You Are Invited To Attend The Following Doctoral Dissertation Defenses
Matthew Gabrielle "Phosphatidic acid is an endogenous negative regulator of PIEZO2 channels and mechanical sensitivity " - Newark - 12/6/2024
Natasha Golovchenko "Spatiotemporal changes in IEL surveillance of the ileal epithelium precede Crohn’s disease-like ileitis. " - Newark - 10/18/2024
Ioanna Tsolaki "DENTAL PULP STEM CELL-MEDIATED SUPPORT OF LEUKEMIA IN THE ORAL CAVITY " - Newark - 9/5/2024
Thuy Tien C. Le "IMPAIRMENTS IN VESTIBULAR FUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN BOTH ACUTE SPORTS RELATED INJURY AND CHRONIC MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY " - Newark - 7/31/2024
Rachel Fasiczka "Understanding the implications of ciliary defects in neural precursor cells isolated from a Parkinson's disease-related pathogenic LRRK2-KI mouse model " - Newark - 7/10/2024
Zahra Adahman "Neural Circuits for Maternal Thermoregulatory Behaviors" - Newark - 7/3/2024
Alexander Martian "New Frontiers in Biological Information Transfer: Ligand-Directed CRISPR System Delivery with Phage-based Vectors and Conceptual Insights from Generative Artificial Intelligence " - Newark - 6/14/2024
Marie Mather "Cholesterol Metabolism and mTOR: Driving Diversity of Oligodendrocytes and Myelin Composition Throughout the Central Nervous System" - Newark - 6/11/2024
Kelli Gaul-Muller "β-Adrenergic Stimulation Precipitates Cardiac Dysfunction in Mice Treated with Microtubule-Targeting Chemotherapy Drugs" - Newark - 6/10/2024
Vibha Harindra Savanur "PTCH1 Overexpression Mitigates Glioblastoma Growth: Potential Therapeutic Strategy" - Newark - 5/3/2024
Nazia Habib "Mapping Aging-associated Vascular ZIP-codes by Phage Display" - Newark - 4/26/2024
Sarah Lundell "Biomarkers of and Immune Mechanisms Underlying Distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Outcomes" - Newark - 4/12/2024
Christopher Markosian "Target Discovery in Non-Human Primates with Hereditary Colon Cancer" - Newark - 3/29/2024
Matthew Fischer "Type I interferon enhances TCR-dependent IFNg production by gd intraepithelial lymphocytes" - Newark - 3/22/2024
Menglin Cheng "Investigating tissue-resident memory T cell differentiation of CAR T cells reveals an unexpected role for CD69" - Newark - 3/15/2024
Ian Richard Campbell "Studies of Bacillus subtilis competence-induced protein A (CoiA), a proposed transformation-specific resolvase" - Newark - 3/15/2024
Pamela R. Hirschberg "THE ROLE OF VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC (VMH) NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE (nNOS)-GLUCOSE INHIBITED (GI) NEURONS IN ENERGY BALANCE" - Newark - 2/20/2024
Alicia Codrington "Part 1: Investigating the Role of Epigenetic Modifiers in pDC Function - Part 2: Investigating How SARS-CoV-2 Infection Modifies pDC Number, Phenotype and Function " - Newark - 12/15/2023
Hannah Glenn Federman "Investigating the role of serotonin receptor 2c in regulating helminth-induced inflammation." - Newark - 12/7/2023
John J. Ponessa "The enzyme carbonic anhydrase IV is required to regulate the bioenergetic state and antihelminth functions of alveolar macrophages" - Newark - 9/29/2023
Lauren Sherman "Pathophysiological Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells" - Newark - 8/16/2023
Keyi Wang "NOVEL INSIGHTS ON MECHANISMS OF VACCINE-INDUCED PROTECTION AGAINST INVASIVE MYCOSES ELICITED BY A CRYPTOCOCCUS MUTANT STRAIN" - Newark - 7/19/2023
Chuanlong Cui "Functional Dichotomy of a Newly Discovered Thioredoxin-1/Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase Complex" - Newark - 7/5/2023
Jojo Reyes "IFN-γ-DEPENDENT REGULATION AND IN-VIVO FUNCTIONS OF GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR-15 DURING TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION" - Newark - 6/27/2023
Gina Marie Sanchez "Impaired expansion and selection of geminal center B cells drives disease progression in lupus" - Newark - 6/13/2023
Aesis M. Luna "Investigating Novel Epigenetic Biomarkers of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" - Newark - 5/23/2023
Poonam Chitale "New Insights into the Pangenome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using a Novel De Novo Assembly Pipeline" - Newark - 5/11/2023
Nawoo Kim "Investigating the Role of Gβγ-Mediated Inhibition of the TRPM3 Ion Channel in Opioid-Induced Pruritus and Analgesia" - Newark - 3/29/2023
