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Graduate Research Assistants

  • Oladele Jimoh – Exploring Non-Ribosomal Targets for Aminoglycoside Antibiotics; May 2023 – Present
  • Poushali Bose – Characterizing RNA Modifying Enzymes from Diverse Pathogens; Aug 2023 – Present
  • Md. Eleas Kobir – Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Heptosyltransferase Inhibitors; Jan 2024 – Present

BA/MA Research Assistants

Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Alex Gorman ’26 – Developing LPS Inhibitors Targeting HepI-II; May 2022 – Present
  • Avi Sriram ’25 – Investigation of tRNA Modification Pathways; May 2022 – Present
  • Carolyn Sam ’25 – Developing LPS Inhibitors Targeting HepI-II; Jan. 2023 – Present
  • Beatrice Oey ’24 – Characterizing Putative tRNA Modifying Enzymes; Jan. 2023 – Present
  • Idenya Bala-Mehta ’25 – Understanding the function of Esterase 6 in Drosophila (with Joe Coolon); Jan. 2023 – Present
  • Nakial Cross ’25 – Applying Bioinformatics Methods to the Heptosyltransferase Enzyme Family (with Phil Arevalo); Jan. 2023 – Present
  • Eloise Lavacek ’24 – Computational Studies for HepI Inhibitor Redesign; May 2023 – Present
  • Lois Amponsah ’27 – Exploring Heptosyltransferase II Inhibition; Mar. 2024 – Present
  • Daphine Kemigisa ’27 – Exploring Heptosyltransferase I Inhibition; Mar. 2024 – Present
  • Matty Liu ’26 – Characterizing a tRNA Modifying Enzyme from Clostridium; Mar. 2024 – Present
  • Gianna Smolock ’27 – Characterizing a tRNA Modifying Enzyme from Mycobacterium; Mar. 2024 – Present
  • Jeffery Shen ’26 – Bioinformatic Explorations of the GT-B Structural Family (with Phil Arevalo); Mar. 2024 – Present
  • June Butelman ’26 – Bioinformatic Explorations of Heptosyltransferase Enzymes; Mar. 2024 – Present

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