2012 Graduates
| Name | Degree | Thesis Title | Advisor(s) | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jialing Bao | Ph.D. | Meprin Metalloproteases Modulate Epithelial Barrier Integrity and Monocyte Migration | Judith S. Bond, Ph.D. | Postdoc; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
| James D. Bortner, Jr. | Ph.D. | Proteins as Biomarkers for Tobacco-Induced Lung Cancer Development and Chemoprevention | Karam E. El-Bayoumy, Ph.D.Arunangshu Das, Ph.D | Postdoc; Penn State College of Medicine |
| Sangita A. Chakraborty | Ph.D. | Construction and Characterization of a Minichromosome Reporter System to Study Structure-Function Relationship Between Gene Silencing and Chromatin Boundaries in S.Cerevisiae | Sergei A. Grigoryev, Ph.D. | Postdoc, Penn State College of Medicine, Pathology |
| Kenneth R. Houser | M.S. | Anti-inflammatory Effects of Methoxyphenolic Compounds on Human Airway Cells | Faoud T. Ishmael, M.D., Ph.D. | Research Technologist III; Penn State College of Medicine, Biochemistry |
| Timothy R. Keiffer | Ph.D. | Meprin Metalloproteases Cleave and Bio-Inactivate Interleukin-6 | Judith S. Bond, Ph.D. | Postdoc; Medical University of South Carolina |
| Ji Qi | Ph.D. | Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Human Meprin Alpha | David Mu, Ph.D. | Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania |
| Alanna N. Roff | M.S. | Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Human Meprin Alpha | Faoud T. Ishmael, M.D., Ph.D. | Human Research Technologist V; Penn State College of Medicine |
| Sarah J. (Correll) Tash | Ph.D. | Molecular and Structural Determinants of Chromatin Folding | Sergei A. Grigoryev, Ph.D. | Postdoc; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
2011 Graduates
| Name | Degree | Thesis Title | Advisor(s) | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole D. Facompre | Ph.D. | Organoselenium-Mediated Alteration of Prostate Cancer Cell Signaling Pathways | Karam E. El-Bayoumy, Ph.D.Raghu Sinha, Ph.D. | Postdoc; UPenn |
| Katie E. Prothero | Ph.D. | Identification of a CTCF-Independent Insulator that Delimits X-Inactivated from Expressed Transcripts within the UBA1 Gene | Laura Carrel, Ph.D. | Scientist; Gene Dx |
| Brian R. Tash | Ph.D. | Biophysical Characterization of Tight Junction Proteins | John M. Flanagan, Ph.D. | Postdoc; UPenn |
2010 Graduates
| Name | Degree | Thesis Title | Advisor(s) | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel De Cotiis | M.D./Ph.D. | From Protein to Signalplex: The Role of Calcium Binding and Myristoylation in Neuronal Calcium Senor-1 Structure and Function | John M. Flanagan, Ph.D.. | New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center; Surgery |
| Sarah J.B. Grambling | Ph.D. | Genomic Instabiity-Indicated Mechanisms of Early Carcinogenesis Following Hepatocarcinogen Treatment | Gary A. Clawson, M.D., Ph.D. | Database Specialist; Penn State College of Medicine |
| Kimberly D. Jacob | Ph.D. | The Role of Non-Replicative DNA Polymerases in Microsatellite Mutagensis | Kristin A. Eckert, Ph.D. | Postdoc |
| Nan Li | Ph.D. | Escape from X Chromosome Inactivation is an Intrinsic Property of Mouse Jaridic Locus | Laura Carrel, Ph.D. | N/A |
| Shorena Nadaraia-Hoke | Ph.D. | Structural and Thermodynamic Characterization of Spermidine and Spermine Systhases | John M. Flanagan, Ph.D... | Postdoc; Penn State College of Medicine |
| Sandeep N. Shah | Ph.D. | Microsatellites as Inducers of Genome Instability | Kristin A. Eckert, Ph.D. | Postdoc; Johns Hopkins University |
| Karen A. Stauffer | Ph.D. | CIS-Acting Sequences Involved in Targeting TRM1P-II to the Inner Nuclear Membrane in S. Ceravisiae | Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. | Senior Medical Writer; Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions |
| Raghu Tadagavadi | Ph.D. | Dendrictic Cells and Interleukin-10 in Nephrotoxic Acute Kidney Injury | Judith S. Bond, Ph.D. | Division of Nephrology; Penn State College of Medicine |
| Georgia K. Thomas | Ph.D. | A Molecular and Systems Biology Analysis of Complex Vertebrate Phenotypes | Keith C. Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. | M.D. Program; Syracuse University |
2008 Graduates
| Name | Degree | Thesis Title | Advisor(s) | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanjita Banerjee | Ph.D. | Meprin Metalloproteases Modulate Intestinal Host Response | Judith S. Bond, Ph.D. | N/A |
| Heather K. Basehore | Ph.D. | Characterization of the Early Interactions on the Folding Pathway of the Ileal Lipid-Binding Protein by 19F-NMR | Ira J. Ropson, Ph.D. | Department of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center; Coatesville PA |
| Matthew Blome | Ph.D. | Binding of Ricin to BSA-based Neoglycoconjuates | Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Ph.D. | Scientist; Therapeutic Proteins International, LLC |
| Mark J. Chandy | M.D./Ph.D. | Histone Modifications Influence Chromatin Modifying and Remodeling Complexes | James E. Hopper, Ph.D | Medicine/Oncology; University of British Columbia |
| Nicole R. Keasay | Ph.D. | Characterization of the Tryptophan Transporter Tat2p During Volatile Anesthetic Exposure of Yeast | Ralph L. Keil, Ph.D.. | Scientist; vivoPharm |
| Kimberly A. Petro | Ph.D. | Lipid Rafts: Regulation of Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A Activity and Differentiation of Neuroblastoma Cells | Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Ph.D. | Field Applications Scientist; Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| Yan Yan | M.S. | The Function of Lysochardiolipin Acyltransferase (ALCAT1) in Controlling Mice Energy Homeostasis | Kristin A. Eckert, Ph.D. | N/A |
2007 Graduates
| Name | Degree | Thesis Title | Advisor(s) | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaroslava Bulynko | Ph.D. | Role of Cysteine Protease Cathepsin L in Maintenance of Epigenetic Histone Modifications and Constitutive Heterochromatin | Sergei A. Grigoryev, Ph.D. | N/A |
| Cuong Diep | Ph.D. | Analysis of the yeast Gal3 protein, a key component of the GAL gene transcription switch | James E. Hopper, Ph.D | Assistant Professor; Dept of Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| Rebecca Hurto | Ph.D. | Synthetic Genetic Analysis of los1 Uncovers Connection Between Pi Availabiilty and tRNA Nucleus-Cytosol Distribution | Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. | Research Associate; Dept of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University |
2006 Graduates
| Name | Degree | Thesis Title | Advisor(s) | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athulaprabha Murthi | Ph.D. | Targeting to the Inner Nuclear Membrane: Roles for N-Acetylation & the ER | Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. | Director; IndiaBioscience |
| Hussam Hisham Shaheen | Ph.D. | tRNA Comes Full Circle: Unveiling a tRNA Nuclear Import Pathway | Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. | Scientist; Merck Sharp & Dohme |
| Subarna Hamid | M.D./Ph.D. | Chemotherapeutics and DNA Polymerase Beta Mechanism of Modified Nucleotide Discrimination | Kristin A. Eckert, Ph.D. | Radiation Oncologist; Tufts Medical Center |