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Laboratory of Biochemistry & Genetics

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics.

Name Email Address Title Research Description
Cohen-Fix, Orna Chief
O'Connell, Kevin Deputy Chief
Cheng, Orlena Biologist Lead DIR Budget
Chowdhury, Imran Research Fellow
Lorenzi, Hernan Staff Scientist
Wang, Yuejun Research Fellow

Cell Cycle Regulation and Nuclear Structure Section

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Name Email Address Title
Cohen-Fix, Orna Section Chief
Rogers, Jason Research Fellow

Gene Expression and Regulation Section

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Name Email Address Title
Hinton, Deborah Section Chief
Knipling, Leslie Biologist

Genetics of Organelle Biogenesis Section​

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Name Email Address Title
O'Connell, Kevin Section Chief

Genetics of Simple Eukaryotes Section

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Name Email Address Title
Wickner, Reed Section Chief
Edskes, Herman Senior Associate Scientist
Liu, Yan Biologist

Nuclear Organization and Gene Expression Section

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Name Email Address Title
Lei, Elissa Section Chief

Physical Biochemistry Section

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Name Email Address Title
Minton, Allen Section Chief

Protein Chaperones and Amyloid Section

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Name Email Address Title
Masison, Daniel Section Chief
Cox, Tyese Staff Assistant
Reidy, Michael Biologist

Ribonucleoprotein Assembly Section

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Name Email Address Title
Rodgers, Margaret Acting Section Chief
Carrocci, Tucker Research Fellow

Section on mRNA Regulation and Translation

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Section on mRNA Regulation and Translation.

Name Email Address Title
Guydosh, Nicholas Section Chief
Meydan Marks, Fatma Sezen Postdoctoral Fellow IRTA