Recent Graduates
2011
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Krystle McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Structural and Thermodynamic Analysis of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions Involved in Gene Regulation
Advisor:
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Min Sun Park, Ph.D.
Currently: Senior Research Fellow, University of Washington
Computational Studies of Protein Dynamics and Their Interactions with Small Molecules
Advisor:
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Matthew Seetin, Ph.D.
RNA Structure Prediction: Advancing both Secondary and Tertiary Structure Prediction
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Jessica Snyder, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Robert Clark's Lab, University of Rochester
Porous Nanocrystalline Silicon Membranes as Sieves and Pumps
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2009
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Prakash Palde, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Exploring Small Molecules as Receptors in Carbohydrate Recognition and as Ligands Targeting RNA Sequences Relevant to HIV-1
Advisor:
2008
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Peter Gareiss, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
Small Molecule Evolution: Dynamic Combinatorial Selection Applied to the Discovery of Novel RNA-Binding Small Molecules
Advisor:
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Zhi Lu, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
Secondary Structure Prediction of Non-coding RNA
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Charles Mace, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Development of Arrayed Imaging Reflectometry as a Tool to Monitor Human Immunological Responses to Pathogens
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Andrew Torrelli, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Structural Studies of Transition-State Stabilization by a Small Catalytic RNA, Metabolite-Binding by a Regulatory RNA Sequence and the Mechanism of Action of Activation Induced Deaminase
Advisor:
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Rahul Tyagi, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences
Predicting RNA Structure and Discovering Functional RNA Sequences in Genomes Using Folding Thermodynamics
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2007
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Nathan Ross, Ph.D.
Currently: Group Leader, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Understanding Protein-Protein Interactions as a Prerequisite to Small Molecule Inhibitor Design
Advisor:
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Neelaabh Shankar, Ph.D.
Currently: Professional Specialist, Nixon Peabody
NMR studies of two conserved RNA internal loops found in ribosomes
Advisor:
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Xiaodong Wang, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Harvard University
The Effect of Acetylation on Interactions of the Histone N-terminal Tail Domain with DNA in Nucleosome Core Particles and Nucleosome Arrays
Advisor:
2006
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Sanjib Dutta, Ph.D.
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fragment Complementation of a Fibronectin Type III Domain and Its Applications in High-Throughput Protein Stability Analysis
Advisor:
- Shohei Koide, Ph.D.
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Austin Gehret, Ph.D.
Currently: Instructor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Understanding the Mechanisms of Dominant Negative Effects on Pheromone Signaling by Mutant Ste2p Receptors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Advisor:
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Marina Roginskaya, Ph.D.
Currently: Lecturer, East Tennessee State University
Oxidative Damage to DNA by Ionizing Radiation: Chemical Pathways and Radioprotection
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Blanton Tolbert, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Professor, Miami University
Determination and Decomposition of the Factors Affecting the pKa of the Catalytic Cysteine Residue of the Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzymes (E2s): Insight into the Chemical Basis of E2 Function
Advisors:
- Ravi Basavappa, Ph.D.
- Douglas H. Turner, Ph.D.
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Lea Vacca, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Effects of Conformational Dynamics on Bacterial Cytochrome c Function
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Martha Wilkinson, Ph.D.
Currently: Technical Support Scientist, BD Biosciences
Construction of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteomic library and the identification and characterization of a novel 2'-O-methyltransferase that acts on position 4 of tRNA in yeast
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