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Уважаемого xaxam впечатлила одна благодарность в диссертации. Вообще, благодарности в диссертациях - это интереснейший жанр, еще ждущий своих исследователей. Я может соберусь как-нибудь немного о них написать, но пока просто приведу подборку коротких цитат из благодарностей к разным диссертациям, которую я собрал несколько лет назад (распределение этих благодарностей по размерам очень широкое - от одного абзаца до десятков страниц). Моя выборка не репрезентативна, основной фокус на биологических науках, но есть и примеры из других естественных и точных наук. Другие области, в том числе гуманитарные, общественные, технические и медицинские, не включены в эту коллекцию. Все диссертации (PhD) защищены в американских университетах, входящих в группу R1 по классификации Карнеги ("очень высокая исследовательская активность") или университетах аналогичного уровня в других странах. Выборка диверсифицирована по представленным религиям (присутствуют разные деноминации всех трех авраамических религий). Сами цитаты тоже очень разные: от стандартно формульных до трогательно поэтичных (а некоторые очень прагматичные или слегка ироничные). Кроме цитаты приведены имя аспиранта, название диссертации, университет и год. Порядок - алфавитный университетов. Эта подборка (насколько я знаю, аналогов у нее нет) мне кажется интересным и познавательным чтением. Надо иметь ввиду, что такие благодарности пишутся в основном (или исключительно) для тех, кого благодарят, поэтому все цитаты ниже обращены к одному Адресату и скорее всего являются совершенно искренними.
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God’s gifts to me are numerous and include faith, hope, and love. These have not only amazed and delighted me during good times. They have also amazed and sustained me throughout even the worst moments.
Andrew J. Castiglioni, Alternative splicing influences N-type calcium channel activity in the pain pathway
Brown University, 2006
To God, I give honor and glory for the things he has done, for with His power, I have made it through this journey.
Courtni Takiyah Newsome, Effects of β-Glucan on Sepsis and Endotoxemia
Brown University, 2010
Firstly and the most importantly, I would like to thank God who have wonderful plans for me and have guided me to here at this moment. He has kept me strong and focused so that I would not go wrong. I praise the Lord who would continue to do so until the end day comes.
Tae-Lim Choi, Olefin Metathesis: A Versatile Tool for the Synthesis of Small to Large Molecules
California Institute of Technology, 2004
Completing my PhD studies over the last 5+ years has truly been a rewarding and humbling experience. First and foremost, I extend my sincere gratitude to God (Glory and Greatness be to Him) for bestowing upon me a life full of bounties. You alone do I worship, and you alone do I seek for help […] Thus, it has been rewarding to contribute to scientific knowledge with a doctoral dissertation, and even more rewarding and humbling to recognize that this document is a small subset of all scientific knowledge, which is a small subset of the Divine knowledge.
Ebraheem Ihsan Fontaine, Automated Visual Tracking for Behavioral Analysis of Biological Model Organisms
California Institute of Technology, 2008
To God, who made all this possible.
Peter Anthony Leong, Computational challenges in high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy
California Institute of Technology, 2009
I also thank God for all of the opportunities and abilities He has given me to explore His creation.
Drew Garvin Keppel, Signatures and dynamics of compact binary coalescences and a search in LIGO's S5 data.
California Institute of Technology, 2009
Words cannot express my deepest thankfulness to God. I simply could not dismiss His constant guidance through various people as merely a long series of lucky incidences, as I reflect on how I have reached this far into the field of scientific research, all the way beginning from the change of my major from mathematics to chemistry and then the incorporation of physics, to the decision-making process of my coming to Caltech, to my entering Dr. Ahmed Zewail’s group and then switching to the current research direction, with the spiritual support for me to hold on this path and, finally, to the result of many previous publications and the formation of this thesis.
Ding-Shyue (Jerry) Yang, Ultrafast Electron Crystallography: Principles and Applications
California Institute of Technology, 2009
Finally, I thank God for his faithfulness through these years, and for the grace, mercy and love he has shown me through Christ Jesus. πιστος ο καλων υμας, ος και ποιησει.
Jonathan Edward Mueller, Structures, energetics and reactions of hydrocarbons on nickel
California Institute of Technology, 2010
First and foremost, I would like to thank Almighty God, for giving me the faith to believe and strength to pursue and courage to carry on this work.
Devvrath Khatri, Non-Destructive Evaluation of Material System Using Highly Nonlinear Acoustic Waves
California Institute of Technology, 2011
Finally, and most importantly, I am thankful to the one who puts dreams in our hearts to inspire us to strive for these goals: Jesus Christ, creator of the universe and my personal savior. I have been so delighted to look into nature and see the mind of God displayed in the intricately embedded designs. Moreover, it is miraculous to me that we search out and understand the inner workings of nature and apply that understanding to improve other’s well-being and life here. I am thankful for this beautiful world and for my brief time to work and delight in it, knowing that it is but a shadow of things to come.
Kate Elizabeth Galloway, The development of RNA-based control systems to regulate signaling and dictate cell fate in a model MAPK pathway
California Institute of Technology, 2012
None of this could have happened but for the grace of God. In the face of setbacks and triumphs, whether I am enthusiastic or jaded and indifferent, stressed out and frustrated or calm and relaxed, it is by His providence alone that I am sustained each day.
Matthew Loh, Dense, Efficient Chip-to-Chip Communication at the Extremes of Computing
California Institute of Technology, 2013
First and foremost, I would like to thank God, the Almighty, for all of His blessings.
Daniel James Alton, Interacting single atoms with nanophotonics for chip-integrated quantum networks
California Institute of Technology, 2013
Finally, God has provided me with a brain, a body, a family, and friends that no matter how flawed are truly perfect because of it. I survive because of his blessings, and succeed because of his given inspiration.
Heather R Williamson, Engineering multi-step electron tunneling systems in proteins
California Institute of Technology, 2013
Lastly, I offer a sincere and heartfelt acknowledgement to God, our Heavenly Father, the creator of all things, and His son and our Savior Jesus Christ, for all that I have and am. I am particularly grateful for the beauty and wonder of the natural world and our ability to understand what little of it we can. I have come to believe that scientific research at the highest level can draw one as close to God as many religious pursuits and that it can deepen one’s reverence and awe for the Creator rather than dispel it.
Adler Ray Dillman, Host Seeking and the Genomic Architecture of Parasitism Among Entomopathogenic Nematodes
California Institute of Technology, 2013
Last, I thank God for all these people He placed in my path. I thank God for the privileges and opportunities that have been given to me without reason. I thank God for helping me to overcome my struggles and push forward with great strength.
Marcella Mary Gomez, On the Role of Delays in Biological Systems: Analysis and Design
California Institute of Technology, 2015
First and foremost, I’d like to thank God for all the opportunities He’s given me throughout the years. I’m able to do things I’m very interested in and passionate about and for that I’m forever grateful. All my work is for His greater glory
Emmanuel Lorenzo Cornejo de los Santos, Expanding the Toolkit for Synthetic Biology: Frameworks for Native-like Non-natural Gene Circuits
California Institute of Technology, 2015
Most importantly, I thank God who protects and leads me, who gives me the strength to get through each day.
Danielle Maquicia Pierre, The role of CBP3P in cytochrome B expression and assemby into coenzyme QH2 - cytochrome C reductase
Columbia University, 2010
To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever.
Kimberly S. Point du Jour, The role of phospholipase D1 in trafficking and processing of amyloid precursor protein
Columbia University, 2013
I spent some of the best years of my life so far pursuing my Ph.D., and the successful attainment of this degree was by the grace of God. I am humbled to have studied fascinating biological mechanisms and complex molecules, which are the beautiful creation of the Lord, and this Ph.D. dissertation is to glorify His perfect design, wisdom and power.
Olga Yarychkivska, Biology of maintenance and de novo methylation mediated by DNA methyltransferase-1
Columbia University, 2017
And thank God for His faithfulness and answering of my prayers, for the blessings I’ve received during these six years in Ithaca far exceed what I have asked or imagined.
Chun Nam Yu, Improved learning of structural support vector machines: training with latent variables and nonlinear kernels
Cornell University, 2011
To conclude, I would like to thank G-d, Who continues to enliven me, sustain me, and Who has brought me to this moment.
Joshua Mark Rubin, Practical nano-mechanical devices for electronic applications
Cornell University, 2014
Above all, I’d like to thank the Almighty for providing me with strength, clarity, and the facilitators listed above to pursue my passion for understanding the wonders of His world.
Adina Heinberg, Regulation of the folate pathway in malaria parasites
Cornell University, 2014
My God and my Savior, Jesus Christ, indeed, gave me wisdom and the ability to use my mind to perform this research, for which I am thankful.
Bradley Thomas Estes, Functional tissue engineering of cartilage using adipose‐derived stem cells
Duke University, 2008
Finally, I thank the Almighty God for good health, provision and the strength to faithfully run this race to the very end.
Mercy Yvonne Akinyi, Disease Risk in Wild Primate Populations: Host and Environmental Predictors, Immune Responses and Costs of Infection
Duke University, 2017
And finally, I thank God for the beautiful and complex world in which we live and all the people and circumstances which have allowed me the opportunity to study His creation.
Jackelyn Kay Arico, The Role of Histone Variants, Histone Modifications, and Germline Transcription on Imprint Establishment and Epigenetic Inheritance in Caenorhabditis elegans
Emory University, 2011
God: the ultimate source of all wisdom, knowledge and understanding. How Great Is Our God!
Yvette Connell-Albert, Aberrant signaling in astrocytomas and glioblastoma multiforme (gbm): utilizing inhibitors of proliferation as potential therapies
George Mason University, 2012
First of all I would like to thank Almighty for making this journey easier and possible for me.
Irina Hashmi, Probabilistic approaches to protein-protein docking
George Mason University, 2015
But above all, thank you to my God and Savior for the gifts listed here and so many others. May I always seek to serve You, and may I find in You my hope and my future.
Christopher Loren Rees, Molecular Biomarkers and Network Analyses of Neuron-type Connectivity Reveal Cloaked Insights into Hippocampal Function
George Mason University, 2016
I also must give thanks to my lord God, with prayers that this work will be a contribution to medicine and an act of mercy to my neighbors.
William Coley, The Role of Adenosine Monophosphate Deaminase 1 (AMPD1) and Inflammatory Cytokines in Mediating Muscle Weakness in a Mouse Model of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
George Washington University, 2013
I have to first thank GOD for loving me and leading me down the right path in my life. I would be nothing without his grace and mercy.
Anatasha Carissa Crawford, BCL-2 family function in antiestrogen-resistant breast cancer cells
Georgetown University, 2009
Finally, I'd like to thank G-d, who gave life, and sustained it, and let me have and actualize an opportunity to achieve this monumental building block in my life.
Dmitry M. Kreslavskiy, Lorentz lattice gases on graphs
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003
Finally, it is my privilege to thank my Savior and my God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for the life He has given me and the amazing world He has let us explore. My prayer is that these pages may show a faint reflection of His glory.
Jason Eric Donald, The Specificity of Protein-DNA Interactions
Harvard University, 2007
And last but not least, I would like to thank God, for allowing me to have in my life such amazing family, friends, mentors and opportunities.
Rosa A. Veguilla, Transcriptional Regulation of OCA2 and POMC by a cAMP-dependent mechanism and implications in skin pigmentation
Harvard University, 2012
I am sometimes asked, since I am a scientist, whether I believe in God. My answer is ‘Yes!’ I see proof of God’s existence in the intricate and beautiful workings of cells and the molecules within it. I am blessed and privileged to see His creation every day.
Lyle Vincent Villamater Lopez, Regulation of Gli proteins by the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway
Harvard University, 2013
Above all, I would like to thank G-d and my mom for giving me the love, strength and support necessary to reach this day.
Theodore Charles Feldman, Development of New Tools for Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy & The Application of these Tools to Mapping the Role of Force Directionality in the Actin Mechanome
Harvard University, 2015
Lastly, thank you God, my father in the heaven and in my heart, for everything.
Cholsoon Jang, A metabolite of branched chain amino acids drives vascular fatty acid transport and causes glucose intolerance
Harvard University, 2016
Finally, above and beyond all, I give thanks to the Almighty. I know with complete certainty that every proof of every theorem in this thesis would not be here, without His help.
Sara Cohen, Equivalence, Containment and Rewriting of Aggregate Queries
Hebrew University, 2004
Last, I would like thank the Almighty for letting me arriving to this milestone of my life.
ברוך אתה ה' אלוהינו מלך העולם שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה
Moshe Goldstein, A new hybrid evolutionary algorithm for finding the lowest minima of potential surfaces: approach and applications
Hebrew University, 2009
Thank you almighty God for guiding me through this journey!
Angelina M. Hernández-Carretero, Novel roles of p21 in apoptosis during beta-cell stress in diabetes
Indiana University, 2014
Finally and most importantly, I'd like to express my deepest gratitude to my dear Heavenly Father God, for He is the one who enables me to do all things and gives meaning and joy to everything that I do. He gave me all those wonderful people in my life, so that I can grow as a scientist, and more importantly as a person. When I look back, I cannot help but to believe I am so blessed by Him that I would have been through much harder time without His warm hands.
Shanshan Zhu, Analysis of the molecular mechanisms regulating paralogue-specific sumoylation and its effects on portein function
Johns Hopkins University, 2008
Above all, I thank G-d, creator of all life and its mysteries.
Anna Devorah Breznan, Oligonucleotide microarray analysis of chromosome 17 gene expression in a model human epithelial ovarian cancer cell line, TOV112D, and in epithelial ovarian tumors and ovarian malignant ascites
McGill University, 2006
I would first like to thank G-d for lighting my path in life and for shining light down on my family, my friends, and myself.
Daniel Black, Imines in copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions
McGill University, 2007
Foremost, I humbly thank Almighty Allah, The most merciful and the most beneficent for countless help in difficulties to achieve this goal.
Enas O. Mahrous, Regulation of Mitochondrial DNA Accumulation during Oogenesis
McGill University, 2011
First, I must thank God for paving the route to McMaster University, and specifically to the Daniel lab. You have guided me every step of the way and your everlasting love did not go unnoticed.
Nickett Sydanie Donaldson, Characterization of the novel POZ-ZF protein ZNF131, a Kaiso-specific interaction partner
McMaster University, 2011
Much appreciation and gratitude goes to the Master of the Universe for not only creating the wonderful complicated world I study, but for also giving me the strength to study it.
Roseanne Shoshana Greenberg, The role of FAK in myofibroblast differentiation
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, 2006
Lastly, I thank God Almighty for this creation I have been given the privilege to study.
Bianca Jones Marlin, Oxytocin Enables Maternal Behaviour by Balancing Cortical Inhibition
New York University, 2015
Lastly, I thank God for leading me step by step in this life journey and providing me with great mentor, joyous friends, loving family, best wife, and our baby, Haena (해나).
Minjong Park, Local Regulation of Organelle Transport by cAMP Dependent Kinase and Its Substrates
Northwestern University, 2009
Now and throughout it all, I thank G-d for carrying me through and giving me the intellect, strength, and endurance to successfully complete my Ph.D.
Daniel Tzvi Cohen, Annulation Strategies in N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalysis
Northwestern University, 2013
I thank G-d for blessing me with life, family, health, love, and the innumerable opportunities to learn.
Aharon G. Freud, Studies of human natural killer cell development
Ohio State University, 2006
All glory and honor for everything I do belong to God who leads me, comforts me, and directs my path.
Angela Fortner McKoy, Characterization of Novel Inhibitors of Alzheimer’s Peptide Aggregation and Implications for Disease Therapeutics
Princeton University, 2011
First and foremost, I want to thank God for all of the blessings He has bestowed upon me throughout my life, including the opportunity to come to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University and work in areas of research that are both exciting and challenging to me.
Richard Christopher Baliban, High-throughput methods for in silico discovery of peptides, proteins, and post-translational modifications in proteomics
Princeton University, 2012
I would like to take this opportunity to first and foremost thank God, my Lord, for having sustained me throughout my PhD years, and for his abundant blessings to me throughout my whole life. I want my life to be used for His purpose and glory.
Taehee Han, Intrastromal corneal reshaping using a high-intensity femtosecond laser
Princeton University, 2017
I am immensely grateful to God for granting me strength, perseverance, and a thirst for knowledge, and above all for blessing me with a truly exceptional family.
Rozanne Arulanandam, Novel mechanisms of STAT3 activation
Queen’s University, 2010
First and foremost, I would like to thank GOD for blessing me with the opportunity to complete my Ph.D. at Stanford University. I would like to thank GOD for bestowing on me with the strength and wisdom to complete all my requirements. Without GOD’s many blessings this work would not have been possible.
Ammar Nayfeh, Heteroepitaxial Growth Of Relaxed Germanium On Silicon
Stanford University, 2006
And finally, but most importantly, I thank God for walking beside me through every day of my life, and Jesus Christ for his sacrifice for me and for many on the Cross. I am fundamentally a broken and incapable being, but the strength of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have allowed me to do and experience some remarkable things, only one of which is getting through the Ph.D. process. With God walking beside me there is never a dull moment, and I look forward to what comes next!
Bradley Earl Johanson, Application coordination infrastructure for ubiquitous computing rooms
Stanford University, 2002
Thank you, Almighty God, for favor, grace, mercy and comfort when I felt stressed, and for direction and guidance when I felt lost.
Ramokone Lisbeth Lebelo, Molecular characterization of human papillomavirus types in South Africa
Universiteit Antwerpen, 2014
In the name of Allah, The Merciful, The All-Merciful: Read in the Name of thy Lord who created.
Sahar Mohammed Noor Bukhary, The role of E-cadherin in modulating the behaviour characteristics of oral squamous carcinoma cells
University College London, 2005
Baruch shem Kavod malchuto l’olam v’aed
Bess-Carolina Dolmo, Brain Cortex Representations via Point Set Surfaces Moving Least Squares Routines Foundations for Meshless Cortex Measurements
University of California, Davis, 2013
I would like to start off by thanking God for providing me with the strength and fortitude to get me through graduate school. I believe that the best way to seek nearness to him and achieve perfection is through the constant quest to attain knowledge.
Murtaza Kanji, Mechanisms Regulating Specification and Maintenance of Pancreatic Cell Fate
University of California, Los Angeles, 2013
First and foremost, I thank G-d for all His blessings.
Nissim Amos, Media fabrication and characterization systems for three dimensional-multilevel magnetic recording
University of California, Riverside, 2008
They [parents] taught me the importance of building a strong inner faith in God that helps me persevere and be courteous even when encountering unconstructive criticism. I’m thankful to God for giving me this opportunity to contribute to science through my thesis research.
Joseph Aaron Callahan, Roles of Ubiquitin Sensor ABIN-1 In The Immune System
University of California, San Francisco, 2013
Finally, I thank my God, who through Christ Jesus has given me freedom in life and freedom to explore the minutiae of His creation.
Nathan J. Baird, Structural Insights into RNA Folding and Stability
University of Chicago, 2007
The work of my PhD was mostly a work of faith. I thank God for giving me the hope and strength to move past difficult moments, as well as the enthusiasm to carry out my work with love. I thank him for all the coincidences and blessings, for all his unconditional love.
Guillermina Rochelle Ramırez San Juan, Cell migration, a multiscale integration process
University of Chicago, 2017
Finally, this thesis would not have been possible without God. He created all, and He revealed to me the giant sandbox of molecular biology. I don’t know how others make it through graduate school without Him. He has given me strength when I was weak. He has given me a hand to hold on to in troubled times. Lastly, He has a purpose for my life, so I knew I could never give up.
Mary Ann Allen, RNA Processing Events Affecting C. elegans Operons: A Computational and Mutational Analysis
University of Colorado, 2010
I thank God for all of these blessings in my life and hope to someday repay Him for the gifts and talents He has bestowed upon me.
Nathan Lucas, Mechanistic Studies on the Membrane Recruitment and Function of 3’-Phosphoinositide Dependent Kinase-1
University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
First and foremost, I would like to thank God for giving me strength and this great opportunity.
Aftin Monique Ross, Biomolecular Interactions with Synthetic Surfaces
University of Michigan, 2012
I would like to thank God for bringing me through difficult obstacles and experiences through my six years in graduate school. My faith in Him has grown through experiences that I would have otherwise lost hope.
Chevonne Darice Eversley, Integrative genomic analysis of sporadic colorectal cancer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
Lastly, I want to thank God for giving me this scientific playground full of hidden treasures.
Robert D. Daber, Rational design of novel transcriptional regulators
University of Pennsylvania, 2009
I would like to first thank God, my savior, who has given me the reason to live with a life full of blessings.
Esther Lesmana, Characterization of suppressor and enhancer mutants of brevipedicellus in Arabidopsis thaliana
University of Toronto, 2009
Finally, I would like to thank God for the people in my life who have been crucial to the realization of this thesis.
Karolina Maria Kolodziejska-Baginska, C-MYB dependent smooth muscle cell differentiation from mouse embryonic stem cells
University of Toronto, 2010
Finally, I want to thank God for giving me the privilege and the wisdom to explore His creations because without Him nothing is possible.
Matthew Chan, Role of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Pro-Fibrotic Signaling
University of Toronto, 2011
For this, and for everything along this journey that has given me purpose, meaning, and the source of life itself, I thank God, who in His glory designed and created the universe - an infinitesimal part of which I had the privilege of studying in this thesis.
Mariam Thomas Mathew, Identification of Converging Pathways in the pathogenesis of NPM-RARA Variant Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
University of Toronto, 2013
Lastly, I would like to thank God for his many blessings and being present in my daily life. God, thank you for everything and I trust in you!
Fraser Soares, NLRX1 is a mitochondrial matrix protein that links cell death with tumorigenesis
University of Toronto, 2014
All praises and thanks to the grace of almighty God (Allah), the Beneficent, the Merciful, and the supreme source of all knowledge. To Him do I serve and to Him I ask for help. I submit in obedience before my Lord, who gave me the strength and drive to achieve this task and made me reach this present pedestal of knowledge.
Keni Vidilaseris, Structure and assembly mechanism of TbBILBO1, an essential flagellar pocket collar protein
University of Vienna, 2014
All my gratitude and praise go to Allah, the almighty, for giving me the strength to accomplish this work. Allah may not accept my submissions and praise, unless I thank and acknowledge the support given by individuals.
Ismail Saleh Zaitoun, Conservation and dosage compensation of imprinted genes
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008
First and foremost, none of this would be possible without God, my Almighty Savior, who has blessed me with this opportunity to further my education and pursue a career in science. He has given me the passion, drive, and endurance to see this program to completion and to put my best work forward. I have learned invaluable skills that I will take with me for the rest of my life.
Allison Gartung, Identification of lipolysis-derived lipid mediators and the activation of a pro-inflammatory cyclooxygenase pathway, via cyclooxygenase-2, in adipose tissue
Wayne State University, 2016
Finally, and most importantly, I would like to thank the almighty God, for it is under his grace that we live, learn and flourish.
Jin-Chul Kim, The role of caspase-8 in adult epidermal homeostasis
Weizmann Institute of Science, 2009
Finally, as I don’t believe that everything in life is a matter of chance, I thank God for guiding my path.
Julia Farache, CD103+ DCs are recruited to the intestinal epithelium to sample luminal bacteria
Weizmann Institute of Science, 2013
I must begin by thanking God that this thesis is complete. A little grace from above is instrumental in completing a PhD, and I have certainly received my share of it over the last 5 years. Amen.
Anthony Joseph Annunziata, Single-Photon Detection, Kinetic Inductance, and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in Niobium and Niobium Nitride Superconducting Nanowires
Yale University, 2010
God bless everyone. Indeed, I am most grateful to Him for all that has been afforded me, and for this small contribution in the pages that follow.
OrLando Howard Yarborough, WNK4 kinase and the regulation of blood pressure: targeted proteomics identify phosphorylation dynamics in WNK4
Yale University, 2010
Finally, as I hope you will get a sense of, I have a deep and abiding belief in God, our Heavenly Father. I know Him to be loving, kind, and involved in the affairs of His children (us). I have felt His support and love in inexplicable ways throughout my life.
Michael Jay Turner, Transcriptional regulation of the C. elegans microRNA LIN-4
Yale University, 2011