Biology
CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS AND ASSESSMENT OF THE NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS MICROBIOME
Doctoral Candidate Name: Quinton Krueger Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: July 21, 2022 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Woodward 155/ Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Adam Reitzel Committee Members: Dr. Paola López-Duarte, Dr. Todd Steck, Dr. Andrew Truman, Dr. Cynthia Gibas Abstract: Cnidarians are part of a complex clade of marine invertebrates that inhabit […]
INFLAMMATION, NLRP3 INFLAMMASOMES, MACROPHAGES AND BREAST CANCER PROGRESSION
Doctoral Candidate Name: Katherine Holtzman Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: November 8, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92845902405 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Didier Dréau Committee Members: Dr. Andrew Truman, Dr. Ian Marriott, Dr. Richard Chi, Dr. Martha Eppes Abstract: One in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and […]
MECHANISMS OF ACCLIMATION AND ADAPTATION IN THE SEA URCHIN ECHINOMETRA SP. EZ
Doctoral Candidate Name: Remi Ketchum Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: November 4, 2021 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92697507458?pwd=NjFwd0lNUkRydGVrQzhYaW5wdUpsUT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Adam Reitzel Committee Members: Dr. Adam Reitzel, Dr. Joseph Ryan, Dr. Bao-Hua Song, Dr. Lopez-Duarte, Dr. Daniel Janies Abstract: Climate change has resulted in warming of coastal aquatic habitats around the […]
VPS501, A NOVEL SNX-BAR PROTEIN INVOLVED IN AUTOPHAGY
Doctoral Candidate Name: Shreya Goyal Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: October 18, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Richard CHoo Committee Members: Dr. Adam Reitzel, Dr. Andrew Truman, Dr. Veronica Segarra, Dr. Juan-Vivero Escoto Abstract: Careful control of intracellular signaling pathways plays an important role in a cell’s ability […]
EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL BIOFEEDBACK ON BIOMECHANICS AND ANKLE JOINT HEALTH IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC ANKLE INSTABILITY
Doctoral Candidate Name: Danielle Marie Torp Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: June 24, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/99362031303?pwd=S3RVOWFXRmpTZ25rR3ovSXhwa3hVZz09 Committee chair’s Name: Luke Donovan Committee Members: Abstract: Individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI) often demonstrate abnormal biomechanical patterns which may be associated with the onset of posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). There is a lack […]
THE ROLE OF METFORMIN ON NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PROGRESSION AND SKELETAL MUSCLE HEALTH
Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicole Stott Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: May 5, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Joe Marino Committee Members: Abstract: Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and maintains a small survival rate (~20%). Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) makes up 80-85% of all lung […]
UNDERSTANDING CHAPERONE INTERACTIONS IN DISEASE
Doctoral Candidate Name: Nitika Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: April 14, 2021 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/91945623162?pwd=VjEwdGFzb2JUNUMrQUl4OTFwZ1J6UT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Andrew W Truman Committee Members: Dr. Christine Richardson, Dr. Shan Yan, Dr. Richard Chi, Dr. Mehdi Mollapour Abstract: The correct folding of proteins after synthesis and stress-promoted denaturation is critical for cell […]
DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF FEMORAL CARTILAGE HEALTH IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN
Doctoral Candidate Name: Hyunjae Jeon Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: April 19, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom meeting Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Abbey Thomas Fenwick Committee Members: Dr. Luke Donovan, Dr. Adam Reitzel, Dr. Andrew Truman, Dr. Jeanette Bennett Abstract: Patients with patellofemoral pain (PFP) experience pain during or after physical activities. […]
ROLE OF INTRAMOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS ON THE KINETICS OF HUMAN CARDIAC MYOSIN β -ISOFORM
Doctoral Candidate Name: Akhil Gargey Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: April 15, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/94229252710?pwd=SUpKaHYzcUJMYkVYUitDRzNTSEd3dz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yuri Nesmelov Committee Members: Dr. Jerry Troutman, Dr. Andrew Truman, Dr. Valery Grdzelishvili, Dr. Kausik Chakrabarti Abstract: Human cardiac myosin has two isoforms, α and β, sharing significant sequence similarity, but […]
APE2 IS A CRITICAL REGULATOR OF THE DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE TO MAINTAIN GENOME INTEGRITY IN MAMMALIAN CELLS
Doctoral Candidate Name: MD Akram Hossain Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: April 9, 2021 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual Meeting via Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Shan Yan Committee Members: Dr. Christine Richardson, Dr. Pinku Mukherjee, Dr. Kaushik Chakrabarti, Dr. Jun-Tao Guo Abstract: The maintenance of genome integrity and fidelity is essential for […]