Back Left to Right: Molly McQuilken ’12, Sakina Khaku ‘10, C.J. Krise ’10, Kayla Hager '11, Kirsten Nole ‘12, René Norman ’10   Front row Left to Right: Christina Matika ‘10, Tabby King '11, Sarah Klein '11,  Rebecca Tutino ‘10

Main Lab Projects dealing with Replication Protein A (RPA):

Characterization of phosphorylation sites in RPA by Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics.

Studying the role of RPA in Telomere Synthesis with molecular genetics and biochemistry.

Studying the role of RPA in Cell cycle control by Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology.

Studying the role of RPA Phosphorylation in different types of DNA damage repair including: Homologous Recombination and Nucleotide Excision Repair with Molecular Genetics and in vivo biochemistry.

Characterization of physical interactions between RPA and other repair and telomere proteins with Yeast Two Hybrid, Genomics, Proteomics, and Biochemical techniques.

Other topics involving Telomeres, Cell cycle control, and DNA repair available upon request.