Year |
Recent Graduate |
Degree |
Degree Date |
Advisor |
Dissertation/Thesis Title |
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2024 |
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DeVargas, Jacob | MS | July 10, 2024 | Dr. Amanda Ashley |
ASSESSING DNA DAMAGE, CELL VIABILITY AND TOXICITY IN MELANOMA CELLS. |
2023 |
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| Getto, Stephanie | MS | November 12, 2023 | Dr. Alina Corcoran | EFFECTS OF BLEACH TREATMENT ON THE ALGAL MICROBIOME: INSIGHTS FROM A METAGENOMIC STUDY | |
| Al-Khatib, Batool | PhD | November 9, 2023 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | IMMUNOLOCALIZATION AND CYTOPATHIC EFFECT OF BEET CURLY TOP VIRUS AND GROEL CHAPERON PROTEIN OF ENDOSYMBIONTS IN VECTOR TISSUSE AND HOSTS | |
| Mason, Kaitlyn | MS | May 17, 2023 | Dr. Ryan Ashley | IMPACTS TO THE INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR SYSTEM IN PLACENTA AND FETAL LIVER AT MID AND LATE GESTATION IN AN OVINE MODEL OF PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY | |
2022 |
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| Harmon, Anna | MS | December 7, 2022 | Dr. Elba Serrano | The Effects on Hypergravity on Germination and Root Extension in Crop Plants | |
| Cervantes, Kimberley | PhD | March 31, 2022 | Dr. Jennifer Randall | MICROBIOME COMPOSITION OF CARYA ILLINOINENSIS (PECAN) SEEDLINGS AND THE EFFECT OF DEFICIT WATERING ON MICROPROPAGATED PECAN TREES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED FUNGAL COMMUNITIES | |
| Abraha, Zebib S. | PhD | May 26, 2022 | Dr. Charles Shuster | Cell Cycle Regulation And Polarity Reversal of The Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition During Sea Urchin Gastrulation | |
2021 |
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| Shirani, Mahsa | PhD | November 11, 2021 | Dr. Barbara Lyons | Biophysical characterization of DNAJB1-PRKACA and investigation of its molecular interactions in Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma | |
| Joshi, Rashmi R. | PhD | November 11, 2021 | Dr. Amanda Ashley | Assessing the roles of DNA ligase IV, NEK4 and BRD4 in cellular proliferation of triple negative breast cancer cells | |
| Ali, Sk Imran | PhD | November 3, 2021 | Dr. Amanda Ashley | Role of DNA-PKcsin CTCF Medicated DNA Damage Repair, Transcription Regulation and R-loop Homeostasis | |
| Mai, Truc | PhD | April 5, 2021 | Dr. Omar Holguin | A STUDY OF CYANOBACTERIA METABOLITES, EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES (EPS) AND CAROTENOIDS, IN CONTEXT OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY | |
2020 |
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| Meni, Anusha | MS | April 1, 2020 | Dr. Erik Yukl | INTERACTION BETWEEN PERIPLASMIC ZINC UPTAKE PROTEINS OF PARACOCCUS denitrificans | |
| Shadgou, Hormat | PhD | October 28, 2020 | Dr. Jennifer Randall | Pecan Flower Clocks: RNA-/SEQ Pofiling of Floral Initiation & Development in Protogynous & Protandrous Pecan Trees | |
2018 |
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| Willette, Stephanie M. | PhD | October 22, 2018 | Dr. Omar Holguin | Biochemical screening of Nannochloropsis salina during environmental stress conditions to elicit increased EPA and EPA-rich TAG productivity | |
| Alturkistany, Faisal H. | PhD | March 27, 2018 | Dr. Jessica Houston | Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements of Intinsic and Extrinsic Fluorphores for Biomedical Applications Involving Flow Cytometry | |
| Vaziri, Pooneh | PhD | March 9, 2018 | Dr. Jennifer Curtiss | Characterization of Bl 1 mutant in Drosophila melanogaster | |
2017 |
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| Jogalekar, Manasi P. | PhD | November 6, 2017 | Dr. Elba Serrano | Tissue Engineering Scaffolds and Growth Factors Modulate Cancer Cell Morphology and Gene Expression | |
