2010 Biophysics Graduates

Dissertation Title: Single-Molecule Fluorescence Studies: Dynamics of Nucleosome Remodeling and Discovery of an Optical Switch

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Xiaowei Zhuang, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University

Dissertation Title: Single-Molecule Studies of Novel Protein-DNA Interactions

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Antoine M. van Oijen, Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

 

Dissertation Title:  Copy Number Variation in the Human Genome: Tools, Methods, and Applications to Disease

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. David Altshuler, Dept. of Genetics/ Harvard Medical School; Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT.

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Dissertation Title: Biochemical and Genetic Studies of the Cyanobacterial Circadian Clock PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Erin O'Shea, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Dissertation Title: Condition-Specific Transcription Factor Binding in Yeast and Human

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Martha L. Bulyk, Division of Genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital

 

Dissertation Title: Sequencing-Based High-Throughput Profiling of DNA Methylation PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. George M. Church, Dept. of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Dissertation Title: The Structural Basis for Lesion Search by the Bacterial 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase MutM

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Gregory L. Verdine, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

 

Dissertation Title: Molecular Imaging Tools for Studying Alzheimer's Disease PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Brian J. Bacskai, Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dissertation Title: Negative Stain Electron Microscopy Studies of Mammalian Proteins Crucial for Cellular Life and Death Decisions PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Thomas Walz, Dept. of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School

Dissertation Title: Optical Techniques for Studying Rodent Olfaction PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Venkatesh N. Murthy, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology