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Former Graduate Students

Below you will find a list of former graduate students from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This list provides information on the degrees that were earned, the year they were received, and the students mentor while a student in our department. We have also provided information regarding their employment after graduation from our program.

If you were a student in our program, and you find that your name is not on our list, please e-mail , and provide this information so that we can provide accurate information.


Name Degrees Earned Mentor Current Employment Thesis Title
Adams, Chris

Ph.D.

1992

Gross

1992-1996 Postdoc, Dept. Biochem. & Mol. Biol., Penn State Univ.

1996-1998, Gen-Probe Inc.

Investigations into the molecular determinants of chromatin structure and transcriptional regulation of the HSC82 Heat Shock Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Anthony, Bruce

Ph.D.

2001

DeBenedetti

Currently a Postdoc in Bar Harbor, Maine

The role of eIF4E (CDC33) in regulating Early G, cellc events in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Austin, Joseph

Ph.D.

2001

First

Currently working as a Forensics Scientist, Georgia Bureau of Investigations, Atlanta, Ga.

The characterization of the human Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase in the catalysis of Tyrosine activation

Babu, Praveen

Ph.D.

 

Robinson

2005- Postdoc, Genome Biology Div., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

Targeting and modification of Mck2p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Bellaire, Barbara

M.S.

1998

 

Currently a Med. student at LSUHSC-S

Induction of antioxidant enzymes in cotton

Berroteran, Rhonda

Ph.D.

1995

Hampsey

1995-1998 Postdoc, Dept. of Med.-Hemoc/Oncology LSUHSC-S. 

1998-present Instructor, Dept. of Medicine-LSUHSC-S

Genetic and molecular analysis of the SUA8 duppressors of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Bloecher, Andy

Ph.D.

2000

Tatchell

Currently a Postdoc at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Protein Phosphatase Type 1 localization and function in the cell cycle of yeast

Borazanci, Erkut          
Boerger, Paula

Ph.D.

1994

Blackburn

Researcher, Smith-Kline Beckman, Philadelphia

Analysis of the functional domains of Antithrombin III through the use of immunochemistry, peptide chemistry, and recombinant DNA technology

Bradley, Chris

Ph.D.

2002

Rhoads

2002-Present Postdoc, Dr. John Hershey's lab, University of California, Davis, CA

Analysis of messenger RNA and protein variants of translational initiation factor eIF4G-1

Braud, John

M.S.

1999

Lucas

Medical School-LSUHSC-S

Superoide and Glutathione S-transferase levels in NAC1 stressed cotton

Bryan, Joshua          
Bunn, Robert Clay

Ph.D.

1999

Reed

1999-Present Faculty member, Department of Endocrinology of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas

Identification of domains within facilitative glucose transporter GLUT1 which are critical for activation and cytoskeletal association of the transporter

Carter-Merchant, Peggy

Ph.D.

1998

De Benedetti

Currently a Research Assoc. @ Univ. of S. Carolina @ Aiken.  1998-1999 Postdoc, Dept. of Urology in LSUHSC-S lab.

Translation Initiation at CUG codons enhanced by eIF4E: Implications for cancer progression

Chen, Qingdan

M.S.

1998

Good

Currently Research Associate at Roswell Park Cancer Institute-Buffalo, NY.

Characterization of Burno-3 Gene

Cole, Perry

Ph.D.

1974

Olson

 

Chemical characterization of the carbohydrate contained in human Bence-Jones proteins:  Partial structure of a glycopeptide isolated from a Bence-Jones protein

Cross, Stephanie

M.S.

2000

Williams

Denver, CO Public school district

Novel Regulation of Angiogensis in prostate cancer

Cunningham, Melody

M.S.

2000

Aamodt

Teacher in the New Orleans, LA area

Characterization of C. elegans Gene, pag-1

DeFatta, Robert

Ph.D.

2000

De Benedetti

Currently a Medical student at LSUHSC-S.

The Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor eIF 4E during vancer Progression and as a target for cancer gene therapy

Dixon, Cheryl

Ph.D.

2003

Mathias

2003-Present Postdoc, lab of Michael Wolcott, Dept. of Microbiology, LSUHSC-S

Variations on a theme:  Dominant negative inhibitors of the SCFMet30p and SCFCdc4p Ubiquitin ligase complex in Saccaromyces cerevisiae

D'Souza, Cletus

Ph.D.

