Trainees
The following lists represents graduate students and post-doctoral fellows within departmental laboratories. For students in our graduate programs please see:
Students in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program
Students in the Biophysics, Structural and Computational Biology Ph.D. Program
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Post-Doctoral Associates/Fellows and Graduate Students
Mohammed AliEmail MohammedAli
Graduate Student
Boutz Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating differential intron sensitivity to PUF60, a gene that is deleted or amplified in developmental syndromes and cancers
Alissa BeamEmail AlissaBeam
Graduate Student
Wagner Lab
Research Interest:
The Effect of Integrator Subunit 11 Mutations on Integrator Function and Neuronal Development
Hannah ClaryEmail HannahClary
Graduate Student
Kielkopf Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the roles of the SF3B1 ULMs in recruiting protein phosphatases for pre-mRNA splicing
Jeffrey GabellEmail JeffreyGabell
Graduate Student
Lueck Lab
Research Interest:
Development of tools and tRNA-based therapeutics for rescue of PTC-derived disease and improved target protein expression
Coleman GoennerEmail ColemanGoenner
Graduate Student
Wedekind Lab
Research Interest:
Evidence for a non-canonical mode of translation regulation by preQ1 riboswitches
Leon HarveyEmail LeonHarvey
Graduate Student
Boutz Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the Role of RNA Helicases in Splicing Changes caused by Cancer Associated SF3B1 Mutations
MaryClaire HaseleyEmail MaryClaireHaseley
Graduate Student
Wagner Lab
Research Interest:
Identification and Characterization of Transcription Factors Associating with the Integrator Complex
Xueyang He, MSEmail XueyangHe
Graduate Student
Boutz Lab
Research Interest:
Modeling the effects of cancer-associated spliceosome mutations and identifying driving intronic features using deep-learning neural networks
Olivia HiltkeEmail OliviaHiltke
Graduate Student
Mathews Lab
Research Interest:
Developing novel thermodynamic parameters for RNA folding stability in simulated cellular environments to improve the accuracy of RNA secondary structure predictions.
Molly Hulver, MSEmail MollyHulver
Graduate Student
Boutz Lab
Research Interest:
Modeling CDK12 and CDK13 Loss-of-Function to Investigate Their Roles in Alternative Polyadenylation and Neoantigen Expression
Daniil KiliushikEmail DaniilKiliushik
Graduate Student
Wedekind Lab
Research Interest:
Structure and Function Analysis of a Type III PreQ1 Riboswitch from Escherichia coli
Mert KokaEmail MertKoka
Graduate Student
O'Connell Lab
Research Interest:
Pulling the plug on bacteriophage infection: investigating the molecular mechanism of activation of CRISPR-Csx28
Rahiim LakeEmail RahiimLake
Graduate Student
Brookes Lab
Research Interest:
The hormesis effect of glycative stress on the heart during ischemic reperfusion
Matthew LawEmail MatthewLaw
Graduate Student
Wedekind Lab
Research Interest:
Structure and Function Analysis of a Spermidine-Sensing Bacterial Riboswitch
Elizabeth LucasEmail ElizabethLucas
Graduate Student
Hayes Lab
Research Interest:
The Role of the Architectural Transcription Factor HMGN1 in Modulating Inter-nucleosome Interactions
Megan MiaroEmail MeganMiaro
Graduate Student
Mathews Lab
Research Interest:
Predicting conserved non-canonical RNA interactions using sequence comparison
Julia Nicosia, MSEmail JuliaNicosia
Graduate Student
O'Connell Lab
Research Interest:
The role of the Type VI CRISPR-Cas accessory protein Csx27 in CRISPR-Cas13 mediated anti-viral immunity
Thomas OssevoortEmail ThomasOssevoort
Graduate Student
Ermolenko Lab
Research Interest:
Defining the roles of 5’UTR length and secondary structure in eukaryotic translation initiation
Yi Pan, MSEmail YiPan
Graduate Student
Yu Lab
Research Interest:
Targeted pseudouridylation identifies a novel Ψ-Ψ codon-anticodon pairing in nonsense suppression and translational recoding
Keegan ProctorEmail KeeganProctor
Graduate Student
Ermolenko Lab
Research Interest:
Developing a platform for experimental identification of genetic barriers to horizontal gene transfer in Staphylococcus aureus
Emily Robinson, MSEmail EmilyRobinson
Graduate Student
Grossfield Lab
Research Interest:
Application of Molecular Dynamics to Elucidate Key Binding Interactions for the Development of Therapeutics Against Opioid Overdose
Tiana RoheEmail TianaRohe
Graduate Student
Meyer Lab
Research Interest:
Sustainable Degradation of Marine Plastics using Vegetative and Sporulated 3D-Bioprinted Materials
James SeuchEmail JamesSeuch
Graduate Student
Mathews Lab
Research Interest:
Characterizing the RNA backbone can highlight important features common across structures
Akshara SharmaEmail AksharaSharma
Graduate Student
Grossfield Lab
Research Interest:
Designing Physically Intuitive Collective Variables That Drive Phase Separation in Lipid Bilayers
Lucas SimpsonEmail LucasSimpson
Graduate Student
Munger Lab
Research Interest:
High-throughput screening identifies EGLN prolyl hydroxylases as essential determinants of HCMV activation of mitochondrial metabolism
Zachary SmithEmail ZacharySmith
Graduate Student
Vertino Lab
Research Interest:
Examining the Functions of the KDM5 Demethylases in Luminal Lineage Breast Cancer
Yoshita Srivastava, PhDEmail YoshitaSrivastava
Graduate Student
Wedekind Lab
Research Interest:
Structure and Function Analysis of Bacterial Riboswitches that Control Translation
Nicole WaildEmail NicoleWaild
Graduate Student
Munger Lab
Research Interest:
Novel CRISPR Screening Pipeline identifies JUNB as an Inflammatory Anti-viral Factor