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Conor Camplisson

Beliveau Lab | Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

July 31, 2026 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium



Past Dissertation Defenses

2026

Hunter Colegrove

Feder Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

โ€œClonal dynamics of somatic evolution and gene therapy in cancer predisposition syndromesโ€

June 8, 2026 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Lincoln Harris

Noble Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

“Handling missing values in mass spectrometry proteomics”

May 22, 2026 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Luke Zhu

Harris Lab, Ph.D. in Bioengineering

“Investigating the genetic architecture of the germline mutation rate using large-scale whole genome sequencing data”

April 23, 2026 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Zorian Thornton

Matsen Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Computational tools for studying viral antigenic evolution

March 6, 2026 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | S1-141/142 (H) Oโ€™Mack Symposium Suite, Fred Hutch Steam Plant


Gabrielle Ferra

Dunham Lab, Harris Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Mapping the functional landscape of the pharmacogene CYP2D6 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

February 24, 2026 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Andrew Mullen

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

Decoding the Somite Clock: A Single-Cell View of Regulatory DNA and TF Interactions in Zebrafish Embryos

February 12, 2026 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Xavi Guitart

Eichler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Innovation in Duplication: Structural Diversity and Regulatory Control of Human Genes: TBC1D3

January 15, 2026 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Malvika Tejura

Fowler Lab, Starita Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Systematic Evaluation of Functional and Computational Evidence for Large-Scale Resolution of Variants of Uncertain
Significance

January 5, 2026 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


2025

Yile Chen

Starita Lab, Ph.D. in Biomedical & Health Informatics

Advancing Variant Interpretation: A Gene-Specific Framework for Prioritization, Prior Estimation, and Calibration
to Enhance Evidence Strength and Clinical Significance Classification

December 9, 2025 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Chase Suiter

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

December 9, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Morgan Hamm

Queitsch / Cuperus Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Chromatin Accessibility Beyond the Peaks

December 8, 2025 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Elena Romero

Feder Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

HIV intra-host evolution: spanning its foundational forces and their translational implications

November 17, 2025 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Health Sciences K-069


Chris McGann

Schweppe Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

June 25, 2025 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Hyeon-Jin Kim

Fowler and Trapnell Labs, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

High-throughput, image-based single-cell transcriptomics of mouse organogenesis

June 9, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Wei Yang

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Modeling temporal dynamics of early embryogenesis and aging

April 29, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Melih Yilmaz

Noble Lab, Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

Translating mass spectra to peptides with deep learning

March 7, 2025 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Foege S-110


Yuzhen Liu

Beliveau Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

February 11, 2025 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Shawn Fayer

Fowler Lab, Starita Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Using genomic technology to transform how genetics is used to diagnose and treat disease

February 7, 2025 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Sophie Moggridge

Villen Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Using mass spectrometry to interrogate variation originating at the DNA and protein-levels

February 5, 2025 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Sriram Pendyala

Fowler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

From variants to cytokines: comprehensively characterizing how cells respond to perturbations

February 4, 2025 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Foege Auditorium


2024

Candice Young

Harris Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

The Influence of MUTYH on Germline and Somatic Mutagenesis Across Species

December 9, 2024 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Health Sciences T-747


Philip Dishuck

Eichler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Structural variation and expression of segmentally duplicated human genes

November 15, 2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Health Sciences D-209


Madeleine Duran

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Algorithms for differential analysis of cellular composition in single-cell perturbation experiments

September 19, 2024 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Michelle Noyes

Eichler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Genome-wide variation in human germline and postzygotic mutation rates

August 30, 2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Miranda Mudge

Nunn Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

From microbes to microbiomes: bacterial proteomes reveal strategies for overcoming environmental challenges

August 14, 2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Eliza Barkan

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

May 30, 2024 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditoriun


Anna Bakhtina

Bruce Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Application of quantitative cross-linking mass spectrometry methods to study interactome differences

May 29, 2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Orin Smith Auditorium, South Lake Union C Building


Sam Smukowski

Valdmanis Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Mislocalization of diverse RNA species to synapses in Alzheimer’s disease and aging

May 20, 2024 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditoriun


Cassia Wagner

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Dissecting the clinical significance of evolving pathogen diversity

February 13, 2024 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Arnold, M1-A303/305, Behnke Combo, FHCC


Sam Regalado

Shendure Lab, Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

January 18, 2024 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


2023

Sayeh Gorjifard

Queitsch / Cuperus Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Transcript cleavage and polyadenylation in plants

December 12, 2023 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Deanna Plubell

MacCoss Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Characterizing Alzheimer’s disease using quantitative proteomics

November 30, 2023 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Taylor Wang

Dunham Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Leveraging the awesome power of Saccharomyces to probe the evolution of genetic networks

November 9, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Robin Aguilar

Beliveau Lab, Noble Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

One FISH, two FISH, red FISH, blue FISH

October 31, 2023 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Chengxiang Qiu

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

September 18, 2023 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Gabe Boyle

Fowler Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Using high throughput technologies to understand heterogeneous drug response

September 7, 2023 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Florence Chardon

Shendure Lab, Starita Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

CRISPR-based functional genomics to study gene regulatory architecture and functional consequences of genetic variation

June 30, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Alan Min

Noble Lab, Ph.D. in Statistics

Statistical methods for genomic sequencing data

June 21, 2023 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Lilian Heil

MacCoss Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Systematic Data Acquisition and Analysis Strategies for Quantitative Proteomics

June 15, 2023 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Gesine Cauer

Noble Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Inferring whole-genome 3D chromatin structures from diploid Hi-C data

June 9, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Kevin Thornton

Queitsch / Cuperus Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

rDNA copy number variation alters response to common growth environments in yeast

June 5, 2023 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Health Sciences D-209


Danielle Faivre

MacCoss Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Feature Detection for the Hidden Proteome

May 30, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Phoebe Parrish

Berger Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Expanding cancer therapy options through genomeโ€scale identification of synthetic lethal paralogs

May 25, 2023 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Maya Lewinsohn

Bedford Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

February 16, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Behnke Combo (M1-A305/A307), Arnold Building first floor, FHCC


Nick Popp

Fowler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

MultiSTEP: a high-throughput method to identify sequence-function relationships in secreted proteins

February 6, 2023 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Xingfan Huang

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

Computational methods of high-dimensional datasets derived from molecular profiling of biological systems

January 26, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Austin Gabel

Bradley Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

High-throughput functional characterization of cancer specific alternative polyadenylation

January 19, 2023 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Cernter, Steam plant Oโ€™Mack suites (Suite: S1-141/142)


Emma Hoppe

Bradley Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Understanding recursive splicing in the human genome

January 12, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Arnold Building, M1-A305 (Behnke Suites)


2022

Jackson Tonnies

Queitsch/Cuperus Lab, Ph.D. in Biology

Analysis of Plant Regulatory Elements at Genome Scale

December 15, 2022 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Jose Pineda

Bradley Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Ultra-large-scale genomics approaches to improve cancer therapeutic response

November 29, 2022 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Fred Hutch S1-141/142 (H) Oโ€™Mack Symposium Suite


David Bacsik

Bloom Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Quantifying progeny production from individual influenza virus-infected cells

November 17, 2022 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Fred Hutch O’Mack Symposium Suite


Emma De Neef

Bradley Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Immune consequences and therapeutic targeting of disrupted RNA splicing in cancer

November 1, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Fred Hutch S1-141, Steamplant Building


David Read

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Development and application of combinatorial single cell methods to tissue physiology and disease

October 26, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Alberto Rivera

Swanson Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Investigating the duplication and evolution of essential fertilization proteins

September 8, 2022 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Martin Mathay

Bruce Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Quantitative cross-linking mass spectrometry for protein structural stability studies

August 3, 2022 10:30 am – 11:30 am |


Andria Ellis

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Identifying Neural Pathways of Stress and Fear with Retrograde Viral Tracing and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing

June 15, 2022 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Michael Goldberg

Harris Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Variation in germline mutagenesis in humans and other great apes

June 3, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Kyle Hess

Villen Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Proteome-wide mapping of sequence-function relationships using mistranslation

June 2, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


April Lo

Berger Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Oncogene-driven post-transcriptional regulation in lung cancer

June 1, 2022 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Anthony Barente

Villen Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Powering phosphoproteomics with large scale data analysis and machine learning

June 1, 2022 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Anna Minkina

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Tethering distinct molecular profiles of single cells by their lineage histories to investigate sources of cell state heterogeneity

