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| 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. |
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| Current Lab Members (updated on May 20, 2009) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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