2012
|
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Mark Stenerson |
Academic game development: practices and design strategies for creating stem games |
Human Computer Interaction |
Wurtele
|
PhD |
Hsien-chao Chou |
Local assembly and pre-mRNA splicing analyses by high-throughput sequencing data |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Brendel, Honavar |
Yimo Liu |
Analysis of the function and the regulation of autophagy in Arabidopsis Thaliana |
Genetics |
Bassham |
Micheline Ngankwimi Ngaki |
FAP genes modulate fatty acid and lipid accumulation in Arabidopsis |
Genetics |
Wurtele |
Margaret Pruitt |
Structure-function analyses of the Tre1 G protein-coupled receptor |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Coffman |
Krishnakumar Sridharan |
Computational analyses to identify and study cis-regulatory regions in eukaryotes |
Genetics |
Brendel, Becraft |
Gibum Yi |
Genetic regulation of Aleurone cell fate in Zea Mays |
Plant Biology |
Becraft |
2011 |
|
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Elizabeth Asque |
Investigations of potential roles of hypoxic response genes in Drosophila primordial germ cell development |
Genetics |
Powell-Coffman |
Liping Chen |
Identification and survey of pre-mRNA splicing-related proteins in 10 plant species |
Genetics |
Brendel
|
Xiayan Kuang
(Dr. Kuang earned his Ph.D. in Genetics at ISU in 2010) |
Computational prediction of DS Transposon insertion sites in plants using DNA structural features |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Vollbrecht/Brendel |
Ho Man Tang |
The Brown Midrib 2 (BM2) gene of maize encodes Methylenetetrahydrofoliate reductase |
Genetics |
Schnable
|
PhD |
Xi Chen |
The analysis of HCS1 in Arabidopsis |
Plant Biology |
Wurtele |
Hsin-Kai Liao |
Forward and reverse genetic approaches in Zebrafish |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology |
Essner |
Hong Lu |
Application of comparative genomics for detection of genomic features and transcriptional regulartory elements |
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
Schnable |
Deepak Reyon |
Genome engineering using DNA-binding proteins: Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNS) and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENS) |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Dobbs/Edward Yu (BBMB) |
Ying Wang |
Analysis of endothelial tube formation in vivo |
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology |
Essner |
Yang Xu |
The study of the mechanism of Arabidopsis VAR2 variegation |
Plant Biology |
Rodermel |
Xiang Yang |
Study of ramosa1 function during maize inflorescence development |
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology |
Vollbrecht |
Recent Dissertations
2010
|
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Danielle Elizabeth Reed |
Characterization of the Brown Midrib4 gene of maize (Zea Mays L.): A step towards enhancing the carbon sequestration capacity of stover |
Genetics |
Schnable |
PhD |
Fengli Fu |
Computational approaches to understand interactions between zinc finger proteins and DNA |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Voytas |
Yong Huang |
An evolutionary study of human microRNAs |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Gu |
Yi Jia |
Analysis of differences in gene expression and the genetic and epigenetic regulation of transcript accumulation in maize |
Plant Biology |
Schnable |
Sang Jin Kim |
Vacuolar trafficking and vesicle fusion machineries at the Arabidopsis trans-Golgi network |
Genetics |
Bassham |
Xianyan Kuang |
Studies of site-specific DNA double-strand break repair in plants |
Genetics |
Peterson |
Lei Li |
The mechanism and network for BES1-mediated transcriptional regulation in Brassinosteroids (BR) pathway in Arabiodopsis |
Genetics |
Yin |
Huiying Liu |
The study of the mechanism of Arabidopsis immutans variegation |
Plant Biology |
Rodermel |
Sanzhen Liu |
Global patterns of mutator transposon and high-throughput strategies of gene mapping, cloining in maize |
Genetics |
Schnable |
Xiayan Liu |
var2 genetic suppressors |
Genetics |
Rodermel |
Jisun Oh |
Astrocyte-derived soluble factors promoting neuronal differentiation of adult neural progenitor cells |
Neuroscience & Biomedical Sciences |
Sakaguchi |
Yuanbin Ru |
The significance of splice site sequences in plant intron evolution and alternative splicing |
Genetics |
Brendel |
Zhiyong Shao |
Roles of C. elegans EGL-9 in HIF-1 regulation and pathogen resistance |
Genetics |
Powell-Coffman |
Brandi Sigmon |
Ramosa1 in the development of evolution of inflorescence architecture in grasses |
Genetics |
Vollbrecht |
Xiaomin Yu |
Proteomic and Transcriptiomic analysis of near-isogenic soybean lines differing in seed protein content |
Plant Biology |
Wurtele |
Zhiwei Zhai |
The regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1) and the role of HIF-1 in C. elegans longevity |
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
Powell-Coffman |
2009 |
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Li Li |
Unusual patterns of genetic diversity and gene expression in the maize genome |
Plant Biology |
Schnable |
Michael E. Miller |
