#  Completed Dissertations 

 



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 <a></a>**2019**

 **Batchelor, Alexandra**  
*Sound localization behavior in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Mandelbaum, Gil**  
*Basal Ganglia Circuitry Controlling Action Selection*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Patella, Paola**  
*Mechanosensory representations in the Drosophila brain*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 <a></a>**2018**

 **Andreone, Benjamin**  
*Regulation of transcytosis underlies blood-brain barrier permeability*  
Advisor: Chenghua Gu

 **Baum, Matthew**  
*The Schizophrenia-Associated Gene, CSMD1, Encodes a Brain-Specific Complement Inhibitor*  
Advisor: Beth Stevens

 **Held, Richard**  
*Scaffolding mechanisms supporting fast neurotransmitter release at the presynaptic active zone*  
Advisor: Pascal Kaeser

 **Milner, Elliott**  
*Mechanisms of Intensity Encoding for Non-Image-Forming Visual Functions*  
Advisor: Michael Do

 **Minderer, Matthias**  
*The Mesoscale Functional Organization of Mouse Cortex During Behavior*  
Advisor: Christopher Harvey

 **Nagy, Mark**  
*New insights into activity-dependent transcription in the brain*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Raam, Tara**  
*The contribution of hippocampal oxytocin receptors to social memory processing*  
Advisor: Amar Sahay

 **Ramesh, Rohan**  
*Value representations in visual association cortex*  
Advisor: Mark Andermann

 **Rodin, Rachel**  
*The Human Brain as a Mosaic: Somatic Mutation in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Aging, and Neurodegeneration*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Somhegyi, Hannah**  
*Neuropeptides in Neural Circuits and Behavior*  
Advisor: Dragana Rogulja

 **Starkweather, Clara**  
*Hidden State Inference in the Midbrain Dopamine System*  
Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

 **Yip, Zhiqi**  
*Dendrite patterning as a model for self-organizing systems*  
Advisor: Maxwell Heiman

 **Yung, Andrea**  
*Functional characterization of Netrin-1 and its role in CNS-PNS boundary maintenance in the developing vertebrate brainstem*  
Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

 **Zhang, Xingjie**  
*Control of Drosophila Courtship by Mating Drive*  
Advisor: Dragana Rogulja

 <a></a>**2017**

 **Bear, Daniel**  
*A Variant Mode of Mammalian Olfaction*  
Advisor: Sandeep Datta

 **Driscoll, Laura**  
*Dynamic reorganization of neuronal activity patterns in parietal cortex*  
Advisor: Christopher Harvey

 **Durresi, Ershela**  
*Genome-wide identification and analysis of human neuronal activity-dependent enhancers in evolution and disease*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Freret, Morgan**  
*Molecular and functional characterization of diverse Pet1 lineage-defined neuron subtypes of the brainstem raphe system*  
Advisor: Susan Dymecki

 **Hou, Xun**  
*Central Control Circuit for Context-dependent Micturition*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Litvina, Elizabeth**  
*Functional Convergence at the Mouse Retinogeniculate Synapse*  
Advisor: Chinfei Chen

 **Liu, Jinyue**  
*Molecular Determinants of Dendritic Patterning in the Mammalian Retina*  
Advisor: Joshua Sanes

 **Luo, Zhihao**  
*Dissociating components of visuo-spatial attention*  
Advisor: John Maunsell

 **Neubarth, Nicole**  
*Molecularly Distinct, Meissner-corpuscle-associated Mechanoreceptors: A Potential Strategy for Efficient Enhancement of Spatial Acuity*  
Advisor: David Ginty

 **Neufeld, Shay**  
*Function and modulation of striatal patch compartments*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Pashkovski, Stanislav**  
*A Chemical Odor Map in Cortex*  
Advisor: Sandeep Datta

 **Wu, Yuwen**  
*Modeling activity-dependent synaptic competition via a novel coculture system*  
Advisor: Beth Stevens

 **Ye, Zhanlei**  
*Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors Impacting Local Circuit Inhibition in the Neocortex*  
Advisor: Takao Hensch

 <a></a>**2016**

 **Coulter, Michael**  
*Two stories of neurodevelopment: Exosome-mediated secretion of sonic hedgehog and Somatic mutation in disorders of DNA damage repair*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Donahue, Rachel**  
*The role of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in the neurobiology of stress-related behaviors*  
Advisor: William Carlezon

 **Dosumu-Johnson, Ryan**  
*An anatomical and functional dissection of the role Pet1 raphe neurons play in neonatal cardiorespiratory homeostasis*  
Advisor: Susan Dymecki

 **Emanuel, Alan**  
*Signal Integration and Diversification by Melanopsin-Expressing Retinal Ganglion Cells*  
Advisor: Michael Do

 **Jikomes, Nick**  
*Pre-emptive stimulation of AgRP neurons in fed mice enables conditioned food seeking under threat*  
Advisor: Mark Andermann

 **Kinde, Benyam**  
*Biochemical and genomic analysis of MeCP2 and brain-enriched DNA methylation*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Lee, Ga Young**  
*Organization of postsynaptic assembly by filamin at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction*  
Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

 **Mandel-Brehm, Caleigh**  
*A behavioral and molecular approach for understanding Angelman Syndrome*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **McLachlan, Ian**  
*Genetic control of dendrite morphogenesis in C. elegans*  
Advisor: Maxwell Heiman

 **Millman, Daniel**  
*Emergence of Reward Coding in the Olfactory System*  
Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

 **Morcos, Ari**  
*Population dynamics in parietal cortex during evidence accumulation for decision-making*  
Advisor: Christopher Harvey

 **Nugent, Alicia**  
*Hyperactive alpha2-chimaerin reveals the complexity of axon guidance signaling pathways in motor neuron development*  
Advisor: Elizabeth Engle

 **Otchy, Timothy**  
*Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Skill Learning, Adaptation, and Maintenance*  
Advisor: Bence Ölveczky

 **Pease, Sarah**  
*Survival mechanisms of peripheral sensory axons*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Roberson, David P**  
*Analysis of Voluntary Behavior to Interrogate Neural Function*  
Advisor: Clifford Woolf

 **Simon, Alex**  
*Re-expression of MeCP2 in early adulthood recovers cortical function in Rett syndrome*  
Advisor: Michela Fagiolini

 **Tan, Taralyn**  
*Blueprints for Smell: Defining the Architecture of the Necklace Olfactory System*  
Advisor: Sandeep Datta

