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Jack W. Szostak
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Alex. A. Rich Distinguished Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
szostak@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Katarzyna Adamala - Student
University of Warsaw
Research:
Prebiotic synthesis of lipid and nucleotide derivatives. |
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Tony Bell - Post-doc
Ph.D., New York University
Experimental Analysis of Helical Protein Stability with Neville R. Kallenbach
Research: Engineering of Elongation Factor Tu (EF-Tu)
tbell@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Raphael Bruckner - Graduate Student, BBS Program
A.B., Columbia University
Research: RNA polymerase ribozyme selection; monodisperse vesicle production; clonal expansion of vesiclar populations
bruckner@fas.harvard.edu |
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Xin Cai - Undergraduate Student, Chemistry and Physics, Harvard
Research: Artificial DNAs
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Jingyang (Jesse) Chen - Post-doc
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DNA cleavage and structural studies of duplex DNA with JoAnne Stubbe
Research: Artificial DNAs for non-enzymatic polymerization and aptamer selection
jesse.chen@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Quentin Dufton - Graduate Student, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Hon. B.Sc. Immunology, University of Toronto
Research: Protocells
qdufton@mcb.harvard.edu |
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Mark Elenko - Graduate Student, BBS Program
A.B., Columbia University; M.S., New York University
Research: Distribution of aptamer functionality; mixed nucleic acid selections
mark_elenko@student.hms.harvard.edu |
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Janet Iwasa - Post-doc Ph.D., Biochemistry, UCSF
Project: 3D molecular visualizations of the origins of life (in collaboration with the Museum of Science)
jiwasa@gmail.com |
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Mathangi Krishnamurthy - Post-doc
Ph.D., U. of Tennessee Health Science Center
Novel agonists and antagonists for cannabinoid receptors with Bob M. Moore II
Research: Synthesis of 3' amino substituted 5' phosphoimidazolide derivatives of deoxyribose
mathangi@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Chi-Wang Lin - Post-doc
Ph.D., MIT
Research: Unnatural peptides and their applications in controlling protein-protein interactions that have potential medical value.
cwlin@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Alexander (Sasha) Litovchick - Post-doc
Ph.D., Weizmann Institute
Aminoglycoside-arginine conjugates as novel HIV Tat antagonists with Aviva Lapidot
Research: Replicase selection; catalysis of RNA polymerization
sasha@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Abhijit Patel - Post-doc
Ph.D., M.D., Yale University
Splicing of minor-class introns with Joan A. Steitz
Research: 2'O-methyl RNA aptamer selections
aapatel@partners.org |
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Alonso Ricardo - Post-doc
Ph.D., University of Florida
Bioorganic molecules in the cosmos and the origin of Darwinian molecular systems with Steven Benner
Research: mRNA display as a tool for the discovery of new antibiotics, bioorganic chemistry and to study the origins of life |
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Mui Sam - Post-doc
Ph.D., UCLA
Mechanistic studies on chemical and biological nucleases with Mahdi M. Abu-Omar and Guillaume F. Chanfreau
Research: Characterization of phosphoramidate DNA
mui@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Yollete V. Guillen Schlippe - Post-doc
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Brandeis University
Enzymology of IMPDH (inosine 5'monophosphate dehydrogenase) with Liz Hedstrom
Research: Ribosomal synthesis of highly modified peptides-reassigniment of codons to expand the genetic code
guillen@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Jason P. Schrum - Graduate Student, BBS Program
B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology & B.M.A Harpsichord, University of Michigan
Research: Replicase selection
schrum@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Florian P. Seebeck - Post-doc
Ph.D., ETH-Zurich
Enzyme engineering with D. Hilvert
Research: Selection of peptides with post-translational modifications
seebeck@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Burckhard Seelig - Post-doc
Ph.D., Freie University, Berlin
Ribozyme Evolution with Andres Jaschke
Research: Searching protein sequence space for novel enzymatic functions
seelig@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Lele Sun - Post-doc
Ph.D., UMASS-Medical School
Peptidyl-transferase ribozyme selections with Biliang Zhang
Research:Isothermal DNA replication
lsun@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Pam Svec - HHMI Lab Manager
svec@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Sylvia Tobé - Graduate Student, France
Undergraduate degree, J. Fourier University, Grenoble; Master’s degree, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris
Research: Phosphoramidate DNA chemical primer extension
tobe@fas.harvard.edu
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Douglas A. Treco - Assistant in Molecular Biology
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook
with Norm Arnheim
Research: Nonenzymatic replication of nucleic acids
treco@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Simon Trevino - Graduate Student, BBS Program
B.S., Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio
Research: Selection studies of nucleic acid polymers generated from mutant polymerase
strevino@fas.harvard.edu |
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Ching-Hsuan Tsai - Post-doc
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Design and Engineering Recombinant Hemoglobin as Potenial Hemoglobin based Oxygen Carriers with Chien Ho
Research: TNA/Protein engineering a Reverse Transcriptase
tsai@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Na Zhang - Post-doc
Ph.D., Cornell U. Medical School
NMR Structural Determination of Guanine-Rich Oligonucleotides and DNA Adducts with Dinshaw Patel
Research: Unnatural nucleic acid folding structure and fatty acid permeabilty using NMR
Na.Zhang@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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Ting F. Zhu - Graduate Student, HST (MEMP) Program
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Research: Protocell division mechanisms
tzhu@mit.edu |
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Keyong Zou - Post-doc
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Photochemistry and signal transduction with Hagan Bayley
Research: Chemical synthesis of TNA monomers; TNA selection
zou@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |