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Alumnus Dissertation
JUSTIN CROTTY
BRITTANY PERKINS
ASHLEY FISHER
JUSTIN DIETRICH
CLIFF STAINS
XIAOHUI HU
December 2008
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Nitric Oxide Signaling Through Soluble Guanylate Cyclase
Director: William Montfort
YONG QIN
May 2008
Medicinal Chemistry
Targeting the Promoter Regions of the PDGF Ligand and Receptor
Director: Laurence Hurley
IREENA BAGAI
May 2008
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Not just a passive adaptor, the periplasmic component CusB of Escherichia coli's CusCFBA copper efflux system has an active functional role
Director: Megan McEvoy
JAMES SPOONAMORE
May 2008
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Chemical Transformations Encoded by a Streptomyces coelicolor Gene Cluster with an Unusual GTP Cyclohydrolase
Director: Vahe Bandarian
QIAN CHENG
December 2007
Medicinal Chemistry
Currently: Research Fellow Biochemistry Department Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
In Vitro Reconstitution of the Entire Enterocin Biosynthetic Pathway: New Insights into Type II PKS Enzymology
Director: Bradley Moore
UZMA ZAKAI
December 2007
Chemistry
Currently: Research Associate Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin
Chalcogen-chalcogen, Chalcogen-mediated Metal, and Chalcogen-aromatic Interactions
Director: Richard Glass
AIK TEONG OOI
May 2007
Medicinal Chemistry
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA Medical Center (Mattel Children's Hospital)
Utilizing custom-designed zinc fingers to create a novel system for the detection of double-stranded DNA sequence information
Director: Danzhou Yang
BRANWEN HALL
May 2007
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biology, Baker lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Functional evolution of the Cro protein family of transcription factors
Director: Matthew Cordes
CHANDANAMALI PUNCHIHEWA
August 2006
Medicinal Chemistry
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
DNA and DNA-Interacting Proteins as Anticancer Drug Targets
Directors: David Segal and Danzhou Yang
THOMAS STEVEN DEXHEIMER
August 2006
Medicinal Chemistry
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology Center for Cancer Research
DNA Secondary Structures in the Modulation of c-myc and bcl-2 Transcription
Director: Laurence Hurley
STEVE WARNER
December 2005
Medicinal Chemistry
Currently: SuperGen, Inc.
Target-based design and development of anti-tumor agents
Director: Laurence Hurley
ANA VITORIA BOTELHO DE ARAUJO
May 2005
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sao Paulo
Lipid-Protein Interactions: Photoreceptor Membrane Model
Director: Michael Brown
ISABEL ALVES
May 2005
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Currently: Research Associate, Université Pierre and Marie Curie Synthèse, Structure et Fonction de Molécules
BioactivesSignal Transduction Studies of G-Protein Coupled Receptors Using Plasmon Waveguid Resonance Spectroscopy
Directors: Victor Hruby and Gordon Tollin
GILMAR SALGADO
December 2004
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Université Rene Déscartes, Unité de Pharmacologie Chimique et Genetique
Structure and Dynamics of Retinal in Rhodopsin Probed by Solid State NMR
Director: Michael Brown
MINYING CAI
August 2004
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Currently: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Hruby lab, University of Arizona
Exploring the Steriostructural Requirements of Peptide Ligands for the Malanocortin Receptors & Molecular Mechanism Study of GPCR Based Drugs
Director: Victor Hruby