The Biotechnology Graduate Program awarded 35 Masters Degrees at the 2019 Graduate Commencement.

Congratulations to all of our 2019 Biotechnology Masters Graduates!

 

Masters of Arts

Aida Berhane

Rebecca Chernick

Pu-Ning Chiang

Nelson Chou

Alison French

Sarah Grosser

Bradyn Jasper

Matthew Ringler-Lantzy

Gerogianna Stoukides

 

Masters of Science

Daniel Amaya

Behavioral Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease (Advised by Wael Asaad)

 

Callie Burton-Callegari

Changes in Cognitive Function from Baseline to 1-Year Follow-Up Post VC/VS Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment for Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Advised by Nicole McLaughlin)

 

Kevin Cao

Antagonistic Effect of Aspartate-β-Hydroxylase on Chemotherapeutics in Cholangiocarcinoma (Advised by Jack Wands)

 

Alexander Catoya

Development of a Minimally Biased Approach to Neural State Space Construction and State Identification (Advised by Leigh Hochberg)

 

Amber Chevannes

Computational Methods for Evaluating FUS Protein Mutation Pathology (Advised by Nicolas Fawzi)

 

Constance Huang

The Role of LINE-1 Retrotransposition in the Accumulating DNA Damage of Neural Stem Cells (Advised by Jill Kreiling)

 

Claudia Jones

Enhancing Suicidal Behavior Comorbidity Knowledge Through Data Mining Based on Genetic Associations (Advised by Elizabeth Chen)

 

Daniel Klotz

Development of Laminin Matrix Stripes on Polyacrilamide to Geometrically Confine Neurons in a One-Dimensional Space (Advised by Christian Frank)

 

Amy Lin

Remediating Epigenetic Dysregulation in Alzheimer's Disease (Advised by Suzanne De La Monte)

 

Mengqi (Rena) Lin

A Novel Target for Insulin Resistance in Nonalcoholic Steatophepatits (Advised by Jack Wands)

 

Connor Lohmann

Locating Biomarkers of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Through the Use of Behavioral Tasks: Protocol Development (Advised by Nicole McLaughlin)

 

Kristine Ma

Surface Conjugation of Gold Nanorods to Enhance Attachment to Retinal Ganglion Cells for Photonic Retinal Prosthetics (Advised by Jonghwan Lee)

 

Anna Makaretz

(Advised by Rami Kantor)

 

Bridget McVeigh

Sigma-2 Receptor-Mediated Changes in Metabolism and Calcium Signaling (Advised by Wayne Bowen)

 

Kosta Milovanovic

Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Detectionand Quantification of Polymer Nanoparticles (Advised by Edith Mathiowitz)

 

Natalia Moriel

Arecoline-induced Neuronal Damage and the Additive Effect of Nicotine Nitrosamines (Advised by Suzanne De La Monte)

 

Jake Newberry

Cartilage Progenitors Stimulate Meniscus Tear Reintegration and Fibrochondrocyte Proliferation to Facilitate Healing in Two Independent Ex-Vivo Models of Meniscus Injury Repair (Advised by Chathuraka Jayasuriya)

 

Travis Nguyen

Development of an Analytical Method for Polymeric Nanoparticle Quantification in Serum by FourierTransform-Infrared Spectroscopy (Advised by Edith Mathiowitz)

 

Johnny Page

Behavioral Phenotyping in Mouse: Accelerating Therapeutic Development for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Advised by Justin Fallon)

 

Gianna Prata

Skeletal Muscle Mygogenesis in C2C12 Self-Assembled 3D Microtissues (Advised by Jeff Morgan)

 

Derek Rott

Characterization of Pressure-Induced Anisotropy in Atactic Polystyrene (Advised by Edith Mathiowitz)

 

Mathtew Schertler

Glycosyltransferase Domain-Containing Protein A in Francisella Tularensis: Expression and Regulation (Gerald Nau)

 

Shiffoni Sukhlal

Development and Characterization of High Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles to Achieve a Controlled Basal Insulin Delivery System in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus  (Advised by Edith Mathiowitz)

 

Shuge Sun

DNA-Inspired Nanotubes for Doxorubicin Delivery (Advised by Yupeng Chen)

 

Anne Yau

Injectable and Self-assembled Nano-Matrix for Stem Cell Homing (Advised by Yupeng Chen)

 

Brandon Yeoh

Using a Novel, Noninvasive Method to Measure Auditory Evoked Potentials in the Big Brown Bat (Advised by James Simmons)