Ph. D. and M. S. Degrees Awarded

    The majority of our graduates pursue postdoctoral studies before starting positions in academia, industry, or government.  Our graduates have faculty positions at the University of Notre Dame, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, among others.  They have positions in corporations such as Eli Lily, Bristol Myers Squibb, Monsanto, and Amgen and government agencies such as the National Institutes of Health.

A more specific breakdown of the career development of our graduates tabulated through 2002 is as follows:

• 19 are completing post-doctoral training.

 
• 19 are full-time faculty at the level of assistant professor or above.

• 13 work in scientific industry in the private sector, including 7

in senior management positions.

• 11 are medical/dental professionals, defined as academic staff

physician, post-medical graduate trainee, private practitioner, or
medical student.

• 6 occupy scientific staff positions in university or hospital

settings, including one in administration.
 
• 3 work the areas of patent law/intellectual property (including

one holding the J.D. degree).
 
• 2 work in government/military scientific installations, both at

the management level.
 
• 2 are in adjunct or associate teaching positions.

 
• 1 is self-employed.

 
• 5 are currently not employed outside of the home.

• 1 is deceased.

 
• The current positions of 9 are unknown.

The following Ph. D. and M. S. degrees were awarded in the Department of Biochemistry from January, 2001, through December, 2003:

Ph. D. degrees:

B. S. (1992) Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna
M. S. (1995) The University of Texas at San Antonio
Dissertation title:  The Functional Significance of the Mammalian Tubulin b-Isotypes b_I, b_II and b_IV in Cultured Cells
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Richard F. Ludueña
Current position:  Postdoctoral fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

B. S. (1994) Regis University
Dissertation title:  Linker Histone and Core Histone N-Termini Contributions to Chromatin Structure and Condensation Using a Reconstituted Model System
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey C. Hansen
Current position:  Postdoctoral fellow, University of Massachusetts Medical School

B. S. (1976) University of Houston
D. D. S. (1983) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dissertation title:  Association of Stathmin Levels with Proliferation of Growth Plate Chondrocytes
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Barbara D. Boyan
Current position:  Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina

B. A. (1995) St. Olaf College
Dissertation title:  Characterization of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-9 Expression, Binding and Biological Activity in the Adult Rat Liver
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Merle S. Olson
Current position:  Postdoctoral fellow, University of Colorado

B. Sc. (1992) St. Xavier's College
M. Sc. (1994) University of Bombay
Dissertation title:  Insulin-Mediated Cell Cycle Reentry by Activation of Autocrine Transforming Growth Factor a Loop Components
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Michael Brattain
Current position:  Postdoctoral fellow, Northwestern University Medical School

M. S. (1994) Lomonosov Moscow State University
Dissertation title:  Aberrant Regulation of Autocine Transforming Growth Factor a in Colon Carcinoma:  Consequences for Signaling and Cell Cycle Control
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Michael Brattain
Current position:  Postdoctoral fellow, University of Virginia Health Science Center

B. S. (1993) Bowling Green State University
M. S. (1995) Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title:  Analysis of Autocrine Transforming Growth Factor a and ErbB Receptor Signaling in Human Colon Carcinoma Cells
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Michael Brattain
Current position:  Medical student, Medical College of Ohio

B. S. (1996) Fudan University
Dissertation title:  The Interaction Between Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Cyclic AMP in Gliomas
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Martin L. Adamo
Current position:  Howard Hughes Assoc. Researcher, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

B. A. (1993) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
M. S.  (1996) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Dissertation Title:  Conformational Dynamics of T7 RNA Polymerase
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Rui J. Sousa
Current position:  Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University

B. S.  (1993) Mt. Carmel College
Dissertation Title:  A Study of the Effect of an Anti-Proliferative Agent on Rat Glial
Tumor Cells:  Effects on Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Gene Expression and Action
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Martin L. Adamo
Current position:  Scientific Writer/Editor, Ambion Inc.

B.S.  (1996) California State University - San Marcos
Dissertation Title:  Cellular Trafficking of Human Bradykinin B1 and B2 Receptors
and Their Agonists Through Caveolae-Related Lipid Rafts
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Fredrik Leeb-Lundberg
Current position:  Postdoctoral fellow, Lund University, Sweden

B. A. (1985) Rice University
M. S. (1986) Rice University
Dissertation Title:  The Role of BMP-7 in Normal and Pathophysiological Processes in Liver
and Kidney
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Merle S. Olson
Current position:  Senior Research Associate, UT Southwestern Medical Center

B. S. (1992) Ocean University of Quingdao
Dissertation Title:  Post-Translational Regulation of Lens Gap Junction Protein, Connexin 45.6
Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Jean X. Jiang
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

B.S. (1995) Regis University, Denver.
Dissertation Title: Metabolic Interactions of Malate Dehydrogenase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lee McAlister-Henn

B.S. (1995) Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Dissertation Title: Kinetic and Physiological Analyses of Yeast NADP+-Specific Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Isozymes.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lee McAlister-Henn
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

B.A. (1988) Rice Univ.
Dissertation Title: Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase and its Copper Chaperone: Roles in Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. P. John Hart
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Molecular Microbiology, Washington Univ., St. Louis

B.S. (1989) Inje Univ., Korea; M.S. (1991) Inje Univ.; M.S. (1998) Lamar Univ.
Dissertation Title: Molecular Mechanisms of B1 Bradykinin Receptor Activation.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Fredrik Leeb-Lundberg
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Thomas Jefferson Univ.

B.Sc. (1992) V.D. College, India; M.Sc. (1994) Berhampur Univ., India.
Dissertation Title: Regulation of Catalysis of Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthases.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Bettie Sue Masters
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

B.S. (1999) Univ. of Science and Technology of China
Dissertation Title: Function of Lens Fiber Connexin 45.6 in Lens Cell Differentiation and Interaction with Major Intrinsic Protein
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Jean X. Jiang
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

B.S. (1999) Peking Univ., China.
Dissertation Title: Molecular Dissection of Linker Histone C-terminal Tail Domain Function in Chromatin.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Jeffery C. Hansen
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State Univ.

Dr. Paul Langlais (2004)

B.S. (1997) Texas Tech Univ.
Dissertation Title: Characterization of the Insulin Receptor Associated Protein GRB10.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Feng Liu.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

B.S. (1998) Louisiana State Univ.
Dissertation Title: Contributions of the Core Histone N-terminal Tail Domains to Higher Order Chromatin Structure: A Chromatin Model System Reconstituted from Bacterially Expressed Purified Components.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Jeffery C. Hansen
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University Medical Center.

M. S. degrees:

B. S. (1997) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Thesis title:  A Structure/Function Study of the Modulation of the Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthases by Their Flavoprotein Domains
Thesis Advisor:  Dr. Paul M. Horowitz
Current position:  Senior research assistant, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

B. A. (1996) St. Mary's University
Thesis title:  A Review of Diabetic Kidney Disease with an Emphasis on the Insulin-like Growth Factor System
Thesis Advisor:  Dr. Martin L. Adamo
Current position:  Senior research assistant, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

B. S. (1999) Nanjing University
Thesis title:  Investigation of Nuclear b_II-Tubulin in Tumor Cells
Thesis Advisor:  Dr. Richard F. Ludueña
Current position:  Research Asst., University of Southwestern Computer Science Program

Last update: 2/2/2005