Angela Aggrey

B.S. Ramapo College, 2007
First Year

Melanie Baker

B.S. U Scranton, 2004
Advisor - Phizicky, E.
"Determining the role of tRNAHis G-1 and analyzing Thg1p activities in vivo "

Jared Benedict

B.S. St. John Fisher College, 2001
Advisor - Pearce, D.
"NCL protein interactions indicate specific involvement of cytoskeletal proteins"

Ryan Bennett

B.S. Elmira College, 2001
Advisor - Smith, H.
"The localization of APOBEC3G"

Patrick Brandt

B.S. Brigham Young University, 2002
Advisor - Bambara, R.
"The Rad9 protein enhances survival and promotes DNA repair following exposure to ionizing radiation."

Lindsay Burwell

B.A. State University of New York at Potsdam, 2003
Advisor:  Brookes, P./Gunter, T.
"The Protective Effect of Mitochondrial S-nitrosation in Cardiac Ischemia Reperfusion Injury"

Brenda Cadiz-Rivera

B.S. UNiversity of Puerto Rico, 2006
First Year

Kevin Callahan

B.S. Gettysburg College, 2000
Advisor:  Butler, S.
"Exosome-independent enhancement of Rrp6p RNA degradation by the TRAMP complex"

Tamara Caterino

B.S. St. John Fisher College, 2002
Advisor - Hayes, J.
"Contribution of the core histone tail domains in defining nucleosome positioning and mobility"

Sandeep Chadha

M.S. Syracuse University, 2006
Advisor - Fay, P.

Chun Chen

M.S. Fudan University, 2003
Advisor - Yu, Y.
"Functional Analysis of Psdeudoudines in Yeast U1 snRNA"

Irina Chernyakov

B.A. Simon's Rock College of Bard, 2003
Advisor - Phizicky, E.
"Rapid tRNA decay can result from lack of non-essential modifications"

Yi-Jen Chiu

B.S. National Taiwan University, 2000
Advisor:  Fujiwara, K./Fay, P.
"Stertch-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PECAM-1 in a detergent-extracted cell model"

Hope Cole

B.S. State University of New York at Geneseo, 2001
Advisor - Hayes, J.
"Uracil DNA Glycosylase Activity on Uracil in Nucleosomes"

Keith Connolly

B.S. University of Northern Iowa, 2005
Advisor:  Culver, G

Robert Crow

B.S. Eastern New Mexico University, 2007
First Year

Kimberly Dean

B.S. St. Louis University, 2002
First Year

Jennifer DeAngelis

B.S. Connecticut College, 2006
Advisor - Fay, P.

Nan Deng

M.S. Nankai Univeristy, 2007
First Year

Michael DeRan

B.S. St. Bonaventure U, 2004
Advisor:  Zhao, J./Hayes, J.
"Elucidating the role of NPAT in the coordinated expression of histone mRNA at the G1/S phase transition"

Suresh DeSilva

B.S. U Colombo, 2003
Advisor:  Bowers, W./Bulger, M.
"Targeting the AA VS1 locus of hChr19 for site-specific integration via the HSV/sleeping beauty amplicon vector platform"

Pranabananda Dutta

M.S. University of Calcutta, 2001
Advisor:  Li, W./Hayes, J.

Rozzy Finn

B.A. Simons Rock College of Bard, 2004
First Year

George Fromm

B.S. Coastal Carolina U, 2000
Advisor:  Bulger, M.
"Characterization of hyperacetylated core histone domains within the murine beta-globin Locus"

Chad Galloway

B.S. University of Rochester, 2003
Advisor - Smith, H.
"Characterization of ACF phosphorylation"

Lu Gao

M.S. Beijing Normal U, 2002
Advisor - Bambara, R.
"Factors that determine strand transfer in HIV-1"

Kriti Gaur

B.S. Clark U, 2004
Advisor:  Li, W./Hayes, J.
"Functional analysis of tumor suppressor Birt-Hogg-Dube gene in Drosophila"

Amanda Getty

B.A. Skidmore College, 2004
Advisor - Pearce, D.
"Identifying conditional CLN3 localization and functional interactions in mammalian cells. "

Jennifer Gewandter

B.S. SUNY Geneseo , 2004
Advisor:  O' Reilly, M./Bambara, R.
"Characterization of biochemical and physiological roles of the dynamin like protein, DLP1"

Jason Gloor

B.S. University of Colorado Boulder, 1994
First Year

Chenguang Gong

M.S. Nanjing University, 2006
Advisor - Maquat, L.

Ryan Henry

B.A. Johns Hopkins, 2005
Advisor:  
"Role of I(kappa)B kinase alpha (or IKK1)-NF-(kappa)B signaling in oxidant-mediated histone acetylation in lung airway epithelial cells"

Christopher Hine

B.S. Youngstown State University, 2004
Advisor:  Gorbunova, V./Bulger, M..
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David Hoffman

B.A. SUNY Potsdam, 2003
Advisor:  Brookes, P./Pearce, D.
"The mitochondrial role in hypoxic signaling: generation of reactive oxygen species at low [O2]"

Jason Hoskins

B.S. University of Rochester, 2002
Advisor:  Butler, S.
"In search of the RNA-based mechanism of 5FU cytotoxicity"

