athena Kvamme | ||||
| William Lanier | The Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Wei Li | The role of activator protein 2 transcription factors in Zebrafish neural crest development | Research Fellow, Vanderbilt Univ | ||
| Man Chun John Ma | “Integrating Genetical Genomics and Systems Biology to Determine Genetic Determinants of Metabolic Syndrome in Lyon Hypertensive Rats”. | |||
| Tara K. Maga | "Unraveling the complex genetics of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome" | Genetics Counselor, Dept. of Medicine, Hermatology/Oncology, Univ of Illinois-Chicago | ||
| Melissa Marchal | Paradoxical metastasis suppressor functions of Abl family kinases in a model of androgen receptor-indifferent advanced prostate cancer | |||
| Autumn N. Marsden | The Naked Truth: The Nkd EF-Hand Domain Modulates Divergent Wnt Signaling Outputs in Zebrafish | |||
| Janine N. Martin | "Developing RNAi Therapy for DYT1 Dystonia" | Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Kirkwood Community College | ||
| Sara Mayer | Using animal models to examine mechanisms and treatments of Retinitis Pigmentosa | |||
| Samuel Mellentine | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Matthew J. Miller | Identification of molecular mechanisms driving skeletal muscle atrophy | |||
| Michael J. Molumby | Gamma-Protocadherin cis- and trans-interactions regulate the development of dendrite arbors and synapses in the cerebral cortex | |||
| Eric T. Monson | Interrogation of Rare Functional Variation within Bipolar Disorder and Suicidal Behavior Cohorts | |||
| Timothy J. Moss | Connections Between HP1 Hsalpha and Breast Cancer Invasion/metastasis | Clinical Genetics, Spectrum Corewell Health | ||
| Ahmed Moustafa | Evolutionary and functional genomics of photosynthetic eukaryotes | Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics & Genomics, Department of Biology, American Univ-Cairo | ||
| James Mrkvicka | Genetic modifiers of fly voltage-gated sodium channel mutant phenotypes | |||
| Elizabeth O'Saurus (Melton) | ||||
| Lily Paemka | "Prickle protein regulation." | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Dept. of Pediatrics, UIOWA | ||
| Ashley L. Parker | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Nikale Pettie | Genomic and evolutionary studies of recombination rate variation in the sister species Drosophila yakuba and D. santomea. | |||
| Jessica Ponce | Investigating the roles of Cyclin C in heart disease | |||
| Pamela R. Pretorius | "Elucidating a role for BBS3 in syndromic and non-syndromic retinal disease” | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Hanover College | ||
| Fedik Rahimov | Interferon Regulatory Factor 6 and Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate | Principal Scientist, AbbVie | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| JiHui Ren | Control of Protein Sorting to the Lysosome by HSE1 and its Interacting Proteins | Research Scientist, Stony Brook Cancer Center | ||
| Bridget M. Riley-Gillis | The FGF Signaling Pathway's Contribution to Cleft Lip and Palate | Principal Research Scientist II, Human Genetics, AbbVie | ||
| Nicholas K. Rorick | The Structure and Function of Interferon Regulary Factor 6 (IRF6) and the Identification of Potential Downstream Targets | Dentist, Sycamore Hills Dentistry | ||
| Danielle S. Rudd | Genomic Copy Number Variation in Schizophrenia | Research Scientist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center | ||
| Juan Santana | "The Dm-Myb oncoprotein coordinates higher-order chromatin structure to potentiate expression of target genes as well as stabilize facultative heterochromatin" | |||
| Kellie Schaefer | Insights into the mechanisms underlying calpain-related pathology | |||
| Jacob L. Schillo | Genetic Characterization of Therapeutic Resistance in Cutaneous Melanoma | |||
| Emily I. Schindler | "Molecular Genetics of Retinal Degeneration" | Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories, Mercy Hospital-St. Louis Main Laboratory |