URMC / Labs / Lueck Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorJohn D. Lueck, Ph.D.MCPhone: (585) 276-5489Email JohnResearch Interest: Determining the therapeutic promise of engineered tRNAs for treatment of nonsense associated diseases and investigating the pathomechanisms of skeletal muscle weakness and wasting in myotonic dystrophyPostdoctoral ScholarsChristina S. Heil, Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowJoseph Porter, Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowGraduate StudentsLily Cisco, M.S.CMPP - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Pathomechanism of skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration in Myotonic DystrophyKatherine EdwardsCMPP - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. ProgramRhodalyn EssienCMPP - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Suppression of cerebral cavernous malformation nonsense mutation using anti-codon edited tRNAs Jeffrey GabellBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Development of tools and tRNA-based therapeutics for rescue of PTC-derived disease and improved target protein expressionWooree Ko, M.S.CMPP - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Exploring the use of suppressor tRNAs for suppression of nonsense mutations in the CFTR gene as a potential treatment for cystic fibrosisMatthew Sipple, M.S.MSTP - Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)MD - Medical Education (M.D.)CMPP - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Characterizing the molecular underpinnings of muscle excitability in Myotonic Dystrophy and the development of potential therapeuticsResearch AssistantsAlexandra BarcanUndergraduate StudentJennasea LicataUndergraduate StudentEmily SorensenUndergraduate Student