 **Tian, Ju**  
*Neural circuit mechanisms underlying dopamine reward prediction errors*  
Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

 **Tobin, William**  
*Wiring Variations That Enable and Constrain Neural Computation in a Sensory Microcircuit*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Trott, Alexander**  
*Contextual modulation of early visual processing and the role of cortico-cortical feedback*  
Advisor: Richard Born

 **Wee, Caroline**  
*Neuromodulatory Control of Motivated Behavior in the Larval Zebrafish*  
Advisor: Florian Engert

 **Williams, Erika**  
*Coding of internal senses: vagal gut-to-brain circuits*  
Advisor: Stephen Liberles

 **Wiltschko, Alexander**  
*The Structure of Mouse Behavior*  
Advisor: Sandeep Datta

 **Xu, Zhaoying**  
*Subtype-Specific Corticostriatal Projection Neuron Developmental Gene Expression and Corticospinal Expression of the Paroxysmal Nonkinesigenic Dyskinesia Gene*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 <a></a>**2015**

 **Baker, Allison**  
*Encoding and Decoding Mechanosensory Information on Multiple Timescales*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Bell, Joseph**  
*Non-linear Stimulus Integration in Olfactory Computation*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Bogart, Luke Joseph**  
*Synaptic specificity and plasticity in parvalbumin-basket cell circuits*  
Advisor: Takao Hensch

 **Chambers, Anna**  
*Progressive recovery of cortical and midbrain sound feature encoding following profound cochlear neuropathy.*  
Advisor: Daniel Polley

 **Dunn, Timothy**  
*Brain-Wide Neural Dynamics Underlying Looming-Evoked Escapes And Spontaneous Exploration*  
Advisor: Florian Engert

 **Fenstermacher, Sara**  
*From nucleus to axon: Spatial regulation of bclw mRNA promotes neurotrophin-dependent axon survival*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Hildebrand, David**  
*Whole-brain functional and structural examination in larval zebrafish*  
Advisor: Florian Engert

 **Jayaraman, Divya**  
*The role of centriole biogenesis in control of brain size*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Kimm, Tilia**  
*Potassium and Sodium Currents Regulating Pacemaking and Burst Firing in Substantia Nigra Dopamine Neurons*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Kostadinov, Dimitar Vladimirov**  
*Mechanism and function of dendritic self-avoidance and self/non-self discrimination in the mammalian nervous system*  
Advisor: Joshua Sanes

 **Koussa, Mounir**  
*The Biophysics of Vertebrate Hearing: A Single Molecule Approach*  
Advisor: David Corey

 **Krol, Alexandra**  
*Regulation of neuronal dendrite development and migration by the atypical cadherin Fat3*  
Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

 **Lutas, Andrew**  
*Cellular Metabolism Modulates Ion Channels That Regulate Neuronal Excitability*  
Advisor: Gary Yellen

 **Murphy, Alexander**  
*RNA and Protein Networks That Locally Control Brain Wiring During Development*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 **Poddar, Rajesh**  
*A high-throughput system for automated training combined with continuous long-term neural recordings in rodents*  
Advisor: Bence Ölveczky

 **Provost, Allison**  
*Serotoninergic Modulation of the Olfactory Bulb*  
Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

 **Reh, Rebecca Kiefer**  
*A rapid peak in gamma power signals critical period plasticity in the developing mouse visual cortex*  
Advisor: Takao Hensch

 **Srikanth, Priya**  
*Schizophrenia-Relevant Disc1 Interruption Alters WNT Signaling and Cell Fate in Human IPSC-Derived Neurons*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Strochlic, David**  
*Molecular and Genetic Analysis of the Vagus Nerve*  
Advisor: Stephen Liberles

 **Susman, Michael Wen**  
*The Wnt5a-Ror Signaling Pathway in the Morphogenesis of the Embryo*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Wertz, Mary**  
*Aberrant microRNA Expression in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Motor Neurons*  
Advisor: Mustafa Sahin

 **Yamada-Hanff, Jason**  
*Regulation of hippocampal pyramidal neuron excitability by subthreshold voltage-dependent conductances*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **You, Wenjia**  
*Lineage and Functional Analyses of Specific Subsets of Retinal Progenitor Cells*  
Advisor: Constance Cepko

 <a></a>**2014**

 **Chu, Yun**  
*The Role of Protein Kinase C in Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Eshel, Neir**  
*Arithmetic and local circuitry underlying dopamine prediction errors*  
Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

 **Fisek, Mehmet**  
*Connectivity and computations in higher-order olfactory neurons in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Garst Orozco, Jonathan**  
*LEARNING-RELATED CHANGES IN THE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE ZEBRA FINCH SONG-CONTROL CIRCUIT*  
Advisor: Bence Ölveczky

 **Hauser, Jessica**  
*Mechanisms Shaping Excitatory Transmission at the Developing Retinogeniculate Synapse*  
Advisor: Chinfei Chen

 **Hu, Wen**  
*Building a Bigger Brain:Centriole Control of Cerebral Cortical Development*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Lehrman, Emily**  
*Innate immune molecules direct microglia-mediated developmental synaptic refinement*  
Advisor: Beth Stevens

 **Liu, Wendy**  
*Dissecting Olfactory Circuits in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Luth, Eric**  
*Physiological and Pathological Characterization of Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Nishitani, Allison**  
*The role of Netrin-1 in semicircular canal morphogenesis*  
Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

 **Oldenburg, Ian**  
*Basal Ganglia Modulation of Cortical Firing Rates in a Behaving Animal*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Saunders, Arpiar**  
*Circuit interactions between the cortex and basal ganglia*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Stoppel, David**  
*Social Behavior and Gene Expression Disturbances in Mouse Models of Angelman Syndrome and Idic15 Autism*  
Advisor: Matthew Anderson

 **Thanawala, Monica**  
*Control of Neurotransmitter Release Properties by Presynaptic Calcium*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Vujovic, Nina**  
*Functional organization of the circadian timing system*  
Advisor: Clifford Saper

 <a></a>**2013**

 **Bialas, Allison**  
*Initiating Complement-dependent Synaptic Refinement: Mechanisms of Neuronal C1q Regulation*  
Advisor: Beth Stevens

 **Choi, Eun Young**  
*The Organization of Corticostriatal Connectivity in the Human Brain*  
Advisor: Randy Buckner

 **Eisner, Adriana**  
*Phosphatome RNAi Screen Identifies Eya1 as a Positive Regulator of Hedgehog Signal Transduction*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Feliu-Mojer, Monica**  
*Coupling the small GTPase Rab3 to the Synaptic Vesicle Cycle*  
Advisor: Joshua Kaplan

