| 1 | Divyaa Bhagdikar
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Identification and characterization of S-box riboswitches that regulate at the level of translation initiation |
Tina Henkin |
| 2 | Debmalya Bhunia
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Design and Synthesis of DNA/RNA Targeted Novel α-PNAs Based on Amino Side Chains |
Prof. Dennis Bong |
| 3 | Rachel Braun
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Fine-tuning a novel fluorescence assay for the high-throughput screening of RNase P |
Venkat Gopalan |
| 4 | Nathaniel Burge
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The effect of histone H1 chaperones on H1 dynamics and nucleosomal DNA accessibility. |
Michael Poirier |
| 5 | Allison Webb Chasser
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EGL-38 coordinates development in the Caenhorhabditis elegans egg-laying system through EGF pathway dependent and independent functions |
amwebbohio@gmail.com |
| 6 | Marcos Corchado
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The role of lpr-3 as a cell non-autonomous regulator of activated let-60/Ras in C. elegans |
Helen Chamberlin |
| 7 | Natalie Deans
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Paramutation at the maize pl1 locus is manifest by a developmentally-essential CHD3 nucleosome remodeler |
Jay Hollick |
| 8 | Shekaraiah Devari
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Design and Synthesis of DNA/RNA Targeted Novel α-PNAs Based on Amino Side Chains |
Prof. Dennis Bong |
| 9 | Pooja Gangras
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Proximal 3'UTR introns elicit EJC-dependent NMD during zebrafish development. |
Sharon L. Amacher and Guramrit Singh |
| 10 | Michelle Gibbs
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Role of conserved GTPase BipA in assembly of the 50S subunit of the ribosome |
Kurt Fredrick |
| 11 | Jenna Greve
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Coordination chemistry and catalytic activity of the Human Aspartyl (Asparaginyl) Hydroxylase |
James A. Cowan |
| 12 | Nien-Ching Han
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Elucidate the mechanism of BMAA misincorporation |
Michael Ibba |
| 13 | Pepsi Holmquist
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Native Mass Spectrometry Reveals Population Shifts from Allosteric Coupling Between Small Molecule and RNA Binding to the Gene Regulatory Protein TRAP |
Dr. Mark Foster and Dr. Vicki Wysocki |
| 14 | Nathan Howell
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Determinants of substrate specificity for the Trm10 family of tRNA modification enzymes |
Jane Jackman |
| 15 | Malithi Jayasinghe
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Reverse (3'-5') RNA polymerases: Applications beyond tRNAHis maturation and non-coding RNA processing |
Jane E. Jackman |
| 16 | Ben Jepson
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Assessing the biological function of cytoplasmic tRNA methyltransferase (Trm10) enzymes in Danio rerio |
Jane Jackman |
| 18 | Safiya Khurshid
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Modulation of insulin receptor alternative splicing to develop cancer therapeutics |
Dawn Chandler |
| 19 | Jonathan Kitzrow
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Intrinsic conformational dynamics of the HIV-1 genomic RNA 5′ UTR |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 20 | Nathan Kudlapur
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Characterization of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase point mutations implicated in human disease |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 21 | Alexandra Kuzmishin Nagy
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Quality control by trans-editing factor ProXp-x prevents global mistranslation of non-protein amino acids |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 22 | Jing Li
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A non-canonical role and regulations of polo-like kinase-4 in fibroblast cell-type transition |
Lian-wang Guo |
| 23 | Yufeng Liang
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Synthetic probes for labeling internal nucleic acid sites |
Dennis Bong |
| 24 | Jacob Longenecker
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Cardiac methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) is a novel regulator of whole-body metabolism during Western diet challenge. |
Federica Accornero |
| 25 | Monica Mannings
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Does Pnrc2 promotes oscillatory mRNA decay independent of translational regulation of oscillatory protein? |
Sharon L. Amacher |
| 26 | Colton Martens
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Small Noncoding RNAs in Heart Failure |
Federica Accornero |
| 27 | Zakkary McNutt
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Investigating the role of the anti-Shine Dalgarno in the Bacteroidetes |
Kurt Fredrick |
| 28 | Tyler Mendes
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Identifying motor proteins that function in male germ unit movement in Arabidopsis pollen tubes |
Iris Meier |
| 29 | Matias Montes
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MDM2 alternative splicing is regulated by microRNA binding: A novel pathway of MDM2 regulation |
Dawn Chandler |
| 30 | Oliver Munyaradzi
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Helical bPNA targetting U-rich RNA/T-rich DNA |
Dennis Bong |
| 31 | Kristen Navarro
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Characterizing the non-autonomous role of secretory proteins F57B10.5 and C18B12.6 in C. elegans vulval development cell signaling |
Helen M. Chamberlin |
| 32 | Brandon Neel
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The structure and dynamics of protocadherin-15 reveal its functionality in inner-ear mechanotransduction |
Marcos Sotomayor |
| 33 | Ben Oakes
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The roles of RNA polymerase IV and the environment in effecting heritable regulatory changes |
Jay B. Hollick |
| 34 | Jennifer Petrosino
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METTL3 is an mRNA modifying methyltransferase that regulates hypertrophy in skeletal muscle |
Federica Accornero |
| 35 | Liudmila Popova
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Utilizing proximity-dependent labeling methods to identify proteins proximal to Hat1 in vivo. |
Mark Parthun PhD |
| 36 | Zhihua Qin
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The dNTPase activity of SAMHD1 is required for its suppression of innate immune responses in differentiated monocytic cells |
Li Wu |
| 37 | Swetha Rajasekaran
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Post-transcriptional regulation and DICER1 syndrome |
Wayne Miles |
| 38 | Tracy Roach
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Recognition of tRNA substrates by Thg1 family proteins |
Jane E. Jackman |
| 39 | Priscila Rodriguez Garcia
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Identifying RIN4 amino acid motifs necessary for its function in plant immunity |
David Mackey |
| 40 | Sarah Rundell
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Structure of bPNA triplex hybrid determined by x-ray crystallography |
Prof. Dennis Bong |
| 41 | Alex Runyon
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Importance of conserved elements in the Bacillus subtilis thrS T-box riboswitch |
Tina Henkin |
| 42 | Manu Sanjeev
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Role of SR proteins in mRNP remodeling and Nonsense Mediated Decay |
Guramrit Singh |
| 43 | Samantha Sarni
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Unlocking the mechanism of HIV-1 viral assembly nucleation with native mass spectrometry |
Vicki H. Wysocki |
| 44 | John Sherman
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A metabolic checkpoint in G2 |
Ruoning Wang |
| 45 | Gabriel Silveira dAlmeida
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Overcoming a “molecular ruler” mechanism: the unusual heterotrimeric tRNA splicing endonuclease of Trypanosoma brucei |
Juan Alfonzo |
| 46 | Blake Szkoda
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Elucidating the regulatory mechanism of FraR, a transcription factor in Salmonella enterica critical for pathogenesis |
Venkat Gopalan |
| 47 | Kevin Walsh
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Magnetic force microscopy of ferritin(iron) and its clusters |
Gunjan Agarwal |
| 48 | Ruohan Wu
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Genetic and pharmacological modulation of T lymphocytes polyamine metabolism as a therapeutic approach for autoimmune disease |
Ruoning Wang |
| 49 | Zhongxia Yi
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Investigating the mechanism of UPF3B-independent nonsense-mediated mRNA decay |
Guramrit Singh |