| Noor, Aiza I. | PhD | November 6, 2017 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | Microscopic analysis of a non-pathogenic relationship of Alternaria section Undifilum within locoweed, Chaetothyriales associated with Ipomoea carnea and molecular comparison of a fungal ketide synthase involved in swainsonine biosynthesis | |
| Nusayr, Tesneem | PhD | June 30, 2017 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | Characterization of a Groel-like Protein from Candidatus Sulcia Muelleri, an Endosymbiont of Beet Leafhopper, and its Interaction with Geminivirus Protein | |
2016 |
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| Pokharel, Mona | PhD | July 13, 2016 | Dr. Angus Dawe | Investigating virus-mediated disruption of the polyamine metabolism pathway in the plant pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica | |
2015 |
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| Baucom, Deana L. | Ph.D. | October 27, 2015 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | The Toxic Fungal Endophyte Undifilum: New Species and Secondary Metabolite Enzymes | |
| Horn, Rebekah L. | Ph.D. | August 28, 2015 | Dr. David E. Cowley | The Use of a Living Fossil (Triops Sp.) as a Model Organism to Explore the Integration of Ecology, Evolution and Development | |
| Vaziri-Gohar, Ali | Ph.D. | July 15, 2015 | Dr. Kevin Houston | Mechanistic Tamoxifen Studies and Protein Localization Assay Development in Breast Cancer Cells | |
| Price, David | Ph.D. | July 10, 2015 | Dr. Immo Hansen | Small Mosquitoes, Large Implications. Effects of Combinations of Larval Conditions Including Starvation, Crowding and Temperature on the Transcriptome, Metabolome, Pre-and-Post Bloodfeeding, and Susceptibility to Dengue-2 in Adult Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes | |
| Peel, Amanda | M.S. | April 7, 2015 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | A Physiological, Molecular, and Biochemical Comparison of Medicago Sativa Overexpressing Glutamine Synthetase (GS) and Sucrose Phosphate Synthase (SPS) | |
| Alhawatema, Mohammad | Ph.D. | April 6, 2015 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | Molecular Characterization and RNA-Induced Silencing of A Melanin Polyketide Synthase (PKS1) Gene in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Rhizoctonia Leguminicola | |
| Said, Joseph | Ph.D. | March 12, 2015 | Dr. Zinfa Zhang | A Comparative Meta-analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Between Intraspecific Tetraploid Cotton Populations and the Development of a Cotton QTL Database | |
2014 |
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| Gregson, Jessica | M.S. | April 9, 2014 | Dr. Adrian Unc | Wastewater Metagenomics in a Wastewater Algal System; Laboratory Scale Evaluations | |
| Rascon, Adriana | M.S. | March 31, 2014 | Dr. Jennifer Randall | Analysis of CpLFY in Pecan Flowering | |
| Stamler, Rio | Ph.D. | March 21, 2014 | Dr. Jennifer Randall | Non-host Phytopphthora Induced Resistance for Disease Control in Capsicum Annuum | |
2013 |
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| Achata Bottger, Jorge | Ph.D. | December 11, 2013 | Dr. Stephen Hanson | Ultra-deep Sequencing as a Tool for Research on Beet Severe Curly Top Virus Mutation Rate | |
| Martinez Grimes, Martha | Ph.D. | October 25, 2013 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | The role of Sucrose Phosphate Synthase (SPS) in the Root Nodules of Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) | |
| Vaziri, Pooneh | M.S. | August 16, 2013 | Dr. Jennifer Curtiss | Characterization of the Bristle mutant in Drosophila Melanogaster | |
| Solano Campos, Frank | Ph.D. | June 12, 2013 | Dr. Steve Hanson | Heterologous Expression of Novel Bacillus Thuringiensis Crystal Proteins in Nicotiana Tabacum and Analysis of Their Nematicidal Activity Against the Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne Incognita | |
