Jessica Siemer (#270 Ph.D. awarded by Chemistry) successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled “Structure And Function Of Viral RNA-Host Protein Interactions Among Flaviviruses” on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 under the direction of Dr. Markus Germann. Committee: Drs. Markus Germann (Chair), Margo Brinton, Gregory Poon, W. David Wilson.
Xiaonan Deng (#271 Ph.D. awarded by Chemistry) successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled “INTEGRATION OF CALCIUM SIGNALING BY DYNAMICALLY TUNED CALCIUM INDICATORS AND CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR” on Wednesday, April 14, 2021under the direction of Dr. Jenny Yang. Committee: Drs. Jenny Yang (Chair), Giovanni Gadda, Donald Hamelberg, Angela Mabb.
Joyce Sweeney (#272 Ph.D. awarded by Chemistry) successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled ” CHARACTERIZING NOVEL FILOVIRUS PROTEINS AND 3-DEAZANEPLANOCIN A DERIVATIVES AS ANTIVIRALS AGAINST NON-SEGMENTED NEGATIVE SENSE RNA VIRUSES” on Monday, April 19, 2021under the direction of Dr. Christopher Basler. Committee: Drs. Christopher Basler (Chair), Margo Brinton, Donald Hamelberg, Ming Luo.
Heliang Song (#273 Ph.D. awarded by Chemistry) successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled “The CD98 is a Potential Target for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Treatments” on Friday, May 14, 2021under the direction of Dr. Hamed Laroui. Committee: Drs. Hamed Laroui (Chair), Donald Hamelberg, Jun Yin, and Ning Fang.
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