2001 Biophysics Graduates

Dissertation Title: Simple Off-Lattice Models of Protein Folding

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Eugene I. Shakhnovich, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University

Dissertation Title: Holo Acyl Carrier Protein Synthase and Phosphopantetheinyl Transfer

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Christopher T. Walsh and Dr. James M. Hogle, Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

Dissertation Title: The Role of Putaminal Activity in the Generation and Supression of Movement

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. John A. Assad, Dept. of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Dissertation Title: Structural Basis for Autoinhibition of Protein Kinases

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Stephen C. Harrison, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Dissertation Title: Structural Approaches to Eukaryotic Transcription

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Stephen C. Harrison, Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

Dissertation Title: The Poliovirus N to A Transition: A Kinetic Analysis and Strategies for Drug Discovery

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. James M. Hogle, Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

Transcription factors and DNA regulatory elements.

Although numerous genomes have been sequenced, much still remains to be understood about how gene expression is regulated. The interactions between transcription factors (TFs) and their DNA binding sites...