May 27, 2022 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Wei Chen

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular Engineering

May 25, 2022 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Jared Mohr

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

New technologies for cross-linking mass spectrometry

April 27, 2022 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Will DeWitt

Harris Lab, Matsen Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Inferring evolutionary processes across biological scales: from germline mutagenesis to adaptive immunity

April 20, 2022 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Cindy Yeh

pril 18, 2022 Cindy Yeh | Dunham Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

High-throughput functional analysis of natural variants in yeast

April 18, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Ian Smith

Villen Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Developing Proteomic Methods to Assay Function of Proteoforms

March 11, 2022 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Ryan Carlson

King Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Discovery and characterization of genes responsible for inherited hearing loss

March 9, 2022 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Health Sciences T-639


2021

Allie Greaney

Bloom Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Understanding SARS-CoV-2 antigenic evolution using complete genotype-to-phenotype maps of the effects of mutations on antibody binding

December 14, 2021 10:30 am – 11:30 am | FHCC


Jolie Carlisle

Swanson Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The Molecular Diversification and Species-Specific Interactions of Gamete Recognition Proteins

November 23, 2021 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Ashley Hall

Queitsch Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Measurement and phenotypic consequences of ribosomal DNA copy number variation

October 25, 2021 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Health Sciences D-209


Chris Large

Dunham Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

From lab to lager: An investigation of adaptation, admixture, and ale brewing yeasts

August 10, 2021 10:00 am – 11:00 am | a.m.


Sanjay Srivatsan

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Multiplex single-cell RNA sequencing for chemical genomics and spatial transcriptomics

June 9, 2021 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Kate Crawford

Bloom Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Pseudotyped lentiviral systems for studying viral entry proteins from emerging viruses with pandemic potential

June 4, 2021 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm |


Rebecca Martin

Ph.D.

The replication origin specificity of budding yeast species

May 6, 2021 10:30 am – 11:30 am |


Mitchell Vollger

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

March 16, 2021 10:00 am – 11:00 am |


Andy Lin

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

March 3, 2021 10:00 am – 11:00 am |


Eliah Overbey

latory Control of Gene Expression using Epigenome and Epitranscriptome Maps

Understanding Regulatory Control of Gene Expression using Epigenome and Epitranscriptome Maps

March 1, 2021 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm |


2020

Ken Jean-Baptiste

Queitsch Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

November 30, 2020 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |


Abigail Keller

Dunham Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Genome-wide investigations into the consequences of gene and chromosome copy number changes

November 23, 2020 10:00 am – 11:00 am |


Khrystyna North

Bradley Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Synthetic introns enable mutation-dependent targeting of cancer cells

November 16, 2020 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm |


Anja Ollodart

Dunham Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Developing a multiplexed mutation rate assay to screen clinically relevant variants of Msh2 in

November 4, 2020 11:00 am – 12:00 pm |


Bryan Andrews

Fields Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Analysis of protein adaptation from high throughput mutagenesis studies

August 20, 2020 10:00 am – 11:00 am |


Claudia Espinoza

Berg Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

August 7, 2020 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm |


Clara Amorosi

Dunham Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

High-throughput methods of studying human cytochrome P450 activity in

August 6, 2020 11:00 am – 12:00 pm |


Serena Liu

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

June 15, 2020 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | defense will be


Sarah Hilton

Bloom Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Modeling the effects of site-specific amino-acid preferences on protein evolution

May 21, 2020 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | defense will be


Nick Hasle

Fowler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Using visual phenotypes to dissect sequence-function relationships and complex drug responses

May 19, 2020 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | defense will be


Melissa Chiasson

Fowler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Interpreting variation in pharmacogenes using multiplex assays

April 15, 2020 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | defense will be


Jacob Schreiber

Noble Lab, Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

March 20, 2020 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Emily Killingbeck

Swanson Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

March 13, 2020 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Wei Zhou

Fields Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

March 12, 2020 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


2019

Colby Samstag

Pallanck Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Is there selection against somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations?

