Graduates of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University)
Vince Contreras, PhD (2010)
Advisor: Brett D. Keiper, PhD
Dissertation: “Multiple Translational Factor eIF4G (IFG-1) Isoforms Regulate Germ Cell Apoptosis"
Postdoctoral: US Public Health Service Commission at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. (Lab as yet undetermined)
Vesna Ann Karschner, PhD (2010)
Advisor: Phillip Pekala, PhD
Dissertation: “Post-Transcriptional Regulation of mRNA Metabolism during Differentiation of 3T3-L1 Cells: Role of HuR"
Postdoctoral: Christopher Geyer, PhD., Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
Svetlana S. Khaymina Hamden, PhD (2010)
Advisor: Joseph M. Chalovich, PhD
Dissertation: “Fesselin and Caldesmon: Natively Unfolded Proteins in Smooth Muscule Regulation"
Mohit C. Mathur, PhD (2009)
Advisor: Joseph M. Chalovich, PhD
Dissertation: “The Distribution of Regulated Actomyosin States is Central to Cardiac Muscle Regulation and Disturbance of this Distribution Leads to Congenital Cardiomyopathies”
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Melissa Anne Henderson, PhD (2009)
Advisor: Brett D. Keiper, PhD
Dissertation: “The Unique Roles of IFE-1, a Germline-Specific Isoform of Eukaryotic Translation Factor 4E, During Gametogenisis”
Postdoctoral: Steve L’Hernault, PhD, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Emory University
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Tara Ann Cartwright, PhD (2009)
Advisor: Ruth A. Schwalbe, PhD
Dissertation: “The Biochemical Characterization of Neuronal K+ Channel N-Glycans and their Role in Regulating K+ Channel Function ”
Postdoctoral: David L. Armstrong, Ph.D., Laboratory of Neurobiology, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC
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