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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Clara Kielkopf
Research Interest: Splicing defects in hematologic malignancies; roles of human pre-mRNA splicing factors in HIV-1 infectivity; development of engineered splicing factors for correction of splicing defects; splice sites and their associated proteins as therapeutic targets.

Faculty

Jermaine Jenkins
Jermaine Jenkins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
MC
Phone: (585) 275-5305
Email Jermaine
Research Interest:

X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy analysis of RNA and protein-RNA complexes

Research Staff

Mary Pulvino
Mary Pulvino
Senior Technical Associate
MC 3-8547
Phone: (585) 276-3681

Graduate Students

Christopher Kirchhoff
Research Interest:

Investigating Dynamic Exchanges Among Pre-mRNA Splicing Factor Complexes

Hannah Powell
Research Interest:

Nuclear Inhibitor of Protein Phosphatase-1(NIPP1) regulates phosphorylation of SF3B1, a cancer-relevant pre-mRNA splicing factor

Research Assistants

Natasha Sieczkiewicz
Natasha Sieczkiewicz
Undergraduate Student
Martin Wang
Martin Wang
Undergraduate Student