 **Ferrero, David**  
*Olfactory control of instinctive behaviors*  
Advisor: Stephen Liberles

 **Ibarra, Yessenia**  
*Characterization of human TRPA1 and TRPV1 channels in response to naturally occurring defensive compounds*  
Advisor: David Clapham

 **LeBlanc, Jocelyn**  
*Critical period plasticity and sensory function in a neuroligin-3 model of autism*  
Advisor: Michela Fagiolini

 **Lou, Shan**  
*DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF C-LOW-THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTORS*  
Advisor: Qiufu Ma

 **Malik, Athar**  
*Genome-wide identification and characterization of stimulus-responsive enhancers in the nervous system*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Mardinly, Alan**  
*Regulation of Synapse Development by Activity Dependent Transcription in Inhibitory Neurons*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Mejia, Luis**  
*Interaction Proteomics of Autism Spectrum Disorder- and Intellectual Disability-Associated Proteins Identifies A Novel Hap1-Tsc1 Signaling Link That Controls Neuronal mTORC1 Signaling and Pyramidal Neuron Morphogenesis*  
Advisor: Azad Bonni

 **Quast, Kathleen**  
*Functional Development and Plasticity of Parvalbumin Cells in Visual Cortex: Role of Thalamocortical Input*  
Advisor: Takao Hensch

 **Rice, Heather**  
*Regulation of the proteolytic processing and function of Amyloid Precursor Protein by candidate ligands*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Sadegh, Cameron**  
*Directed differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into neocortical output neurons*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 **Salogiannis, John**  
*Regulation of excitatory synapse development by the RhoGEF Ephexin5*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Van't Veer, Ashlee**  
*Role of Kappa-Opioid Receptors in Stress-Induced Behaviors*  
Advisor: William Carlezon

 **Wu, Zheng**  
*Molecular Dissection of Neural Circuits Underlying Parental Behavior in Mice*  
Advisor: Catherine Dulac

 <a></a>**2012**

 **Brady, Daniel**  
*Mechanisms of Cross-Modal Refinement by Visual Experience*  
Advisor: Takao Hensch

 **De la Huerta, Irina**  
*Expression and Role of Cadherins in the Mammalian Visual System*  
Advisor: Joshua Sanes

 **Ganesh, Vijay**  
*Identification and Characterization of Genes Essential for Human Brain Development*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Gelfand, Maria**  
*Characterization of the in vivo function of Neuropilin1 during development*  
Advisor: Chenghua Gu

 **Han, Juliette**  
*The Role of TSC in Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination*  
Advisor: Mustafa Sahin

 **Hong, Soyon**  
*Probing the in vivo economy of amyloid beta-protein during the development of Alzheimer’s disease-type pathology*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Huang, Kuo-Hua**  
*Control of Turning Behaviors by Spinal Projection Neurons in the Larval Zebrafish*  
Advisor: Florian Engert

 **Lehnert, Brendan**  
*The role of TRP channels in auditory transduction and amplification in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Min, Lia**  
*Experience-Dependent Loss of Cross-Modal Plasticity in Mouse Visual Cortex*  
Advisor: Michela Fagiolini

 **Ni, Amy**  
*Visual Attention and the Role of Normalization*  
Advisor: John Maunsell

 **Ruff, Douglas**  
*Neuronal Tuning and its Role in Attention*  
Advisor: Richard Born

 **Smolyanskaya, Alexandra**  
*Dynamics of cortical decision circuits during changes in the fidelity of sensory representations*  
Advisor: Richard Born

 **Soskis, Michael**  
*A chemical-genetic study of EphB receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in the developing nervous system*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Wang, Alice**  
*Neural substrates of choosing actions and motivational drive, a role for the striatum*  
Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

 **Wang, Oulu**  
*Glucocorticoids regulate kisspeptin neurons during stress and contribute to infertility and obesity in leptin-deficient mice*  
Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

 **Zhou, Yi**  
*Olfactory Transduction and Taste Processing in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 <a></a>**2011**

 **Bock, Dravida**  
*Network anatomy and in vivo physiology from a group of visual cortical neurons*  
Advisor: R. Clay Reid

 **Carter, Brett**  
*Sodium Current during and between Action Potentials of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neurons*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Cury, Kevin**  
*The Role of Spike Timing in Odor Coding During Sniffing*  
Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

 **Dakin, Kelly**  
*Novel Biological Functions of Hemoglobin in the Brain*  
Advisor: Bruce Yankner

 **Fitzgerald, Jamie**  
*Generalized associative representations in parietal cortex*  
Advisor: John Assad

 **Kaczmarek, Jan**  
*Novel activation mechanisms of TRPC5 reveal its participation in neuronal growth cone collapse*  
Advisor: David Clapham

 **Kerlin, Aaron**  
*Response properties of inhibitory neuron subtypes in mouse visual cortex*  
Advisor: R. Clay Reid

 **Litterman, Nadia**  
*A Ubiquitin Ligase Signaling Mechanism Regulates Golgi Morphology and Dendrite Patterning*  
Advisor: Azad Bonni

 **Myoga, Michael**  
*Calcium-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in the Cerebellum*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 <a></a>**2010**

 **Abdel-Azim, Eiman**  
*Molecular Controls over Neocortical Neuronal Diversity and Oligodendrocyte Development*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 **Appler, Jessica**  
*The Molecular and Morphological Development of Spiral Ganglion Neurons*  
Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

 **Bilimoria, Parizad**  
*Signaling Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Morphogenesis in the Cerebellar Cortex*  
Advisor: Azad Bonni

 **Bortnick, Rachel**  
*Genetic Dissection of the Dscam Pathway*  
Advisor: Dietmar Schmucker

 **Buchman, Joshua**  
*Roles of centrosome proteins associated with primary microcephaly in mammalian corticogenesis*  
Advisor: Li-Huei Tsai

 **Courchesne-Schlink, Stephanie**  
*Spatial Aspects of Neuronal Survival Signaling in Sensory Neurons*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **de la Torre Ubieta, Luis**  
*Transcriptional Regulation of Neuronal Polarity*  
Advisor: Azad Bonni

 **Giessel, Andrew**  
*Local, Non-linear Regulation of Synaptic Signals at Dendritic Spines of CA1 Pyramidal Cells*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Hong, Youn-Young**  
*Structure and Development of Retinal Ganglion Cells*  
Advisor: Joshua Sanes

 **Knoll, Allison**  
*Role of Kappa Opioid Receptors in Fear and Anxiety-like Behaviors in Rats*  
Advisor: William Carlezon

 **Kurshan, Peri**  
*The Role of Alpha2delta-3 in Calcium-Channel Localization, Synaptic Function and Bouton Formation*  
Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

 **Magnotti, Laura**  
*Gap Junctions Between Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes are Critical for Normal Glial Function*  
Advisor: David Paul

 **Neal, Jason**  
*Insights into the role of Filamin A and ARFGEF2 genes in periventricular heterotopia formation*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Sadacca, Leigh**  
*Circadian Clocks in Behavior and Physiology*  
Advisor: Charles Weitz

 **Sturgill, James**  
*Activity-dependent Regulation of Synapse Structure and Function: Roles of PSD-95 and the Metabolic Sensor, AMPK*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Witt, Rochelle**  
*Of Structure and Function: The Nature of the Sonic Hedgehog-Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Interaction*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Yang, Yue**  
*A Cdc20-APC Ubiquitin Signaling Pathway Regulates Presynaptic Differentiation*  
Advisor: Azad Bonni

 <a></a>**2009**

 **Abraira, Victoria**  
*Molecular Mechanisms of Inner Ear Morphogenesis*  
Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

 **Christensen, Adam**  
*The Role of TRP Channels in Mechanosensation*  
Advisor: David Corey

 **Flavell, Steven**  
*Regulation of synapse development by the activity-regulated transcription factor MEF2*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Ge, Xuecai**  
*Functions of the Centrosome in Embryonic Neurogenesis*  
Advisor: Li-Huei Tsai

 **Gouwens, Nathan**  
*Processing of Neural Signals in the Drosophila Olfactory System*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Hong, Elizabeth**  
*Functional Significance of Neuronal Activity-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation in the Nervous System*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Hunter, John**  
*Spatial Integration of Motion Signals in Macaque MT*  
Advisor: Richard Born

 **Kovtun, Misao**  
*Characterization of an Importin beta11 Mutant at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction*  
Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

 **Libedinsky, Camilo**  
*Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Perception Role of Early Visual and Prefrontal Cortical Areas in Conscious Awareness*  
Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

 **Mosca, Timothy**  
*Nuclear Import and Synapse to Nucleus Signalling at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction*  
Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

 **Ramdya, Pavan**  
*Direction selectivity in the larval zebrafish optic tectum*  
Advisor: Florian Engert

 **Rappley, Irit**  
*Selective Effects of Alpha-Synuclein on Membrane Phospholipids and Mitochondrial Function*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Tanner, Geoffrey**  
*K(ATP) Channels, Metabolism, and Neuronal Excitability*  
Advisor: Gary Yellen

 **Tischfield, Max**  
*Human eye movement disorders help identify molecular and genetic etiologies of novel neurological syndromes*  
Advisor: Elizabeth Engle

 <a></a>**2008**

 **Albeanu, Dinu**  
*Multimodal Imaging of Sensory Inputs and Neuronal Coding in the Rodent Olfactory Bulb*  
Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

 **Berg, James**  
*Imaging Neuronal Metabolism*  
Advisor: Gary Yellen

 **Ch'ng, Yeang**  
*Functional Imaging of Cellular and Vascular Activity in Visual Cortex*  
Advisor: R. Clay Reid

 **Colodner, Kenneth**  
*Using Drosophila to investigate the glial contribution to neurodegenerative disorders*  
Advisor: Mel Feany

 **Haushofer, Johannes**  
*Cortical Object Representations*  
Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

 **Hyde, Rhonda**  
*Genetic Analysis of Protein Kinase C and MAPK in C. elegans mechanosensation*  
Advisor: Anne Hart

 **Koundakjian, Edmund**  
*An analysis of the development of the cochlear-vestibular ganglion*  
Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

 **Lu, Alice**  
*Potential Roles for Ubiquilin 1 in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis*  
Advisor: Rudolph Tanzi

 **Lu, Ju**  
*Connectomic Studies of the Mammalian Neuromuscular System*  
Advisor: Jeff Lichtman

 **Olsen, Shawn**  
*Synaptic and Circuit Mechanisms of Odor Processing in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Rachel Wilson

 **Ponce, Carlos**  
*Integrating Visual Information Through Parallel Pathways*  
Advisor: Richard Born

 **Shankar, Ganesh**  
*Soluble Abeta Oligomers and Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Simon, David**  
*microRNA Regulation of Synapse Function in C.elegans*  
Advisor: Joshua Kaplan

 <a></a>**2007**

 **Bikoff, Jay**  
*Molecular mechanisms regulating cortical development: From neurons to synapses*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Chung, Eunju**  
*Axonal Transport of Synaptic Components and Synaptogenesis in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

 **Gopal, Rajesh**  
*Regulation of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair by Parkin*  
Advisor: Bruce Yankner

 **Harrar, Dana**  
*An RNA Interference Screen Identifies New Molecules Required for Mammalian Synapse Development*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Hass, Matthew**  
*Identification of Novel Roles of the Amyloid Precursor Protein in Signal Transduction*  
Advisor: Bruce Yankner

 **Hemming, Matthew**  
*Regulation of Amyloid b-Protein Levels by Proteolytic Degradation and its Implications for Alzheimer's disease*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Herrington, Todd**  
*Attentional Shifts in Parietal Cortex and Behavior*  
Advisor: John Assad

 **Hooks, Bryan**  
*Functional Development of the Retinogeniculate Synapse*  
Advisor: Chinfei Chen

 **Hughes, Michael**  
*A Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Dscam Signaling in Dendrite Morphogenesis*  
Advisor: Dietmar Schmucker

 **Kontopoulos, Eirene**  
*Mechanisms of a-synuclein Neurotoxicity in Parkinson's Disease*  
Advisor: Mel Feany

 **Safo, Patrick**  
*The Role of endocannabinoids in Synaptic Plasticity at the Granule Cell to Purkinje Cell Synapse*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Soler-Llavina, Gilberto**  
*Compartmentalization and modulation of synaptic signaling in dendrites and spines*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Vijayan, Sujith**  
*Characterization of Activity in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex During Active Behavior and Sleep*  
Advisor: Emery Brown

