URMC / Labs / Wedekind Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorJoseph E. Wedekind, Ph.D.MC 3-7409Phone: (585) 273-4516Email JosephResearch Interest: Structure and function analysis of gene regulation by non-protein-coding (nc)RNAs as a basis for therapeutic development.FacultyJermaine Jenkins, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorMCPhone: (585) 275-5305Email JermaineResearch Interest: Crystallography of RNA and Protein-RNA complexes Postdoctoral ScholarsRachel Bonn, PhDResearch Interest: Optimization of an HIV TAR-RNA-binding cyclic-peptide library for enhanced interactions and antiviral functionResearch StaffMaxime Cuypers, PhDStaff ScientistGraduate StudentsColeman GoennerBSCB - Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Ph.D. ProgramDaniil KiliushikBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramGriffin Schroeder, MSBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: A small RNA that cooperatively senses two stacked metabolites in one pocket for gene controlYoshita Srivastava, MSBSCB - Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Optimization of an HIV TAR-RNA-binding cyclic-peptide library for enhanced interactions and antiviral functionResearch AssistantsMaya LippardUndergraduate Student