MS and PhD Graduates 2011

Heba Allam completed a PhD

Advisor: Robert Dores 

Dissertation title:  "Hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma: cancer stem cell and gene therapy"

Collette Crane completed an MS

Advisor: Joseph Angleson

Dissertation title: "cAMP and calcium interactions in endocrine cells"

Richard Kristinsson completed a PhD

Advisor: Phillip Danielson

Dissertation title: "Mitochondrial DNA analysis by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography for the characterization and separation of mixtures in forensic samples"

Christina Reinick completed an MS

Advisor: Robert Dores

Dissertation title:  "Functional expression of cartilaginous fish melanocortin receptors"

George Talbott completed an MS

Advisor:  Nancy Lorenzon

Dissertation title:  "Altered calcium handling in cerebellar neurons with the malignant hyperthermia mutation, RyR1(Y522S/+)"

Qi Wei completed a PhD

Advisor: Phillip Danielson

Dissertation title: "Genetic polymorphisms and the treatment outcome in standard-risk pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia"

Amelia Zommer completed an MS

Advisor: Todd Blankenship

Dissertation title: "Plasma membrane dynamics in embryonic Drosophila development"

Alumni Accomplishments

Mark Edson earned his MD/PhD from Baylor College of Medicine on May 24, 2011.

Aaron Wolfe earned his DO from Des Moines University School of Osteopathic and Podiatric Medicine on May 28, 2011.

Faculty in the news

Professor John Kinneman is named Scholar/Teacher of the Year

A neuroscientist and professor in DU's Department of Biological Sciences, John ("Jack")Kinnamon received the United Methodist Church University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award at DU's Convocation in October 2009.  Dr. Kinnamon's research has focused on discovering how taste cells inside taste buds interface with the nerves that carry the message of taste sensation to the brain.  His teaching includes neurobiology and a first-year seminar on science fiction.  Congratulations to Jack! Read more on DU Today.

Dan Linseman is advancing research of Lou Gehrig's disease

Armed with grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, DU researcher John Linseman has devoted the last three years to unraveling the mysteries of Lou Gehrig's disease. Read more in the DU Magazine.