Principal Investigator: Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D

   

   

    Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

    HHMI Investigator, 1986-Present

    B.S., chemistry, Antioch College

    Ph.D., molecular biology and biochemistry, Harvard University

    [HHMI Biography]

    [Curriculum Vitae]

    Telephone: (203)737-4418

    Fax: (203)624-8213

    E-mail: Joan.Steitz@yale.edu

                                           

                            Andrei Alexandrov, Ph.D                                                                    

                            [E-mail]                                                                                                 

                            Andrei is a postdoc working on novel functions of eIF4AIII in yeast.                                                                                                            

                            Sumit Borah                                               

                            [E-mail]                                                                                                   

                            Sumit is a grad student working on the function of PAN RNA in Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus,

                            and is also working on twintrons.

   

                           Demian Cazalla, Ph.D                                                                        

                           [E-mail]                                                                                                                             

                           Demian is a postdoc working on the function of Herpesvirus saimiri U RNAs.

                             Suzanne DeGregorio                                                                           

                             [E-mail]

                             Suzanne is a lab technician working with Dr. Mitton-Fry on the function

                             of Epstein-Barr encoded RNAs.                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                      

                             Kristina Herbert, Ph.D                                                                      

                             [E-mail]

                             Kristina is a postdoc working on the biophysical characterization of miRNA processing enzymes.

                            Ornchuma Itsathitphaisarn                                                                                

                            [E-mail]

                            Orn is a graduate student working on structural studies of RNA binding proteins.

                            Robin Lytle, Ph.D                                                                       

                            [E-mail]

                            Robin is a postdoc working on the mechanism of miRNA-mediated mRNA repression.

                                                                                                                          

                            Angie Miccinello

                            [E-mail]

                            Angie is an administrative assistant for the Steitz lab.

                                                                                                                                      

                            

                           

                                                                             

                             

                       

                            Dennis Mishler

                            [E-mail]

                            Dennis is a grad student studying the effects of mutations on EJC deposition.

                        

                            Rachel Mitton-Fry, Ph.D

                            [E-mail]

                            Rachel is a postdoc studying the biophysics of PAN RNA.

                           

                            Anita Nag, Ph.D   

                            [E-mail]

                            Anita is a postdoc studying RNA decay pathways in mammalian cells.                      

                            Jan Pawlicki

                            [E-mail]

                            Jan is a grad student working on mechanisms and regulation of miRNA biogenesis.

                            Gabrielle Rabinowitz

                            [E-mail]

                            Gabrielle is an undergraduate working with Kasandra on viral miRNAs.

                          

                           Laura Raymond

                           [E-mail]

                           Laura is an administrative assistant for the Steitz lab.

                            Kasandra Riley, Ph.D

                            [E-mail]

                            Kasandra is a postdoc working on the function of EBV miRNAs.

                    

                            Tasleem Samji

                            [E-mail]

                            Tas is a graduate student working with Sumit on PAN RNA.

                           Mei-Di Shu

                           [E-mail]

                           Mei-Di is the lab manager and a lab technician working with Dr. Tycowski on PAN RNA.

                           Yingchun Tong

                           [E-mail]

                           Yingchun is a lab technician working with Dr. Vasudevan on translational upregulation by miRNAs. 

                           Kazimierz Tycowski, Ph.D

                           [E-mail]

                           Kazio is a research scientist working on a novel protein that mediates localization of scaRNAs.

                            Shobha Vasudevan, Ph.D

                            [E-mail]

                            Shobha is a postdoc working on translational upregulation by miRNAs.

                           Therese Yario

                           [E-mail]

                           Therese is a lab technician working with Dr. Lytle on miRNA-mediated repression of mRNAs.