Amy Christine Beltran

Determinants of Dimerization and DNA-Binding Specificity Amongst Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors

Advisor: Joel M. Gottesfeld, professor, Department of Molecular Biology

Federico Bernal

Chemistry Inspired by Marine Toxins
1. Synthesis and Functionalization of the ABCD Domain of Azaspiracid
2. Ketene Aminal Phosphates: Dienes and Organometallic Couplings

Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, professor and chairman, Department of Chemistry

John W. Blankenship

Chemical and Biophysical Approaches to Understanding Protein Stability

Advisor: Philip E. Dawson, assistant professor, Department of Cell Biology

Eli Chapman

Mechanism, Inhibition, and Synthetic Utility of Sulfotransferases

Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, professor, Department of Chemistry

Changshou Gao

Development of Protein VII and Protein IX as the New Platforms for Phage Display

Advisor: Kim D. Janda, professor, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology

Simone Graber

Glutamate Induced Loss of Neuronal Dendritic Spines: Reversibility, Molecular Mechanisms, and Functional Implications

Advisor: Shelley L. Halpain, associate professor, Department of Cell Biology

David L. F. Gray

Photochemical Benzannulation Applied to the Total Synthesis of Hybocarpone and Hamigerans

Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, professor and chair, Department of Chemistry

Michael A. Hanson

Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase: Structural Determination, Molecular Adaptation, and Biophysical Analysis

Advisor: Raymond C. Stevens, professor, Department of Molecular Biology

Fraser Alan Hof

Self-Assembled Tetrameric Capsules

Advisor: Julius Rebek, Jr., professor, Department of Chemistry

Jason S. Iacovoni

GeneHuggers: In Silico Detection of Transcriptional Regulatory Motifs Using Genomic Sequence and DNA Microarray Data

Advisor: Peter K. Vogt, professor, Department of Molecular Biology

Roshan Kumar

Design and Evolution of RNAs that Catalyze Complex Reactions

Advisor: Gerald F. Joyce, professor, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology

Karen Kustedjo

Part I. Application of a Genomic Screen for BBB-Specific Genes
Part II. Studies on TorsinA, an ER-Lumenally Associated Membrane Protein Associated with Early-Onset Torsion Dystonia

Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, associate professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Chemistry

Nicholas A. Larsen

Structural Studies of Protein Therapeutics for Cocaine Addiction

Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, professor, Department of Molecular Biology