 <a></a>**2006**

 **Ardayfio, Paul**  
*Behavioral Investigation of Cognitive Function in Mouse Models of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders*  
Advisor: Kwang-Soo Kim

 **Bloodgood, Brenda**  
*Biochemical Compartmentalization and Synaptic Signaling in Spines*  
Advisor: Bernardo Sabatini

 **Choi, Yoojin**  
*Mitogenic Niches in the Developing Cerebellum*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **de Vries, Saskia**  
*Modulation of Retinal Responses by Single Amacrine Cells*  
Advisor: Markus Meister

 **Dekker, John**  
*Molecular Analysis of Gating in Voltage-Dependent Ion Channels*  
Advisor: Gary Yellen

 **Dietz, Shelby**  
*Plasticity and Development of the Mitral-Granule Reciprocal Synapse in the Mammalian Olfactory Bulb*  
Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

 **Edson, Eleanore**  
*Contributions of Glutamate Transporters and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors to Synaptic Transmission Over Development at the Retinogeniculate Synapse*  
Advisor: Chinfei Chen

 **Fantana, Antoniu**  
*Odor Processing in the Olfactory Bulb: Structure of Mitral Cell Receptive Fields*  
Advisor: Markus Meister

 **Glater, Elizabeth**  
*The Mechanism for Axonal Transport of Mitochondria in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

 **Goddard, Carson**  
*MHC Class I and the Homeostatic Regulation of CNS Synapses*  
Advisor: Carla Shatz

 **Gooley, Joshua**  
*Entrainment of the Circadian Timing System by Light and Food*  
Advisor: Clifford Saper

 **Griffin, Robert**  
*Gene Expression Associated with Neuropathic Pain*  
Advisor: Clifford Woolf

 **Hafler, Brian**  
*Transcriptional Regulation of Olig2 in Motor Neuron Development*  
Advisor: David Rowitch

 **Hartman, Kenichi**  
*Regulation of Neuronal Morphology and Synaptic Development by Activity*  
Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

 **Jackson, Alexander**  
*Subthreshold Currents Underlying the Spontaneous Firing of Hypothalamic Pacemaker Neurons*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Khurana, Vikram**  
*Mitogenic signaling and cell-cycle activation mediate neurodegeneration in Drosophila*  
Advisor: Mel Feany

 **Koprivica, Vuk**  
*Mechanisms of Myelin Regeneration Inhibition*  
Advisor: Zhigang He

 **Lehtinen, Maria**  
*Survival and Death Signaling Pathways: From Single Cells to Organisms*  
Advisor: Azad Bonni

 **Marcus, Jacob**  
*Orexin Receptors and the Central Autonomic System*  
Advisor: Joel Elmquist

 **McKellar, Claire**  
*A Program of New Gene Expression Induced by Synaptogenesis*  
Advisor: Carla Shatz

 **Molyneaux, Bradley**  
*Molecular Development of Corticospinal Motor Neurons*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 **Patten, Brooke**  
*Molecular Mechanisms of Radial Glia Formation in the Developing Cerebellum*  
Advisor: Gabriel Corfas

 **Samuels, Benjamin**  
*Physiological Functions of Cdk5 in the Nervous System*  
Advisor: Li-Huei Tsai

 **Yiu, Glenn**  
*Signaling Mechanisms Limiting Axon Regeneration in the Adult Central Nervous System*  
Advisor: Zhigang He

 <a></a>**2005**

 **Basu, Alo**  
*Characterization of an Amine-Modulated Stress Neuropeptide System in Homarus americanus*  
Advisor: Edward Kravitz

 **Emerson, Mark**  
*A Misexpression Genetic Screen in Drosophila Identifies Candidate Axon Guidance Factors with Differential Expression*  
Advisor: David Van Vactor

 **Harpavat, Sanjiv**  
*Roles of Thyroid Hormone in Chick Retinal Development*  
Advisor: Constance Cepko

 **Kraves, Sebastián**  
*Molecular Analyses of the Circadian Control of Locomotor Activity in Mammals*  
Advisor: Charles Weitz

 **Maimon, Gaby**  
*Cortex, Vision and Action*  
Advisor: John Assad

 **Roberson, Christov**  
*G Protein Regulation of Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels*  
Advisor: David Clapham

 **Shen, Jun**  
*Using Forward and Reverse Genetics to Study Genes That Control the Size of the Brain*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Tran, Hien**  
*A Role for Forkheads in the Response to Stress*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Wang, Duo**  
*Negative regulation of RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans*  
Advisor: Gary Ruvkun

 **Whalen, Brian**  
*Early Events in Alzheimer's Disease: An Examination of Amyloid-Beta Protofibril Biology*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Zakhary, Lisa**  
*Anatomical and Functional Analysis of MicroRNAs in Mammalian Olfactory Neurogenesis*  
Advisor: Catherine Dulac

 <a></a>**2004**

 **Altevogt, Bruce**  
*Analysis of connexins in myelination*  
Advisor: David Paul

 **Bianchetta, Michael**  
*Self-Association of the Muscle-Specific Receptor Tyrosine Kinase MuSK*  
Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

 **Blair, Nathaniel**  
*Contributions of Voltage-gated Sodium, Calcium and Potassium Currents to the Excitability of Nociceptive Sensory Neurons*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Brittis, Perry**  
*RNA Based Mechanisms for Locally Regulating Axon Guidance Decisions*  
Advisor: John Flanagan

 **Chae, Teresa**  
*Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of the hyh Mouse Mutant*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Chyung, Jay**  
*Cell Surface Events in the Amyloidogenic Processing of the Amyloid Precursor Protein*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Currier, Sophie**  
*Genetics of Walker-Warburg Syndrome A Disorder of Brain, Muscle and Eye Development*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Deuel, Thomas**  
*Doublecortin and the Doublecortin-like Kinase in CNS Development and Plasticity*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Foster, Kelly**  
*Mechanisms and Functional Consequences of Short-Term Plasticity at Excitatory Synapses in the Cerebellum*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Greka, Anna**  
*TRP Channels and the Cytoskeleton: Implications for Neuronal Growth and Cellular Motility*  
Advisor: David Clapham

 **Heerssen, Heather**  
*Mechanisms of Trk Receptor Retrograde Transport and Signaling*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Kimberly, William**  
*Intramembrane Proteolysis and Signal Transduction: The g-Secretase Complex and its Connection to Alzheimer's Disease*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Ko, Jane**  
*CDK5 in Neuronal Development and Potential Regulation of Kinesins*  
Advisor: Li-Huei Tsai

