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Recent Graduates from the Departmental graduate degree programs:

• Dr. Sarah Rache – Ph.D. – Dissertation Title. “Processing and Presentation of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 65 T cell-Inducing Epitopes: Implications in the Non Obese Diabetic Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes” Laboratory of Dr. Anthony Quinn
• Dr. Xinhui Shi – Ph.D. – Dissertation Title “Regulatory Functions of ZmMYB31 and ZmMYB42 in maize phenylpropanoid pathway”. Laboratory of Dr. John Gray
• Nicole Bearss – M.S. – Thesis Title “Inhibition of prostate cancer via inhibition of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM)”. Laboratory of Dr. Paul Erhardt (Pharmacy) 
• Dr. Gareth Harris – Ph.D. – Dissertation Title “Serotonergic and peptidergic signaling interact to modulate adversive olfactory behaviors in C. elegans”.  Laboratory of Dr. Richard Komuniecki
• Dr. Rachel Wragg – Ph.D. – Dissertation Title “Monoamines and peptides interact to inhibit glutamatergic signaling in C. elegans”. Laboratory of Dr. Richard Komuniecki
• Dr. Dipali Date – Ph.D. – Dissertation Title “Regulation and post-translational modification of Borealin”. Laboratory of Dr. William Taylor
• Dr. Chen-Lin Hsieh – Ph.D. – Dissertation Title “The Pro-cancer Function of Soluble Guanylate Alpha-1 (sGCa1) in Prostate Cancer”. Laboratory of Dr. Lirim Shemshedini
• Alyson Sujkowski – M.S. – Thesis Title “GAGA_A receptor homeostasis at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction”. Laboratory of Dr. Bruce Bamber
• Jing Tao – M.S. – Thesis Title “PAK1-Nck binding represents a novel mechanism to regulate cyclin D1 transcription in response to prolactin”. Laboratory of Dr. Maria Diakonova