Molecular Genetics Graduates
(College of Biological Sciences)
AS OF JUNE 2008

• Ash, John - Ph.D., AU94
  Advisor:  Dr. Lee F. Johnson
  Dissertation Title: Expression of the mouse thymidylate synthase gene is regulated through synergy between the essential promoter and introns.

• Chen, Bing - Ph.D., SU97
  Advisor:  Dr. Alan Lambowitz
  Dissertation Title: Gene Expression in Neurospora Crassa Mitochondria: Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase and Mauriceville Mitochondrial Reverse Transcriptase.
  Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin

• Gu, Xiangju - Ph.D., WI97
  Advisor:  Dr. Deshpal Verma
  Dissertation Title: GTP-binding protein and cell plate formation in plants: role of phragmoplastin in early cell plate formation.

• Guo, Qingbin - Ph.D., AU92
  Advisor:  Dr. Alan Lambowitz
  Dissertation Title: RNA splicing in neurospora mitochondria: the interaction of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase and group I introns.
  Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellowship, laboratory of Dr. J. Michael Bishop (Nobel Laureate), University of California, San Francisco

• Kapadia, Fehmida - Ph.D., SP 05
  Advisor:  Dr. Lee Johnson
  Dissertation:  Analyses of the Thymidylate Synthase Promotes and an RNA Helicase Required for mRNA Export

• Ke, Yunbo - Ph.D., SU95
  Advisor:  Dr. Lee F. Johnson
  Dissertation Title: Regulation by Introns: Splicing is Required for Normal Growth-Stimulated Expression of the Mouse Thymidylate Synthase Gene.
  Position Upon Graduation: Research Associate, University of Chicago, Dept. of Internal Medicine

• Pryor, Anne Miller - Ph.D., AU 03
  Advisor:  Dr. Lee Johnson
  Dissertation Title:  Growth Regulated Expression and Go-Specific Turnover of the MRNA that Encodes AH49, a Mammalian Protein Highly Related to the MRNA Export Protein UAPS6
  Position:  Taking maternity leave

• Smith, James - Ph.D., AU99 graduate advised by Ostrowski, Michael
  Dissertation Title:RAS Dependent Regulation of ETS-2
  Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute Advanced Technical Center, Gaithersburg, Maryland

• Thompson, Bruce Stanton, Jr. - M.S. graduate advised by Muller, Mark
  Dissertation Title:  An Alternative System for the Preparation and Delivery of Genes for DNA Vaccination
  Position Upon Graduation:  Applying to Law School