Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of Connecticut Announces the Oral Dissertation Defense for the Doctoral Degree of Kavitha Kannan, B.Tech., Anna University, 2010 M.S., University of Connecticut, 2017 Investigation of genetic modifiers of neurodegeneration using synthetic lethality in Drosophila melanogaster Major Advisor: Dr. Ping Zhang Associate Advisor: Dr. Nichole Broderick Associate Advisor: Dr. Charles Giardina Associate Advisor: Dr. David Goldhamer Associate Advisor: Dr. Barbara Mellone

Working copy of the dissertation can be found at: https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=Dissertation_Kavitha_v2.pdf&p=WfCcLYr78ZRPYsH3M