Thesis Defenses | Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Membranes Matter: Exploring the Extent of Lipid-Bilayer Perturbation from Small Bioactive Molecules and Implications for Cytotoxicity

Date: Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 2:00pm

R. LEA SANFORD

Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology

Chairperson: Dr. David Christini

Major Sponsor: Dr. Olaf Andersen

Minor Sponsor: Dr. Scott C. Blanchard

Minor Sponsor: Dr. Lonny R. Levin

Illuminating Rearranged Cancer Genome Structures Through Genome Graphs

Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021 - 4:00pm

XIAOTONG YAO

Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Computational Biology and Medicine (CBM)

Chairperson: Dr. Christina Leslie

Major Sponsor: Dr. Marcin Imielinski

Minor Sponsor: Dr. Iman Hajirasouliha

Minor Sponsor: Dr. Simon Powell

In Situ Hybridization Nanoprobes to Investigate Mu Opioid Receptor Alternative Splicing

Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 - 9:00am

RACHEL E. LANGENBACHER

Pharmacology

Chairperson: Dr. David Scheinberg

Major Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Heller

Minor Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pleil

Minor Sponsor: Dr. Derek Tan

Additional Member(s): Dr. Ying-Xian Pan (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School)

Leveraging Deep Learning in Medical Imaging for Clinical Research

Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:00am

HASSAN MUHAMMAD

Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology

Chairperson: Dr. Iman Hajirasouliha

Major Sponsor: Dr. Thomas J. Fuchs

Minor Sponsor: Dr. Amy Kuceyeski

Additional Member(s): Dr. Amber Simpson (Queen's University School of Medicine, Canada)