Lab Members

Ph.D. - Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D. - University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Postdoctoral Fellowship - NIH/NICHD

David’s research focuses on understanding the mechanism of ribosome recycling and factors that affect autism spectrum disorders and lymphomas in humans.

B.Sc. – ELTE, Hungary
M.Sc. – ELTE, Hungary
Ph.D. – Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Agnes studied RNase P for her PhD research and is now exploring the non-canonical role of virus activated ribonuclease L in protein translation.

B.A. - Lawrence University
Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University

During her PhD studies, Kelsey used single molecule tracking to understand how RNA polymerase finds promoter sequences in bacteria. Kelsey is currently studying the dynamics of translational readthrough and reinitiation in live human cells using advanced imaging techniques.

B.S. - University of Antwerp, Belgium
M.S. - University of Antwerp, Belgium
Ph.D. - York University, Canada
As part of her PhD dissertation,Kyrastudied processing of non-coding RNAs inTetrahymena thermophila. Her current project focusses on understanding the molecular mechanism of ribosome recycling during viral infection.

B.S. - Texas Tech University
Ph.D. - Texas Tech University
During her PhD studies, Sarah studied the mechanism of how mRNAs encoding secretory proteins are degraded. She is now investigating the role of quality control pathways and translation in metabolic disease.

B.A. - University at Buffalo, SUNY
Ph.D. - University at Buffalo, SUNY
For his graduate studies, Corey studied mechanisms of host responsive translational regulation in the pathogenic fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans. He is now studying how stress and amino acid sequence can change gene expression at the translational level.

B.A. - Arizona State University
Ph.D. - University of Maryland, Baltimore

Grant studied ribosome recycling and homeostasis during activation of the antiviral response in human cells.

B.S. - DeSales University
Theresa investigated translational regulation during stress responses in yeast.

B.A. - Lawrence University
B.Mus. - Lawrence University

John Taylor worked on implementing single molecular microscopy techniques to study in vivo translation in yeast.

B.A.- Quinnipiac University
B.S. - Quinnipiac University

B.Pharm - Hacettepe University, Turkey
Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Chicago

Sezen focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic ribosome rescue and recycling.

B.S. - University of Tennessee Knoxville
Kara developed methods to measure single stop-codon readthrough events in cells.