Joseph Bulatowicz "Investigating the Function of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor in Metastatic Progression of Wnt1-Driven Mammary Tumors" - Newark - 3/28/2023
Brianna Alexander "SMAD4: A Critical Regulator of Cardiac Neural Crest Cell Fate and Vascular Smooth Muscle Differentiation" - Newark - 3/28/2023
Ryan J. Dikdan "DNA Probe Design Approaches to Generate New Assays for the Detection of Cancer Somatic Mutations and COVID19 Variants" - Newark - 3/27/2023
AnnJosette Ramirez "Identification of novel buffering mechanisms in aortic arch artery development and congenital heart disease" - Newark - 3/24/2023
John L. Palmieri "Enhancing Exercise Intensity, Motivation and Enjoyment for Healthy Adults and Persons with Parkinson Disease during Virtual Reality Bicycling (VCYCLE-Competition)" - Newark - 3/20/2023
Alejandra I. Ferrer-Díaz "Epigenetic Reprogramming of Breast Cancer Cells into Dormant Cancer Stem Cells" - Newark - 3/6/2023
Alketa Stefa "Deciphering the Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Leading to Escape from Oncogene-Induced Senescence in Human Cells " - Newark - 1/19/2023
Bogumila Swietek "The involvement of inflammatory processes underlying changes in neuronal activity after traumatic brain injury in vivo and in vitro" - Newark - 1/18/2023
Adeline Peignier "Innate and trained immune responses to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus respiratory infection. " - Newark - 1/17/2023
Julie Nouet "The Role of Connexin 43 in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle of Mouse Models of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy " - Newark - 12/8/2022
Kevin C. Lahey "Shedding Light on Mertk Post-Translational Cleavage and Signaling " - Newark - 12/1/2022
Siyuan Zhao "Channelopathy and regulation of TRPM3 channels" - Newark - 11/29/2022
Satvik Mareedu "REDUCING SARCOLIPIN EXPRESSION PREVENTS THE PROGRESSION OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CARDIOMYOPATHY" - Newark - 11/9/2022
Emma Tova Gerber "Detection of KRAS Mutations Associated With Cancer Using SuperSelective Primers in Real-Time PCR and Digital PCR Assays" - Newark - 11/3/2022
Suraj Benarji Teegala "Altered glucose sensitivity of lateral hypothalamic orexin glucose-inhibited neurons contributes to the inability to maintain body weight after weight loss" - Newark - 11/2/2022
Jessica Schuyler "Unraveling Antibiotic Resistance in Last Resort Therapies for Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Enterobacteriaceae" - Newark - 10/13/2022
Tao Yin "Investigate whether Bri2 loss of function in CNS is pathogenetic mechanism of familial dementia ." - Newark - 10/7/2022
Heta Parmar "Developing highly multiplexed molecular diagnostic tests for drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis" - Newark - 9/26/2022
Vaishnavi Satish Kaipilyawar "Development of biomarkers and investigation of host immune responses in Tuberculosis" - Newark - 8/23/2022
Calvin N. Leung "Effects of Ra-223 Therapy on Bystander Breast Cancer Cells and the Immune System within the Bone Microenvironment" - Newark - 8/17/2022
Katherine E. Lothstein "Helminth TGF- mimic, TGM, increases leukocyte migration and activation while also enhancing cutaneous wound healing and tissue regeneration" - Newark - 7/27/2022
Helen Y Fung "Division of labor between intestinal tissue-resident memory T cell subsets during infection" - Newark - 7/11/2022
Themistoklis Vasilopoulos "A Role for Telomerase in Normal Somatic Human Cells" - Newark - 7/6/2022
Darine El-Naccache "A Role for Intestinal Epithelial Cell Adenosine Signaling in Driving Type 2 Immunity and Host Protective Responses Against Helminths" - Newark - 6/21/2022
Saiaditya Badeti "An Exploration into Natural Killer Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: L-Selectin (CD62L) and NK Function" - Newark - 6/10/2022
Christina M. Hernandez "Carbonic anhydrase enzymes: regulators of mast cell development and antihelminth immunity " - Newark - 6/6/2022
Sera T. Jacob "Molecular Analysis of Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans, ApiA and its Influence on Factor H." - Newark - 6/2/2022
Madhuri Bhagavathula "Study of three distinct host factors in regulating susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: TLR2, Sex bias and Autophagy" - Newark - 5/31/2022
