Graduates

CONGRATULATIONS

SPRING 2008 recipients

Michelle Roettger, Ph.D., SP 2008
Advisor: Dr. Ming-Daw Tsai, co-advisor: Dr. Ross Dalbey
Dissertation: Insight into the Fidelity of Two X-Family Polymerases:
DNA Polymerase Mu and DNA Polymerase Beta.

WINTER 2008 recipients

Nathan Kreel, Ph.D., WI 08
Advisor: Dr. Robert Tabita
Dissertation: Examination of Mutants That Alter Oxygen Sensitivity and
CO2/02 Substrate Specificity of theRibulose 1.5=Biphosphate
Carboxylase/Oxygenase (RUBISCO) From Archaeoglobus Fulgidus

Greg Polsinelli, Ph.D., WI 08
Advisor: Dr. Russ Hille
Dissertation/Thesis Title: Characterization of an oncofetal
protein (OFP) and cloning of its cDNA.

Dileep Pulukkunat, Ph.D., WI 08
Advisor: Dr. Venkat Gopalan

Haiyan Song, Ph.D., WI 08
Advisor: Dr. Ming-Daw Tsai
Dissertation: Structural and Functional Study of the Interaction
Between KI67 FHA Domain and NIFK

Jijun Yuan, Ph.D., WI 08
Advisor: Dr. Ross Dalbey
Dissertation: Membrane Protein Insertaion in Bacteria by the YidC and Sec Pathway
Employment: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Chemistry, Ohio State University

Xudong Zhang, Ph.D., WI 08
Advisor: Dr. Shang-Tian Yang
Dissertation: 3-D Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening for Drug
Discovery and Cell Culture Process Development
Employment: Scientist 1, Process Development, Diosynth Biotechnology,
a part of Schering-Plough Corporation

AUTUMN 2007GRADUATES
Yueming Chang - Ph.D., AU 07
Advisor: Dr. C. Glenn Lin, Advisor
Dissertation: "Investigation of Two Early Events in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis -
MRNA Oxidation and P-Regulation of a Novel Protective Factor MSURI"

 Leonardo Porchia, Ph.D., AU 07
Advisor: Dr. Matt Ringel
Dissertation: P21-Activated Kinase: A Novel Therapeutic Target in Thyroid Cancer"
Employed: Post-Doctoral Researher, Lab of Dr. Andrea Doseff, Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University

Greg Steinbaugh, Ph.D., AU 07
Advisor: Dr. Douglas Pfeiffer
Dissertation: "Heavy Metal Ion Transport Utilizing Natural and Synthetic Ionophores"
Employed: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Surgery, The Ohio State College of Medicine

Laxmi Kishore Parsa Venkata - Ph.D., AU 07
Advisor: Dr. Susheela Tridandapani
Dissertation: "Molecular Mechanisms of Host Cell Response to Francisella Infection"
Employed: Assistant Manager in the Dept. of Drug Discovery Research, Matrix Laboratories, India

Zhaoxia Zhang - Ph.D., AU 07
Advisor: Dr. Sissy Jhiang
Dissertation: "Regulation of Sodium Iodide Symporter Expression/Function and
Generation of NISLUC-YFP/WT Knock-In Mouse"

Shanggen Zhou, Ph.D., AU 07
Advisor: Dr. James DeWille
Dissertation: "Post-Translational Regulation of CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein (Delta) (C/EBP (Delta) by
Ubiquitin Family Proteins"

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