 **Konopka, Genevieve**  
*Regulation of STAT3 Signaling in Astrocyte Transformation*  
Advisor: Azad Bonni

 **Sandoval, Gisela**  
*Molecular Genetic Analysis of an Interaction between the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter and Synaptobrevin in Caenorhabditis Elegans*  
Advisor: Gary Ruvkun

 **Sauvageot, Claire**  
*Genomic Analysis of Fate Choice in Cortical Progenitor Cells*  
Advisor: Charles Stiles

 **St. Pierre, Susan**  
*Neuronal specification in Drosophila: the roles of rotund and squeeze, two related zinc finger genes*  
Advisor: Stefan Thor

 **Webster, Sarah**  
*Structures and mechanisms of gating in Shaker voltage-dependent potassium channels*  
Advisor: Gary Yellen

 **Yang, Fu-Chia**  
*The Potential Role for the EGF Receptor System in the Circadian Regulation of Locomotor Activity*  
Advisor: Charles Weitz

 <a></a>**2003**

 **Carter, Alexandre**  
*Neurotrophin Modulation of Cerebellar Development and Synaptic Plasticity*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Catapano, Lisa**  
*Stage-Specific Control over Neocortical Callosal Projection Neuron Survival and Differentiation*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 **Chang, Dennis**  
*Circadian Clock Molecules of a Lepidopteran Insect, Antheraea pernyi, and Comparisons with the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster*  
Advisor: Steven Reppert

 **Chou, Thomas**  
*Regulation of Sleep-Wake Timing: Circadian Rhythms and Bistability of Sleep-Wake States*  
Advisor: Clifford Saper

 **Do, Michael**  
*Generation and Regulation of Pacemaking in Subthalamic Neurons*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Griffin, Edmund**  
*Light, Cryptochrome, and Circadian Clocks*  
Advisor: Charles Weitz

 **Moran, Magdalene**  
*TLF is a Functional Regulator or Transcription with Targets that are Distinct from the TATA-Box Binding Protein (TBP)*  
Advisor: David Clapham

 **Nadal-Vicens, Mireya**  
*Signaling Mechanisns that Govern the Switch from Neuronal to Astrocyte Differentiation in Neocortical Progenitors*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Nigh, Elizabeth**  
*The Control of Protein Expression During Adaptive Neuronal Responses*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Olveczky, Bence**  
*Retinal Processing of Natural Motion*  
Advisor: Markus Meister

 **Rodriguez, Carolyn**  
*Innovating Genetic Technology to Map the Origin of the Precerebellar System*  
Advisor: Susan Dymecki

 **Taddese, Abraha**  
*Electrophysiology of Spontaneously Active Tuberomammillary Nucleus Neurons*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Tavazoie, Sohail**  
*The Development of Neural Connections from Retina to Thalamus: Maturation and Plasticity of Receptive Fields*  
Advisor: R. Clay Reid

 **Trinidad, Jonathan**  
*The Localization and Function of Neuregulin and the ErbB Receptors at the Neuromuscular Junction*  
Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

 **Wang, Kevin**  
*Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Inhibition of Axonal Regeneration by CNS Myelin*  
Advisor: Zhigang He

 **Zhang, Ying**  
*Where is it? Deriving Stimulus Location from the Responses of Visual Neurons*  
Advisor: R. Clay Reid

 <a></a>**2002**

 **Carter, Adam**  
*Synaptic Transmission at Cerebellar Stellate Cells*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Deans, Michael**  
*Connexin 36 Localization and Function within the Rod Pathways of the Mouse Retina*  
Advisor: David Paul

 **Gaus, Stephanie**  
*Neuroanatomic Substrates for Circadian Control of Sleep*  
Advisor: Clifford Saper

 **Lin, Jerry**  
*I. Characterization of an NMDA Receptor- Associated Complex Centered around NR1 II. The Role of AMPA Receptor Trafficking in Synaptic Plasticity*  
Advisor: Morgan Sheng

 **Reppas, John**  
*Saccadic Eye Movements and Early Vision*  
Advisor: R. Clay Reid

 **Seth, Kim**  
*A Molecular Genetic Investigation of the Role of RE-1/REST in the Transcriptional Regulation of the Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) Gene*  
Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

 **Tsao, Doris**  
*Stereopsis*  
Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

 **Vedantham, Vasanth**  
*Moving Parts of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels*  
Advisor: Stephen Cannon

 <a></a>**2001**

 **Atluri, Pradeep**  
*The Role of Presynaptic Calcium in Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Awobuluyi, Marc**  
*Translational Control of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Subunit 1 (NMDAR1) Expression*  
Advisor: Stuart Lipton

 **Borghesani, Paul**  
*Neuronal Migration in Development and Degeneration*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Brown, Solange**  
*Local Circuits in the Retina: Spatial Sensitivity, Contrast Adaptation and Direction Selectivity of Retinal Ganglion Cells*  
Advisor: Richard Masland

 **Chao, Steven**  
*GAP-43: Regulation and Function*  
Advisor: Larry Benowitz

 **Christie, Richard**  
*In vivo Imaging of Amyloid Deposition in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease*  
Advisor: Bradley Hyman

 **Chua, Katrin**  
*Remodeling of the Spliceosome for Catalysis of Exon Ligation*  
Advisor: Robin Reed

 **Conway, Bevil**  
*Mechanisms of Color and Motion in Monkey Visual Cortex*  
Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

 **Garcia, Jesus**  
*Activation and Regulation of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels*  
Advisor: David Corey

 **Kang, Shin Jung**  
*A Dual Role of Capase-11 under Pathological and Physiological Conditions*  
Advisor: Junying Yuan

 **Kreitzer, Anatol**  
*Activity-Dependent Modulation of Synaptic Strength in the Central Nervous System*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Magavi, Sanjay**  
*Induction of Neurogenesis in the Neocortex of Adult Mice and Assessment of the Functional Integration of Adult-born Neurons*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 **Mason, Heather**  
*Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Chain Migration*  
Advisor: Gabriel Corfas

 **Morrill, James**  
*Biophysical Properties of the Skeletal Muscle L-Type Calcium Channel in Health and Disease*  
Advisor: Stephen Cannon

 **Orlando, Lianna**  
*Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Rat Striatum: Interactions with NMDA Receptors*  
Advisor: Anne Young