1995

Zuber

Postdoc with Dr. Thomas Adams, Dept. of Biology, Texas A&M.

1998-Present Postdoc in Dr. Joseph Heitman's lab, Duke University.

Role of the SRFA operon in competence fevelopment of Bacillus subtilis

Farr, Carol

Ph.D.

1998

Witt

1998-Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Jim Ball's lab in Dept. of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Kinetics and mechanism of peptide binding to the molecular fhaperone DNAK: role of nucleotide in regulating peptide binding activity

Fowler, Marcie          
Fowler, Tolvert

M.S.

1998

 

1998-2001 Teacher part-time, LSU-S

2001-2003 Research Assoc., Robert Rhoads lab, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, LSUHSC-S

2003-Present Medical student, LSUHSC-S

Gluthathione S-transferase activity in cotton subjected to NaC1 stress

Frisby, Dennis

Ph.D.

1994

Zuber

1995-1998 Postdoc in lab of James Rand, Oklahoma Med. Res. Fdn., Oklahoma City, OK.

1998-present Assistant Professor at Central OK University.

Genetics of carbon and nitrogen source-dependent regulation of sporulation gene expression in Bacillus subtilis

Gan, Weiniu

Ph.D.

1998

Rhoads

1998-present Postdoctoral Fellow in lab of Eric Green M.D., Ph.D.-Senior Investigator and Chief of the Genome Technology Branch at National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD.

Translational control of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G expression

Gao, Mingxing

Ph.D.

1998

Rhoads

1998-present Postdoc at Stanford University

Cloning and characterization of human eIF4E genes

Goshorn, Chan

M.S.

1999

Robinson

2000-Present Quality Control Chemist at Novartist in Lincoln, NE

Identification and characterization of the interaction between the yeast casein kinase I Homologue, YCK1 and the YIP1 Protein

Hilton, David

M.S.

1981

Blackburn

 

The functional properties of Antithrombin III

Jia, Yiwen Ph.D. 1996  

Identification and characterization of PAG-3, A lineage specific transcriptional repressor, in Caenorhabditis elegans

 
Johnson, Denise

M.S.

1998

 

Teacher, Texarkana Junior College.

The relationship between Glutathione, dormancy, and after-ripening in red rice

Kerekatte, Vaishali

Ph.D.

1999

Rhoads

1999-Present Postdoc Research Associate, lab of Dr. Marietta Dunaway, Univ. of CA @ Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biol.

Recruitment of MRNA to ribosomes by translation initiation factors

Kozubowski, Lukasz

Ph.D.

2004

Tatchell

2004-Present Postdoc, lab of Dr. Danny Lew, Duke Univ. Med Ctr., Levine Sci.ence Res. Ctr.

Targeting and regulation of BN14-GLC7 complex at the bud neck in Saccaromyces cerevisiae

LaCelle, Michael

M.S.

1999

Rhoads

1999-Present Technical Director at Minerva Biolabs.  Works with Dirk Vollenbroich.

Secondary Structure of the Internal Ribosome Entry Site of EIF4G-1 MRNA

Lee, Seewoo

M.S.

1991

Gross

Entered Ph.D. degree program, LSUHSC-S

Studies on a transcriptional silencer element in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Lee, Seewoo

Ph.D.

 

Gross

1993-1994 Postdoc, Dept. of Biochem. Harvard Medical School Public Health.

1994-1997 Postdoc, Dept. Molec. Biol. and Genetics at John Hopkins Univ.

Last known employment-Research staff member at Samsung-Korean Research Inst. in Seoul.

Functional and structural analysis of postion rffects mediated by a distant transcriptional silencer element on the yeast HSP82 Heat Shock Gene

Liang, Jian

M.S.

1998

Blanchard

1998 Computer Science graduate student at Univ. of California-Irvine

Positional cloning the breakpoint genes in acute Leukemia

Liu, Jasmine

M.S.

1996

De Benedetti

1996-1997 Research Associate in Ricky DeBenedetti's lab.

