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Trainee Careers

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 Part I. Those Appointed to the Training Grant (T32 slots funded by NIGMS)

Trainee Faculty Member Start Date Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s)(s) Topic of Research Project Initial Position Current Position Subsequent Grant(s)/ Role/Year Awarded
Billings, Evan Noinaj, Nicholas 07/2018 In training Structure and function of the BAM complex from
N. gonorrhoeae
     
Chapman (Imhoff), Mackenzie Mesecar, Andrew 07/2018 PhD, 2023 Structure and Inhibition of papain-like proteinases in coronaviridae Postdoctoral Fellow
J. Tesmer Lab Dept. Biological Sciences
Purdue University
Postdoctoral Fellow
J. Tesmer Lab Dept. Biological Sciences
Purdue University
 
Gabel, Clinton Chang, Leifu 07/2018 PhD, 2023 Structural studies of the molecular basis of branching microtubule nucleation Postdoctoral Fellow
J. Schuller Lab Synmikro Center for Synthetic Microbiology Marburg, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow
J. Schuller Lab Synmikro Center for Synthetic Microbiology Marburg, Germany
 
David, Emily Stahelin, Robert 07/2018 PhD, 2023 Budding cell entry of SARS-CoV2, ebola drug discovery, and ceramide kinase studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Charles Chalfant lab, U. of Virginia Postdoctoral Fellow, Charles Chalfant lab, U. of Virginia  
Bury, Gabriel S. Pushkar, Yulia N. 07/2018 In training Natural and artificial mechanisms of photosynthesis      
Vilza, Igi Lyon, Angeline 07/2019 MS, 2022 Biophysical studies of phospholipase Cb on lipid monolayers and bilayers Research and Development Scientist MilliporeSigma, St. Louis, MO Research and Development Scientist MilliporeSigma, St. Louis, MO  
Ozcan, Kadir Jiang, Wen 07/2019 In training Structure of amyloids from neurodegenerative diseases      
Verburgt, Jacob Kihara, Daisuke 07/2019 In training Prediction of lipid- membrane protein interactions      
Scrudders, Kevin L. Low-Nam, Shalini 07/2019 In training Fast, high-resolution microscopy to quantify single molecules involved in CAR T cell signal integration      
Huseman, Kristen Yang, Danzhou 07/2020 In training Structural analysis of nucleolin-MycG4 interactions      
Peters, Ryan Kuhn, Richard 07/2021 In training Characterizing the structure and antibody binding of HCV glycoproteins      
Janjua, Hunain Tesmer, John 07/2021 In training Structural and functional investigations of GRK5 in complex with GPCRs      
Mahurkar, Ketaki Lyon, Angeline 07/2021 In training Activation of PLCe by Ras Isoforms      
Beechboard, Sydney Mesecar, Andrew 07/2022 In training Structures of SARS- CoV-2 3CLpro clinical variants      
Gray, Ryan Metskas, Lauren Ann 07/2022 In training Polymerization of rubisco in a- carboxysomes; ultrastructure of propanediol utilization microcompartments by cryo-ET      
Demoss, Mercedes Yang, Danzhou 07/2022 In training Structure and function of the MYC promoter G- quadruplex (MycG4)      
Ellegate, James Post, Carol 07/2022 In training Characterization of systems containing flexible peptide substrates      

 

Part II. Those Clearly Associated with the Training Grant (T32-associated slots funded by Purdue EVPRP, Graduate school, or support from PI4D/PICR)

Trainee Faculty Member Start Date Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s)(s) Topic of Research Project Initial Position Current Position Subsequent Grant(s)/ Role/Year Awarded
Bush, Michelle Noinaj, Nicholas 07/2021 In training Structure of the BAM- SurA complex in the absence of substrate and BAM- SEC super complex structure      
Christoffer, Charles Kihara, Daisuke 07/2016 PhD, 2023 Flexible docking of protein complexes Senior Computational Scientist, Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Purdue University Senior Computational Scientist, Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Purdue University  
Dubey, Shubham Noinaj, Nicholas 07/2020 In training Molecular mechanism for iron transport in Neisseria using cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography      
Gonazlez, Brenda Jiang, Wen 07/2016 PhD, 2021 Cryo-EM helical reconstruction of bacteriophage contractile tail sheath Application Scientist Refeyn company Postdoctoral Fellow
T. Gonen Lab Dept. of Biological Chemistry
UCLA
Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (2022)
Kenny, Sebastian Das, Chittaranjan 07/2018 PhD, 2023 Molecular mechanism of p53 ubiquitination by HPV E6 protein Postdoctoral Fellow
D. Baker lab Institute for Protein Design University of Washington
Postdoctoral Fellow
D. Baker lab Institute for Protein Design
University of Washington