Degree Candidates

As the names of graduates and honor designations must be compiled in advance of Commencement, this listing is not official and is subject to revision as may be mandated by satisfaction of degree requirements and academic grades. Degree honors are not yet finalized. Students who are receiving degree honors will be notified later.

Listing indicates candidate’s name, thesis sponsor, degree-granting program at Upstate Medical University and title of thesis.

Yazheng Wang Pharmacology Hong Lu Liver-specific Glucorticoid Action in Alcoholic Liver Disease

Listing indicates candidate’s name, dissertation sponsor, degree-granting program at Upstate Medical University and title of dissertation.

Alexander John Baker-Williams Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dimitra Bourboulia Identification of TIMP2 as the First Secretory Co-Chaperone of eHSP90

Anna Miriam John Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Stewart Loh Design and Characterization of a Color-changing Fluorescent Protein Biosensor

Mei Yun Lin Anatomy and Cell Biology Jason Horton Preclinical Evaluation of Mithramycin A for Targeted Radiosensitization of Ewing Sarcoma

Krista Lorraine Newell Microbiology and Immunology Gary Winslow Memory and effector B cell responses to viral and intracellular bacterial infection

Hannah Lee Phillips Neuroscience Wei-Dong Yao Neurophysiological and behavioral analysis of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia in mouse models Rachel Erin Harter Sager Neuroscience Cynthia Weickert Charting neurotypical change in complement and cytokine levels across postnatal human cortical development

Peu Santra Anatomy and Cell Biology Jeffrey Amack Genetic analysis of Vacuolar type H+-ATPase function in mechanosensory hair cells

Sumana Sundaramurthy Anatomy and Cell Biology David Pruyne Investigating how FHOD-family formin promotes Z-line organization and striation formation in c. elegans striated muscles

Xin Wang Pharmacology Ying Huang Monoglyceride Lipase Regulation of Cell Death and Inflammation in Cancer

Mark Robert Woodford Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mehdi Mollapour The Tumor Suppressor Folliculin Regulates Glycolysis by Specific Inhibition of LDHA Curtis Victor Yingling Anatomy and Cell Biology David Pruyne Investigating the roles of the C. elegans formin FHOD-1 in muscle gene expression and actin assembly

Alexis Starr Zajicek Neuroscience Wei-Dong Yao Molecular, Electrophysiological, and Behavioral Characterization of the K63-Specific Deubiquitinase CYLD in Synaptic Function and Plasticity

As the names of graduates and honor designations must be compiled in advance of Commencement, this listing is not official and is subject to revision as may be mandated by satisfaction of degree requirements and academic grades. Degree honors are not yet finalized. Students who are receiving degree honors will be notified later.

Listing indicates candidate’s name, dissertation sponsor, degree-granting program at Upstate Medical University and title of dissertation.

Aaron Michael Altman Microbiology and Immunology Gary Chan Between Life and Death: Human Cytomegalovirus Control of Monocyte Survival Through Manipulation of Autophagy and Necroptosis

Christopher Michael Bartlow Anatomy and Cell Biology Timothy Damron and Kenneth Mann Direct and Indirect Damage to Bone Following Limited Field Irradiation Sungsu Scott Lee Neuroscience Peter Calvert Actin Filaments Partition Primary Cilia Membranes into Distinct Fluid Corrals

Jameson Douglas Patak Neuroscience Stephen Faraone SLC9A9 Pathway Interactions; Implications for Endosomal System Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorders