Lu’s research in the Landick and Venturelli Labs examined how patterns of gene expression in gut microbiota influence the metabolites produced.
Thesis Reviews
IPiB Thesis Defense January 28, 2026: Rahul Vivek
Vivek’s research in the Butcher Lab investigated the interaction between poly(UG) RNA and a protein implicated in multiple neurodegenerative disorders.
IPiB Thesis Defense February 5, 2026: Sarah Evert
Evert’s research in the Raman Lab explored the function of a bacteriophage receptor binding protein.
IPiB Thesis Defense November 21, 2025: Rohith Rajasekaran
Rajasekaran’s research in the Coyle Lab explored how to repurpose naturally-existing cellular systems to engineer new functions into cells.
IPiB Thesis Defense December 5, 2025: Ross Soens
Soens’s research in the Coon Lab explored post-translational modifications to proteins in mammalian cells.
IPiB Thesis Defense November 25, 2025: David Rivera-Kohr
Rivera-Kohr’s research in the Fox Lab explored biochemical mechanisms to degrade and repurpose waste products.
IPiB Thesis Defense October 10, 2025: Haley Bridge
Bridge’s research in the Weeks Lab sought to develop a tool for site-specific modification of peptides.
IPiB Thesis Defense June 5, 2025: Joshua Choi
Choi’s research in the Senes Lab focused on how inter-membrane regions of transmembrane proteins associate with each other.
IPiB Thesis Defense June 10, 2025: Samridhi Garg
Garg’s research in the Senes Lab explored the structures of proteins responsible for cell division in bacteria.
IPiB Thesis Defense May 19, 2025: Erli Jin
Jin’s research in the Merrins Lab examined the regulation of hormone secretion in pancreatic islet cells.