Kathryn Thompson Applegate

Quantitative Image Analysis Algorithms for the Measurement of Cytoskeleton Dynamics

Advisor: Gaudenz Danuser, Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Robert H. Bates

Studies toward the Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide C

Advisor: William R. Roush, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Florida

Anne Elizabeth Bunner

Analysis of E. coli 30S Ribosomal Subunit Assembly Kinetics by Quantitative Mass Spectrometry

Advisor: James R. Williamson, Professor, Departments of Molecular Biology and Chemistry

Noah Z. Burns

Total Syntheses of Haouamine A

Advisor: Phil S. Baran, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Neekesh Vijay Dharia

Plasmodium Evolution and Drug Resistance in vitro and in Populations using whole Genome Technologies

Advisor: Elizabeth Winzeler, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Bao Hoa Duong

Models for Peripheral B Cell Tolerance and Self Versus Nonself Discrimination

Advisor: David Nemazee, Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science

Joie Garfunkle

Part I: Optimization and Analysis of the Central Heterocycle of Alpha-Ketoheterocycle Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Part II: Total Synthesis of Chloropeptin II (Complestatin) and Progress towards a Second Generation Total Synthesis of Chloropeptin I and II

Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Daniel J. Groff

Photocontrol of Biological Activity

Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Simon A. Hilcove

Small Molecules, Regeneration, and Cell Fate

Advisor: Sheng Ding, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Vu P. Hong

Copper-Catalyzed Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition and Thiol-Oxanobornadiene System for Bioconjugation

Advisor: M.G. Finn, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Donald E. Kerkow

Structural Diversity of the NTF-2-like Fold Drives Functional Versatility in the NXF Family and Beyond

Advisor: James R. Williamson, Professor, Departments of Molecular Biology and Chemistry

Christopher R. Kimberlin

Structure and RNA Binding Mechanism of Ebolavirus VP35

Advisor: Erica Ollmann Saphire, Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science

Aaron M. Leconte

Expanding the Scope of the Enzymatic Synthesis of DNA for I. Expansion of the Genetic Alphabet, and II. Next Generation Sequencing

Advisor: Floyd E. Romesberg, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Hyun Soo Lee

Genetic Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids and its Applications

Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Ang Li

Total Syntheses of Platensimycin and Related Natural Products and Total Syntheses and Structural Revision of α- and β-Diversonolic Esters and Total Synthesis of Diversonol

Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry

James In Soo Lim

Novel Quantitative Approaches to Understanding Cell Motility

Advisor: Gaudenz Danuser, Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Chang Liu

Directed Evolution of and with Expanded Genetic Codes

Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Colin A. Lowery

Insights into Quorum Sensing from a Chemical Perspective

Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Costas A. Lyssiotis

Insight into the Reprogramming of Cell Fate with Small Molecules

Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Karen S. MacMillan

Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel DNA Alkylators: Duocarmycin SA and Yatakemycin Analogues

Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Thomas J. Maimone

Part I. Total Syntheses of (-)-Hapalindole U and (+)-Ambiguine H Part II. Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Vinigrol

Advisor: Phil S. Baran, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Ranjan V. Mannige

Principles of Virus Capsid Design

Advisor: Charles L. Brooks III, Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biophysics

Alexandre Matov

Analyses of Microtubule Dynamics as Quantitative Readout of Cytoskeletal Processes

Advisor: Gaudenz Danuser, Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Jeremy H. Mills

Protein Engineering with Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids

Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Anke M. Mulder

Visualizing Biological Complexity: Toward Discovery Based single Particle Electron Microscopy

Co-Advisors: Bridget O. Carragher, Associate Professor, and Ronald A. Milligan, Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Andrea Lindsay Nold

Studies on Dimeric Natural Products: Part I. Total Synthesis of the Marinomycins and their Monomeric Counterparts Part II. Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Lomaiviticins A and B

Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry

Adrian Ortiz

The Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Vannusal A and B: A Synergistic Interplay of Chemical Synthesis and Modern NMR Spectroscopic Techniques

Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry

Gabriel M. Simon

Part I: Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Anandamide Biosynthesis Part II: Development and Application of Proteomic Methods to Identify Protease Substrates

Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Physiology

Theresa K. Tiefenbrunn

Synthesis and Site-directed Labeling of Proteins: Using Unnatural Amino Acids to Probe Structure and Function

Advisor: Philip E. Dawson, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Travis Scott Young

Expanding the Genetic Lexicon

Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Professor, Department of Chemistry