FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS

What did they do? Where are they now? The Graduate Programs began in 1988.

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Sheila Andreatta-Van Leyen

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Experimental Approaches For Enhancing Wound Healing and Inhibiting Tumor Growth Cell
Graduation 5/94
Known Position Research Associate
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine

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Eric Banks

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Regulation of the Human Involucrin Promoter bv AP1 AND Sp1 Transcription Factors
Program Cell
Graduation 01/99
Known Position
Institution / Location Merck, Sharp & Dohme

Linda Barrett-Stull

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title Alterations in excitation-contractions coupling during autoimmune myocarditis in mice
Program Systems
Graduation 01/01
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Johns Hopkins Medical Institution Laboratory of Dr. Eduardo Marban

Reza Beigi

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Measuring cellular ATP release: Autocrine purinergic signaling and the cell curface microvenvironment
Program Biophysics
Graduation 05/01
Known Position Science Department Chairman
Institution / Location Laurel School, Shaker Heights, Ohio

Carol Bertrand

Advisor Ulrich Hopfer
Thesis Title Regulated Mucin Secretion: Dumped or Controlled Release?
Program Biophysics
Graduation 01/99
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. U. Hopfer's Lab

Manjunatha Bhat

Advisor Jianjie Ma
Thesis Title Structure-Function Studies on Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
Program Cell
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Assistant Staff
Institution / Location The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Center for Anthesthesiology Research, Cleveland, Ohio

Steve Bibevski

Advisor Mark Dunlap
Thesis Title Abnormal ganglionic transmission in cardiac parasympathetic efferent neurons in heart failure
Program Systems
Graduation 06/00
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. Nanduri Prabhakar's Lab

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Chee Keong Choo

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 And E7 Oncogene Expression
Program Cell
Graduation 08/94
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Hong Kong

Grace Chu

Advisor Masao Ikeda-Saito
Thesis Title Structure and function of HmuO, an essential enzyme for iron acquisition in gram-positive pathogen Corynbateriaum diptheriae
Program Biophysics
Graduation 11/00
Known Position Research
Institution / Location Bioanalytical Solutions and Products, ThermoFinnigan, San Jose, California

Colleen Clancy

Advisor Yoram Rudy
Thesis Title Computational models of congenital abnormalities in ion channels: Linking defects to abnormal cellular function
Program Systems
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Pharmacology, Lab of Dr. Robert Kass

Erin Clifford

Advisor
Thesis Title Expression of P2 Purinergic Receptor Subtypes and Ectonucleotidases During the Differentiation of Myeloid Leukocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 01/99
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine

Ralph Christian Crumrine

Advisor Joseph LaManna
Thesis Title Protein kinase C activity, metabolic and hemodynamic changes in cerebral ischemia in the adult rat
Program Cell
Graduation 08/90
Known Position Senior Research Pharmacologist
Institution / Location Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Andrea Cserey

Advisor Ulrich Hopfer
Thesis Title Novel eletrochemical sensing schemes for cost effective diagnostics and on-line monitoring of nitric oxide
Program Biophysics
Graduation 06/01
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location

Lech Czerski

Advisor Charles Sanders
Thesis Title Nuclear magnetic resonance and chemical modification studies of the struture of diacylgylcerol kinase
Program Cell
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / LocationCase Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dr. Luke Szweda's Lab

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Pranav Dalal

Advisor Frank Sönnichsen
Thesis Title Computational modeling of antifreeze protein-ice interactions
Program Biophysics
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Research Associate
Institution / Location Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, Dr. Jeffry D. Madura Lab

Shervin Dashti

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title MEK6 and MEK7 regulate human onvolverin gene expression via a p38 MAP kinase-dependent mechanism
Program M.D./Ph.D.
Graduation 06/01
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, Department of Neurosurgery

Mary Beth De Young

Advisor Toni Scarpa
Thesis Title Cytosolic Calcium Regulation By ATP Receptors On Erlich Ascites Tumor Cells and Cardiac Ventricular Myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 1990
Known Position Instructor
Institution / Location University of California, San Francisco

