| 2001-2002 Academic Year |
| Name |
Date |
Thesis |
Comments |
| Bell, Jessica Kay |
9/25/01 (Banaszak) |
Structural and biochemical characterization of
D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase: subunit interface point
mutations and truncation mutants |
Jessica begins a Postdoctoral Associate position at the
University of California, San Francisco, with Charly Craik and
Robert Fletterick. She will be working on serine proteases
doing both biochemical and structural studies. |
| Hargittai, Michele Renee |
9/19/01 (Musier-Forsyth) |
Mechanism of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein-mediated
tRNA primer annealing |
Michele is tentatively scheduled to begin a
Postdoctoral Associate position at Pennsylvania State University in Dr.
Craig Cameron's lab. She will be working on understanding how
the RNA-dependant RNA polymerase initiates negative-strand RNA
synthesis from the viral RNA plus-strand genome. This minus
strand is then used to transcribe progeny genomes. |
| Jeon, Mili |
11/29/01 (Rougvie) |
Characterization of the heterochronic gene lin-42
and functional studies of the timeless-like gene tim-1 in Caenorhabditis
elegans |
Mili will leave after the first of the year
to pursue postdoctoral studies on axon guidance in Drosophila
in the lab of Dr. Kai Zinn at Cal Tech. |
| Martinez-Zayas (Vaz), Betsy |
10/8/01 (Wackett, Sadowsky) |
Characterization, complete nucleotide sequence
and organization of Atrazine Catabolic plasmid, pADP-1 from
Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP. |
Betsy accepted a Postdoctoral Associate position with
Dr. Arkady Khodursky, University of Minnesota. |
| Seffernick, Jennifer Lynn |
9/12/01 [9/28/01] (Wackett, Sadowsky) |
Critical amino acids in triazine degrading
enzymes: Determining metal binding and reaction specificity |
Jennifer will begin a joint Postdoctoral Associate
position with Dr. Larry Wackett (her doctoral advisor) and
Patricia Babbitt at the University of California, San Francisco.
She will be studying superfamily structure, evolution and
computational modeling. |
| Wagner, Michelle Lynn |
10/26/01 [11/30/01] (Wackett, Sadowsky) |
Site-directed mutagenesis studies of a manganese
II-dependent ring cleavage dioxygenase from Arthrobacter
globiformis strain CM-2 |
Michelle has been offered a Postdoctoral Associate
position to study antibiotic resistant Salmonella in
collaboration with the USDA at the University of Georgia,
under the direction of Dr. John Maurer. |
