First Years

Thesis Research: | Determining the Role of Klotho on Muscle Regeneration Following Exercise |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor James Tidball |

Thesis Research: | The Effects of Time-Restricted Feeding on Sleep in Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Ketema Paul |

Thesis Research: | CTLA4-Ig and Prednisone Treatment Effects for Dystrophic Muscle |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor James Tidball |

Thesis Research: | Role of miR-1 and miR-144 in Intralipid-induced Cardio-protection Against Ischemia-reperfusion Injury |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Mansoureh Eghbali |

Thesis Research: | CRISPR/Cas9 Variant Efficacy and Fidelity on the Human Genome |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Melissa Spencer |

Thesis Research: | Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Cardiometabolic Disease |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Xia Yang |
Second Years

Thesis Research: | Shared Mechanisms Between Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease via Integrative Genomics Analysis |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Xia Yang |

Thesis Research: | Effects of Estrogen-sensitive Neurons on Thermoregulation |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Stephanie Correa |

Thesis Research: | Improved Understanding of Zebra Finch Brain Transcriptome Using Both Short and Long Read RNA-seq Methods |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Barney Schlinger |

Thesis Research: | Activation of Cervical Spinal Networks with Electrical Neuromodulation and Potassium Ion Channel Blocker, 4-Aminopyridine |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Reggie Edgerton |

Thesis Research: | Gene Expression in T-lymphocytes Isolated Human Lung Cancer Patients |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor James Tidball |

Thesis Research: | Dopamine Neuromodulates Short-Term Sensitization by an Aversive Chemical Stimulus in Larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio) |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor David Glanzman |

Thesis Research: | Investigating the Role of Mitochondria of Müller Glia in Neural Retinal Diseased Condition and Repair Mechanism |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Xianjie Yang |

Thesis Research: | Mispositioned Neurons in the Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord of Reeler Mutant Mice That Contribute to Altered Mechanical Nociceptive Processing |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Patricia Phelps |

Thesis Research: | Porcine-derived Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel Improves Skeletal Muscle Pathology and Regeneration in Mdx Mice |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Rachelle Crosbie |

Thesis Research: | Identifying Spinal Interneurons Labeled with a Retrograde Tracer After a Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Rats Treated with Olfactory Ensheathing Cell (OEC) Transplantation, Epidural Stimulation, and Climb Training. |
Faculty Mentor: | Professor Patricia Phelps |