Extracting biologically relevant information from microarray data as related to nitrate response in maize roots and node development in rice |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Schnable |
Lixun Su |
The role of the Viviparous1 (VP1) gene in anaerobic inhibition of maize embryo germination |
Plant Biology |
Becraft |
Danhua Zhang |
A descriptive and functional study of Zebrafish Connexin43 |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Essner |
PhD |
Heather Babka |
Acetyl-CoA in Plant Biology |
Genetics |
Wurtele |
Antony Chettoor |
Regulation of aleurone cell fate determinants in Zea mays |
Plant Biology |
Becraft |
Suh-Yeon Choi |
Metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulating Arabidopsis and switchgrass: Unveiling metabolic consequences of bioplastic accumulation in plant plastids |
Genetics |
Wurtele |
Deqiang Duanmu |
Putative inorganic carbon transport and accumulation systems associated with the CO2 concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhartii |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Spalding |
Ramesh Koukuntla |
Suppressor TRNA mediated gene therapy |
Genetics |
Link |
Haining Lin |
Insights into the rice and Arabidopsis genomes: intron fates, paralogs, and lineage-specific genes |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Buell & Gu, Co-major Profs. |
Ruth Anne Swanson Wagner |
Analysis of differences in gene expression and the genetic regulation of transcript accumulation in maize inbred and hybrid lines |
Genetics |
Schnable |
Kent Vander Velden |
Modeling Biochemical Network for synthetic biology and understanding |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Reilly & Honavar, Co-major Profs. |
Chuanhe Yu |
Genome rearrangement induced by Ac/Ds transposable element in plants |
Genetics |
Peterson |
Yi Zhang |
Hypoxia-inducible factor regulatory networks and their roles in aging in C. elegans |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Powell-Coffman |
2008 |
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Keri Davis |
Identification of genes involved in germ cell programmed cell death in Drosophila melanogaster |
Genetics |
Coffman |
Joonbae Seo |
Molecular genetics studies of bZIP transcription factor, TRAB1, and MYB transcription factor, ME97, on the Viviparous 1 promoter in Zea mays |
Plant Biology |
Becraft |
Xiaofei Yu |
Mechanisms of BES1-regulated gene expression downstream of brassinosteroid signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Yin |
PhD |
You Hi |
LTR retrotransposons in plants: mechanisms of targeted integration and applications in plant genome engineering |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Voytas |
Matthew Lee Hillwig |
Understanding biological activity of Hypericum species through metabolomics studies |
Plant Physiology |
Wurtele |
Parijat Juvale |
Deciphering Proteolytic Processing of Carbonic Anhydrase1 from Chlamydomonas ReinhardtII |
Plant Biology |
Spalding |
Angela Kamps |
Studies of cell migration and programmed cell death: characterization and analysis of scattershot, a mutation disrupting germ cell migration and programmed cell death in Drosophila melanogaster |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Coffman |
Jie Li |
Data integration for biological network databases: MetNetDB labeled graph model and graph matching algorithm |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Wurtele |
Nguyen Phan |
Functional characterization of Arabidopsis sorting nexin AtSNX2b |
Genetics |
Bassham |
Jeffry Sander |
Characterization and design of C2H2 zinc finger proteins as custom DNA binding domains |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Dobbs |
Michael Terribilini |
Computational analysis and prediction of protein-RNA interactions |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Dobbs |
Lankun Wu |
Constituents and receptor-mediated calcium signalling underlying bioactivities of Echinacea |
Plant Biology |
Wurtele |
2007 |
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Dana Z. Awwad |
Interleukin-15 and Alpha(1,3) Galactosyl-expressing vaccine combination therapy for melanoma |
Genetics |
Link |
Lisa Borsuk |
(non thesis) |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Schnable |
Robert Alfred Dick |
Factors that affect targeting of TY5 retrotransposon in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae |
Genetics |
Voytas |
Li Fan |
Map based candidate gene cloning and functional analysis of genes involved in VLCFAs synthesis |
Genetics |
Schnable |
Justin Schares |
Sequencing and distribution analysis of dissociation transposon events throughout the Zea Mays genome |
Genetics |
Vollbrecht |
Julie D. Uhl |
Characterization of three-spot, a gene involved in germ cell migration of Drosophila melanogaster |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Coffman |
Ying Zheng |
Functional divergence after gene duplication and sequence-structure relationship: A case-study of G-protein alpha subunits |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Gu |
PhD |
Troy Brady |
The role of the integrase c-terminus in replication and targeted integration of the yeast retrotransposon Ty5 |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Voytas |
