Scott A. Strobel Laboratory, Yale Unversity

Group Photo, June 2009. Back Row (from left): Dave Hiller, Emily Moore, Ethan Butler, Thanh Vu, Tara Gianoulis, Meghan Griffin, David Kingery, Ian Suydam, Alexandra Antonioli; Front Row (from left): Katie Smith, Vipender Singh, Alison Livingston, Scott Strobel, Sarah Lipchock, Jared Davis, Carly Shanahan, Cambria Alpha, Lori-Ann Boulanger, and Nicolas Carrasco. Not included in the picture: Daniel Spakowicz and Madeline Cavanaugh.

Current Lab Members (updated on May 20, 2009)


		Professor Scott A. Strobel Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry 266 Whitney Avenue, Room 309A J.W. Gibbs New Haven, CT 06520-8114 Office Phone: 203-432-9772; Office Fax: 203-432-5767 Email: scott.strobel@yale.edu
		Madeline Y. Cavanaugh Assistant to Professor Strobel & Undergraduate Registrar Yale University-Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry 266 Whitney Avenue, Room 309C J.W. Gibbs New Haven, CT 06520-8114 Tel: 203 432 5566 Email: madeline.cavanaugh@yale.edu

		Alexandra Antonioli Lab manager Yale University, '07 Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Investigation of the reverse kink turn in the Azoarcus Group I Intron Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: alexandra.antonioli@yale.edu

		Nicolas Carrasco NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005 Ph.D., The City University of New York, 2005 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Zhen Huang Current: Mechanism of ribosomal stalling by nascent peptides Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: nicolas.carrasco@yale.edu

		Ian Suydam NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006 Ph.D., Stanford University, 2005 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Steven Boxer Project: Fluorine Containing Nucleotides as Probes of Nucleobase Protonation States Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: ian.suydam@yale.edu

		Dave Hiller NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006 Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara, 2005 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor John Perona Current: Kinetic isotope effect on ribosomal peptide bond formation Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: david.hiller@yale.edu

		Vipender Singh Postdoctoral Associate, 2006 James Hudson Brown-Alexander Brown Coxe Fellowship Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2006; Advisor: Professor Vern Schramm Current: Role of guanoside on ribozyme catalysis Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: vipender.singh@yale.edu

		Lori-Ann Boulanger Postdoctoral Associate, 2007 Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2006 Ph.D. advisor: Professor Melissa J. Moore Project: Isolation of endophytes with interesting biological properties Room 321 J.W. Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: lori.boulanger@yale.edu

		Jared Davis NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Samuel Butcher Current: Mechanism of mRNA cleavage at the A-Site Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: jared.davis@yale.edu

		Alison Livingston NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008 Ph.D., University of Utah, 2006 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Sheila S. David Project: Investigation of the GEMM riboswitch Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: alison.livingston@yale.edu

		Tara Gianoulis Postdoctoral Associate, 2009 Ph.D., Yale University, 2009 Ph.D. Advisors: Professors Mark Gerstein and Michael Snyder Project: Computational analysis of biofuel production in microorganisms Lab Phone: 203- 432-5405 Email: tara dot gianoulis at yale dot edu

		Ethan Butler Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Glycine riboswitch structure and cooperativity Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: ethan.butler@yale.edu

		David Kingery Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Project: Bronsted analysis of the peptidyl transferase reaction Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: david.kingery@yale.edu

		Sarah Lipchock Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Chemistry Project: Structural studies of the group I intron Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: sarah.lipchock@yale.edu

		Katie Smith Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Chemistry Project: Structural and biochemical characterization of the GEMM riboswitch Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: kathryn.smith@yale.edu

		Thanh Vu Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Biochemical investigations of the glycine riboswitch Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: thanh.vu@yale.edu

		Meghan Griffin Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry NSF Predoctoral Fellowship Project: Biochemical studies of biofuel production in microorganisms Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: meghan.griffin@yale.edu

		Daniel Spakowicz Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Genetic basis of biofuel producing microbes Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: daniel.spakowicz@yale.edu

		Carly Shanahan Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Chemistry Project: Biochemical investigation of the GEMM riboswitch Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: carly.shanahan@yale.edu

		Cambria Alpha Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Pending Room 312 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: cambria.alpha@yale.edu

		Emily Moore Undergraduate Student Yale University, '09 Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Pending Room 312 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: emily.moore@yale.edu