| Jefferson, Gregory | M.S. | April 5, 2013 | Dr. Kathryn A. Hanley | Patterns and Mechanisms of Host Tropism in Avian Influenza in New Mexico | |
| Arteaga, Alexandra | M.S. | January 22, 2013 | Dr. Jessica Houston | Cataloging Autofluorescence Lifetimes of Intracellular Proteins for Flow Cytometry | |
2012 |
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| Lascano, Jenifer | M.S. | April 12, 2012 | Dr. Kevin Houston | Expression and Activation of G Protine-coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 (GPER, GPR30) in Estrogen-responsive Uterine Leiomyoma Cells | |
| Seger, Mark | Ph.D. | July 12, 2012 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | The Biochemical and Physiological Repercussions of the Constituvite Overexpression of Maize Sucrose Phosphate Synthase (SPS) Gene in Alfalfa and Tobacco Plants | |
| Suzuki Hideaki | Ph.D. | June 29, 2012 | Dr. Jinfa Zhang | Transcriptomic and Mitochondrial Analysis of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Cotton | |
2011 |
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| Angeles, Jorge Gil C. | Ph.D. | September 11, 2011 | Dr. Jennifer Randall | Fungi and Oomycete Promoters and Systems Analyses of Mycorrhizae Gene Interactions | |
| Mu, Rong | Ph.D. | May 11, 2011 | Dr. Angus Dawe | Investigation of Factors Associated with Vegetative Incompatibility and Virus Transmission in Gryphonectria Parasitica | |
| Peters, Sunday | Ph.D. | May 11, 2011 | Dr. Milron Thomas | Genome-wide Association Studies of Growth and Fertility in Brangus Heifers | |
| Shrestha, Sanjay | Ph.D. | May 11, 2011 | Dr. Brad Shuster | Insights into the Functions of Microtubule Bundling and Motor Proteins During Monopolar Cytokinesis | |
| Solano Campos, Frank | M.S. | April 11, 2011 | Dr. Steve Hanson | An Improved Non-manual Lysis of Nematodes for a Fast and Efficient DNA Isolation | |
| Johnson, David | Ph.D. | April 11, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Smith | Physiological Characteristics, Hydrogen Partial Pressure Kinetics and Microbial Community Analysis of a Novel Low-p Hydrogen Producing Microbiome | |
2010 |
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| Hoang, Chinh Quoc | Ph.D. | December 10, 2010 | Dr. Jennifer Curtiss | Exploring the Mechanisms by Which the Drosophila Pax6 (EY) Homeodomain Transcription Factor Controls Gene Expression | |
| Koul, Raman G. | Ph.D. | December 10, 2010 | Dr. Peter Lammers | Evidence of a Cryptic Sexual Cycle in an Ancient Asexual Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Glomus Intraradices | |
| Mukherjee, Suman | Ph.D. | August 10, 2010 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | Characterization and Disruption of Saccharopine Reductase Gene from Swainsonine Producing Fungus Undifilum Oxytropis | |
| Solorzano, Fernando | Ph.D. | May 10, 2010 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Glutamine Synthetase Gene Regulation & Expression During Leaf Senescence | |
| Mukherjee, Swati | Ph.D. | May 10, 2010 | Dr. Kathryn A. Hanley | The Role of Non-structural Protein 4B in Counter-Regulation of Dengue Virus and Host RNA Interference | |
| Curtiss, Jessica | M.S. | May 10, 2010 | Dr. Jinfa Zhang | Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Semigamy in Cotton | |
| Barrow, Matthew J. | Ph.D. | May 10, 2010 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Insights in Understanding the Regulation of Methionine Biosynthesis; Engineering Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) for Increased Methionine Content | |
2009 |
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| Pando, Jasmine M. | M.S. | December 9, 2009 | Dr. John Gustafson | The Staphylococcus areus Ethanol Shock Stimulon | |
| De Jong, Marijn F. | M.S. | December 9, 2009 | Dr. Peter Lammers | Analysis of Algae for Biodiesel Fuel Production | |
| Martinez-Grimes, Martha | M.S. | December 9, 2009 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Analysis of Expression of Genes Involved in Carbon Metabolism in Root Nodules of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) | |
| Rodriguez, Delany | Ph.D. | December 9, 2009 | Dr. Brad Shuster | Probing the Spatial Regulation of Cytokinesis by Chemical and Physical Micromanipulation of Sea Urchin Embryos | |
| Al-khatib, Rami | Ph.D. | November 9, 2009 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | Physiological and Ultrastructural Effects of Lead (Pb) on Tobacco and on the Systemic Movement of RNA Viruses | |
| Ponds, Debra J. | Ph.D. | November 9, 2009 | Dr. Barbara Lyons | Cultivation of Hepatitis C Virus in a Three Dimensional Rotary Cell Culture System | |
| Simon, Bindu | Ph.D. | October 9, 2093 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Regulation of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase Genes in Alfalfa | |
| Wilson, Olivia | M.S. | October 9, 2009 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | The 5’UTR of a Soybean GS, Gene (GmglnB1) Plays a Role in Translational Regulation | |
| Wang, Fei | Ph.D. | May 9, 2009 | Dr. Jinfa Zang | Molecular Analysis of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (CMS) and Fertility Restoration in Cotton | |
| Nhan, Lam | Ph.D. | May 9, 2009 | Dr. Rebecca Creamer | Characterization of a New Curtovirus, Pepper Yellow Dwarf Virus, From Chile Pepper in New Mexico | |
2008 |
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| Sanjay Shrestha | M.S. | August 8, 2008 | Dr. Charles Shuster | Studying Human Mitotic Exit Network Using RNA Interference | |
| Salvador Lopez | M.S. | August 8, 2008 | Dr. Glenn Kuehn | Polyamine Oxidase: A Potential Source of Hydrogen Peroxide During the Hypersensitive Response | |
| Nyree E. Maes | M.S. | May 8, 2008 | Dr. Kathryn Hanley | The Impact of the Conserved Sequences in the Flavivirus 3′ Untranslated Region on Vector Infectivity | |
2007 |
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| John S. Moraros | Ph.D. | December 7, 2007 | Drs. Hugo L. Vilchis & Larry K. Olsen | Human Papilloma Virus Infection and Cervical Cancer: Elucidation of a Causal Relation Through the Use of Molecular Biology and Epidemiological Research | |
| Yelena Bird | Ph.D. | December 7, 2007 | Drs. Hugo L. Vilchis & Larry K. Olsen | Identification and Use of a Novel Serum Biomarker in the Determination of Breast Cancer Risk Among Women in Juarez, Mexico | |
| Sharareh Siamakpour Reihani | Ph.D. | December 7, 2007 | Dr. Barbara Lyons | Investigating the Role of the Growth Factor Receptor Bound 7 Protein in Cell Migration and Cancer | |
| Olivia L. George | Ph.D. | December 7, 2007 | Dr. Brad Shuster | Using Chemical Biology to Probe the Regulation of Cell Division | |
| Ebenezer V. Tumban | Ph.D. | December 7, 2007 | Dr. Kathryn Hanley | Role of the Untranslated Regions in the Biology of the Flaviviridae | |
| Chinh Q. Hoang | M.S. | May 7, 2007 | Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith | EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF TREATMENT PROCESSES AT THREE WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES IN THE PASO DEL NORTE REGION AND THE ABILITY OF NANOCERAM POWDER TO RECOVER VIRUSES | |
2006 |
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| Mara-Koosham, Gopi | M.S. | August 6, 2006 | Dr. Stephen F. Hanson | Determination of Beet Curly Top Virus Replication Fidelity and its Implications for Evolution and Adaptation | |
| Thokala, Mercy S. | Ph.D. | June 6, 2006 | Dr. Stephen F. Hanson | Characterization of Cap Independent Translation in Potato Virus Y | |
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| Mark Seger | M.S. | December 5, 2005 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Modulation of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase: Mesophyll-Specific VS Constitutive Overexpression | |
| Delany Rodriguez | M.S. | August 5, 2005 | Dr. William Lott | Separation of Capacitated and Non-Capacitated Sperm Cellular Populations, and Localization of Raft Related Proteins | |
| Tushun Renee Powers | Ph.D. | August 5, 2005 | Dr. Michele Nishiguchi | Determination of the Bacterial Communities in the Rumen and Their Impact on Protein Breakdown and Carbohydrate Utilization | |
| Rosario Carolina Gutierrez-Herrera | M.S. | August 5, 2005 | Dr. Peter Lammers | Development and Application of Methodology to Localize Expression of Genes and Protein in the Arbuscule Mycorrhizae Symbiosis | |
| Garcia-Ibilcieta, David | M.S. | July 5, 2005 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | ||
| Lorenzo Aleman | Ph.D. | May 5, 2005 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Unraveling the Complexities of Sucrose Metabolism in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa): A Pursuit to Increase Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase Activity | |
| Jennifer J. Randall | Ph.D. | May 5, 2005 | Dr. John D. Kemp | Zein Protein Body Biogenesis in Transgenic Plants | |
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| Rossio Karim Kersey | M.S. | August 4, 2004 | Dr. Ian Ray | Microarray Expression Analysis to Identify Drought Responsive Genes Involved in Photosynthesis, Carbohydrate, and Lipid Metabolism in Medicago sativa Leaves | |
| Salvador Moguel-Esponda | Ph.D. | July 28, 2004 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | The 3′ Untranslated Region of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase Gene From Soybean (Glycine Max) Mediates Stability of its Transcript” | |
| Rossio Kersey | Ph.D. | June 22, 2004 | Dr. Ian Ray | General Aspects of Drought Stress Response | |
| Jehad Abubaker | Ph.D. | May 4, 2004 | Dr. Peter Lammers | Carbon Metabolism and Gene Regulation in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi | |
| Swrnamala Ratnayaka | M.S. | May 4, 2004 | Dr. Peter Lammers | Genome Survey Sequencing of Glomus intraradices | |
2003 |
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| Robert Lynn Moore | M.S. | December 3, 2003 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Functional Analysis of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Green-Tissue Specific Promoters | |
| Mohammed A. Qutyan | Ph.D. | December 3, 2003 | Dr. Geofrey Smith | Characterization of Nitrite Reductase and Dichloromethane Dehalogenase in Hyphomicrobium Strains and Biological Activated Carbon Wastewater Microorganisms | |
| Luis Lorenzo Valera-Montero | Ph.D. | August 3, 2003 | Dr. Gregory Phillips | Agrobacterium-Mediated Stable Transformation of Capsicum Baccatum and C. Annuum | |
| Olivia L. George | M.S. | August 3, 2003 | Dr. Charles Shuster | Swainsonine Effects on Serum Alkaline Phosphatase | |
2002 |
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| Sarah Manion Higbie | Ph.D. | December 2, 2002 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Analysis of Transformed Alfalfa Overexpressing the Genes for Manganese Superoxide Dismutase or Ascorbate Peroxidase | |
| Johnette Koffa Browne-Silva | Ph.D. | May 2, 2002 | Dr. Tammy May | THE USE OF groEL AND 16SrRNA GENE SEQUENCES FOR CLASSIFICATION OF RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS AND RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS BACTERIAL SPECIES AND FOR IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN BACTERIA | |
| Marcela Zozaya | Ph.D. | May 2, 2002 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Regulation of Chloroplastic Glutamine Synthetase in Alfalfa | |
2001 |
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| Lorenzo Aleman | M.S. | May 1, 2001 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | Isolation and Characterization of Leaf-Specific Promoters from Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) | |
