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 Fellows and Graduate Students
Kadijah AbstonGraduate Student
Li Lab
Define the information carriers in semen underlying Pb-induced transgenerational behavioral alterations.
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Chen BaoGraduate Student
Ermolenko Lab
Elucidating the Mechanism of Ribosome Pausing Mediated by mRNA Secondary Structures
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Lauren Benoodt, M.S.Graduate Student
Thakar Lab
Extending Pathways for Mechanistic Predictions from Large Scale Data
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Michael Bryan, M.S.Graduate Student
Benjamin Miller Lab
Development of Silicon Nitride Photonic Microring Resonator Arrays as a Biosensing Platform for Multiplex Setection of Biologically Relevant Protein Targets
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Chapin Cavender, M.S.Graduate Student
Mathews Lab
Capturing the Influence of Solvent in Quantum Chemistry Calculations of RNAs
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Sai ChavaliGraduate Student
Wedekind Lab
Structural Characterization of Multiple Lab-Evolved Proteins Reveals Signature Sequences in HIV-1 TAR RNA Recognition
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Jessica CieslaGraduate Student
Munger Lab
Elucidating the Role of UL26 in Human Cytomegalovirus Infection and Proliferation
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Tyler Couch, M.S.Graduate Student
Steiner Lab
Human Erythroblasts with c-Kit Activating Mutations Have Reduced Cell Culture Costs and Remain Capable of Terminal Maturation and Enucleation
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Brandon DavisGraduate Student
O'Connell Lab
Elucidating Guide-RNA Design Rules for Efficient and Highly Specific Cas13 RNA-targeting in Human Cells
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Meemanage De Zoysa, M.S.Graduate Student
Yu Lab
The Effect of U2 snRNA Pseudouridylation on Pre-mRNA Splicing in S. cerevisiae
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Sierra Fox, M.S.Graduate Student
Bulger Lab
Dissecting the Function of Domain-Forming Transcriptional Enhancers
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Christopher Goodwin, M.S.Graduate Student
Munger Lab
HCMV and NFκB Signaling: Viral Modulation of Host Cell Inflammatory Signaling During Infection
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Fanfan Hao, M.S.Graduate Student
Hayes Lab
Communication Between the Core Histone Tails and the H1 Carboxyl-Terminal Domain
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Omar HedayaGraduate Student
Yao Lab
The Role of DDX3X in the Translation of Cardiomyocyte Transcription Factors
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Lisa Houston, M.S.Graduate Student
Grayhack Lab
Dissecting Mechanisms by which Particular Codon Pairs Regulate Translation
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Nazish Jeffery, M.S.Graduate Student
Bulger Lab
H2A.X Loss Results in Defective Erythroid Terminal Maturation
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Feng JiangGraduate Student
Yao Lab
Cracking the Function of PRRC2B in Translation Initiation
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Mohammad Kayedkhordeh, M.S.Graduate Student
Mathews Lab
Monte Carlo: A New Approach to Predict RNA Secondary Structures Including Pseudoknots
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Ashwin KumarGraduate Student
Hayes Lab
Mapping Inter-Nucleosomal Interactions in Model Nucleosomal Arrays
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Lingfeng Luo, M.S.Graduate Student
Yan Lab
The Roles of PDE10A and PDE1A in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Pathological Vascular Remodeling
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Luke Marr, M.S.Graduate Student
Hayes Lab
Probing Chromatin Structure through Accessible Histone Surfaces
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Mukta PalshikarGraduate Student
Thakar Lab
Single-cell RNAseq Analysis Reveals Immune Cell Heterogeneity in people with HIV+ and Atherosclerosis
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Letty Salas Estrada, M.S.Graduate Student
Grossfield Lab
Study of Ultra-fast Rhodopsin Activation Dynamics with
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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Louis Smith, M.S.Graduate Student
Mathews Lab
Do Simulations of RNA Need Explicitly Modeled Hydrogen Bond Energies to be Accurate?
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Arica VanderWalGraduate Student
O'Connell Lab
Determining the Mechanism by which Accessory Protein Csx28 Enhances RNA-Targeting of CRISPR-Cas13b
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Ethan WalkerGraduate Student
Ghaemmaghami Lab
Investigation of Proteome-Wide Trends in Protein Stability using Mass Spectrometry
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Jiyu Wang, M.S.Graduate Student
Grayhack Lab
Stalled Ribosomes Maintain the Reading Frame Due to the Multi-protein Bridging Factor 1(Mbf1), Rps3 and Asc1
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Li XieGraduate Student
Pröschel Lab
Li Lab
Lie Xi joined the Proschel Lab in 2016, and is currently applying his extensive molecular skill towards analyzing the effects of EIF2B mutations in VWM disease on astrocyte function. He also collaborates with the spinal cord research team on investigating the effects of new pharmacological treatments on the Immune response in acute SCI. Lie Xi also became a proud father this year!
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Hong Zhu, M.S. Graduate Student
Dumont Lab
Yeast Cell Surface Display of HIV Envelope Glycoprotein for Vaccine Development
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