Former Research Associates
Name & Training |
Research |
Current Position |
Biswajit Samanta PhD, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Research, 2015 Nov 2016 – ? |
improved RNA polymerase ribozymes through functional selection | ? |
Jonathan Sczepanski John Hopkins University, 2010 Nov 2010 – June 2015 |
synthetic genetic systems | Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University website |
Dave Pai University of Michigan, 2012 May 2013 – June 2015 |
cross-replicating RNA enzymes |
Scientist, BioNano Genomics, website |
Antonio Ferretti PhD, Imperial College London, 2009 Nov 09 – Jan 13 |
kinetic analysis of self-replicating RNA | Scientist, Celgene website |
Bianca Lam PhD, UC Irvine, 2005 Aug 05 – Jun 10 |
ligand-dependent replication of RNA | Scientific Technical Leader The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Foundation website |
Brian Paegel PhD, UC Berkeley, 2003 Jan 04 – Nov 08 |
microfluidic-based evolution | Assistant Professor, Scripps Florida website |
Greg Springsteen PhD, North Carolina State, 2001 Aug 02 – Apr 06 |
prebiotic synthesis of ribose | Associate Professor, Furman University website |
Glenn Johns PhD, Univ. of Georgia, 1998 Jan 04 – Jun 05 |
continuous in vitro evolution | Director, Global Health Diagnostics R&D, Alere, Inc. website |
Hamid Kalhor PhD, UCLA, 2003 Sept 03 – Apr 06 |
DNA-catalyzed RNA cleavage | unknown |
Michael Oberhuber PhD, UCLA, 2003 Sept 03 – Apr 06 |
DNA-templated aldol reactions | Director, Laimburg Research Centre website |
Cheng-Yu Lai PhD, Iowa State, 2004 Jan 05 – Mar 05 |
DNA-catalyzed DNA ligation | Associate Professor, Delaware State University website |
Natasha Paul PhD, Purdue, 2000 Jun 00 – Aug 04 |
self-replicating RNA enzymes | Senior Scientist, Chemistry, Synthetic Genomics, website |
William Shih PhD, Stanford, 2000 Jan 01 – Jun 04 |
DNA nanotechnology | Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, website |
Dong-Eun Kim PhD, Ohio State, 2002 Jun 02 – Jan 03 |
cross-replicating RNA enzymes | Professor, Konkuk University, South Korea, website |
John Reader PhD, Cambridge, 1998 Jun 98 – Jan 02 |
evolution of RNA ligase ribozymes | Assistant Professor, UNC Chapel Hill website |
Scott Kuhns PhD, Mayo Clinic, 1999 Jan 00 – Oct 01 |
complementary nucleic acid enzymes | Staff Scientist, Amgen, website |
Phil Ordoukhanian PhD, Washington Univ., 1997 Oct 97 – Jun 01 |
molecular evolution of resistance | Director, Center for Protein and Nucleic Acid Research, TSRI, website |
Henriette Küne PhD, Yale, 1999 Mar 00 – Jul 01 |
extremozymes | Scientist, Magellan Laboratories |
Kerstin Broo PhD, Uppsala Univ., 1998 Jun 98 – Aug 00 |
peptidyl transferase ribozymes | Associate Professor, Linkoping University, Sweden |
Jeff Rogers PhD, Univ. British Columbia, 1997 Jan 97 – Jul 00 |
evolution of RNA ligase ribozymes | Director of RNA Biology The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Foundation website |
Jacek Nowakowski PhD, UC Berkeley, 1997 Jan 97 – Jul 99 |
Holliday junction structure | unknown |
Terry Sheppard PhD, Columbia, 1995 Nov 95 – Jul 98 |
DNA-catalyzed DNA deglycosylation | Editor-In-Chief, Nature Chemical Biology website |
Martin Wright PhD, Oxford, 1993 Nov 93 – Sept. 97 |
continuous in vitro evolution | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Sun-Ai Raillard PhD, ETH-Zürich, 1993 Jun 93 – Aug. 96 |
RNA-catalyzed DNA cleavage | unknown |
Ronald Breaker PhD, Purdue, 1992 Jul 92 – Nov. 95 |
catalytic DNA | Professor, Yale University, website |
Luc Jaeger PhD, Univ. Louis Pasteur, 1993 Jul 93 – Nov 95 |
evolution of RNA ligase ribozymes | Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara website |
Niles Lehman PhD, UCLA, 1990 Oct 90 – Apr 93 |
in vitro evolution of RNA enzymes | Professor, Portland State University website |
Debra Robertson PhD, UCLA, 1989 Jun 89 – Jul 92 |
RNA-catalyzed DNA cleavage | Director of Science Strategy, Cook and Schmid website |