The 31 individuals who are graduating from The Scripps Research
Institute's Kellogg School of Science and Technology this
week are listed below, with the names of their advisors and
thesis titles.
Gregory Charles Adam
A Non-Directed Strategy to Activity-Based Protein
Profiling
Advisors: Benjamin F. Cravatt, professor, Departments
of Cell Biology and Chemistry, Erik J. Sorensen, former
associate professor, Department of Chemistry
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Jawdat M. H. Al-Bassam
The Interaction of MAPs and Kinesin Motors with
the Neuronal Cytoskeleton
Advisor: Ronald A. Milligan, professor, Department
of Cell Biology
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John Christopher Anderson
Pathway Engineering of the Expanding Genetic Code
Advisor: Peter Schultz, professor, Department of Chemistry
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Mika Aoyagi
Structural Chemistry of Assembly and Activation
for Nitric Oxide Synthase Isozymes
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff, professor, Department of
Molecular Biology
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Ivan R. Baxter
A Novel Role for a Plasma Membrane Proton Pump in
Vacuolar Biogenesis and Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis
in the Model Plant Arabidopsis
Advisor: Jeffrey F. Harper, associate professor, Department
of Cell Biology
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Marian C. Bryan
Development and Application of Glycoarray Strategies
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, professor, Department of Chemistry
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Antonella Converso
Anchimeric Assistance: a Powerful Ally in the Synthesis
of Reactive Molecular Scaffolds
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, professor, Department
of Chemistry
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John Lawrence Craighead
Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation
Advisor: Francisco Asturias, associate professor, Department
of Cell Biology
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Songpon Deechongkit
I. Biophysical Studies on PIN WW Domains: A Model
for Understanding Folding and Stability of b-Sheet
Proteins
II. Towards Understanding Templated b-Sheet
Self-assembly
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, professor, Department of
Chemistry
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Tobin J. Dickerson
Physiologically-Relevant Reactivity of Drugs of
Abuse
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, professor, Department of Chemistry
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Sheng Ding
Functional Genomic Approaches Toward the Regenerative
Medicine
Advisor: Peter Schultz, professor, Department of Chemistry
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Michael Ian Dorrell
Endothelial Cell Guidance and Vascular Patterning
during Retina Developmental Angiogenesis
Advisor: Martin Friedlander, associate professor,
Department of Cell Biology
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Mary Elizabeth Huff
The Biochemical Basis of Gelsolin Amyloid Disease
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, professor, Department of
Chemistry
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Nadim Jessani
The Development and Application of Methods for Activity-Based
Protein Profiling
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, professor, Departments
of Cell Biology and Chemistry
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John Karanicolas
Theoretical Studies in Protein Folding: WW Domains
Advisor: Charles L. Brooks III, professor, Department
of Molecular Biology
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Ing Wei Khor
Application of a Plant Virus Nanoparticle for the
Creation of Antivirals and Mucosally-Deliverable Vaccines
and Therapeutics
Advisor: Marianne Manchester, associate professor,
Department of Cell Biology
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Paul J. Krenitsky
Studies on the total Synthesis and Structure Determination
of RP 66453
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, professor, Department of Chemistry
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Yiwei Li
Total Synthesis of Apoptolidin and Synthesis of
the Proposed Azaspiracid-1 Structure
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, professor and chair, Department
of Chemistry
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Martha Ann Lovato
RNA Recognition in Relation to Genetic Code Development
Advisor: Paul R. Schimmel, professor, Department of
Molecular Biology
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Hirofumi Seike
Synthetic Studies on FR901483: An Enantiospecific
Total Synthesis of (-)-FR901483 from L-Tyrosine and
a Concise Synthesis of the Tricyclic Core Structure
of FR901483 Featuring a Multi-Component Coupling Reaction
Advisor: Erik J. Sorensen, former associate professor,
Department of Chemistry
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Scott A. Snyder
The Chemistry and Biology of Diazonamide A
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, professor and chair,
Department of Chemistry
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Danielle Soenen
Part I. Studies of Heterocyclic Diels-Alder Cycloadditions,
Total Synthesis of Ningalin B, and Discovery of a New
Class of Potent Multidrug Resistant Reversal Agents
Part II. Work Toward the Total Synthesis of Sultriecin
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, professor, Department
of Chemistry
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Yi Tao
Application of Gene Expression Profiling for Analyzing
Plant Disease Resistance
Advisor: Fumaiki Katagiri, former guest scientist,
Department of Cell Biology
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Megan Wright Trevathan
The Assembly Landscape of the 30S Ribosomal Subunit
Monitored with Mass Spectrometry
Advisor: James R. Williamson, professor, Department
of Molecular Biology
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Winston Chung-Ming Tse
Exploring Small Molecule-DNA Recognition Through
the Use of a Fluorescent Intercalator Displacement Assay
and Structural Analogues of Bleomycin A2
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, professor, Department
of Chemistry
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Christopher D. Vanderwal
Enantioselective Large-Scale Synthesis of FR182877,
a Potent Microtubule-Stabilizing Agent, and Investigations
into its Mechanism of Action
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, professor, Departments
of Cell Biology and Chemistry
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Dennis W. Wolan
Structural Studies of the De Novo Purine Biosynthesis
Enzyme ATIC and of the Natural Killer Cell Receptor
NKG2D
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, professor, Department of Molecular
Biology
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Scott Evan Wolkenberg
Part I. Applications of Inverse Electron Demand
Diels-Alder Reactions of Heterocyclic Azadienes: Two
Syntheses of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
Part II. In Situ Activation of a DNA Alkylating
Agent: Evaluation of Simplified and Reversed CPyI Analogues
of CC-1065 and the Duocarmycins
Part III. Progress Toward the Total Synthesis
of Cytostatin
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, professor, Department of Chemistry
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Eugene Y. Wu
CD46 (Membrane Cofactor Protein) is a Receptor for
the Rigid Fiber Proteins of Adenoviruses Associated
with Severe Ocular Infections
Advisor: Glen R. Nemerow, associate professor, Department
of Immunology
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Tom Yao Hsiang Wu
Discovery, Development, and Characterization of
Functional Small Molecules
Advisor: Peter Schultz, professor, Department of Chemistry
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Yan Zhang
Structural Studies and Inhibitor Design for Human
GAR Tfase
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, professor, Department of Molecular
Biology
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