Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Faculty & Students / Students Students Current BMB Student Composite ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZMohammed AliBoutz LabResearch Interest: Investigating differential intron sensitivity to core spliceosome factors that are amplified or deleted in developmental syndromes and cancerGloria Asantewaa, MSHarris LabResearch Interest: Interplay Between Glutathione and Hepatic Lipid MetabolismAlissa BeamWagner LabMd. Belal ChowdhuryFirst YearHannah ClaryKielkopf LabBrandon Davis, MSO'Connell LabResearch Interest: Picking up the Pieces: The Fragmented Process of Cas13 Mediated RNA Cleavage in Human CellsWyatt FalesFirst YearJeffrey GabellLueck LabJustin Galardi, MSKielkopf LabResearch Interest: A UHM-ULM interface contributes to the pre-mRNA splicing functions of U2AF2 and SF3B1Ryan HardyFirst YearLeon HarveyBoutz LabResearch Interest: Investigating the Role of RNA Helicases in Splicing Changes caused by Cancer Associated SF3B1 MutationsMaryClaire HaseleyWagner LabOmar Hedaya, MSYao LabResearch Interest: Understanding the Role of RNA Structures in Regulating Upstream Open Reading FramesEric Hillpot, MSGorbunova & Seluanov LaboratoryResearch Interest: Structural Characterization of a SIRT6-Nucleosome Array ComplexMolly Hulver, MSBoutz LabResearch Interest: Modeling CDK12 and CDK13 loss-of-function (LOF) in prostate cancer cells to investigate their roles in alternative polyadenylation and neo-antigen expressionMadeline JensenWagner LabResearch Interest: Identification and Structural Basis of a Novel Cellular Inhibitor of the Integrator Cleavage ModuleFeng Jiang, MSYao LabResearch Interest: Potential mRNA Translation-Related Function of RNA-Binding Protein PRRC2BDaniil KiliushikWedekind LabMert KokaO'Connell LabRahiim LakeSecond YearMatthew LawWedekind LabElizabeth LucasHayes LabNicholas Macoretta, MSGorbunova & Seluanov LaboratoryResearch Interest: The Role of Histone Modifications and Variants in Longevity of Rodent SpeciesJulia Nicosia, MSO'Connell LabResearch Interest: The role of the Type VI CRISPR-Cas accessory protein Csx27 in the regulation of CRISPR-Cas13 mediated anti-viral immunityThomas OssevoortErmolenko LabYi Pan, MSYu LabResearch Interest: Exploring the potential role of U2 m6Am modification in branch site recognition during pre-mRNA splicingAlexander ParksFirst YearKeegan ProctorErmolenko LabMatthew Raymonda, MSMunger LabResearch Interest: Identifying the Mechanisms of UL38-Mediated Metabolic RigidityTiana RoheMeyer LabJack SchwartzFirst YearLucas SimpsonMunger LabResearch Interest: Defining the vulnerabilities of HCMV’s metabolic landscape Zachary SmithVertino LabResearch Interest: Regulation of transcription by histone demethylase KDM5B in breast cancerJennifer Twardowski, MSMello LabResearch Interest: Inhibition of Precancerous Transformation via Drug-Induced p53 ActivationElinore Vangraafeiland, MSBenjamin Miller LabResearch Interest: Targeting programmed ribosomal frameshifting in SARS-CoV-2 with a resin-bound dynamic combinatorial libraryNicole WaildMunger LabResearch Interest: CRISPR-mediated Functional Dissection of the HCMV InteractomeLindsey WainwrightYao LabResearch Interest: Stress-responsive regulation of translation initiation