Stephanie Iring-Sanchez "SIDELINE ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS AND CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW ALTERATIONS IN MEN AND WOMEN RUGBY PLAYERS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A HEAD INJURY" - Newark - 5/25/2022
Lucas Corrubia "Traumatic Brain Injury induces aberrations in dentate gyrus adult-born granule cell maturation and circuit integration" - Newark - 5/24/2022
Helena Flores Mello "A Cytoplasmic Histone Deacetylase Positively and Negatively Regulates Reactivation of a Nuclear Herpesvirus" - Newark - 4/8/2022
Azadeh Nasuhidehnavi "A Role for Basigin in Toxoplasma gondii Invasion" - Newark - 4/1/2022
Miloni S. Dalal "Deletion of Myeloid Pannexin-1 Channels decrease Chemokine’s expression and improves Cognitive function after Brain trauma" - Newark - 3/25/2022
Eliezer Rovira-Diaz "The impact of helminth-coinfection on the innate and adaptive immune response to Toxoplasma gondii" - Newark - 3/24/2022
Olivia Q. Antao "The Tetraspanin CD9 regulates CD4+ T follicular helper cell function during acute viral infection" - Newark - 3/17/2022
Nicola de Souza "Identifying the Contribution of Individual Factors to Chronic and Long-Term Outcomes in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury" - Newark - 3/15/2022
Aysenur Yazici "DIFFERENTIAL ROLES OF PHOSPHOINOSITIDES IN TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL REGULATION" - Newark - 3/10/2022
Marc Brillantes "The Life and Death of Natural Killers: The Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein, Birc5, critically regulates the NK cell niche." - Newark - 2/18/2022
Yu Zhang "The role of Fat4 in pressure overload-induced cardiac dysfunction" - Newark - 1/27/2022
Tara Porfido "Identifying and mitigating the risk of negative outcomes in athletes with exposure to repetitive head impacts " - Newark - 12/15/2021
Angelina Evangelou "A novel mouse model revealing the multifaceted spectrum of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; from compromised myelin acquisition, to seizures and autistic-like behaviors" - Newark - 12/14/2021
Aurora James-Palmer "Tele-yoga for individuals with movement disorders" - Newark - 12/1/2021
Tamara L. Kreiss "Drug discovery in Brugia malayi – Identification of an adult selective filaricidal target" - Newark - 10/8/2021
Carly Levine "Combating tuberculosis through an in-depth understanding of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis tolerance mechanism and the development of novel pyrazinoic acid prodrugs" - Newark - 8/4/2021
Hannah Dewald "Uncovering Mechanisms of Dysfunction in Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and T cells: Part 1: Transcriptional Regulation of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Part 2: Immunosenescent CD8+ T cells in Healthy Aging and COVID-19 " - Newark - 7/28/2021
Courtney Grady "Prescient Drug Resistance: Characterization and functional significance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to modern TB drugs in the absence of prior drug exposure " - Newark - 7/27/2021
Yixiao Mei "The roles of sensory STIM1 in pain" - Newark - 7/8/2021
Luo (Jack) Jia "Microbiota regulates γδ intraepithelial lymphocyte homeostasis and enhances activity against microbial invasion " - Newark - 5/5/2021
Deboleena Kanjilal "ZINC ENHANCES THE OSTEOGENIC CAPACITY OF BONE ALLOGRAFTS " - Newark - 4/30/2021
Marina Gergues "Temozolomide exposed: glioblastoma-derived exosomes on hematopoiesis" - Newark - 4/28/2021
Mingming Tong "The Role of Mitophagy in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy" - Newark - 4/21/2021
Corey L. Goyeneche "Novel RBP-Jk splice variant inhibits canonical Notch signaling and reduces proliferation of Non-small cell lung cancer cells" - Newark - 1/25/2021
Brian S. Canter "SYSTEMIC RADIOTHERAPY FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER TO BONE WITH Ra-223" - Newark - 12/30/2020
Michelle Frondelli "Pediatric Murine Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation Following a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury" - Newark - 11/18/2020
Shanshan Li "Nutrigenomics of vitamin D action in the proximal and distal intestine " - Newark - 8/28/2020