Yi Dou

Advisor Masao Ikeda-Saito
Thesis Title Protein Engineering Reveals the Roles of Specific Amino Acid Residues in Heme Pocket in Governing Structure, Functions and stability of Myoglobin
Program Cell
Graduation 05/97
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Rice University, Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Dr. J.S. Olson's Lab

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Tatiana Efimova

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Regulation of human involucrin gene expression by a P39 MAP kinase cascade and novel PKC isoforms
Program Cell
Graduation 11/99
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dr. Richard Eckert's Lab

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Bartolomeo Giannattasio

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Characterization of ATP Receptors and Voltage-Dependent Ca2+ Channels in Cardiovascular Cells
Program Cell
Graduation 08/93
Known Position Cardiac Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine

Taquir Goraya

Advisor Ganes Sen, Janice Douglas
Thesis Title Transcriptional Regulation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
Program Cell
Graduation 01/96
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

George Israel Gorodeski

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Retinoids and Steroid Hormones Regulate differentiation of cultured human ectocervical cells
Program Cell
Graduation 05/90
Known Position Associate Professor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Reproductive Biology

David Henry Gorski

Advisor Kenneth Walsh
Thesis Title Homeobox Gene Expression and Regulation in Vascular Myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 01/94
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Chicago, Department of Pathology

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Salim Hayek

Advisor Jianjie Ma
Thesis Title Molecular dissection of a calcium regulatory domain on the ryanodine receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 09/00
Known Position Project Scientist
Institution / Location Cleveland Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, Div. of Pain Management

Michael Hobert

Advisor Cathy Carlin
Thesis Title The Identification and Characterization of Polar Sorting Determinants in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Emory University, School of Medicine, Pathology & Lab Med., Dr. J. Madara's Lab

Benjamin Humphreys

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Regulated expression and Signaling of the Macrophage Px7 Nucleotide Receptor
Program M.D./Ph.D.
Graduation 08/98
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Kenneth Humphries

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Free radical mechanism of mitochondrial dysfunction
Program Cell
Graduation 10/99
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location University of California at San Diego, Department of Biochemistry, Lab of Dr. Susan Taylor

John Hwa

Advisor Robert Graham
Thesis Title The Structure-Function Relationship of α1-Adrenergic Receptors: Identification of Critical Residues for Agonist Binding and Constitutive Activity
Program Cell
Graduation 05/96
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location MIT, Dept. of Biology, Dr. H.G. Khorana's Lab

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Leila Jacobs

Advisor Mark Kester
Thesis Title Role of Spingolipids in Regulation of Vascual Smooth Muscle-derived A7R5 Cell Proliferation
Program Cell
Graduation 08/93
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine

Song Jae Kil

Advisor Cathleen Carlin
Thesis Title Identification and characterizaion of a lysosomal sorting determinant in the juxtamembrane domain of the human epidermal growth factor recepter
Program Cell
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Laboratory of Dr. Bruce Schnapp

Ge Jin

Advisor Philip Howe
Thesis Title The role of AP-1 in transforming growth factor Beta (TGFBeta)–inducible clustering gene expression
Program Cell
Graduation 07/99
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Molecular Biology

Wenwu Jin

Advisor Hopfer
Thesis Title Regulation of Na and Cl transport in proximal tubule cells
Program Biophysics
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. U. Hopfer's Lab

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Paul Kammimier

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title
Program
Graduation
Known Position
Institution / Location

Donald Keenan

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Regulation of Plasma Mg2+
Program M.D./Ph.D.
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Pittsburgh

Kathleen Klemic

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title Activation and Inactivation Properties of Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels
Program Biophysics
Graduation 05/98
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Yale University, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Dr. Sigworth's Lab

David D. Kline

Advisor Nanduri Prabhakar
Thesis Title The role of nitric oxide in the modulation of breathing during hypoxia; studies in transgenic mice
Program Systems
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dr. Nanduri Prabhakar's Lab

Michael Kolman

Advisor Tom Egelhoff
Thesis Title Molecular and Cellular Studies on Dictyostelium Myosin Heavy Chain Kinase A
Program Cell
Graduation 08/97
Known Position Patent Attorney
Institution / Location Biological Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Coolie Godward Law Firm, Palo Atlo, California

David Kusner

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Regulation of Phospholipase D Activity in U937 Cells
Program Cell
Graduation 08/94
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Iowa, Department of Medicine

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Hongwen Lu

Advisor Miklos Gratzl
Thesis Title Development and testing of novel microchemical techniques for cancer drug resistance and neurotransmitter release studies for cell populations and single cells
Program Biophysics
Graduation 07/99
Known Position Graduate Student
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Electrical Engineering

Christie Luca-Cefaratti

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Localization and operation of distinct magnesium transporters in hepatocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dr. Antonio Scarpa's Lab

David Lucas

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Cardiac reperfusion injury: Aging, lipid perosidation and mitochondrial dysfunction
Program Systems
Graduation 05/99
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location University of Colorado, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology, office of Leslies Leinwand

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Theodore N. Marks

Advisor Stephen W. Jones
Thesis Title Calcium Currents in the A7r5 Smooth Muscle-Derived Cell Line
Program MSTP/Cell
Graduation 08/90
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location George Washington University, St. Louis, Department of Anesthesiology

Kathleen Martin

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title I. Transcription Factor Interactions at CArG DNA Regulatory Elements, II. P2-Nucleotide Receptor Expression in Myeloid Differentiation
Program Cell
Graduation 01/97
Known Position Post doc
Institution / Location Harvard Medical School–Children's Hospital

Bradley McConnell

Advisor Meredith Bond
Thesis Title Beta-adrenergic Response in Cardiac Hypertrophy
Program Cell
Graduation 10/97
Known Position Scientist – Cardiology
Institution / Location Lexicon Genetics Inc. The Woodlands, Texas

Michael Murphy

Advisor Tom Egelhoff
Thesis Title Dictyostelium protein phosphatese 2A: Evidence for roles in myosin II regulation and centrosomal function
Program Cell
Graduation 08/99
Known Position Senior Research Associate
Institution / Location Functional Genomics, Department of Energy / University of California, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California

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Joanna K. Nagy

Advisor Charles Sanders
Thesis Title A study of the structure, folding and assembly of diaclflycerol kinase, an integral membrane protein
Program Cell
Graduation 09/01
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Laboratory of Dr. Charles Sanders

Louise Nuttle

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Leukocyte P2 Purinergic receptors: Expression and characterization in Xenopus Oocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 05/94
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Mississippi, Department of Pharmacology

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Ozgur Ogut

Advisor Jian-Ping Jin
Thesis Title The functional significance of troponin T isoform regulation
Program Cell
Graduation 11/00
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. J.P. Jin

Lisa Oleska (Middleton)

Advisor Robert Harvey
Thesis Title Modulation of beta-Adrenergically activated Chloride current in Guinea pig Ventricular myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 08/98
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Ohio State University

Jeffrey L. Overholt

Advisor Robert Harvey
Thesis Title On the Mechanism of Rectification of CFTR chloride current in ventricular myoctes and epithelial cells
Program Cell
Graduation 01/95
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. Nanduri Prabhakar's Lab

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Ashish Panchal

Advisor William Stanley
Thesis Title Pyruvate Carboxylation in the Heart
Program Systems
Graduation 06/01
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio

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Tatiana Ruhe Faruqui

Advisor DiCorleto
Thesis Title Endothelial Cell Activation by dsRNA
Program Cell
Graduation 09/97
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location University of California, San Franciso, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Dr. Shawn Coughlin's Lab

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Christopher Sciortino

Advisor Michael Romero
Thesis Title Biophysical characteriztion of the electrogenic Na+/HCO3¯ cotransporter (NBC) and the Na+ driven anion exchanger (NDAE1)
Program Biophysics
Graduation 04/01
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Joscelyn Seabold

