Group Members
Principal Investigator |
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Dr. Thomas R. Cech Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder Director, University of Colorado Biofrontiers Institute Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Principal Investigator, Cech Lab
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989 National Medal of Science, 1995 See Curriculum Vitae
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Administrative Assistant |
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Laura Konyha Joined 2011 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Staff Scientists |
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Arthur Zaug Staff Scientist (HHMI Senior Scientist) Lab Member 1978-Present
B.S.: Biochemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1975
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Anne Gooding Staff Scientist (HHMI Research Specialist)
Lab Member 1990-Present
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Elaine Podell Staff Scientist (HHMI Research Specialist)
Lab Member 1993-Present
M.S.: Physics, Colorado State University, 1989
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Karen Goodrich Staff Scientist (HHMI Lab Manager) Lab Member 1996-Present
B.S.: Medical Technology, University of Scranton, 1986
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Research Scholars |
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Mai Nakashima
HHMI Research Scholar Lab member 2011-Present
M.D.: Kyushu University, 2008 Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2011
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Research Interest: Human telomerase, non-coding RNA of human mitochondria and any medical-related study. |
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Jennifer K. Hodges
Reproductive Scientist Development Program Scholar Lab Member 2012-present
Ph.D.: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2004 M.D.: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2004 B.S.: Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 1996
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Research Interests: Roles of noncoding RNAs in human placenta.
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Postdoctoral Fellows |
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Jayakrishnan Nandakumar (JK)
NIH Post Doc Fellow Lab Member 2007-Present
Ph.D.: Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 2007
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I am interested in studying the mechanism of chromosome end-protection and telomerase regulation by telomeric proteins using biochemical tools and crystallography. |
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Sumit Borah
HHMI Post-Doctoral Fellow 2011 to Present
Ph.D.: Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 2010 M.Phil.: Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 2006 M.S.: Biochemistry, Tulane University, 2003 B.S.: Biology, Wake Forest University, 1998
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Jacob C. Schwartz NRSA Post-Doctoral Fellow Lab Member 2010-Present
Ph.D.: Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Med Center, 2010 M.S.: Biology, University of North Texas, 2005 B.Sc.: Physics, University of North Texas, 2002
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Chen Davidovich
Machiah Foundation Fellow Lab Member 2010-Present
Ph.D.: Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 2010 B.Sc.: Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2004 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Jens Schmidt
HHMI Post-Doctoral Fellow Lab Member 2012-Present
Ph.D.: Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012 Diplom in Biochemie: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 2007
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Research Interests: Molecular Mechanisms of Telomerase.
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Graduate Students |
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Andrew Dalby
Doctoral Student Lab Member 2010-Present
B.A.: University of Colorado at Boulder, 2003
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Kate Goldfarb
Biochemistry PhD student Lab member 2011-present
B.Sci. Chemistry: University of California, Berkeley 2007
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Research Interests: regulatory mechanisms that enable ncRNAs to perform multiple and diverse cellular functions |
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Linghe Xi
Graduate Student Lab Member 2011-Present
B.Sc.: Fundamental Sciences (Chemistry and Biology), Tsinghua University, China, 2010
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Research Interests: Transcriptional regulation through long non-coding RNAs
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Xueyin Wang
Graduate Student Lab Member: 2012-present
B.S.: University of Toronto, 2010
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Research Interests: Mammalian noncoding RNAs |
Research Professors |
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Dave McKay
Staff Scientist (HHMI Research Specialist) Lab Member 2008-Present
Research Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008 Ph.D.: Biophysics, University of Chicago, a Long Time Ago
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Undergraduate, Work Study, or Part Time |
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Matthew Jessie Fioravanti
Undergraduate Research Assistant Lab Member 2010-Present
Undergraduate Student: University of Colorado Boulder
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David Tong Chen
Undergraduate Research Assistant Lab Member 2011-Present
Undergraduate Student: University of Colorado Boulder
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