Fellows 2016-2017

The University at Albany announces the second cohort of RNA Fellows for the Ph.D. training program in RNA science. The Office of Graduate Education and the Departments of Biology, Biomedical Sciences, and Chemistry, in collaboration with the RNA Institute, provide the resources to train exceptional students in RNA Science relating to health and disease. These fellows will take an RNA-centric curriculum of courses and colloquia. They will also have the option to collaborate with the School of Business and the Writers Institute, to gain experience in entrepreneurship and science writing, respectively. We are happy to announce our second cohort of trainees who will start in the training program beginning in the fall of 2016.

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  Marissa Louis

  BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

  Mentor: Cara Pager

  Project: Characterizing Zika virus subversion of cellular RNA granules

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  Botros Toro

  BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

  Mentor: Pan Li

  Project: Examinaton of the physical basis of nucleic acid interactons

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  Justin Waldern

  BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

  Mentor: Marlene Belfort

  Project: Mobility of group II introns in their native hosts

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  Ryan McDowell

  BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

  Mentor: Kathleen McDonough

  Project: Non-canonical roles for M. tuberculosis phospodiesterase, Rv0805

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  Casey Warszycki

  BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

  Mentor: Kathleen McDonough

  Project: 5'-UTR regulation of dormancy-associated genes in M. tuberculosis