COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation.
Get the latest public health information from CDC: www.coronavirus.gov
Get the latest research information from NIH: www.nih.gov/coronavirus

The NIH intramural research program has shifted all non-mission-critical laboratory operations to a maintenance phase in order to promote physical distancing and diminished transmission risk of COVID-19. Effective Monday, March 23, 2020, only mission-critical functions within NIH research laboratories will be supported.

Section Chief: Daniel Appella, Ph.D.

Lab Members

Our Staff

Daniel Appella, Ph.D.

Section Chief

Email

Elizabeth E. Rastede

Special Volunteer

Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University , 2015
Advisor: Professor Bruce Armitage
Current Project: Developing cyclopentane-modified peptide nucleic acids as diagnostic tools.

Our Fellows

Kaylyn M. Oshaben

Postdoctoral IRTA

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2016
Advisor: Professor W. Seth Horne
Current Project: Developing cyclopentane-modified peptide nucleic acids for applications as diagnostics research tools.

Mrinmoy Saha

Visiting Fellow

Ph.D. Oregon State University, 2014
Advisor: Professor Rich Carter
Current Project: Synthesis of small molecule inactivators of HIV via acetylation of nucleocapsid protein.