 **Scharf, Jeremiah**  
*Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Region in Mouse and Man: Applications for Understanding Disease Pathogenesis*  
Advisor: Louis Kunkel

 <a></a>**2000**

 **Aghi, Manish**  
*Improving the Efficacy of Chemosensitizing Brain Tumor Gene Therapies*  
Advisor: Xandra Breakefield

 **Choi, Yun-Beom**  
*Molecular Analysis of Modulatory Sites on the NMDA Receptor: Redox, Zn2+, and Nitric Oxide-Related Species*  
Advisor: Stuart Lipton

 **Day, Michelle**  
*The Effects of Serotonin 5-HT2A Agonists and Antagonists on High-Voltage-Activated Calcium Currents in Prefrontal Pyramidal Neurons*  
Advisor: Steven Hyman

 **Dittman, Jeremy**  
*Presynaptic Modulation of Transmitter Release in the Central Nervous System*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Horowitz, Lisa**  
*Connectivity in the Mouse Olfactory System*  
Advisor: Linda Buck

 **Malick, Amy**  
*On Trigeminohypothalamic Pain Pathways and How they Contribute to Anorexic Behavior*  
Advisor: Rami Burstein

 **Nadeau, Philip**  
*An Investigation of the Role of Apolipoproteins, Lipoproteins and the Presenilin Proteins in Amyloid Beta Metabolism and Alzheimer's Disease*  
Advisor: Bruce Yankner

 **Naisbitt, Scott**  
*The Molecular Organization of the Postsynaptic Density by GKAP and Shank*  
Advisor: Morgan Sheng

 **Ware, Marcus**  
*Cellular and Molecular Events in the Development of the Cerebral Cortex*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 <a></a>**1999**

 **Allwardt, Brenda**  
*Ultrastructural Analysis of Photoreceptors in Wildtype and Mutant Zebrafish Larvae*  
Advisor: John Dowling

 **Barnes-Weninger, Stacie**  
*Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) and CRH-Like Molecules in Stress-Induced Behavior*  
Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

 **Das, Saumya**  
*Identification and Characterization of a Novel N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Subunit NR3A*  
Advisor: Nobuki Nakanishi

 **Gonzalez, Jorge Luis**  
*Cellular and Biochemical Analysis of Mutations That Affect Cerebral Cortical Development*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Green, Donnella**  
*Functional Consequences of Sodium Channel Mutations in Human Neuromuscular Disease and a Novel Mechanism for Acetazolamide Therapy*  
Advisor: Stephen Cannon

 **Pratt, Megan**  
*Mapping Noncompetitive Antagonist Binding Sites in the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor*  
Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

 **Rieff, Heather**  
*The Role of Neuregulin and erbB Receptors in Cerebellar Development*  
Advisor: Gabriel Corfas

 **Sabatini, Bernardo**  
*Calcium Control of Neurotransmitter Release at a Cerebellar Synapse*  
Advisor: Wade Regehr

 **Senatus, Patrick**  
*Electrophysiological and Cytochemical Properties of Rat Neostriatal Neurons in Microculture*  
Advisor: David Potter

 **Sincich, Lawrence**  
*Local Circuits in Primary Visual Cortex*  
Advisor: Gary Blasdel

 **Smith, Paula**  
*Voltage-dependent Gating of HERG Potassium Channels*  
Advisor: Gary Yellen

 **Van Koughnet, Kelly**  
*Proenkephalin Transgene Regulation in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus by Lipopolysaccharide and Interleukin-1b: a Model for the Study of Neuro-immune Communication*  
Advisor: Steven Hyman

 **Watson, Fiona**  
*Retrograde Signaling by Neurotrophins*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Zeitzer, Jamie**  
*Physiology and Anatomy of Human Circadian Photoreception and Melatonin Regulation*  
Advisor: Charles Czeisler

 **Zylka, Mark**  
*Characterization of a Mammalian Circadian Feedback Loop*  
Advisor: Steven Reppert

 <a></a>**1998**

 **Aggarwal, Sanjay**  
*Analysis of the Voltage Sensor in a Voltage-Activated Potassium Channel*  
Advisor:

 **Belliveau, Michael**  
*Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulation of Cell Fate Choices in the Vertebrate Neural Retina*  
Advisor: Constance Cepko

 **Berke, Joshua**  
*A Complex Program of Dopamine-Induced Gene Expression Identified Using Differential-Display PCR: Discovery of a Novel Inducible Cyclin*  
Advisor: Steven Hyman

 **Genova, Lisa**  
*Amphetamine-Induced Adaptations in Striatal Neurons: Roles of Serotonin and Conditioned Stimuli*  
Advisor: Steven Hyman

 **Jenner, Annette**  
*The Connectivity of Ectopic Neurons in the Neocortex and their Effects on Neuronal Size in the Thalamus: Implications for Developmental Dyslexia*  
Advisor: Gordon Sherman

 **Jordan, Thomas**  
*Network Dynamics and their Neuromodulation: Dopaminergic Effects on Retinal Receptive Fields*  
Advisor: John Dowling

 **Niethammer, Martin**  
*Organization of an NMDA Receptor-Associated Complex via the PDZ Domains of PSD-95*  
Advisor: Morgan Sheng

 **Schwartz, Phillip**  
*Neurotrophins in the Regulation of Cerebellar Development*  
Advisor: Rosalind Segal

 **Sholas, Maurice G.**  
*Changes in Primary Somatosensory Cortex Processing of Nociceptive Information Induced by Inflammation*  
Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

 **Tramo, Mark**  
*Neural Representations of Acoustic Information in Relation to Music and Voice Perception*  
Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

 **West, Anne Elizabeth**  
*Protein Targeting in Neurons*  
Advisor: Kathleen Buckley

 <a></a>**1997**

 **Bruce, Ashley**  
*Characterization of an orthodenticle Homolog in the Leech and Investigation of Ectopic Gene Expression Techniques*  
Advisor: Marty Shankland

 **Krauss, Raul**  
*Studies of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Gene Expression in the Central Nervous System*  
Advisor: Gerald Fischbach

 **Morris, Mary**  
*Entrainment of the Mammalian Circadian Clock: Identification of Light-Induced Genes in the SCN*  
Advisor: Charles Weitz

 **Reid, Christopher Brian**  
*Cell Lineage in Mammalian Cerebral Cortex*  
Advisor: Christopher Walsh

 **Ressler, Kerry**  
*Odorant Receptor Organization and Information Coding in the Mouse Olfactory System*  
Advisor: Linda Buck