1997-Present grad. student in business adm. in Pocatello Idaho

Phylogenetic utility of internal transcribed spacer in Plant Genus Asclepias

Liu, Li

Ph.D.

1999

Zuber

1999-Present Postdoc Research Associate, Univ. of IL @ Chicago in Dr. Steven Ackerman's lab

The gegulation and role of COMS in genetic competence of Bacillus subtilis

Mally, Anirudh

M.S.

2000

Witt

 

GRPE accelerates peptide binding and release from the high-sffinity dtate of DNAK

McGhee, Laura

Ph.D.

2004

Meyers

2004-present Postdoc, lab of Dr. Meyers, LSUHSC-S, Dept. of Biochem. & Mol. Biol.

Mechanisms of Gfi-1 mediated transcriptional repression

McNabb, David

Ph.D.

1992

Courtney

1992-present Postdoc, Dept. Biology MIT.

Viron polypeptides involved in the assembly and maturation of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

Miles, Alan

Ph.D.

1992

Smith

1995-present Associate Professor Dept. of Chemistry Grambling State Univ.

1994-19 95 instructor, Dept. Physiology (Matt Grisham) LSUHSC-S

1992-1994 Postdoc, Dept. of Physiology-LSUHSC-S

Functional role of methionyl residues in the collagen/gelatin binding domain of plasma fibronectin

Morgan, Mary

M.S.

1985

J. Smith

1990 Graduated from LSUHSC-S Med. School.  M.D. at University of Iowa Dept. of Internal Medicine.

Cloning and restriction rndonuclease snalysis of the ADE7 locus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mottram, Peter

M.S.

1998

Grimes

1998 Plans to get a job in New Orleans.

1999-present Medical Research Specialist at Tulane, in the Pediatrics Infectious Disease Dept.-Dr. Robinson's lab.

Evidence of nuclear protein binding to the promoter of the Testis-Specific Histone H1t Gene

Na, Jong

Ph.D.

1992

Hampsey

Assist. Professor, Dept. Biology Seoul National Univ., Korea

Characterization of SUA5, an essential gene for normal growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Nathan, Keith

M.S.

1980

Banschback

 

Calcium transport inact human erythrocytes from patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Noss, Kenneth

Ph.D.

2002

Grimes

2002-2003 Postdoc, Grimes lab, VAMC, Shreveport

2003-present Res. Chemist, B. Hurlburt lab, USDA

Transcriptional regulation of the prostate specific membrane antigen Gene

Odaka, Yoshi

M.S.

2000

Meyers

Currently a Research Associate in lab of Dr. Mike Mathis, Dept. of Anatomy,   LSUHSC-S

Nuclear import and subnuclear localization of the proto-oncoprotein ETO(MtG8)

Orellana, Claudia

M.S.

2000

 

Currently a medical student at LSUHC-S

Involvement of protein kinases in the NACL-induced up-regulation of antioxidant activities in cotton callus tissue

Panek, Heather

Ph.D.

1999

Robinson

1999-2001 Postdoc Research Associate, lab of Dr. Lucy Robinson, Dept. of Biochemsitry, LSUHSC-S

2001- Postdoc at SUNY-Buffalo, NY

A genetic analysis of yeast casein kinase I

Pappas, Donald

Ph.D.

2001

Hampsey

Currently a postdoc at Van Andel Research Institute Laboratories, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Functional characterization of the Ssu72 protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Pavlick, Kevin

Ph.D.

2000

Blanchard

Currently a postdoc in Matt Grisham's lab.

Characterization of the c-Kit promoter: participation of the Sp-family of transcription gactors in modulating Hemtopoietic c-Kit expression

Pender, Virginia Johnson

M.S.

1973

R.L. Smith

1978 Res. Associate, LSUHSC-S

1988 Res. Specialist, lab of John Wilson, LSUHSC-S

Currently Instructor in Clinical Pharmacology,

LSUHSC-S (works with Dr. Wilson)

Studies on the binding specificity of activated bovine blood clotting factor Ten

Peterson, Cynthia

M.S.

Ph.D.

1981

1986

Blackburn

Postdoc in Dept. of Biochem. and Biophysics at UC Berkeley.  Presently Associate Professor, Dept. Bioch., Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville.

