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  • Katie E. Galvin, Ph.D., 2007
    Mentor: Wetmore
    "Modulation of Sonic Hedgehog-Gli1 Signaling in Neural Stem Cells"
  • Jungsu Kim, Ph.D., 2007
    Mentor: Golde
    "The BRI-Fusion Strategy for Modeling and Therapeutics of Alzheimer’s Disease"
  • Jia-Min Zhuo, Ph.D., 2007
    Mentor: Nicolle
    "Prefrontal Cortex-Related Executive Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease Model Tg2576 Mice"
  • Won Yong Lee, Ph.D., 2006
    Mentor: Sine
    "Structures Underpinning Agonist Binding and Coupling of Binding to Gating in the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor"
  • Eric J. Buenz, Ph.D., 2006
    Mentor: Howe
    "Picornavirus Infection Results in Dead Neurons and Stupid Mice"
  • David J. Schnepple, Ph.D., 2006
    Mentor: Badley
    "TRAIL-Short: A Splice Variant of TRAIL that Antagonizes TRAIL-Induced Apoptosis, Produced by Virally Infected or Transformed Cells"
  • Anna Svatikova, Ph.D., 2005
    Mentor: Somers
    "Normal and Apneic Sleep – Implications for Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms"
  • Cynthia T. Zehr, Ph.D., 2004
    Mentor: Hutton
    "Characterization of Pathology and Cell Death Mechanisms in Mouse Models of Tauopathies"
  • William Tzu-Lung Hu, Ph.D., 2004
    Mentor: Brimijoin
    "Amyloid-Beta Mediated Changes in Acetylcholinesterase: Delayed Acetylcholinesterase Turnover in Alzheimer's Disease"
  • Carlos B. Mantilla, Ph.D., 2003
    Mentor: Sieck
    "Inactivity-Induced Plasticity of Phrenic Motoneurons: Role of Neurotrophins"
  • Andrew B. West, Ph.D., 2003
    Mentor: Farrer
    "The Genetics, Genomics and Transcription Regulation of the Parkin Gene"

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