 **Sheen, Volney**  
*Transplantation Strategies for Reconstruction of Complex Neocortical Circuitry*  
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

 **Sodickson, Deborah Lynn**  
*Control of Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels and Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels by G-Protein Coupled Tansmitter Receptors in Hippocampal Neurons*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Sorra, Karin Elena**  
*Synapse Structure, Function and Plasticity in Hippocampal Area CA1*  
Advisor: Kristen Harris

 **Tolentino, Paul**  
*Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of VIP mRNA Expression*  
Advisor: Lydia Villa-Komaroff

 **Watson, Deborah**  
*Effects of the HCHWA-D Mutation on bAPP Processing, Heterogeneity of Ab Deposits, and Heparin/HSPG Binding: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Weiger, Wendy**  
*Serotonergic Neurons in the Lobster: Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs*  
Advisor: Edward Kravitz

 **Welsh, David**  
*Circadian Clock Neurons in Culture*  
Advisor: Steven Reppert

 **Wietasch, Kristina**  
*Regulation of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Interpeduncular Nucleus*  
Advisor: Gerald Fischbach

 <a></a>**1996**

 **Ahn, Andrew**  
*The Membrane Cytoskeleton in Muscular Dystrophy*  
Advisor: Louis Kunkel

 **Bonni, Azad**  
*Neurotrophic Factor Regulation of Immediate Early Gene Expression*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg

 **Cole, Rebecca Leah**  
*Neurotransmitter Regulation of CRE- and AP-1-Mediated Gene Expression in Rat Striatum*  
Advisor: Steven Hyman

 **Jackson, Paul**  
*VSOAC: A Volume Sensitive Anion Channel with a Novel Function.*  
Advisor: Larry Benowitz

 **Knowles, Roger**  
*Translocation of RNA Granules in Living Neurons*  
Advisor: Kenneth Kosik

 **Macknik, Stephen L.**  
*The Physiology and Perception of Visibility and Visual Masking*  
Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

 **Overly, Caroline Cannon**  
*Organelle Motility and Endocytic Pathways in Cultured Neurons*  
Advisor: Peter Hollenbeck

 **Peters, Bruce Nathan**  
*Responses to Light of Starburst Amacrine Cells in the Retina of the Rabbit*  
Advisor: Richard Masland

 **Roca, Alfred Luis**  
*The Mouse Mel1a Melatonin Receptor Gene*  
Advisor: Steven Reppert

 <a></a>**1995**

 **Chang, Belinda**  
*Opsin Phylogeny and Evolution*  
Advisor: Shiv Pillai

 **Chicurel, Marina**  
*RNA Localization and RNA-Cytoskeletal Interactions in Neurons*  
Advisor: Huntington Potter

 **Fulwiler, Carl**  
*Genetic Analysis of Retinal Development in Zebrafish*  
Advisor: John Dowling

 **Gillette, Michael**  
*Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid- and Glycine-Activated Currents and their Modulation in the Rod Bipolar Cell of the Rabbit Retina*  
Advisor: Raymon Dacheux

 **Hung, Albert**  
*Regulation of Expression and Processing of the b-Amyloid Precursor Protein of Alzheimer's Disease*  
Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

 **Johnson, Mark**  
*Electrophysiological and Cytochemical Properties of Rat Mesopontine Serotonergic Neurons in Culture*  
Advisor: David Potter

 **Martinez, Camilo**  
*Molecular Regulation of Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Gene Expression by the Protein Kinase A Pathway and Glucocorticoids*  
Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

 **Navia, Bradford**  
*Molecular Analysis of the Region Surrounding the X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP3) Locus in Xp21.1*  
Advisor: Gail Bruns

 **Shepherd, Gordon**  
*Components of Adaptation in Saccular Hair Cells of the Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana*  
Advisor: David Corey

 **Sydor, Anne**  
*The Role of Cytoskeletal Proteins Talin and Vinculin in Neuronal Growth Cone Motility.*  
Advisor: Daniel Jay

 **Valentine, Doreen**  
*Spatial Perception and Sensorimotor Integration: The Role of the Superior Colliculus in the Echolocating Bat, Eptesicus fuscus*  
Advisor: Cynthia Moss

 **Zhao, Dayao**  
*Retinoic Acid: Biosynthesis and Receptors*  
Advisor: William Chin

 <a></a>**1994**

 **Chung, Richard**  
*p53, A Bifunctional Transcriptional Regulatory Protein Inactivated in Human Astrocytic Tumors*  
Advisor: Bernd Seizinger

 **Finch, Elizabeth**  
*Inositol Trisphosphate-Mediated Calcium Release: Kinetics and Regulation by IP3, Calcium, and ATP*  
Advisor: Stan Goldin

 **lewis, Susan**  
*Cytokine Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression in Sympathetic Neurons and a Neuroblastoma Cell Line*  
Advisor: Steven Hyman

 **Marsh-Armstrong, Nicholas**  
*Retinoic Acid and the Patterning of the Zebrafish Retina and Trunk*  
Advisor: John Dowling

 **Potrebic, Sonja**  
*The Role of Serotonin in the Modulation of Nociception by the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla of the Rat*  
Advisor: Howard Fields

 <a></a>**1993**

 **Cardozo, David**  
*Electrophysiology of Dissociated Midbrain Dopamine Neurons*  
Advisor: David Potter

 **Feany, Mel**  
*Molecular Analyses of Synaptic Vesicle Proteins/Genetic and Molecular Studies of Drosophila Learning Mutants*  
Advisor: Kathleen Buckley

 **Heginbotham, Lise**  
*Identification and Molecular Characterization of a Potassium Channel Pore*  
Advisor: Roderick MacKinnon

 **Kobierski, Linda**  
*Proenkephalin Gene Expression: Mechanisms of cAMP Regulation*  
Advisor: Michael Comb

 **Nardone, Julie**  
*Site-Directed Mutagenesis of a B2 Bradykinin Receptor*  
Advisor: David Potter

 **Nirenberg, Sheila**  
*Targeted Ablation of Diverse Cell Types in the Nervous System: a Method for Blocking Cell-Cell Interactions in Vivo*  
Advisor: Constance Cepko

 **Swartz, Kenton**  
*Regulation of Neuronal Ca Channels by Neurotransmitters, G Proteins and Kinase C*  
Advisor: Bruce Bean

 **Thompson, Margaret**  
*Regulation of c-fos Transcription by Calcium*  
Advisor: Michael Greenberg