Thesis/Dissertation Defenses

(Socio-) Ecological Tools and Insights for a Changing Climate

Zachary J. Miller
Ph.D. Candidate - Sullivan Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

July 11, 2022

Hormonal and Genetic Control of Leaf and Vein Development in Maize

Janlo Robil
Ph.D. Candidate - McSteen Lab
Division of Biological Sciences

June 08, 2022

Molecular dissection of the roles of RNA processing proteins in meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA

Michael Vierling
Ph.D. Candidate - Shiu Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 06, 2022

Neuroscience in novel contexts: thermogenetics in Drosophila and decoding autonomic activity in mouse lower urinary tract

Benton Berigan
Ph.D. Candidate - Ilker Ozden Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 27, 2022

Celsr1 Suppresses Wnt5a-Mediated Chemoattraction to Prevent Incorrect Rostral Migration of Facial Branchiomotor Neurons

Devynn Hummel
Ph.D. Candidate - Chandrasekhar Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 20, 2022

Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Carbohydrate Partitioning in Maize and Sugarcane

Singha Raj Dhungana
Ph.D. Candidate - Braun Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 11, 2022

Mining the Drosophila Gustatory Receptor Family for New Thermosensitive Proteins: Basic Science and Tool Development

Marzie Amirshenava
Ph.D. Candidate - Brown Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missorui

December 03, 2021

Exploring learning and sound conditioning in American toads (Anaxyrus americanus)

Deise Cruz Santos
Ph.D. Candidate - Gerhardt Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

November 30, 2021

Ecological genomics of divergence, admixture, and fitness in the smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Joe C. Gunn
Ph.D. Candidate - Eggert Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

July 06, 2021

Understanding the role of Suppressor of sessile spikelets2 (Sos2) in meristem maintenance networks required for maize growth and development

Katy Guthrie
Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

June 18, 2021

An Integrative Approach to Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Learning, Memory, and Thermal Tolerance in a Fruit Fly Model

Patricka Williams-Simon
Ph.D. Candidate - King Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 11, 2021

The Power of Synteny: Deep Evolutionary insights from Comparative Genomics

R. Shawn Abrahams
Ph.D. Candidate - Pires Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 06, 2021

Conservation genetics of human conflict in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Kris Budd
Ph.D. Candidate - Eggert Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

May 05, 2021

Coupling, membrane conductance, and ion channel mRNA profiles in the establishment and maintenance of network activity in the crustacean cardiac ganglion

Daniel Kick
Ph.D. Candidate - Schulz lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 22, 2021

An Exploration of the Interactions between Ecology, Behavior, and Neuroanatomy in Anolis Lizards

Levi Storks
Ph.D. Candidate - Leal lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 22, 2021

Uncovering the genetic basis of seed amino acid composition in Arabidopsis using a multi-omics integration approach

Marianne Slaten
Ph.D. Candidate - Angelovici Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 21, 2021

Defective Neural Circuits & Abnormal Behavioral Outputs in a Neuronal Migration Zebrafish Mutant

Emilia Boakyewaa Asante
Ph.D. Candidate - Chandrasekhar Lab
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

April 21, 2021

Uncovering the Genetic Architecture and Metabolic Basis of Amino Acid Composition in Maize Kernels Using Multi-Omics Integration

Vivek Shrestha
Ph.D. Candidate
Angelovici Lab

December 01, 2020