John S. Del Rosario "REGULATION OF PIEZO2 CHANNELS BY Gi-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS AND IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL INHIBITORS OF TRPV5 CHANNELS" - Newark - 8/31/2020
Juan M. Inclan Rico "Basophils and neuromedin B: unexpected regulators of helminth-induced inflammation" - Newark - 8/14/2020
David Calianese "Targeting Phosphatidylserine (PS) and PS Receptors in Oncology: Therapeutic mAbs and Mechanistic Implications" - Newark - 7/31/2020
Luipa Khandker "A TALE OF TWO REGIONS: mTOR REGULATION OF OLIGODENDROCYTE FUNCTION IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD" - Newark - 7/28/2020
Nicholas J. Monteleone "Identification of the multifaceted tumor suppressive functions of miR-708-5p in lung cancer cells" - Newark - 6/15/2020
Mark Simpson "Telomere Dysfunction-Induced Senescence in Placentas and Amniochorionic Membranes" - Newark - 5/26/2020
Eric Himelman "Connexin-43 remodeling: A mechanistic insight into its role in Duchenne muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy" - Newark - 5/20/2020
Hoa Pham "RevealingNewPerspectivesonDementiaPathogenesiswithContemporaryMethods: Single-CellRNA SequencingAnalysisandtheIntelliCage" - Newark - 4/17/2020
Aysegul Guvenek "Bioinformatic Studies of Mechanisms and Consequences of Alternative Cleavage and Polyadenylation" - Newark - 4/16/2020
Harry J. Hurley "The mechanism of metabolic reprogramming in activated plasmacytoid dendritic cells" - Newark - 4/10/2020
Garima Sinha "Interrogating N-cadherin in Breast Cancer Dormancy: The Cancer Stem Cell Hurdle" - Newark - 4/7/2020
Marisa Jeffries "Oligodendrocytes Require mTOR to Maintain Myelin Integrity and Efficiently Remyelinate in the Adult Brain" - Newark - 3/26/2020
Madeleine Hu "γδ intraepithelial lymphocyte migratory behavior modulates intestinal barrier integrity in response to infection and inflammation" - Newark - 3/25/2020
Joon Ho Seo "Myeloid Pannexin-1 Mediates Acute Leukocyte Infiltration And Leads To Worse Outcomes After Brain Trauma" - Newark - 3/19/2020
Arianne Lovey "Uncovering mechanisms leading to differences in host response and disease outcome in epidemiologically characterized high and low transmission strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis" - Newark - 3/13/2020
Yee-Kuen Yam "Characterization of current and novel antibacterials against Mycobacterium abscessus persisters" - Newark - 3/10/2020
Raghavendra Sridhar "Compartmentalized response of type I and type III interferons" - Newark - 2/27/2020
Hsiang-Chi Tseng "The Role of type I and type III Interferons in Bacterial Superinfecion" - Newark - 12/18/19
Paridhi Sukheja "Exploiting vulnerabilities in Mycobacterium tuberculosis respiration to identify new drugs and drug targets" - Newark - 11/18/19
Ersilia Mirabelli "Pathological pain processing in the mouse model of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury: contribution of Plasma Calcium ATPase 2 (PMCA2)" - Newark - 11/8/19
Juan M. Valdez Capuccino "Gating regulation of Connexin26 hemichannels by cytosolic interdomain interactions" - Newark - 10/31/19
Shruthi Satish "New insights into drug adaptation and clinical resistance in fungi" - Newark - 10/24/19
Yong Heui Jeon "Adiponectin via AMPK enhances aerobic respiration through activating succinate dehydrogenase in cardiac myocytes " - Newark - 10/9/19
Viralkumar Davra "Axl and Mertk receptors cooperate to promote breast cancer progression by combined oncogenic signaling and evasion of host anti-tumor immunity" - Newark - 10/1/19
Derek J. Prince "ATP and its role in the leukotoxin-mediated killing of malignant lymphocytes" - Newark - 9/13/19
Felix Adusei-Danso "Structure-function studies of the Bacillus subtilis Ric proteins identify the Fe-S cluster-ligating residues and confirm their roles in development and RNA processing" - Newark - 9/10/19
Jianya Peng "Type III Interferons Promote Rotavirus-induced Diarrhea" - Newark - 8/21/19
Carlos J. Garcia "The Power That Lies Within: Identification of Serratia marcescens Mechanisms that Play a Role in Predation by the Predatory Bacteria Bdellovibrio bacterivorous and Micavibrio aeruginosavorus" - Newark - 7/31/19
Orchi Dutta "Dectin-1 regulates type I and III interferon-dependent responses against Aspergillus fumigatus for optimal pulmonary antifungal immunity" - Newark - 7/18/19