Xiaoyu Hu

M.S. Univ of Science & Tech of China, 2005
First Year

Chao Huang

M.S. CLife Sci/Beijing Normal U, 2004
Advisor - Yu, Y.
"Natural occurrence of box C/D snoRNP-mediated post-transcriptional modification of endogenous mRNA"

David Johnson

B.S. SUNY Oswego, 2005
Advisor:  Nehrke, K./Pearce, D.
"Regulation of cytoplasmic pH in a genetic model organism: Implications for fat storage and metabolic gene expression"

Athena Kantartzis

B.S. Geneva College, 2007
First Year

John Karijolich

B.A. Ripon College, 2005
Advisor - Yu, Y.
"Suppression of translation termination via Box H/ACA snoRNP mediated post-transcriptional modification"

Lakmal Kotelawala

B.S. University of Colombo, 2001
Advisor - Phizicky, E.
"Yeast tRNASer Um44 methyltransferase: Identification of the enzyme and investigation of its biological role"

Holly Kuzmiak

B.A. Drew University, 2004
Advisor:  Bi, Xin/J. Hayes
"Analyses of long range interactions between regulatory elements of gene expression in eukaryotes"

Jie Li

M.S. Nankai University, 2006
First Year

Geoffrey Lippa

B.S. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2007
First Year

Ning Liu

B.S. Northeast Normail University, 2000
Advisor - Hayes, J.
"The effect of acetylation on the accessibility of the H2B N-terminal tail domain in Tetrahymena thermophila"

Celeste MacElrevey

B.S. Colorado State University, 1999
Advisor - Wedekind, J.
"Linking to the lattice: Construct optimization in the minimal hairpin ribozyme"

Jessica McArdle

B.S. Nazareth College, 2007
First Year

Adam Miller

B.A. Fort Hays State University, 2007
First Year

Jennifer Newell

B.A. Skidmore College, 2004
Advisor - Fay, P.
"Identifying a role for cleavage at Arg740 in thrombin-catalyzed activation of factor VIII "

Sharon Pepenella

B.S. Geneseo College, 2007
First Year

(Paloma) Juanita Perera

M.S. S Dakota St U, 2004
Advisor:  Sun, Y./Hayes, J.
"Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis by the synovial sarcoma oncoprotein SYT-SSX1"

Jason Pike

B.S. Cornell University, 2005
Advisor - Bambara, R.
"BLM Helicase is Involved in Okazaki Fragment Processing"

Sean Rigby

B.A. University of New Mexico, 2004
Advisor - Bambara, R.
"Examination of the Acceptor Invasion and Hybrid Propagation Steps of HIV-1 Invasion-Mediated Strand Transfer During Reverse Transcription"

Marie Rossi

B.S. Nazareth College, 2002
Advisor - Bambara, R.
"Mechanisms of primer removal during eukaryotic DNA replication"

Jason Salter

B.S. SUNY Brockport, 2002
Advisor - Wedekind, J.
"Nanostructures of APOBEC3G using Small Angle X-ray Scattering"

Karyn Schmidt

B.S. U of R, 2007
First Year

Sabrina Seehafer

B.A. Westminster College, 2003
Advisor - Pearce, D.
"Autofluorescent storage material in neuronal ceroid "

Madhavika Serasinghe

B.S. UColombo, 2003
Advisor:  Yoon, Y./Gunter, T.
"Molecular interactions of hFis1 in mitochondrial fission"

Min Song

B.S. University of Science & Technology of China, 2003
Advisor - Bambara, R.
"Stimulation of HIV-1 minus strand strong stop DNA transfer by genomic sequence 3' of the primer binding site"

Cody Spencer

B.S. SUNY Oswego, 2006
First Year

David Stephenson

JD Emory University, 2003
Advisor - Yu, Y.
"Functional Analysis of Pseudouridines in Yeast U2 snRNA"

Jason Stewart

B.S. Brigham Young U, 2003
Advisor - Bambara, R.
"Functional Interactions between Flap Endonuclease 1, Dna2, and RPA on Okazaki Fragment Flaps"

Amir Taslimi

B.S. RIT, 2005
Advisor - Dumont, M.
"Identification of conformational changes in the helices of G-Protein Coupled Receptors"

Beth Van Winkle

B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology,
Advisor - Gunter, T.
"Exploring the role of mitochondria in Alzheimer's Disease"

Fatbardha Varfaj

M.S. St. John Fisher College, 2002
Advisor - Fay, P.
"Contribution of P4-P3' residues surrounding P1 residues R336 and R562 in activated protein C-Catalyzed inactivation of factor VIIIa"

Seasson Vitiello

B.S. Nazareth College, 1999
Advisor - Pearce, D.
"Yeast Btn1p, the functional homolog of the protein mutated in Batten disease patients, physically and functionally interacts with Sdo1p"

Joseph Whipple

B.S. SUNY Geneseo , 2005
Advisor - Phizicky, E.
"Investigation of a Novel tRNA Degradation Pathway"

Devin Wolfe

B.S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2003
Advisor - Pearce, D.
"Altered expression and localization of Btn1p occur in response to changes in the pH of the extracellular environment"

Guowei Wu

M.S. Zhongsan (Sun Yat-sen) University, 2006
Advisor - Yu, Y.

Jeffrey Zuber

M.S. U Michigan Ann Arbor, 2005
Advisor - Dumont, M.
"Developing Thermally Stable Ste2p Mutants"