December 5, 2019 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Daniel Chee

Stamatoyannopoulos Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Role of Transcription Factor-MicroRNA Feedback Circuits in the Canalization of Human Regulatory Networks

December 3, 2019 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Aaron Wolf

Akey Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The Distribution of Neanderthal Ancestry Across Populations And Within Genomes

October 25, 2019 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Jonathan Packer

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A molecular atlas of C. elegans development at single cell and single lineage resolution

September 6, 2019 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Amanda Larson

King Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

August 8, 2019 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | Foege Auditorium


Anne Clark

Akey Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

August 7, 2019 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Lindsay Pino

MacCoss Lab, Noble Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

July 11, 2019 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | Foege Auditorium


John Lazar

Stamatoyannopoulos Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

May 30, 2019 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Ken Chen

Kaeberlein Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Divergent Single-Cell Trajectories in Homeostatic Control and Genome Instability during Aging

May 28, 2019 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Health Sciences T-733


Tim Durham

Noble Lab, Waterston Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Toward comprehensive characterization of chromatin state

May 20, 2019 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Lauren Saunders

Trapnell Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

May 16, 2019 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Molly Gasperini

15, 2019 Molly Gasperini (Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences)

Efficiently searching for enhancers and their target genes in the human genome

May 15, 2019 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Seung-been Steven Lee

Nickerson Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Automating the Interpretation of Pharmacogenetic Data

May 14, 2019 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Katherine Xue

Bloom Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Evolutionary dynamics of influenza virus across spatiotemporal scales

May 13, 2019 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Madeleine Geisheker

Eichler Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

May 13, 2019 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Juhye Lee

Bloom Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

May 6, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC


Andrew Hill

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

May 1, 2019 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Seungsoo Kim

Shendure Lab, Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

April 29, 2019 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Sam Entwisle

Villen Lab, Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

April 17, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Health Sciences T-747


Junyue Cao

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Cell state and fate characterization by highthroughput single cell genomics

March 11, 2019 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Alex Eng

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Model-based computational methods to aid the design of synthetic microbial communities

February 19, 2019 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Health Sciences T-639


Cecilia Noecker

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Metabolic modeling-based tools for integrative microbiome data analysis

February 15, 2019 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Health Sciences D-209


Hannah Pliner

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Algorithms for modeling gene regulation and determining cell type using single-cell molecular profiles

January 14, 2019 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


2018

Damon May

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A learned embedding for efficient joint analysis of millions of mass spectra

December 4, 2018 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Colin McNally

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Evolutionary Consequences of Metabolic Competition and Cooperation in Microbial Communities

November 8, 2018 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Max Dougherty

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

May 25, 2018 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Heather Machkovech

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

May 24, 2018 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC


Jason Klein

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Massively Parallel Characterization of Enhancers in Evolution and Disease

May 14, 2018 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Xiaojie Qiu

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

March 15, 2018 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Brian Searle

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

February 16, 2018 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Han-Yin Yang

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Development of amyloidosis typing method and data acquisition strategies using tandem mass spectrometry

February 13, 2018 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Alex Mason

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Defining More Rules of Environmental and Phenotypic Buffering

January 23, 2018 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium “Defining More Rules of Environmental and Phenotypic Buffering”


2017

Vanessa Gray

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Learning from Large-scale Mutagenesis Data

December 7, 2017 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Health Sciences T-747 โ€œLearning from Large-scale Mutagenesis Dataโ€


Stephanie Battle

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

November 17, 2017 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Vijay Ramani

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Massively parallel analysis of nucleic acid structure

October 18, 2017 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Joe Sanchez

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Defective replication initiation results in locus specific chromosome breakage and a ribosome deficiency in budding yeast

September 1, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Matt Rich

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Massively Parallel Analysis of the Functional Effects of Mutations”

July 11, 2017 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Aaron McKenna

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

July 7, 2017 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Mike Doud

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Comprehensively mapping the effects of mutations to influenza virus

March 13, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC


Jenny Andrie

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A cradle-to-grave analysis of

February 28, 2017 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


2016

Sonia Ting

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

November 28, 2016 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Elyse Hope

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Leveraging natural isolates and experimental evolution to characterize biofilm-related traits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

October 31, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Health Sciences D-209


Keolu Fox

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Next-generation ABO genetics & genomics

August 17, 2016 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Foege Auditorium


William Edelman

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The identification of candidate substrates of the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 by mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics

August 16, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Rachel Gittelman

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Positive selection in the human lineage across time scales

August 3, 2016 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Michael Duyzend

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Understanding the genetic basis of phenotype variability in individuals with neurocognitive disorders

June 10, 2016 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Jennifer McCreight

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The Evolution of microRNA in Primates

June 8, 2016 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


David Young

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

High throughput determination of sequence-function relationships in protein and RNA

