Chen Bao
Graduate Student
Ermolenko LabFrameshifting Stimulating Stem Loops Induce Ribosome Pausing by Inhibiting tRNA Binding to the Ribosome A Site
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Kyle Berger
Graduate Student
Turner LabSurprising Sequence Effects on GU Closure of RNA Loops
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Samuel Carrell
Graduate Student
Thornton LabTesting the limits of antisense oligonucleotide treatment for myotonic dystrophy Type 1
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Ellie Carrell Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Thornton LabExplores genetic requirements for repeat associated non-AUG (RAN) translation in skeletal muscle with the goal of defining the pathogenic contribution of this process in DM.
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Sai Chavali
Graduate Student
Wedekind LabStructural Analysis of Multiple Lab-Evolved Proteins that Bind HIV-1 TAR RNA with NanoMolar Affinity
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Jennifer Colquhoun
Graduate Student
Dunman LabIdentification of antimicrobials with activity in non-laboratory media.
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Meemanage De Zoysa
Graduate Student
Yu LabGuide-Substrate RNA Base-Pairing Requirements for RNA Guided Pseudouridylation
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Katherine Ebsworth-Mojica M.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dunman LabDeveloping the Adenylate Kinase assay for use with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and identifying antitubercular drugs.
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Mohammad Kayedkhordeh
Graduate Student
Mathews LabMonte Carlo: A New Approach to Predict RNA Secondary Structures Including Pseudoknots
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Bronwyn Lucas
Graduate Student
Maquat LabER-associated Functions of the Double-stranded RNA-binding Protein Staufen1
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Matthew Payea
Graduate Student
Phizicky LabMutations in the Anticodon Stem Can Provoke 5’-3’ tRNA Degradation by the Rapid tRNA Decay (RTD) Pathway
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Lauren Rice
Graduate Student
Butler LabUnderstanding protein interactions in the VapBC toxin-antitoxin system and identifying the RNA targets of VapC endoribonucleases.
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Brian Smith Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Culver LabUsing biochemical techniques to identify and characterize the roles of novel auxiliary protein factors in 30S ribosome biogenesis and decipher how 16S rRNA maturation is integrated into small ribosomal subunit biogenesis events in E.coli.
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Louis Smith
Graduate Student
Mathews LabDo Simulations of RNA Need Explicitly Modeled Hydrogen Bond Energies to be Accurate?
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Zhen Tan
Graduate Student
Mathews LabTurboFold II: RNA Structural Alignment and Secondary Structure Prediction Informed by Multiple Homologs
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Matthew Tanner
Graduate Student
Thornton LabExpanded repeat DNA tracts and their roles in splicing-mediated disease in myotonic dystrophy
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Monika Tasak
Graduate Student
Phizicky LabAnalysis of the tRNA Specificity of a Yeast Anticodon Loop Methyltransferase.
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Jiyu Wang
Graduate Student
Grayhack LabMulti-protein Bridging Factor 1(Mbf1), Rps3 and Asc1 Prevent Stalled Ribosomes from Frameshifting
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Li Xie
Graduate Student
Li LabMolecular and Cellular Mechanisms that Control Tissue Homeostasis and Somatic Stem Cells
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