Lab Members
Administrative Assistant |
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Lily Pavlovic lpavlovi[a]stanford.edu B400 Beckman Center Tel: (650)723-6161 |
Research Assistant
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Fanny Sunden fanny.sunden[a]gmail.com B463 Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6376 |
Graduate Students
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Marcus Alexander (Medicine) marcalex [at] stanford.edu B463, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-8753 Investigating the role of divalent metal ions in the kinetics of the Tetrahymena ribozyme function, with the broader goal of understanding the mechanism of RNA catalysis. |
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Mona Ali (Applied Physics, joint student with Seb Doniach) monaali[at]stanford.edu B471, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-8753 |
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Logan Andrews (Chem. and Systems Biology) logana[at]stanford.edu B477 Beckman Center Tel: (650) 725-6376 Catalysis of phosphoryl transfer; using a comparative approach to examine molecular discrimination in various phosphatases to understand the catalytic mechanisms these enzymes use to hydrolyze phosphate monoesters. |
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Tara Benz (Chemistry) tbenz[at]stanford.edu B471, Beckman Center Tel: (650)723-8753 Studying non-active site, tertiary structural elements within a structured RNA (the Tetrahymena ribozyme) to determine effects of their removal on functional steps in catalysis with the broader goal of a better understanding of the composition of a functional RNA and more generally, non-active site element function. |
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Jessica DeMott
(Chemistry) jcdemott[at]stanford.edu B471, Beckman Center Tel: (650)723-8753 In the context of the ketosteroid isomerase (KSI) system, our research attempts to uncover how the electrostatic environment and geometric attributes enable enzymes to achieve their substantial rate enhancements. |
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Max Greenfeld (Chemical Engineering) themax[at]stanford.edu B465, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6925 The goal of my research is to further understanding of the chemical and physical forces necessary for an RNA to form a stable tertiary structure. I do this by studying the thermodynamics and kinetics of small model RNAs using single molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer and a variety of other physical and chemical techniques. |
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Greg Hogan (Biochemistry, joint student with Pat Brown) hogan.greg[at]gmail.com B439, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-0005 |
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Patricia Ortiz-Tello (MSTP) paortiz[at]stanford.edu B463, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6376 Using NMR and other biophysical methods to investigate hydrogen-bond networks in ketosteroid isomerase. |
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Paul Sigala (Biochemistry) psigala[at]stanford.edu B477, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 725-6376 Probing the physical properties of hydrogen bonds within enzyme active sites and in solution via 1H NMR; quantitative assessment of idiosyncratic active site electrostatics via vibrational Stark spectroscopy. |
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Helen Wiersma (Biochemistry)
hwiersma[at]stanford.edu B469, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6650 Investigating the role of the zinc bimetallo site in phosphoryl transfer reactions. |
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Chad Worley ceworley[a]stanford.edu B463, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6376 |
Postdoctoral Associates |
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Marcello Forconi mforconi[at]stanford.edu B463, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-7596 |
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Jonathan Lassila lassila[at]stanford.edu B451, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-5995 Phosphoryl transfer, computational enzyme design, directed evolution. |
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Rishi Porecha rporecha[at]stanford.edu B471, Beckman Center Tel: (650)723-8753 Investigating specific metal ion binding in folded RNAs. |
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Eliza Ruben eruben[at]stanford.edu B451, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-5995 Investigating general base catalysis in Ketosteroid Isomerase. |
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Jason Schwans jschwans[at]stanford.edu B463, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6376 Investigating electrostatics in the enzyme ketosteroid isomerase using unnatural amino acid substitutions. |
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Xuesong Shi xuesongs[at]stanford.edu B471, Beckman Center Tel: (650)723-8753 Studying dynamics of helices in complex RNAs. |
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Sergey Solomatin sergvs[at]stanford.edu B469, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6650 |
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Robert Spitale rspitale[at]stanford.edu B469, Beckman Center Tel: (650) 723-6650 RNA analysis in vivo. |