Jun Cao |
Genetic Dissection of the RF2A-Mediated Fertility Restoration Pathway in Maize |
Genetics |
Schnable |
Ling Guo |
Bioinformatics in maize genome research |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Schnable |
Matthew M. Harper |
Stem cells as neuroprotective vectors for retinal disease |
Neuroscience |
Sakaguchi |
Lakshminarasimhan Krishnaswamy |
Genome rearrangement at reversed-ends Ds element in Arabidopsis |
Plant Physiology |
Peterson |
Jae-Hyung Lee |
Analysis of protein-RNA and protein-peptide interactions in Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIAV) infection |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Dobbs |
Shayani Pieris |
A study of the impact of mazie SBE I on the alpha-polyglucan produced in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 |
Plant Physiology |
Spalding |
Michael Sparks |
Computational annotation of eukaryotic gene structures: algorithms development and software systems |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Brendel |
Matthew D. Wilkerson |
Genesis of gene structures and computational analysis of U12-type introns |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Brendel |
Yukiko Yamada |
Deciphering molecular mechanisms that regulate programmed cell death of primorial germ cells in Drosophila melanogaster |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Coffman |
2006 |
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Jeffrey James Orasky |
Influence of extracellular matrix molecules on the adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of murine retinal and brain progenitor cells in vitor |
Neuroscience |
Sakaguchi |
Yanling Wei |
The roles of aldehydedehydrogenases (ALDHS) in acetyl-coa biosynthesis and root elongation in Arabidopsis |
Genetics |
Schnable |
PhD |
Sara Belliveau McMaken |
Genetic analysis of potential regulators of HIF-1 in C. elegans |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Powell-Coffman |
Junbiao Dai |
Controlled integration of the Ty5 retrotransposon in saccharomyces ceverisiae |
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Voytas |
Fang Fang |
Bayesian recombination detection modeling and application |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Dorman, Dobbs Co-maj |
Aigen Fu |
The mechanism of Arabidopsis immutans variegation |
Genetics |
Rodermel |
Jin Li |
Functional characterization of the RAD51 genes in Zea Mays and their roles in MU Transposition |
Genetics |
Schnable |
Ling Li |
The analysis of global gene expression related to starch, lipid and protein composition |
Genetics |
Wurtele |
Wieslawa Izabela Mentzen |
From pathway to regulon in Arabidopsis |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Wurtele; Gu Co-major |
Jelena (Marka) Ostojic |
Neuroglobin and cytoblobin distribution patterns in human and canine eye |
Neuroscience |
Sakaguchi |
Hongtao Qin |
Neuronal functions of AHR1, the caenorhabditis/elgans homolog of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor |
Genetics |
Powell-Coffman |
Jessica Ann Schlueter |
The paleopolyploid nature of the soybean genome: Duplicate gene identification, regional sequence characterization and expression studies |
Genetics |
Shoemaker |
Shannon D. Schlueter |
Plant genome informatics: Evaluation and analysis of genomic DNA features involved in the transcriptional processing of protein coding genes |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
Brendel |
Chuan Shen |
Studies of hypoxia response and regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor HIF-1in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Toxicology |
Powell-Coffman |
Yan Xiong |
Function of autophagy in development and abiotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana |
Plant Physiology |
Bassham |
2005 |
Student Name |
Title |
Program |
Major Professor |
MS |
Eric Thomas Weatherford (zoology program) |
Angiotensin II and its direct effects on rat neutrophils |
Other |
Enger |
PhD |
Xueyuan Cao |
Functional crinkly4 gene familiy in Arabidopsis thaliana and vivaparous 1 promoter in om Zea Mays
|
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Becraft |
James Daniel Cheaney (zoology program) |
Problem-based learning in an on-line biotechnology course |
Other |
Ingebritsen |
Yan Fu |
Analysis of the maize (Zea Mays L) genome using molecular, genetic and computational approaches |
Genetics |
Schnable |
Ericka Ruth Havecker |
Characterization of the sireviruses: a unique group of TY1/Copia Ltr retrotransposons in plants |
Genetics |
Voytas |
Marna Darlene Yandeau Nelson |
The effects of transmodifers and tandem duplications of meiotic recombination in maize |
Genetics |
Schnable |
Bing-Bing Wang |
Genome-wide analysis of splicing related genes and alternative splicing in plants |
Genetics |
Brendel |
Yingjun Wang |
CO2 concentrating mechanism and signal transduction pathway associated with limiting CO2 acclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii |
Plant Physiology |
Spalding |
Fei Yu |
The mechanism of Var2 leaf variegation |
Plant Physiology |
Rodermel |
Feng Zhang |
Organ-specific regulation and molecular evolution of the maize pericarp color1 gene |
Genetics |
Peterson |