June 3, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Rob Lawrence

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Systematic proteomic strategies to map the human signaling landscape

May 19, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Max Press

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Evolution is a kludger, not a tinkerer

May 16, 2016 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Max Libbrecht

Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

Understanding human genome regulation through entropic graph-based regularization and submodular optimization

May 10, 2016 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Health Sciences K-069


Matthew Snyder

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Expanding the accuracy, resolution, and breadth of cell-free DNA investigation

March 11, 2016 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Foege Auditorium


Caitlin Gambl

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Modulation of Translation Efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Codon Pairs

February 29, 2016 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2015

Aaron Miller

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Scalable continuous culture based approaches for understanding evolution and cancer

December 18, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Daniel Kim

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Atheroprotective targets on high-density lipoprotein: phospholipid transfer protein and paraoxonase-1 and their effects on cerebrovascular disease

December 11, 2015 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Health Sciences D-209


Sam Lancaster

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

The genetic and molecular contributions of single alleles to interspecific hybrid

December 8, 2015 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Xander Nuttle

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Human-specific duplicate genes: new frontiers for disease and evolution

November 17, 2015 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Nate Peters

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

June 1, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Hogness Auditorium


Tzitziki Lemus-Vergara

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

AGO1 buffers phenotypic variation and uncouples flowering time traits in A. thaliana

April 17, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Adam Gordon

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Tools and challenges for the implementation of next-generation sequencing in clinical pharmacogenetics

March 2, 2015 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Roie Levy

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Assembly Rules of the Microbiome

February 2, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Hogness Auditorium


2014

Sean Schneider

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

December 10, 2014 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Alessandra Sullivan

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

December 10, 2014 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Jeff Staples

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

December 4, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Ocean Teaching Building 014


Josh Burton

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

December 2, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Blake Hovde

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

November 25, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Sharon Greenblum

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Metagenomic systems biology: frameworks for modeling and characterization of the gut microbiome

September 11, 2014 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Keisha Carlson

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A novel sequencing method to explore two molecular mechanisms of rapid adaptation

August 21, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Caitlin Connelly

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The evolution and function of regulatory regions in yeast

August 14, 2014 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Anna Sunshine

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The effects of aneuploidy on cellular fitness and aging

August 12, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Jeff Vierstra

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Organization and evolution of transcription factor occupancy within the human genome

July 18, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Jennifer Lachowiec

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Tracking buffers of mutation and noise to the genome

July 17, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Nik Krumm

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Discovery and convergence of inherited mutations in autism spectrum disorder

June 16, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Akash Kumar

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Mutational Heterogeneity in Cancer: Lessons from the Brain and Prostate

June 5, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Leslie Emery

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

March 10, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Leslie Itsara

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

March 5, 2014 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Andrew Adey

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Comprehensive, precision genomics

February 28, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


2013

Tom Pohl

Ph.D. in Molecular-Cellular Biology

Identification and Characterization of cis-acting DNA Elements that Regulate Early Origin Activation

November 19, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Peter Sudmant

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

September 20, 2013 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Health Sciences D-209


Melody Palmer

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The sperm proteome of the red abalone and the discovery and characterization of an abundant, rapidly evolving acrosome protein

September 6, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Cailyn Spurrell

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

August 23, 2013 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Health Sciences K-069


Katrina Claw

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Comparative proteomics and evolutionary analysis of primate reproductive proteins

August 15, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Jacob Kitzman

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

New technologies for sequencing and interpreting genomes

June 18, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Alan Rubin

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Expression-based segmentation of the Drosophila genome

June 7, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Health Sciences T-439


Cait Rippey

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Chimeric Genes Generated by Copy Number Variation as a Mutational Mechanism in Schizophrenia

May 30, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


Chad Weisbrod

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Development and application of accurate mass measurements for large-scale protein interaction and proteome studies

May 29, 2013 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Orin Smith Auditorium, South Lake Union


Andrew Stergachis

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Global measurements of human transcription factor occupancy: Insights into development and genome evolution

May 23, 2013 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Ben Whiddon

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Genetically altered mice reveal roles in physiology and behavior for neurons that release melanin-concentrating hormone

May 20, 2013 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Oceanography Teaching Building, 014


Jarrett Egertson

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Development of Data Independent Acquisition Techniques for the Analysis of Protein Mixtures by Tandem Mass Spectrometry

May 17, 2013 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Health Sciences K-069


Ray Malfavon-Borja

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Learning from the past: Searching for novel TRIM, CypA, and TRIMCyp antiviral factors in primates.