Immunochemical mapping of the function domains of antithrombin III

Ph.D.-structural and functional studies on human antithrombin III:  development of immuno-chemical and spectral probes and characterization of an antithrombin variant with altered glycosylation

Pinto, Ines

Ph.D.

1992

Hampsey

1992-present Postdoc, Dept. of Genetics Harvard Med. School.

Genetic and molecular analysis of sua Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Polk, Paula

M.S.

2000

Aamodt

Currently a Research Associate, Research

Core Facility, LSUHSC-S

 
Robertson, Jeff

M.S.

1990

Zuber

Currently an M.D. resident at LSUHSC-S

The abrB Gene of Bacillus subtilis

Sehorn, Michael

Ph.D.

2002

Witt

Postdoc, lab of Dr. Sun, Yale, New Haven Con.

Characterization of two partially unfolded intermediates of the molecular chaperone DNAK

Smith, Melissa

M.S.

1997

Abbott

First year Medical Student at LSUHSC-S

Purification of antibodies that are specific for NA+, , K _ATPASE

Sommer, Marvin

Ph.D.

1990

Courtney

Senior Research Associate, lab of Ann Arvin, Stanford.

Processing and transport of Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 glycoproteins

Sun, Zu-Wen

Ph.D.

1996

Hampsey

1996-1998 Postdoc with Mike Hampsey at Rutgers University.

Genetic analysis of transcription initiation in yeast

Tiedeman-Helm, Amelia

Ph.D.

1991

J. Smith

 

Studies on the structure and regulation of the guaBA operon of Escherichia coli K-12

VanWert, Jane

Ph.D.

1997

Grimes

1999-Present Postdoc in Dr. Rakesh Singal lab, Dept. of Hematology at VAMC.

1997-1999 Postdoc, Sidney Grimes lab, VAMC

Regulation of tissue-specific expression of the histone H1T gene

Venturi, Bill

Ph.D.

2000

Tatchell

Currently a Postdoc, lab of K. Tatchell's

Genetic and functional analysis of two PP-1-related protein phosphatases in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Ware, Dan

M.S.

1991

Hampsey

1995-Present M.D., Radiology University of Florida-Shands Hospital.

Analysis of translation initiation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Weldon, Robert

Ph.D.

1993

Courtney

Postdoc, Dept. Microbiol. & Immunology. Univ. of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham.

Molecular studies of retrovirus assembly Using chimeric gag proteins

Wilkerson, Chad

M.S.

1998

Grimes

See below

Purification of the H1T/TE binding protein

Wilkerson, Chad

Ph.D.

2002

Grimes

2002-Present Postdoc in Kevin Sarge lab, Univ. of Kentucky

Characterization of the testis-specific histone H1t promoter

Williams-Hart, Tara

Ph.D.

2003

Tatchell

2003-Present Asst. Prof., LSU-S, Biology, Shreveport, LA

The regulation of glycogen metabolism and ion transport by protein phosphatase Type 1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Wolfe, Steven

Ph.D.

1990

Grimes

1990-Present Postdoc with Sidney Grimes and Ronald Washburn at Veterans Administration Hospital, Shreveport.

Studies on the expresssion and structure of the PURA gene from Escherichia coli K-12

Xie, Guofeng

Ph.D.

1996

Aamodt

1996-Present Postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Mutations that affect touch neuron dpecific gene rxpression in Caenorhabditis elegans

Xin, Yu

Ph.D.

2000

First

 

Transition State Stabilization For the Transfer of Tyrosine to tRNA tyr   by Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthease

Yao, Feng

Ph.D.

1991

Courtney

1991-Present Postdoc, Dept. Microbiol. & Immunology, Dana Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Medical School.

Virion-and embrane-Associated Immediate-Early Proteins of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

Zhao, Xiaohong

Ph.D.

2004

Rhoads

2004-Present Postdoc, lab of Dr. Kent Hunter, Population Genetics, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD

The cleavage of protein synthesis initiation  factor eIF4G-1 by picornaviral 2A protease and its role in viral infection

Zhu, Quan

Ph.D.

1990

1991-Present Postdoc, Dept. Molec. Genetics Dana Farber Cancer Inst. Harvard Med. School.

Chemical Cross-Linking Studies of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Glycoproteins


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