| John Dee Randall | Ph.D. | May 1, 2001 | Toxic Effects of Halogenated-Aliphatic Compounds: Competition for Carbon, and Recoverability of Perturbed Populations | ||
| Jacob Gil Nevarez | M.S. | May 1, 2001 | Isolation of Drought-Induced Genes From Habanero | ||
| Julie Ann Owen | M.S. | August 9, 2001 | Dr. Tammy May | The Isolaton of a Dipeptidyl Peptidase Gene From the Ruminal Bacterium Prevotella Ruminicola | |
2000 |
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| Xiaolin Xu | M.S. | December 1, 2000 | Dr. Colleen B. Jonsson | LOCALIZATION OF THE RNA BINDING DOMAIN OF HANTAVIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN | |
1999 |
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| Maneesha Raje Aluru | Ph.D. | December 1, 1999 | Dr. Mary O’Connell | MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GENES EXPRESSED IN HABANERO (CAPSICUM CHINENSE) PLACENTA-A SITE OF CAPSAICINOID BIOSYNTHESIS | |
| Baidehi Mukherjee | M.S. | December 1, 1999 | Dr. Joseph Wang | DEVELOPING A DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A DNA BIOSENSOR | |
| Shaolin Liu | M.S. | August 1, 1999 | Dr. Roy G. Cantrell | COTTON GENETIC MAPPING AND QTL ANALYSIS USING SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS MARKERS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR CHROMOSOMAL LOCATIONS | |
| Natalie D. Russell | M.S. | August 1, 1999 | Dr. Dean E. Hawkins | USING MICROSATELLITES TO DETERMINE GENETIC SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN CRIOLLO CATTLE | |
| William Edward Severson | Ph.D. | May 1, 1999 | Dr. Colleen B. Jonsson | ENCAPSIDATION PROPERTIES OF THE HANTAVIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN AND EFFECT OF RIBAVIRIN ON HANTAVIRUS REPLICATION | |
1998 |
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| Armando Varela | Ph.D. | July 1, 1998 | Dr. Elba E. Serrano | SACCULAR SENSORY EPITHELIUM DEVELOPMENT AND DRK (Kv2) CHANNEL EXPRESSION IN THE XENOPUS LAEVIS INNER EAR | |
| Jutta Yvette Gardner-Johnson | Ph.D. | May 1, 1998 | Dr. Glenn Kuehn | ISOLATION, SEQUENCING, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GENE FOR POLYAMINE OXIDASE FROM AVENA SATIVA L. (OATS) | |
| Sreenatha S. Kirakodu | Ph.D. | May 1, 1998 | Dr. Elba E. Serrano | COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROTON-ATPASE AND ACTIN TRANSCRIPTS FROM PHASEOLUS ACUTIFOLIUS AND VICIA FABA | |
| Mini Balakrishnan | Ph.D. | May 1, 1998 | Dr. Colleen B. Jonsson | THE RETROVIRAL INTEGRASE: ENZYME-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS | |
1997 |
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| Kevin Jay Morey | Ph.D. | December, 1997 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF THE GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE GENE FAMILY IN SOYBEAN | |
| Mary Elyse Lucero | Ph.D. | December, 1997 | Dr. Mary O’Connell | BIOTRANSFORMATION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES BY THE SOLANACEOUS PLANT DATURA INNOXIA | |
| Ella Jean Andazola | M.S. | December, 1997 | Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith | COMBINED USE OF ELISA AND ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY IN THE DETECTION OF PATHOGENS | |
| Jennifer J. Randall | M.S. | August, 1997 | Dr. John D. Kemp | TARGETING AND STABILIZATION OF 10kD AND 15kD ZEINS IN TRANSGENIC TABACCO | |
| Delfina Dominguez | Ph.D. | May, 1997 | Dr. James H. Hageman | IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF A CALMODULIN-LIKE PROTEIN FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS | |
| Christopher Edward Williams | M.S. | May, 1997 | Dr. Elba E. Serrano | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTAASE – POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ANALYSIS OF ACTIN EXPRESSION IN THE XENOPUS LAEVIS INNER EAR | |
| Marcela Beatriz Trevino | Ph.D. | May, 1997 | Dr. Mary O’Connell | DROUGHT-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION IN PLANTS: ANALYSIS OF THE NON-SPECIFIC LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN GENE FAMILY IN THED DROUGHT-TOLERANT TOMATO SPECIES | |
| Sergio Torres | M.S. | May, 1997 | Dr. Peter Lammers | EXPRESSION OF CYP110 AND IMMUNOCYTOLOCALIZATION OF A CYANOBACTERIAL CYTOCHROME P450 IN ANABAENA sp. PCC 7120 | |
| James St. Clair Womack | M.S. | May, 1997 | Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith | ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION OF BENZENE AND THE RAPD ANALYSSIS OF DEGRADING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES: EXPRESSION VS. GENETIC POTENTIAL | |
| Jennifer Lee Rychlik | M.S. | May, 1997 | Dr. Tammy May | THE USE OF MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES TO INVESTIGATE THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RUMINAL BACTERIA | |
| Toni Lorraine Morales | M.S. | May, 1997 | Dr. Glenn D. Kuehn | APPLICATION OF THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) FOR CHARACTERIZING THE GENE FOR TRANSGLUTAMINASE FROM A MERISTEMATIC MEDICAGO SATIVA L. (ALFALFA) BUD TISSUE cDNA LIBRARY | |
1996 |
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| Sudeesha Kunjibettu | Ph.D. | December, 1996 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | NITROGEN-FIATION-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE (GS1) ENZYME IN SOYBEAN ROOT NODULES–TRANSCRIPTION, ASSEMBLY OF SUBUNITS AND HOLOPROTEIN TURNOVER | |
| Zhongtang Yu | Ph.D. | August, 1996 | Dr. Geoffrey B. Smith | BIODECHLORINATION AND BIODEGRADATION OF CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS | |
| Megan Bruce Carver | Ph.D. | July, 1996 | Dr. Glenn Kuehn | TRANSGLUTAMINASE-CATALYZED FORMATION OF AN e-(y-GLUTAMYL)-LYSINE CROSSLINK IN MERISTEMATIC MEDICAGO SATIVA L. (ALFALFA) TISSUE | |
| Jay Michael Shockey | Ph.D. | July, 1996 | Dr. John D. Kemp | IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LIPID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES IN DEVELOPING SEED OF JOJOBA | |
| Jeongwon Lee Jun | Ph.D. | May, 1996 | Dr. James H. Hageman | DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PROTEASOME IN Bacillus subtilis CELLS | |
| A. Inez Feder | M.S. | May, 1996 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | EXPRESSION PATTERN OF THE SYMBIOSIS ENHANCED CHALCONE SYNTHASE GENE MEMBER OF SOYBEAN IN SUSPENSION CULTURE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS | |
1995 |
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| Diane B. McLaughlin | M.S. | December 1, 1995 | Dr. Peter J. Lammers | MONITORING THE EXPRESSION OF GENES ENCODED IN THE nifD ELEMENT OF ANABAENA sp. PCC 7120 USING RT-PCR AND SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES | |
| Mohammed A. AL-Omair | M.S. | August, 1995 | Dr. Glenn Kuehn | ACCUMULATION AND EXCRETION OF COMMON AND UNCOMMON POLYAMINES INDUCED BY TOXIC METAL IONS IN CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM | |
| Vagdevi Tatineni | M.S. | May, 1995 | Dr. Roy G, Cantrell | GENETIC DIVERSISTY IN COTTON DETERMINED BY RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) MARKERS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Tao Wei | Ph.D. | May, 1995 | Dr. Mary A. O’Connell | A DROUGHT-AND ABSCISIC ACID (ABA)-INDUCIBLE H1 HISTONE GENE FROM A DROUGHT-RESISTANT WILD TOMATO SPECIES | |
1994 |
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| Dominique Roche | Ph.D. | December, 1994 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | REGULATION OF GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE ACTIVITY IN ROOTS AND NODULES OF SOYBEANS — SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY AND TURNOVER | |
| Nathan C. Reiter | M.S. | December, 1994 | Dr. Mary A. O’Connell | ANALYSIS OF atp6 FROM L. PENNELLII; POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT WITH TOMATO / L. PENNELLII CYBRID MUTANT PHENOTYPE | |
