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July 2017
Peter Rej Dissertation Defense
Peter Rej Dissertation Defense: Wednesday July 5th from 10am-noon in Cancer & Genetics Research Complex 133. Title: Investigating the impact of culturally relevant measures of stress on telomere length Committee: Chair: Connie Mulligan Members: David Daegling, John Krigbaum External Member: Darlene Kertes Abstract: In this dissertation, I explore the idea that stress exposure stemming from one's sociocultural environment can change health outcomes via shortened telomere length (TL). Telomeres are noncoding repeated DNA sequences located at terminal ends of linear chromosomes. Telomeric…
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Peter Rej Dissertation Defense: Wednesday July 5th from 10am-noon in Cancer & Genetics Research Complex 133. Title: Investigating the impact of culturally relevant measures of stress on telomere length Committee: Chair: Connie Mulligan Members: David Daegling, John Krigbaum External Member: Darlene Kertes Abstract: In this dissertation, I explore the idea that stress exposure stemming from one's sociocultural environment can change health outcomes via shortened telomere length (TL). Telomeres are noncoding repeated DNA sequences located at terminal ends of linear chromosomes. Telomeric…
Find out more »Allysha Winburn Dissertation Defense
Allysha Winburn Dissertation Defense Thursday, 6 July, 9:30am Turlington 1208 Title: Skeletal Age Estimation in Modern European-American Adults: The Effects of Activity, Obesity, and Osteoarthritis on Age-Related Changes in the Acetabulum Committee: Chair: Michael Warren Members: David Daegling and Ken Sassaman External member: Todd Manini (Institute on Aging) Abstract: In this dissertation, I investigated the nature of the progressive skeletal changes observed in the acetabulum (the pelvic component of the hip) to determine whether they are metamorphic or degenerative and…
Find out more »Deven N. Vyas Dissertation Defense
Deven N. Vyas Dissertation Defense: Friday, July 7th, 9:00 am Cancer & Genetics Research Complex 133 Title: Genetic Inferences on Human Evolutionary History in southern Arabia and the Levant Abstract: In this dissertation, I study genetic variation in Levantine and southern Arabian populations in order to study human evolutionary history in these regions. The Levant and southern Arabia are the proposed starting points of the successful dispersal out of Africa, along the hypothesized North Dispersal Route (NDR) and Southern Dispersal…
Find out more »Deven N. Vyas Dissertation Defense
Deven N. Vyas Dissertation Defense: Friday, July 7th, 9:00 am Cancer & Genetics Research Complex 133 Title: Genetic Inferences on Human Evolutionary History in southern Arabia and the Levant Abstract: In this dissertation, I study genetic variation in Levantine and southern Arabian populations in order to study human evolutionary history in these regions. The Levant and southern Arabia are the proposed starting points of the successful dispersal out of Africa, along the hypothesized North Dispersal Route (NDR) and Southern Dispersal…
Find out more »Joanna Troufflard Dissertation Defense
Joanna Troufflard Dissertation Defense: Tuesday July 18th at 9am at 1350 Turlington Diaspora Room Title: Relationship between upland and riverine settlements in the Lower Amazon region during late precolonial times Committee: Chair: Kenneth E. Sassaman Members: Neill Wallis and Rosana Resende External members: Nigel Smith and Per Stenborg (University of Gothenburg) Abstract: Archaeological research conducted in the Lower Amazon demonstrates that this region was populated by one of the largest Amazonian polities during late precolonial times. The Tapajó people, described…
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