Group Photo, June 2011. From Row (from left): Karen Ruff, Kathryn Dumschott, Alicia Darnell, Scott Strobel, Dave Hiller, Katie Smith, Thanh Vu Erion, Carly Shanahan, and Brian Dunican; Back Row (from left): Jared Davis, Cambria Alpha, Robert Meehan, Meghan Griffin, Durga Thakral, Jeffrey Shaw, Daniel Spakowicz, and Nicolas Carrasco. Not pictured: Madeline Cavanaugh.     Current Lab Members (updated August 2011)     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     Katie Smith Associate Research Scientist Ph.D., Yale University, 2011 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Scott Strobel Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: kathryn.smith@yale.edu         Kathryn Dumschott Lab Manager Yale University Room 312 J.W. Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: Kathryn.Dumschott@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     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 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: jared.davis@yale.edu     Jeffrey Shaw Postdoctoral Associate, 2009 Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2009 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Rachel Green Current: Pending Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email:jeffrey.shaw@yale.edu     Kaury Kucera Lecturer & Postdoctoral Associate, 2010 Ph.D., Yale University, 2010 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Yorgo Modis Current: MB&B 230 Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory. Room 312 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-436-4896 Email: Kaury.Kucera@yale.edu     Karen Ruff Postdoctoral Associate, 2011 Ph.D., Harvard University, 2010 Ph.D. Advisor: Professor David Liu Current: Understanding cooperativity in the glycine riboswitch. Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-436-9206 Email: Karen.Ruff@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 404 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-0565 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 404 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-0565 Email: carly.shanahan@yale.edu     Cambria Alpha Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Identifying the basis for fungal resistance to volatile organic compounds produced by Muscodor albus. Room 312 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206 Email: cambria.alpha@yale.edu     Brian Dunican Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project: Ribosome catalysis of peptide release. Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949 Email: brian.dunican@yale.edu     Robert Meehan Ph.D. Student Yale University Department of Chemistry Project: Pending Room 404 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-0565 Email: robert.meehan@yale.edu     Durga Thakral BS / MS Yale Undergraduate '12 Beckman and Goldwater Scholar Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Project:  Investigating Inhibition of Prokaryotic Translation by Natural Products from Rainforest Endophytes. Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-436-9206 Email: Durga.Thakral@yale.edu     Alicia Darnell Yale Undergraduate '12 Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Room 321 J.W. Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-436-9206 Email: Alicia.Darnell@yale.edu