URMC / Labs / Boutz Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorPaul L. Boutz, Ph.D.MCPhone: (585) 276-8739Email PaulResearch Interest: Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylation in healthy and diseased states; the contribution of RNA processing to cancer biology; effects of small molecule drugs on RNA processing and gene expression.Research StaffQuinn DoubetLaboratory Technician IIIAndrew PolevodaProgrammer/AnalystMC 3-7537Phone: (585) 275-9331Graduate StudentsMohammed AliBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Investigating differential intron sensitivity to PUF60, a gene that is deleted or amplified in developmental syndromes and cancersLeon HarveyBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Investigating the Role of RNA Helicases in Splicing Changes caused by Cancer Associated SF3B1 MutationsXueyang He, MSBSCB - Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Modeling the effects of cancer-associated spliceosome mutations and identifying driving intronic features using deep-learning neural networksMolly Hulver, MSBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Modeling CDK12 and CDK13 Loss-of-Function to Investigate Their Roles in Alternative Polyadenylation and Neoantigen Expression