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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank my mentor, Dr. Clinton F. Stewart, for the opportunity to
learn from his vast knowledge and work in his laboratory. I also would like to express my
appreciation for his help, guidance, suggestion and encouragement throughout my study,
research and writing of this thesis. He is an incredible good mentor and career guider.
My sincere gratitude is also extended to the other members of my thesis
committee: Drs. John C. Panetta and Bernd Meibohm for serving on my committee and
their excellent suggestion, comments and guidance for this project. Especially, I want to
express my deepest gratitude to Dr. John C. Panetta for helping me with the population
modeling of this project. Without his help, I cannot accomplish this part of the work. I
also would like to thank Dr. Andrew M. Davidoff for providing the Rh30 cell line used in
this study.
In addition, I would like to thank to all the members and friends in the Stewart
laboratory. I would like to acknowledge my supervisor Dr. Stacy Throm and co-worker
Dr. Fan Wang for their patience, guidance and support during the project progress and
writing of the thesis. Thanks to the former post-docs Dr. Michael Tagen, Angel M.
Carcaboso and the former supervisor Laura Miller for their constant support and help.
I’m also grateful to co-workers and friends Dr. Feng Bai, Dr. Fan Zhang, Mohamed
Elmeliegy, Thandranese Owens, Dr. Steven Zatechka, Daniel Groepper, and Dr. Vamshi
Manda for their support and friendship throughout the project.
At last, I also would like to gratefully acknowledge the care and support of my
husband and parents, who always encouraged me on the way along.
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