| Richard Arthur McDonald | Ph.D. | July, 1994 | Dr. Suzanne Gartner | GENETIC VARIATION AMONG HIV-1 gp120 GENES: MACROPHAGE TROPISM REVISITED | |
| Mario De La Pena | Ph.D. | July, 1994 | Dr. James H. Hageman | CATALASE ACTIVITY AND PROTEOLYSIS OF BACILLUS SUBTITIS DURING SPORULATION | |
1993 |
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| Marc Anthony Alvarez | M.S. | December, 1993 | Dr. James L. Botsford | ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A 2, 4, 6-TRINITROTOLUENE-DEGRADING MICROORGANISM | |
1992 |
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| Owen White | Ph.D. | December, 1992 | Dr. Christopher A. Fields | COMMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF DNA | |
| William Augustine Palmisano | Ph.D. | December, 1992 | Dr. James H. Hageman | MOLECULAR CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF THE THYMUS-SPECIFIC B-PARVALBUMIN DESIGNATED AVIAN THYMIC HORMONE | |
| Elizabeth Marie Estabrook | Ph.D. | May, 1992 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | EXPRESSION OF GENES ENCODING FOR THE PHENYLPROPANOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES DURING THE GLYCINE MAX-BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM SYMBIOSIS | |
| Hannes Eckart Richter | Ph.D. | May, 1992 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | GENOMIC ORGANIZATION AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF A HIGHLY EXPRSSED LATE NODULIN GENE SUBFAMILY IN SOYBEANS | |
| ALEXANDER JOHN RYNCARZ II | Ph.D. | May, 1992 | Dr. Peter J. Lammers | CHARACTERIZATION AND SEQUENCE OF THE OPEN READING FRAMES OF THE nifD ELEMENT FROM ANABAENA 7120. WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF A POSSIBLE INVERSION ELEMENT | |
| Cindy Rene Peach | Ph.D. | May, 1992 | Dr. Jeff P. Velten | TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIVERGENT MANNOPINE SYNTHASE PROMOTERS (PMAS 1 PMAS2) IN TRANSGENIC NICOTIANA TABACUM | |
| Carolyn Judith Meduski | Ph.D. | May, 1992 | Dr. Jeff P. Velten | INVESTIGATION OF A VIROID-mRNA TRANS-SPLICING HYPOTHESIS | |
1991 |
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| Mark Edward Waugh | M.S. | August, 1991 | Dr. Mary A. O’Connell | GENOMIC RESPONSE TO DESICCATION AND HEAT SHOCK IN Tortula ruralis AT THE PROTEIN LEVEL | |
| Osama Ahmed Momtaz | Ph.D. | May, 1991 | Dr. J.J. Ellington | ISOLATION OF FRUITWALL-SPECIFIC GENE FROM COTTON PLANT (Gossypium hirsutum) | |
| Michael J. Spence | Ph.D. | May, 1991 | Dr. Peter J. Lammers | ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PHASEOLUS VULGARIS cDNA ENCODING PHYTOFERRITIN | |
1990 |
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| Augusta Benine Bonnema, Ir | Ph.D. | December, 1990 | Dr. Mary A. O’Connell | Inheritance of the Organellar Genomes in Tomato Fusion Products and Effects of Alloplasmic Substitution on Vigor of Tomato Cybrids | |
| Margaret Beckwith Harloe | M.S. | August, 1990 | Dr. Melvin J. Oliver | EXPRESSION OF SYNTHETIC GENES FOR SMALL ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS IN PLANTS | |
| M. V. Ramanujam | M.S. | August, 1990 | Dr. James H. Hageman | TRANSGLUTAMINASE ACTIVITY IN VEGETATIVE AND SPORULATING CELLS OF B. subtilis 168 | |
| Leonard Thomas Leyba | M.S. | May, 1990 | Dr. Peter J. Lammers | IN VIVO SELECTION ASSAY FOR SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION OF THE ANABAENA nif D EXCISION IN E. COLI | |
| Wilas Nirunsuksiri | Ph.D. | May, 1990 | Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan | EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN NODULIN GENES: ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION DURING SOYBEAN NODULE DEVELOPMENT | |
| Nancy Ann Reichert | Ph.D. | December 1, 1989 | Dr. John D. Kemp | MODIFICATIONS OF THE BEAN B-PHASEOLIN GENE AND RELATED IMPACT ON EXPRESSION IN TRANSGENIC TOBACCO |
