[To the students of the Georgia Institute of Technology] iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to especially thank my mom, my dad, my girlfriend, and my best friends, without whose support and guidance I would not be here. I would also like to thank my graduate student advisor Aibek Musaev and my thesis advisor Dr. Calton Pu for their invaluable guidance in both my research and my career.

iii CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 Thesis organization 1 CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 3 Mitotic spindle 3 Motor proteins 12 Spindle matrix 18 CHAPTER 3. ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN SPINDLE MATRIX PROTEINS AND THE MOTOR PROTEIN NCD 24 Abstract 24 Introduction 25 Methods 26 Results 33 Discussion 36 Table and Figures 39 CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTIVE 49 CHAPTER 5. REFERENC...

Hayes, Celina, "Examining interactions among working memory, aging, and linguistic constraints in sentence comprehension" (2007). Acknowledgements Many thanks to my advisor, Laura Gonnerman, and my committee members, Diane Hyland and Padraig O'Seaghdha for their valuable feedback and comments on this thesis. I would also like to thank the members of the Language Acquisition and Processing Lab f...

The molecular mechanisms of PITX2 in tooth development and enamel defects in Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome." PhD has been approved by the Examining Committee for the thesis requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology at the December 2013 graduation. ii To my parents, Tianhua and Zhibin, for their endless love, support and encouragement. I would not have contemplated t...

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Acknowledgements I would like to thank my research advisor, Professor Dennis Shasha, for inspiring this work and especially for his guidance and patience along the way. I would also like to thank my wife, Melissa, and my son, Addison, for their enthusiastic encouragement and endless support. Finally, I want to thank Nicholas Perito for teaching me what a thesis actually is and for his editorial...

Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge the assistance of several individuals and groups who have assisted me in the completion of this work. This project would not have been possible without the guidance and support of my thesis committee chairman, Additional thanks go to my wife, Nicole DeIorio, MD, whose loving support makes all my efforts worthwhile. Abstract BACKGROUND: Despite a deca...

Acknowledgements I express my gratitude to René David and Karim Nour for their precious help, valuable comments and guidance through my work. I also thank to Pál Dömösi for his support and that he made me possible to concentrate my attention on this thesis. Last but not least I am grateful to my parents for they have stood by me during my studies with perseverance and patience.

for his love, support and selfless sacrifices. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Allen Tannenbaum, not only for his wonderful understanding and guidance of technical topics, but also for his kindness and generosity. I would like to thank Dr. Steven Haker for his help and suggestions. I would like to thank my thesis committee members, Dr. for their help throughout my study. F...

The members of the Committee approve the thesis of Yaohang Li defended on 7/17/2000. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to my advisor, Dr. Michael Mascagni for his continuous encouragement and kind help in my research and study. Also, I give thanks to all my other graduation committee members, Dr. Kyle Gallivan and Dr. David Banks, for their helpful comm...