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Department of Microbiology

Microbiology Alumni

Congratulations to the following students for receiving their Ph.D. degrees.

2005-06 Academic Year

Rebecca Buonpane, Ph.D. (Dr. David Kranz)
Thesis: Engineering soluble, high affinity receptor antagonists for bacterial exotoxins

Jeanne DiChiara, Ph.D. (Dr. Jeff Gardner)
Thesis: DNA-protein interactions in the CTnDOT excisive intasome

Adam Guss, Ph.D. (Dr. William Metcalf)
Thesis: Electron transport in Methanosarcina: pathway heterogeneity within the genus

Radha Krishnakumar, Ph.D. (Drs. James Slauch and James Imlay)
Thesis: Cu/Zn sods of Salmonella typhimurium: enzymatic properties and correlation to pathogenesis

Kyung Moon, Ph.D. (Dr. Abigail Salyers)
Thesis: Regulatory genes of Bacteroides conjugative transposon, CTnDO

Melanie Romero-Guss, Ph.D. (Dr. Abigail Salyers)
Thesis: DNA-binding proteins that facilitate integration of transmissible DNA elements in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron