Education / Graduate Education / Current Students / Thesis Defenses Thesis Defenses Upcoming20192018201720162015 Archive Ameliorating Alzheimer’s Disease tau pathology through immunomodulation: A novel role for interleukin 4 and glatiramer acetateDawling Dionisio-Santos - Neurobiology and Anatomy PhD Candidate Jun 26, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619Host: Dr. Kerry OBanion Noradrenergic modulation of microglial dynamics and synaptic plasticityRianne Stowell - Neuroscience PhD Candidate Jun 28, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Auditorium K-307Host: Dr. Ania Majewska Functional Brain Network Structure in Focal Embouchure Dystonia and Related DisordersAimee Morris - Neuroscience PhD Candidate Jul 01, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium 1-7619Host: Dr. Jonathan Mink Development of acoustically-modified collagen-based biomaterials for regenerative medicine applicationsEmma Grygotis Norris - Pharmacology PhD Candidate Jul 08, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m. Medical Center | 1-7619, Adolph AudHost: Dr. Denise Hocking TBDAlissa Trzeciak - Microbiology & Immunology PhD Candidate Jul 11, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | Lower Auditorium 1-7619Host: Dr. Minsoo Kim Enhancing pH-Responsive Nanoparticle Drug Delivery to Inhibit Oral Biofilm FormationKenneth Sims, Jr - Translational Biomedical Science PhD Candidate Jul 12, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center Annex | Adolph (Lower) Auditorium 1-7619Host: Dr. Danielle Benoit Contribution of Toll-like receptor 4 signaling to the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis: Origins of fibroblast apoptosis resistanceKelly Hanson - Toxicology PhD Candidate Jul 29, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Lower Aud, 1-7619Host: Dr. Jacob Finkelstein