The 2008 graduating students, their thesis topics and their faculty mentors follow.

Omar Ahmad
D.C.S., Marianopolis College
M.D., C.M., McGill University
Noises Off: Two (Pairs of) Views of the Active Hair Bundle
Adviser TK
Presented by Sidney Strickland

Kenta Asahina
B.S., University of Tokyo
Receptors, Neurons and Circuits Supporting Odor Detection
Leslie B. Vosshall
Presented by Sidney Strickland

Helen S. Bateup
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
The Differential Involvement of Striatonigral and Striatopallidal Neurons in Psychostimulant and Antipsychotic Responses: A Dual Role for DARPP-32
Paul Greengard
Presented by Sidney Strickland

Jeffrey A. DeGrasse
B.S., The George Washington University
M.S., Cornell University
Proteomic, Bioinformatic and Functional Characterization of the Nuclear Pore Complex of the African Trypanosome
Brian T. Chait

Ilana J. DeLuca
B.S., Yale University
The Hu Syndrome: At the Intersection of Cancer and Autoimmunity
Robert B. Darnell

Jill Donigian
B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
TIN2 Assists TRF2 in Suppressing the ATM-dependent DNA Damage Response at Telomeres
Titia de Lange

Yair Dorsett
B.A., The Colorado College
A Role for AID and microRNA-155 in c-myc to IgH DNA Translocations
Michel C. Nussenzweig

Christopher Gafuik
B.Sc., University of Alberta
M.Sc., McGill University
M.D., University of Alberta
Identification and Characterization of a Viable Ras Hypermorph in Drosophila
Hermann Steller

Michael E. Hahn
B.S., Brandeis University
Semisynthesis of the Transcription Factor Smad2 Containing Caging Groups and Phosphoaminoacid Analogs
Tom W. Muir

Kristina Marie Hoke
B.S., The College of William and Mary
A Novel Phosphorylation Site in the Telomeric Protein TRF2 Is Regulated by the ATR Kinase and Plays a Role in Relieving Replication Stress at the Telomere
Titia de Lange

Yun-Yuan Hsu
B.S., The University of Texas, Austin
Structural Analysis of Cif, a Cyclomodulin from Pathogenic Escherichia coli
C. Erec Stebbins

Heather Anne King
B.S., The College of William and Mary
Structural and Biochemical Analysis of the Drosophila Protein Period, a Conserved and Essential Component of the Circadian Clock
Michael W. Young

William J. Lane
B.E., Hofstra University
The Molecular Evolution of Multisubunit RNA Polymerases
Seth A. Darst
Presented by Tom W. Muir

Ariel Levine
B.S., Brandeis University
The Role of GDF-3 in Patterning the Early Embryo
Ali H. Brivanlou

Randy Lindquist
B.A., Williams College
Immunological Voyeurism: Visualizing Dendritic Cells with Transgenic Mice
Michel C. Nussenzweig

Veena Mandava
B.A., Williams College
Identification and Characterization of Histone Modifications in Trypanosoma brucei
George A.M. Cross

Revati Masilamani
B.Tech., Anna University
Understanding Dendritic Cell Regulation of Peripheral Tolerance in Polyclonal T Cell Repertoires
Michel C. Nussenzweig

Hilleary B. Osheroff
B.A., Reed College
Dividing the Preplate: Characterization of the Earliest Neuronal Populations of the Cerebral Cortex
Mary E. Hatten

Ulf Peters
Vordiplom, Humboldt University
M.S., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Small Molecules as Probes for Cell Division and Intracellular Transport
Tarun Kapoor

Edmund Ching Schwartz
B.S., University of Virginia
Controlling Bacterial Transcription: Regulation of the Sigma Factor
Tom W. Muir

Amandeep Singh
A.B., Cornell University
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Leptin's Metabolic Effects
Jeffrey M. Friedman

Sriram
B. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
High-precision Measurement of Bacterial Growth Rates: A Step Toward Understanding of Deleterious Fitness Effects of High Mutation Rates
Stanislas Leibler

Pete Stavropoulos
B.S., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Crystal Structure and Mechanism of Human Lysine-specific Demethylase-1
Günter Blobel

Megan Elizabeth van Overbeek
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
D.E.A., Université Pierre et Marie Curie
The Apollo Nuclease Binds to TRF2 and Protects Telomeres in S Phase
Titia de Lange

Lisa C. Zaba
B.S., Stanford University
Dendritic Cells in Normal and Inflamed Human Skin
James G. Krueger

Julie Biyuan Zang
A.S., Santa Rosa Junior College
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Identification of Loss of Specific FMRP-RNA Interactions as a Cause of Fragile X Syndrome
Robert B. Darnell