Recent Graduates
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
Currently: Assistant Professor, Wilmot Cancer Center, Strong Memorial Hospital
Studies in Oxidative Damage Induced Signaling: A Focus Outside the Nucleus
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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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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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Joseph Whipple, Ph.D.
Defining the Substrate Specificity Determinants for the Yeast Rapid tRNA Decay Pathway and the Identification of Factors that Mediate Degradation
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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:
- William J. Bowers, Ph.D.
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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: Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Genetics Laboratories, Indiana School of Medicine
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:
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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.
2008
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Lindsay Burwell, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Identification of Mitochondrial S-nitrosothiols and Determination of the Protective Effect of Mitochondrial S-nitrosation in Cardiac Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Advisor:
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Kevin Callahan, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester Cancer Center
Core exosome independent function of the nuclear exoribonuclease Rrp6p
Advisor:
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Irina Chernyakov, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Degradation of several hypomodified mature tRNA species in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is mediated by Met22, and the 5’-3’ exonucleases Rat1 and Xrn1
Advisor:
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Hope Cole, Ph.D.
Currently: IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Activities of Two Base Excision Repair Enzymes on Nucleosomal Substrates
Advisor:
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Lu Gao, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Scientist/Genomic Technologies Facility Manager, Iowa State University, Center for Plant Genomics
Factors That Promote Recombination during HIV-1 Reverse Transcription and Properties of M184 Drug Resistant Reverse Transcriptases
Advisor:
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Min Song, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Department of Genetics
Unique Mechanisms that Control the Efficiency of HIV-1 Minus Strand Strong Stop Transfer
Advisor:
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Seasson Vitiello, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
The Yeast Model for Batten Disease: Genetic and Physical Interactions
Advisor:
- David A. Pearce, Ph.D.
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