February 14, 2013 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center


Evelyn Vincow

Ph.D. in Neurobiology & Behavior

Mitochondrial Turnover

February 4, 2013 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


2012

Kevin Roach

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Conflict and Coevolution Shape the Primate Kinetochore

October 19, 2012 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Pelton Auditorium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center


Dan Skelly

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Patterns and determinants of variation in functional genomics phenotypes in the yeast

September 27, 2012 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Joe Hiatt

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Molecular tagging to overcome limitations of massively parallel sequencing

September 5, 2012 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Sarah Ng

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Next Generation Mendelian Genetics

August 15, 2012 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Renee George

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Using exome sequencing to study adaptive evolution in non-human primates and human populations

August 8, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Rupali Patwardhan

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Massively parallel functional dissection of regulatory elements

July 31, 2012 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Matt Maurano

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Regulatory variation and human disease

June 19, 2012 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Health Sciences K-069


Ben Smith

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Androgen Receptor Regulation of Germ Cell Migration across Sertoli Cell Tight Junctions

May 30, 2012 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium “Androgen Receptor Regulation of Germ Cell Migration across Sertoli Cell Tight Junctions”


Kyle Siebenthall

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

May 24, 2012 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC


Greg Finney

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Computational Tools and Analyses for Differential Label-Free Proteomics

January 26, 2012 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Health Sciences K-069


2011

Max Boeck

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

December 8, 2011 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Foege Auditorium


Sara Di Rienzi

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

November 16, 2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Nick Coley

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Interactions Among Mechanosensory Hair Cells and Support Cells During Development and Regeneration

August 5, 2011 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Health Sciences T-625


Ryan Emerson

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Molecular Evolution of Zinc Finger Transcription Factors

August 4, 2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Foege Auditorium


Alex Nord

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Next-generation sequencing to assay copy number variation: Germline mutations in breast and ovarian cancer patients and somatic mutations in their tumors

May 24, 2011 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Foege N-130 (BioE seminar room)


Andy Itsara

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Detection and Characterization of Human Copy-Number Variation

May 23, 2011 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Lisa Beutler

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The role of NMDA receptors in amphetamine-mediated behavior

May 17, 2011 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Fishery Science 102


Oliver Serang

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A practically efficient graph-theoretic approach to protein identification in mass spectrometry

April 12, 2011 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


James Thompson

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Comparative Modeling of Protein Structures

March 1, 2011 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2010

Tom Nicholas

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Identification and characterization of structural variation in the modern domestic dog, Canis lupus
familiaris

October 25, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Diane Dickel

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Genomic Analysis of Transcribed Microsatellite Repeats in Psychiatric Disease and Primate Evolution

July 30, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Angela Poole

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The mechanisms underlying mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease

June 9, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Rori Rohlfs

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The role of null distributions in statistical genetics

May 28, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Brig Mecham

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Supervised Normalization of Microarrays

May 14, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Cindy Desmarais

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Exploring Patterns of Polymorphism and Divergence in the Human Genome

March 30, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Graham McVicker

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The Roles of Natural Selection and Germline Gene Expression in Primate Genome Evolution

March 15, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Kevin Schutz

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

February 24, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Troy Zerr

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Genotyping Human Genomic Structural Variation

January 21, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Shameek Biswas

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Statistical Methods for Analyzing and Interpreting High-Dimensional Phenotypes

January 11, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Jeff Kidd

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Mapping and Sequencing Human Genomic Structural Variation

January 6, 2010 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2009

Aaron Hinz

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Genetic analysis of a stress response that protects

December 10, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Geoff Findlay

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

December 9, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Michael Boyle

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Temporal and spatial regulation of morphogenesis during

November 17, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Will Sheffler

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A Volumetric Energy Function For Protein Core Packing

November 12, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Kristen Lewis

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Genomic Approaches to Forensic DNA Analysis

November 6, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Mark Enstrom

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A Genome Scale Phenotype Screen to Determine Carbon Source Utilization and Stress Tolerance Pathways in Francisella novicida

August 12, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Michael Hoopmann

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Improving the aim of shotgun proteomics: Software and technology for high-resolution mass spectrometry

June 25, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Lazar Dimitrov

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Genetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Genome Instability in

June 10, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Steve Salipante

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A Genomic Approach to Fate Mapping: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Somatic Mutation

May 5, 2009 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2008

Chul Joo Kang

Ph.D. in Genetics

November 18, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Zhaoshi Jiang

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

An Evolutionary Reconstruction of Human Segmental Duplications

October 30, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Charla Lambert

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The Population Genetics of Duffy and Duffy-like Loci in the Human Genome

August 21, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Sara Selgrade

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

July 25, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Chung-Ying Huang

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Targeting Mechanisms of Resistance to Taxane-Based Chemotherapy

June 26, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Kiran Dhillon

Ph.D. in Genetics

Analysis of in vivo functions of the Werner syndrome protein

June 13, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


David Spencer

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Individual Genome Sequences

June 6, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Aaron Klammer

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

Revealing the proteome: A machine learning approach to peptide identification

April 22, 2008 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2007

Stephen Voght

Ph.D. in Genetics

Development and analysis of a Drosophila model of dietary sterol absorption

December 3, 2007 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Ilona Holcomb

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Genomic profiling of prostate cancer within and beyond the primary tumor

July 18, 2007 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Chris Saunders

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Insights from modeling protein evolution with context-dependent mutation and asymmetric amino acid selection

June 1, 2007 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Tobias Mann

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

A Thermodynamic Approach to PCR Primer Design

May 30, 2007 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Nathan Clark

Ph.D. in Genome Sciences

The Adaptive Evolution of Reproductive Proteins from Abalone and Primates: Studies of Positive Selection, Populations, and Protein Structure

May 4, 2007 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Allyson McCormick

Ph.D. in Genetics

Modeling Epilepsy in the Nematode

February 27, 2007 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2006

Daehyun Baek

Ph.D. in Bioengineering

Characterization of Evolutionarily Conserved Mammalian Alternative Splicing and Alternative Promoters

November 21, 2006 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Eric Smith

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Genetic Adaptation by

June 9, 2006 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Kavita Garg

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Genome-Wide Comparison of Alternative and Constitutive Splice Sites Conserved Between Human and Mouse

March 13, 2006 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2005

Lindsey Dubb

Ph.D. in Genetics

A Likelihood Model of Gene Family Evolution

December 15, 2005 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Elena Linardopoulou

Ph.D. in Bioengineering

Structure, function and evolution of human subtelomeres

December 5, 2005 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Dick Hwang

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo phylogenetic analysis of mammalian evolution reveals varying substitution patterns along the sequence and across lineages

June 13, 2005 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


James Sherman

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Proteome scale decay kinetic discovery:ย  Methodologies and Applications

June 3, 2005 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Terrence Satterfield

Ph.D. in Genetics

Genetics and Biochemical Analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster Homolog of the Human SCA2 Gene

March 16, 2005 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Robert Maxwell Robinson

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Splicing Signals in Caenorhabditis elegans: Candidate Exonic Splicing Enhancer Motifs

March 7, 2005 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2004

Michele Hastings

Ph.D. in Genetics

Analysis of Dihydrofolate Reductase Variations in Relation to Antifolate Resistance in

December 15, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Jessica Greene

Ph.D. in Genetics

Investigation of parkin function in a Drosophila model of Parkinson’s Disease

November 15, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Josh McElwee

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

A comparative analysis of transcriptional alterations in long-lived insulin/IGF-1-like signaling mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster

September 7, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Monika Tzoneva

Ph.D. in Genetics

UNC-58 is an unusual member of the C. elegans TWIK potassium channel family

August 19, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Mara Jeffress

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Identification of Putative Plasmodium falciparum Mefloquine Resistance Genes

August 12, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


John Miller

Ph.D. in Genetics

Interactions Among Integral Membrane Proteins of Yeast

August 3, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Michael Bonham

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Identification of tumor cell growth inhibitory compoty of its Regulation

July 14, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Tera Newman

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Complex Evolution of the 7E Olfactory Receptor Genes and 7E Segmental Duplications

June 29, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Elaine Round

Ph.D. in Genetics

In One End and Out the Other: Involvement of G-Protein Signaling in the C. elegans Defecation Motor Program