Sujung Choi "Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase and acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 2 occupy H2A.Z-bound transcriptional start sites and are required for histone modifications" - Newark - 6/25/19
Luyu Liu "Regulation of the cold-sensing TRPM8 and the heat-sensing TRPV1 ion channels by cellular signaling pathways" - Newark - 6/19/19
Robert P. Brumer "HFD Dysregulates Hormone-Mediated Ca2+ Signaling in Hepatocytes" - Newark - 6/12/19
Pratik Deb "Interplay between two DNA-sensing pathways in plasmacytoid dendritic cells and the role of toll-like receptor 10 in pDC biology" - Newark - 5/23/19
Maryam Alapa "REGULATION OF THE NO-SENSOR GUANYLYL CYCLASE ACTIVITY BY THIOL/DISULFIDE SWITCH" - Newark - 5/16/19
Xin Wang "Insights into Antitubercular Mechanism of Action Through the Study of Small Molecule Intrabacterial Metabolism" - Newark - 4/15/19
LaTasha Fraser "EXPLORING THE ROLE OF CHROMATIN DECONDENSATION AT A GENE LOCUS IN STOCHASTIC GENE EXPRESSION" - Newark - 4/12/19
Amy Pitler "B CATENIN SUPPORTS p210 BCR-ABL-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTION, BUT NOT TRANSFORMATION AND DRUG RESISTANCE, IN MURINE MYELOBLASTOID PROGENITOR CELLS" - Newark - 4/4/19
Jimmy Patel "Harnessing Machine Learning for Discovery and Optimization of Novel Chemical Tools" - Newark - 4/3/19
Chandler Sy "Infiltrating monocytes promote host survival by preventing helminth-induced brain inflammation" - Newark - 4/3/19
Evan Waldron "The Molecular Basis of DSF Signaling" - Newark - 4/1/19
Isaac Daudelin "Impact of immune cell type on drug distribution in tuberculosis lesions" - Newark - 3/26/19
Everett Henry "Carbonic anhydrase 1 promotes mast cell development" - Newark - 1/29/19
Ekta Kumari "IL-6 enhances the production of PDGF responsive multipotential progenitors at the expense of neural stem cells - implications for neuropsychiatric disorders" - Newark - 1/14/19
Lun Li "Effects of a Toll-like Receptor 9 Antagonist on Spinal Cord Astrocytes and the Glial Scar Following Spinal Cord Injury" - Newark - 12/12/18
Sonia DaSilva-Arnold "The epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cytotrophoblast differentiation is mediated by the zinc finger E-box binding protein 2 (ZEB2)" - Newark - 11/26/18
Jaemin Byun "Deficiency of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) Promotes Structural and Functional Cardiac Maladaptation in Response to Acute Pressure Overload" - Newark - 11/20/18
Brian H. Kim "EFFECTS OF TGFβ RECEPTOR INHIBITION TO PREVENT CELLULAR DEATH AND PROMOTE RECOVERY IN NEONATAL HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY " - Newark - 10/10/18
Ke Geng "Essential role of phosphatidylserine for the activation of Tyro3, Axl and MerTK (TAM) receptors by Growth Arrest Specific-6 (Gas6)” " - Newark - 10/23/18
Prerna Ramesh Nepali "ENDOTHELIAL BARRIER RESTORATION AFTER INFLAMMATION-INDUCED HYPERPERMEABILITY" - Newark - 10/2/18
Brian Vega "Not So Fas: The Diverse Mechanisms of Leukotoxin-Mediated Cell Death" - Newark - 09/12/18
Fatu Badiane Markey "Identification of a novel role of NKX2.2 as a transcriptional co-regulator of EWS/FLI1 in Ewing’s sarcoma pathogenesis" - Newark - 09/6/18
Connie McElrath "Unexpected functions of interferons at the gastrointestinal barrier" - Newark - 09/6/18
Tapan A. Shah "Post-transcriptional gene regulation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-2 during embryogenesis and cardiovascular calcification" - Newark - 07/10/18
Ran Wei "Mechanisms involved in 1,25(OH)2D3 induction of human cathelicidin in lung epithelium and suppression of inflammatory bowel disease" - Newark - 06/29/18
Joseph Ryan Geissler "Altered Biomechanical and Cellular Properties of Bisphosphonate-Treated Osteonal Bone Tissue" - Newark - 06/12/18
Zakiya Qualls "Mapping of novel amino acids and larger determinants in the HIV-1 Env affecting conformational masking and resistance to neutralizing mAbs" - Newark - 05/31/18
Narayani Nagarajan "The role of Trx1 in S-nitrosylation of cardiac proteins" - Newark - 05/23/18
George Pellegrino: "The Role of Osteon Size and Makeup on Cortical Bone Tissue Fatigue Resistance" - Newark - 04/04/18
Virginia Ciliento: "Lineage-specific function of IGF-1R in Wnt1-mediated mammary tumorigenesis" - Newark - 04/04/18
Thushini Manuweera: "Functional and Structural Features of the Mirrored Visual Feedback Network in Chronic Stroke Patients" - Newark - 04/03/18