Mazmanian, Sarkis K.

Committee Member — 56 thesises

• Ballor, Nicholas R. — Hydrogenases and Hydrogen Sensors in the Symbiotic Microbial Communities of Wood-Feeding Termites (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chow, Janet — A Pathobiont of the Mammalian Microbiota Balances Intestinal Inflammation and Colonization (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Del Real, Marissa Morales — Analysis of a Transcriptional Network Involving PU.1, Notch, and Gata3 in the Lymphomyeloid Lineage Decision during Early T-cell Development (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Griffiths, Jessica Anne — Bidirectional Interactions Between the Gut Microbiome and Nervous System (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsiao, Elaine Yih-Nien — Brain, Gut and Immune Interactions in Autism Spectrum Disorder (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucey, Kaitlyn Shae — Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase-Assisted Cleavage of Aromatics by "Anaerobic" Termite Gut Spirochetes and Genomic Evidence of a Complete Meta-Pathway (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stone, Shannon Elizabeth — Cell-Selective Chemoproteomics for Biological Discovery (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Donaldson, Gregory Paul — Colonization of the Intestinal Surface by Indigenous Microbiota (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Galimidi, Rachel P. — Combating HIV with Novel Antibody Architectures (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ricci, Jessica Nicole — Constraining the Interpretation of 2-Methylhopanoids through Genetic and Phylogenetic Methods (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cohen, Alexander Armand — Developing Multivalent Nanoparticle Vaccines Against Current and Future Viruses (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bogatyrev, Said R. — Development of Analytical Tools and Animal Models for Studies of Small-Intestine Dysbiosis (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rapp, Peter Butterweck — Diffusion and Molecular Association in Artificial Protein Hydrogels (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwong, Gabriel Abner — DNA Encoded Biotechnologies for Informative Cancer Diagnostics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Kenneth Kwok-Chang — Engineering Immunity Against HIV (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Renée Zurui — From Photosynthesis to Detoxification: Microbial Metabolisms Shape Earth’s Surface Chemistry (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhao, Jimmy Liu — Function of MicroRNA-146a and NF-κB in Physiologic and Pathologic Hematopoiesis (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Basta, David Wagdi — Genetic Determinants of Growth Arrest Survival in the Bacterial Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the Role of Proteases (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Jingli A. — Global Analysis of Dynamic Epigenetic Marking and Transcriptional Regulation Underlying T-Cell Lineage Commitment (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Abdel-Haq, Reem — Gut Microbiome Modulates Microglia Physiology in Homeostatic and Disease States (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moiseyenko, Anastasiya O. — Gut Microbiota as Modulators and Therapeutic Targets in Parkinson’s Disease (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ousey, James Anthony — Gut Microbiota Modulation of Host Feeding Behavior (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khosravi, Arya — Gut Microbiota Promote Hematopoiesis to Control Bacterial Infection (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yoo, Bryan B. — Host-Microbe Interactions Impacting and Mediated by Nervous Systems (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Xinning — I. Formate Dehydrogenase Gene Diversity in Lignocellulose-Feeding Insect Gut Microbial Communities. II. Metabolic Impacts on the Hydrogen Isotope Content of Bacterial Lipids (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Yue — Interkingdom Communication of a Bacterial Mutualist and its Mammalian Host (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Sung-Eun Melanie — Mechanism of Intestinal Colonization by Symbiotic Bacteria (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mosadeghi, Ruzbeh — Mechanistic Dissection of the Cop9 Signalosome’s Deneddylation Activity on Cullin-RING Ligases (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Horak, Richard Davis — Metabolic Rewiring Promotes Bacterial Survival Under Oxidative and Reductive Stress (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schretter, Catherine Elizabeth — Microbial Modulation of Host Locomotion (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mehta, Arnav — MicroRNA-132 is a Physiological Regulator of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function and B-cell Development (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chaudhuri, Aadel Ahmed — MicroRNAs 155 and 125b Physiologically and Pathologically Regulate Hematopoiesis and Immunity (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Frankiw, Luke Steven — mRNA Splicing-Mediated Gene Expression Regulation in Innate Immunity (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poceviciute, Roberta — Mucosal Landscape of the Gut: Development and Application of 3D Imaging Tools for Interrogation of Host-Microbe Mucosal Interface in Mice and Humans (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beilinson, Vera Michelle — Multi-Scale Systems Analysis of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Acharya, Aneesh — Multiplexed Analysis of Diverse RNA Classes via Hybridization Chain Reaction (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hoffmann, Magnus Adrian Gero — Nanoparticle Technologies to Cure and Prevent Infectious Diseases (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Xinhong — Non-Invasive Functional Gene Delivery to the Central and Peripheral Nervous System Across Species (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ngo, John Tuan — Noncanonical Amino Acids in the Interrogation of Cellular Protein Synthesis (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choe, Andrea — Pheromones in Free-Living and Parasitic Nematodes (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glasser, Nathaniel Robert — Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Survival in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Wen — Proteomics Profiling and Functional Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Excreted/Secreted Proteins (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barlow, Jacob T. — Quantitative Sequencing and its Application to Studies of the Human Small-Intestine Microbiota (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Canran — Smart Bandages for Chronic Wound Sampling, Monitoring, and Management (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dam, Kim-Marie Anh — Structural Insights into the Conformational Plasticity and Antibody Recognition of HIV-1 Env (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saxena, Abigail Green — Sulfur-Cycling in Methane-Rich Ecosystems: Uncovering Microbial Processes and Novel Niches (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mahdavi, Alborz — Synthetic Biology Tools for Targeted Incorporation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids into Cellular Proteins (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wyatt, Emily Ann — Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery of Therapeutics Across the Blood-Brain and Blood-Tumor Barriers to Breast Cancer Brain Metastases (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sutherland, Alexander Muir — Technology for Single Cell Protein Analysis in Immunology and Cancer Prognostics (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ottesen, Elizabeth Ann — The Biology and Community Structure of CO₂-Reducing Acetogens in the Termite Hindgut (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Jocelyn Tammy — The Innate Immune System in Dendritic Cell-Targeted Lentiviral Vector Immunization and Cell-to-Cell Transmission of HIV-1 (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Tongtong — The Neural Basis of Brain-Body Communication (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilbert, Steven Alexander — The Role of Context-Dependent Metabolic Interactions in Organizing Microbial Communities (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martinez, Zachary A. — Tokens, Topologies, Taxa: Towards Declarative Biology and Bioengineering (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buss, Marjorie Theresa — Tools for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Engineered Bacteria In Vivo (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sheng, Gloria J. — Tunable Heparan Sulfate Glycomimetics for Modulating Chemokine Activity (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))