Advisor Edward Greenfield
Thesis Title Aderent endotoxin is an important stimulator of wear-partical induced bone loss in vivo
Program Excercise Physiology, Master's Degree
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Research Associate
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. Edward Greenfield's Lab

Jose Serrano

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title Gataing kinetics and permeation of 1GT-type calcium channels
Program Cell
Graduation 12/00
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Oregon Institute of Health Sciences University, Vollum Institute, Laboratory of Dr. Ed McClesky

Rajnish Singh

Advisor John Sedor
Thesis Title Interleukin-1 Receptor signal transduction: Indentification of kinases and signaling molecules that associate with the cytosolic domain of the receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 06/99
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Emory Univeristy, Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Rick Kahn's Lab

Ping-Fai Sit (Sidney)

Advisor Roger Marchant
Thesis Title Surface-dependent structures and functions of fibrinogen studied by atomic force microscopy
Program Biophysics
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. Nanduri Prabhakar's Lab

Beth Summers

Advisor Nanduri Prabhakar
Thesis Title Modulation of Ca2+ current in carotid body glomus cells by physiological stimuli: effects of O2, CO2 and NO
Program Systems
Graduation 11/00
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. Nanduri Prabhakar

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Frank Thevenod

Advisor Ulrich Hopfer
Thesis Title Regulation of Pancreatic and Parotid Zymogen Granule Cl- and K+ conductance Pathways by Cytosolic nucleotides: Phosphorylation-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms
Program Cell
Graduation 01/93
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Sauerland, Homburg, Germany

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Christopher K. Vincent

Advisor Kenneth Walsh
Thesis Title Somatic Cell Gene Transfer By Direct Injection Into Adult Heart
Program Cell
Graduation 05/93
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Genetics

Olga Vinogradova

Advisor Chuck Sanders
Thesis Title Exploring the Allowed Space for Solution NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins
Program Biophysics
Graduation 08/98
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Dr. J. Qin's lab

Prakash C. Viswanathan

Advisor Yoram Rudy
Thesis Title Ion channel heterogeneities in Cardiac Tissue and their arrhythmogenit consequences
Program Biophysics
Graduation 05/99
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Vanderbilt University, Department of Anthesiology and Pharmacology, Dr. Jeffrey Balser's Lab

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Jean Welter

Advisor Richard Eckert
Thesis Title Regulation of Human Involucrin Promoter by AP1, POU and ETC Transcription Factors
Program Cell
Graduation 05/96
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Orthopedics

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Mingsheng Xie

Advisor George R. Dubyak
Thesis Title The Regulation and Functional Significance of Phospholipase D In HL-60 Cells
Program Cell
Graduation 01/92
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location NIH

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Daniel Zakhary

Advisor Meredith Bond
Thesis Title Beta-adrenergic pathway and PKA Targeting in human hearat failure
Program Cell
Graduation 11/99
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Medical School

Brian Zerhusen

Advisor Jianjie Ma
Thesis Title Structure functions studies of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Program Cell
Graduation 10/99
Known Position Post Doctoral Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dr. Jianjie Ma's Lab

Jeng-Sheng Zheng

Advisor Antonio Scarpa, Matthew Levy
Thesis Title ATP Receptors & Regulation of the ATP-Induced Ca2+ Mobilization Response In Cardiac Myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 08/92
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location University of California, San Diego

Wei Zhou

Advisor Stephen W. Jones
Thesis Title The Effects of Surface Charge and External pH on Calcium Channel Currents in Bullfrog Sympathetic Neurons
Program Cell
Graduation 05/96
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Southwestern U. Dallas

Tong Zhu

Advisor Mitsuo Ikebe
Thesis Title Molecular Cloning and Characterization of A Novel Mammalian Myosin I
Program Cell
Graduation 01/96
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University

Assem Ziady

Advisor Pamela Davis
Thesis Title Characterization and Optimization of an Exogenous Gene Delivery Strategy via the Serine Protease Inhibitor Enzyme Complex Receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 01/99
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. P. Davis' Lab

 
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