Students

PictureStudentPronounsYearLabResearch Project
Max CrowderCrowder, Max1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - Computational modeling of chemical biophysics in immunological systems
Gabe FortunatoFortunato, GabeHe/Him/His1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - Understanding thermodynamics of protein folding
Gabe FortunatoLee, Nathan1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - Protein dynamics, folding, thermodynamics, energy landscapes
Justin NguyenNguyen, JustinHe/Him/His1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - Protein structures, function, and dynamics; protein design; combining computational and experimental methods
Kiara ThompsonThompson, KiaraShe/Her/Hers1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - Protein structure and design engineering for therapeutic applications
Aaron TranTran, Aaron They/Them/Theirs1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - RNA structural biology, protein-nucleic acid interactions
Vogt, JeffVogt, Jeffrey1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - RNA structural biology and computational biology
David WollensakWollensak, David1Currently completing coursework & rotationsThesis Topic - TBD
Interests - Conserved structures in RNA and their roles in controlling translation, differentiation, and the immune system.
Sam BotterbuschBotterbusch, Sam2KavranRegulation and activation of eukaryotic protein kinases
Tisdale, GarrettTisdale, Garrett2WuLive cell imaging of translation kinetics
White, EliseWhite, Elise2WoodsonModeling the dynamics of Hfq-RNA interactions at an atomistic scale
Wood, NeilWood, Neil2FriedUnderstanding aging-related loss of proteostasis
Zegans, MaxZegans, Max2BaileyStructural and kinetic basis of priming in the E. coli CRISPR system
Dillard, LucasDillard, Lucas 3TwomeyStructure and assembly of tight junctions
Hutchinson, ZoeCross, Zoe
(Née Hutchinson)
3BaileyStructural studies of methyl reading proteins
Nachurski, Adam3FruehTBD
Nesterova, Tanya3Liu
Pearce, Marie3HilserCharacterizing metamorphic proteins by NMR
Fabilane, CharinaFabilane, Charina3SpanglerDevelopment of antibody-cytokine fusion proteins as a therapeutic by immunoengineering
Fine, JustynFine, Justyn3SpanglerDeveloping a bispecific antibody therapeutic for cancer metastasis
Meneses, PaulMeneses, Paul3HaBinding and movement of proteins along nucleosomes
Andrick, Anna4HilserInvestigating coupling between domains in Adenylate Kinase
Canner, Sam4GrayComputational modeling of glycans for molecular and immunological recognition
Ori, AndreaOri, Andrea4FlemingThermodynamic characterization of outer membrane proteins using NMR
Yepes, Martin4XiaoTracking the in vivo dynamics of lytic transglycosylases
Edgar MSManriquez-Sandoval, Edgar 4FriedIdentifying protein-protein interaction with crosslinking mass spectrometry
Aviles, Franklin5HaExploring the kinetics and dynamics of Rad51 DNA repair protein in telomeres
Harris, Fran5XiaoInvestigating chromosome organization and gene expression in E. coli
Park, Esther5GreenCharacterizing the mechanism and proteins involved in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay using biochemistry and genomics
Rahman, Sanim5WolbergerStructural and functional basis of methylation by arginine methyltransferases
Whitehead, Briana5HristovaDevelopment of Structural and Biophysical Approaches to Study RTK Mechanisms
Qu, AmandaQu, Amanda5BarrickBiophysical investigations of allostery in consensus designed enzymes
Brantley, Sarah6HilserCharacterization of dynamic disorder in enzymes using NMR spectroscopy
Devlin, Taylor6FlemingBinding of unfolded outer membrane proteins to periplasmic chaperones.
Evans, Daniel6LauDesign of allosteric regulators of glutamate receptors
Fernandez, Amy6BergerStructural and mechanistic studies of prokaryotic DNA replication initiation
Hurst, MirandaHurst, Miranda6Garcia-MorenoCharacterizing conformational dynamics of proteins with buried ionizable residues using NMR spectroscopy
Ifunanya NwogbagaNwogbaga, Ifunanya6CamleyCharacterizing the relationship between spontaneous cell turning and cell polarity under perturbations of an environmental signal
NicolasYehyaYehya, Nicolas5XiaoInvestigation of gene regulation by chromosomal topological organization in E. coli
Beckett, Morgan7BaileyStructural and functional studies of methylated DNA binding proteins
Cook, Cyril7BarrickThermodynamic characterization of the Notch transcription activation complex
Ana de la cruzDe La Cruz, Ana7WuDevelopment of a robust fluorescence method to detect RS218 E .coliinvasion of human brain endothelial cells
Lueck, Jacob7SohnStructural and biochemical studies of inflammasome signaling
Siddiqui, Arman 8BergerStructural and mechanistic study into type IIA topoisomerase energy transduction capabilities