March 19, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Heather McCune

Ph.D. in Genetics

Better Late than Never: Microarray-Based Analysis of DNA Replication Dynamics in a Yeast Mutant with Inefficient Late Origin Activation

March 12, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Michael Babcock

Ph.D. in Genetics

Forward and Reverse Genetic Approaches to Studying Synaptic Transmission in Drosophila melanogaster

March 5, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Audrey Seamons

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Implications of Myelin Basic Protein Processing and Presentation on T Cell Activation and Tolerance

February 24, 2004 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2003

Juno Choe

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Genomic Analysis by Single Cell Flow Sorting

December 10, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Rob Holdcraft

Ph.D. in Genetics

Regulation of Spermatogenesis by Androgen Receptor: Effect of Hypomorphic and Cell Specific Mutations

November 3, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Leonard Lipovich

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Novel Transcriptional Units and Unconventional Gene Pairs in Human Genomic Sequence

September 24, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Sherrif Ibrahim

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Characterization of Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells through Surface Phenotyping and Dye Efflux.

September 11, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Jessica Golby

Ph.D. in Genetics

Genetic Analysis of Drosophila NSF Function

August 21, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Jennie Dorman

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Investigating epithelial morphogenesis during dorsal appendage formation in Drosophila oogenesis

August 15, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


David Tabb

Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology

Bioinformatics of proteomic tandem mass spectra: selection, characterization, and identification

June 23, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


David Tran

Ph.D. in Genetics

June 10, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Rachael French

Ph.D. in Genetics

February 28, 2003 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2002

Karen James

Ph.D. in Genetics

June 13, 2002 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Flaviano Giorgini

Ph.D. in Genetics

Functional Analysis of the Murine Sequence-Specific RNA-Binding Protein MSY4

March 15, 2002 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2001

Sonia Yvette Hunt

Ph.D. in Genetics

Life Without CDC7: Replication Dynamics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the Absence of an Essential Kinase

December 20, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Larry Gallagher

Ph.D. in Genetics

Insights into Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence: Cyanide as a Weapon and the Complexity of its Regulation

December 11, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Bill Buaas

Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Spermatogonial Stem Cell Development in the Mouse Mutant Luxoid: An Old Mutant with a Novel Role

December 10, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Heather Christy Mefford

Ph.D. in Genetics

Evolution and Biology of a Subtelomeric Repeat Containing an Expressed Olfactory Receptor Gene.

November 5, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Christina Buchanan

Ph.D. in Genetics

Identification and Characterization of a Checkpoint Triggered by Delayed Replication in S. cerevisiae.

November 2, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Elizabeth Stratton Pratt

Ph.D. in Genetics

Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Adr6, a Component of the SWI / SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex

August 16, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Jessica Nadler

Ph.D. in Genetics

Fanconi Anemia complementation group C reveals a role for DNA damage repair in Primordial germ cell development

August 3, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Merrilee Robatzek

Ph.D. in Genetics

Genetic Interactions Between the C. elegans Calcium / calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II and a G-protein Signaling Network

July 31, 2001 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


2000

Deborah Allen Kuzmanovic

Ph.D. in Genetics

The Role of a Myosin in Yeast Cytokinesis

December 8, 2000 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Sam Schriner

Ph.D. in Genetics

DNA Damage in Mice and Mouse Cells Overexpressing Human Catalases

October 19, 2000 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Holly Gibs Davies

Ph.D. in Genetics

MSY4, A Sequence-Specific RNA Binding Protein Expressed During Mouse Spermatogenesis

March 10, 2000 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Eleanor Gray Hankins

Ph.D. in Genetics

Drug Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum: The Role of Point Mutations in Dihydropteroate Synthase and Dihydrofolate Reductase Analyzed in a Yeast Model

March 2, 2000 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


1999

Shannon Payne

Ph.D. in Genetics

Analysis of BRCA1 Genomic Structure: Novel Germline Mutations and Somatic Alterations in Breast Cancer

December 17, 1999 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Takao Inoue

Ph.D. in Genetics

TGF-รŸ Signaling in C. Elegans Dauer Formation

December 10, 1999 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |


Jun Zhong

Ph.D. in Genetics

A Double-Stranded RNA Binding Protein that is Important for Murine Spermatogenesis and Growth

July 23, 1999 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |