Recent Graduates
2013
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Kimberly Dean, Ph.D.
Selection, Identification, and Characterization of Codon Pairs that Inhibit Translation and the Development of the RNA-ID Method to Measure the Effects of Cis-Regulatory Elements
Advisor:
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Geoffrey Lippa, Ph.D.
Thermodynamic Analysis and Characterization of Viral-Host Protein Interactions as a Preface to HIV Therapeutic Design
Advisor:
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Sharon Pepenella, Ph.D.
Characterization of Intra- and Inter-nucleosomal Interactions of the Histone H4 Tail Domain and the Effects of H4 Acetylation on Chromatin Structure
Advisor:
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Cody Spencer, Ph.D.
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis: Elucidating the Mechanisms Behind the Manipulation and Necessity of a Metabolic Pathway Critical for Viral and Cancer Pathogenesis
Advisor:
2012
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Jennifer DeAngelis, Ph.D.
The Mechanisms for Catalytic Inactivation of FVIIIa by APC and Factor Xa
Advisor:
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Rozzy Finn, Ph.D.
The Role of Glutamate Receptors in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Advisor:
- David A. Pearce, Ph.D.
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Jason Gloor, Ph.D.
Currently: Computer Consultant, Excellus
Binding and Cleavage Specificities of Human Dna2 and FEN1 Define Their Enzymatic Activities during DNA Replication and Repair
Advisor:
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Chenguang Gong, Ph.D.
Staufen1-Mediated mRNA Decay in Mammalian Cells
Advisor:
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Athena Kantartzis, Ph.D.
Currently: Clinical Chemistry Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance
Advisor:
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Jessica McArdle, Ph.D.
Uncovering the Mechanism by Which Human Cytomegalovirus Mediates Glycolytic Activation
Advisor:
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Adam Miller, Ph.D.
Human Telomere DNA Damage by Oxidation and Direct Effect Ionizing Radiation, and the Promotion of Telomere DNA Repair by Telomere Proteins
Advisor:
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Karyn Schmidt, Ph.D.
Air Proteins Control Differential TRAMP Substrate Specificity for Nuclear RNA Surveillance
Advisor:
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Wen Shen, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad CA
Factors that Promote Strand Transfer Recombination during HIV-1 Reverse Transcription
Advisor:
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Guowei Wu, Ph.D.
Constitutive and inducible pseudouridylation of S. cerevisiae U2 snRNA
Advisor:
2011
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Keith Connolly, Ph.D.
Currently: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Biology Department, Culver Lab, University of Rochester
Quality control and organization of small ribosomal subunit biogenesis
Advisors:
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Jennifer Gewandter, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Professor, Wilmot Cancer Center, Strong Memorial Hospital
Studies in Oxidative Damage Induced Signaling: A Focus Outside the Nucleus
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Ryan Henry, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Multiple Roles for Members of the Long Flap Pathway in Okazaki Fragment Processing
Advisor:
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Christopher Hine, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. James Mitchell Lab, Harvard
Defying and Defeating Cancer: Hyaluronic Acid and the Rad51 Promoter
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John Karijolich, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Michael Hampsey Lab
Regulation of Translation Termination by Box H/ACA RNP-mediated Post-transcriptional Modification
Advisor:
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Holly Kuzmiak, Ph.D.
Roles of Hho1p, Esc2p, and the post-translational modification of Sir2p in transcriptional silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Advisors:
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Ning Liu, Ph.D.
Mechanism of ySWI/SNF and RSC catalyzed nucleosome sliding
Advisor:
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David Stephenson, Ph.D.
Pseudouridylation of the Branch Site Recognition Region of U2 Affects Spliceosome Structure and Function
Advisor:
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Amir Taslimi, Ph.D.
Conformational Changes Associated with Activation of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae α-factor Receptor Ste2p
Advisor:
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Joseph Whipple, Ph.D.
Defining the Substrate Specificity Determinants for the Yeast Rapid tRNA Decay Pathway and the Identification of Factors that Mediate Degradation
Advisor:
2010
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Tamara Caterino, Ph.D.
Currently: Clinical Research Associate, Bausch and Lomb
Molecular Determinants of Linker Histone Binding to Nucleosomes
Advisor:
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Michael DeRan, Ph.D.
The Role of NPAT in S-Phase-Dependent Histone Gene Transcription and DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
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Suresh DeSilva, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University
Development of a Bipartite Herpes Simplex Virus Sleeping Beauty Amplicon Vector Platform: Toward Site-Directed Integration of Large Transgenons Within the Human Genome
Advisor:
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Kriti Gaur, Ph.D.
A novel role for tumor suppressor gene Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) in regulating ribosomal RNA (rRNA) synthesis
Advisors:
- Jeffrey J. Hayes, Ph.D.
- Willis X. Li, Ph.D.
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Amanda Getty, Ph.D.
Studies of the Cell Biology of CLN3 and Cell Motility Defects in the Cln3-/- Mouse
Advisor:
- David A. Pearce, Ph.D.
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Chao Huang, Ph.D.
Currently: Research Scientist, Bristol-Meyers Squibb
2'O-methylation of Yeast Telomerase in RNA
Advisor:
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David Johnson, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Samuelson Lab, University of Rochester
Mitochondrial membrane fusion, pH homeostasis and ROS signaling in C. elegans
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Chun Mathers, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Munger Lab, University of Rochester
Mechanisms and Functional Roles of Pseudouridines in RNAs
Advisor:
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Jason Pike, Ph.D.
Currently: Laboratory Technologist, Indiana University Molecular Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory
Understanding Why Three Pathways are Needed for Synthesis of Eukaryotic Nuclear DNA
Advisor:
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Jason Salter, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wedekind Lab, University of Rochester
Biophysical Characterization of the HIV-1 Viral Infectivity Factor and the Innate-Immunity Factor APOBEC3G
Advisor:
2009
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George Fromm, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
The Formation and Function of Chromatin Domains at the Murine Beta Globin Locus
Advisor:
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Chad Galloway, Ph.D.
Currently: Scientist, First Wave Technologies, Buffalo, NY
Metabolic Regulation and Structural Evaluation of APOBEC-1 Complementation Factor
Advisor:
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David Hoffman, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Rochester
The Production of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species at Steady-state Oxygen Concentrations: Implications for Oxygen Sensing
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Jennifer Newell, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
Contributions of Active Site Docking and Exosite Binding to the Mechanism of Thrombin-Catalyzed Activation of Factor VIII
Advisor:
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Juanita Perera, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, German Cancer Center, Heidelberg, Germany
SYT-SSX1 Regulates PIASy Activity to Cause the Overexpression of NCOA3 in Synovial Sarcoma
Advisor:
- Yin Sun, Ph.D.
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Melanie Preston, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Investigation of the Roles of the Highly Conserved G-1 Residue of tRNAHis and Analysis of Unexpected Modification Changes in tRNAHis Variants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Advisor:
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Sean Rigby, Ph.D.
Currently: BASF Professional Development Program
Mechanism Analysis of the Factors that Determine the Efficiency of Recombination Events during HIV-1 Reverse Transcription
Advisor:
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Sabrina Seehafer, Ph.D.
Currently: DNA Criminalist, Deparment of Criminal Investigation, State of Iowa
Studies on the Biochemical and Immunological Consequence of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses
Advisor:
- David A. Pearce, Ph.D.
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Madhavika Serasinghe, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
Identification of Novel Molecular Interactions of the Mitochondrial Fission Protein hFis1: Insight into its Action Mechanism and Therapeutic Potential
Advisor:
- Yisang Yoon, Ph.D.
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Jason Stewart, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Functional Interactions between Replication Protein A, Dna2, and Flap Endonuclease 1 during Okazaki Fragment Processing
Advisor:
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Beth Van Winkle, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Monocytes and Their Mitochondria in Alzheimer's Disease
Advisor:
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Devin Wolfe, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Research Scientist, Nathan Kline Institute
The Interrelationship between pH, Btn1p and Phospholipid Regulation
Advisor:
- David A. Pearce, Ph.D.
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