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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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J. Craig Blain - Graduate Student, BBS Program
B.Sc.H., Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Research: Synthesis of non-natural nucleic acids; Darwinian evolution in artificial chemical systems
jcblain@fas.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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Itay Budin - Graduate Student, MCB Program
B.S., Biological Engineering, Cornell University
Research: Evolutionary biophysics
ibudin@fas.harvard.edu |
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Xin Cai - Undergraduate Student, Chemistry and Physics, Harvard
Research: Synthesis of non-natural nucleic acids. The non-enzymatic, template dependent replication of GNA.
xcai@fas.harvard.edu |
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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; Single-molecule techniques
mark_elenko@student.hms.harvard.edu |
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Ben Heuberger - Post-doc
Ph.D., UC Riverside
Research: Development of protocell actualization through enhancement of nonenzymatic nucleic acid information-transfer efficacy.
heuberger@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu |
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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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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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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: Phosphoramidate Nucleic Acids; Chemical Nucleic Acid Replication; Genomics of protocells
schrum@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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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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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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Shenglong Zhang - Post-doc
Ph.D., Columbia University
Research: Design and synthesis of self-replicating nucleotides for enzyme tree primer extension reaction with the aim of constructing a replicating model protocell capable of spontaneous Darwinian evolution.
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Ting F. Zhu - Graduate Student, HST (MEMP) Program
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Research: Protocell division mechanisms
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