Tor Lab Alumni
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Name: Marcela Bucardo Year of Ph. D Defense: 2023 Undergraduate Education:B.S., Chemistry; Point Loma Nazarene University Undergraduate Research Advisor Prof. Dale Shellhamer Division: Organic Research Project: Synthesis and Application of Fluorescent Guanine Derivatives |
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Name: Kaivin Hadidi Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2022 Undergraduate Education:B.S., University of California, San Diego Undergraduate Research Advisor Professor Yitzhak Tor Division: Organic Research Project: Synthesis and Application of Fluorescent Antibiotic Analogs |
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Name: Paul Ludford Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2021 Division: Organic Research Project: Synthesis and Application of Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogs |
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Name: Yao Li Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2019 Undergraduate Education: B.S. Minzu University of China Undergraduate Research Advisor: Division: Chemical Biology Thesis: Biophysical and Biochemical Applications of Isomorphic Fluorescent Cyclic Dinucleotide Analogs |
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Name: Alex R. Rovira Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2017 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; University of California Santa Cruz Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Bakthan Singaram Division: Organic Thesis: Development and implementation of isomorphic and isofunctional fluorescent nucleosides |
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Name: Patryjca Hopkins Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2017 Undergraduate Education: M.S., Chemistry; University of Lodz Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Jan Epsztajn Division: Organic Thesis: Toward Red Emitting Nucleosides: Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, Oligonucleotide Incorporation & Applications |
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Name: Kristina Hamill Year of PhD Defense: 2016 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; James Madison University Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Kevin L. Caran Division: Organic Thesis: Overcoming Biological Barriers: Synthesis and Evaluation of Molecular Transporters |
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Name: Ryan Weiss Year of PhD Defense: 2015 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; Point Loma Nazarene University Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Dale Shellhamer Division: Organic Thesis: Targeting Glycosaminoglycans with Small Molecules: Design, Synthesis, and Applications |
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Name: Lisa McCoy Year of PhD Defense: 2014 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; Point Loma Nazarene U. Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Vic Heasley Division: Organic Thesis: Exploring biomolecular interactions: New ligands and novel assays |
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Name: Rich Fair Year of PhD Defense: 2014 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; University of Pittsburgh Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Dennis Curran Division: Organic Thesis: Synthesis of aminoglycoside analogs and other potential antibacterials. Current Position: Postdoc, Max Planck Institute, Berlin. |
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Name: Andro Rios Year of PhD Defense: 2012 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; California State University, Sacramento Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. John D. Spence Division: Organic Thesis: On the Origin of the Canonical Nucleobases: Selection Pressures and Hydrolytic Stabilities of N-Glycosyl Bonds |
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Name: Mary Noe Year of PhD Defense: 2011 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; University of Colorado at Boulder Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Marvin H. Caruthers Division: Organic Thesis: Design, synthesis and incorporation of fluorescent thiophene-modified nucleoside analogs |
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Name: Yun Xie Year of PhD Defense: 2010 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. M. David Curtis & Prof. Nils Walter Division: Inorganic Thesis: Synthesis and Applications of Quinazoline-Based Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogues. Current Position: Postdoc, Scoot Silverman Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
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Name: Matthew Belousoff Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Australia E-mail: mbelousoff@ucsd.edu Year of PhD Defense: 2008 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Undergraduate & Thesis Research Advisor: Prof. Leone Spiccia Research Project: Peptide nucleic acid-metal hybrid conjugates as novel therapeutics. |
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Name: Nicholas Greco Year of PhD Defense:Feb. 2008 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; Stonehill College Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Lewis J. Liotta Division: Organic |
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Name: Victor Tam Year of PhD Defense: August 2007 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; University of California, Berkeley Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Matthew B. Francis Division: Organic Thesis: Targeting Unique Nucleic Acid Structures with Small Molecules Current Position: Faculty Instructor at Foothill College in the Bay Area. |
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Name: Fang Zhao Year of Ph.D. Defense: September 2006 Undergraduate Education: B.S., Chemistry; Beijing Normal University, China Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Sui Zhao Division: Organic Thesis: "Aminoglycoside Derivatives and Mimetics as RNA Binders" Current Position: Industrial Postdoc; Immusol, Inc. |
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Name: Lev-Elson Schwab Year of Ph.D. Defense: June 2006 Undergraduate Education: University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Harry Noller Division: Biochemistry Thesis: "Cellular Uptake and Delivery of Guanidinoglycosides is Heparan Sulfate Dependent" Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (with Prof. Gabriele Varani); University of Washington |
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Name: Grace Yang Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2005 Undergraduate Education: California Institute of Technology Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Harry Gray Division: Organic Thesis: "Application of the Adaptive Poisson Boltzmann Solver on the Investigation of the Small Oligonucleotide A-site Model and 30S Ribosomal Subunit Binding to Aminoglycosidic Antibiotics" Position After Graduation: Burnham Institute Current Position: Fordham Law School |
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Name: Susan Seaman Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2004 Undergraduate Education: University of Florida, Gainesville Division: Organic Thesis: "Fluorescent Nucleosides as Probes for DNA Structure and Recognition" Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar; University of Montreal |
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Name: Charles (Qi) Liu Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2004 Division: Organic Thesis: "Synthesis of Small Molecules Targeting RNA" Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Scholar; California Institute of Technology Current Position: Research Scientist; Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
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Name: Michelle Hysell Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2004 Undergraduate Education: University of Southern Colorado Division: Organic Thesis: "Synthesis and Study of the Physical Properties of s-Triazine Nucleosides" Current Position: Research Chemist; Immusol, Inc. |
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Name: Phoebe (Edith) Glazer Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2003 Undergraduate Education: Williams College Division: Organic Thesis: "Expanding the Organic Chemistry of Coordination Complexes: Construction of "Large Surface Area" Ligands and Multi-Metallic Arrays" Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar; The Scripps Research Institute & the California Institute of Technology (joint) |
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Name: Nathan Luedtke Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2002 Undergraduate Education: University of Washington Division: Biochemistry Thesis: "RNA Affinity and Specificity of Modified Aminoglycosides, Metal Complexes, and Intercalating Agents that Target the HIV-1 Rev Response Element" Position After Graduation: Postdoctoral Scholar; Yale University Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Zurich Academic Biography: [LINK] |
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Name: Hima Joshi Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2001 Thesis: "Conjugated Phenathrolines and Metal-containing DNA as Luminescent Probes" Position After Graduation: Assistant Professor; University of San Diego Current Position: Assistant Professor; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
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Name: Dennis Hurley Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2000 Thesis: "Metal Complex Probes for Energy and Electron Transfer in Biological Systems" Current Position: Senior Research Scientist; Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
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Name: Sarah Kirk Year of Ph.D. Defense: 2000 Thesis: "RNA-Small Molecule Interactions" Current Position: Assistant Professor; University of Williamette |
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Name: Chris Thomas Year of Ph.D. Defense: 1999 Thesis: "Ruthenium DNA Hybrid Materials for Supramolecular Synthesis" Current Position: University of California, San Diego; Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials |
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Name: Hai Wang Year of Ph.D. Defense: 1997 Thesis: "Design, Synthesis and RNA Binding of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics" Current Position: Clinical Micro Sensors |
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Name: Dimitrios Tzalis Year of Ph.D. Defense: 1997 Thesis: "Coordination Compounds as Synthetic Building Blocks" Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität Marburg |
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Name: Yusuke Kawamoto, Ph.D. Year Joined Lab: March 2018 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Science; Kyoto University, Japan Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Hiroshi Sugiyama Ph.D. Thesis: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamide Probes for Visualization of Telomeres Research Project: Application of Fluorescent Nucleosides to Study Non-canonical DNA and RNA Structures |
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Name: Noam Freeman, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: Feb 2010 - June 2015 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Chaim Gilon Ph.D. Thesis: Development of Novel Methods for Solid Phase Synthesis of Aza-Peptides and Their Application for Combinatorial Peptidomimetic Aza-Scan Research Project:1) CNS and neurological activity of neurotensin peptidomimetic analogs. 2) Synthesis of new fluorescent nucleosides. |
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Name: Ezequiel Wexselblatt, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: Sept 2012 - June 2015 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Joshua Katzhendler and Dr. Eylon Yavin Ph.D. Thesis:Synthesis of Novel ppGpp Analogues as Potential Antibacterial Agents Research Project: Synthesis and Evaluation of Oligo-guanidinoglycosides for Protein Replacement |
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Name: Dongwon Shin, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: August 2008-2013 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry; University of California, Riverside Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Christopher Switzer Ph.D. Thesis:Syntheses and Properties of Artificial Oligonucleotides: Metallo Base-pairs and Simplified Backbones. Research Project: Synthesis, evaluation and implementation of fluorescent nucleosides and oligonucleotides. |
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Name: Renatus Sinkeldam, Ph.D., Assistant Project Scientist Time in Tor Lab: May 2006-July 2013 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry; Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. E. W. Meijer Ph.D. Thesis: The design and synthesis of helical foldamers based on poly-ureidophthalimides. Research Project: Synthesis and photophysical characterization of novel fluorescent isomorphic nucleotides and their incorporation in DNA/RNA. |
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Name: Lucile Fischer, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: December 2008 - November 2009 Research Project: Cellular Uptake. |
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Name: S. G. Srivatsan, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: December 2005 - Summer 2008 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Biochemistry; Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Sandeep Verma Ph.D. Thesis: Modeling prebiotic catalysis using adenylated polymers. [LINK] Previous Postdoctoral Experience: University of Bonn Research Project: Enzymatic incorporation of artifical fluorescent nucleotides for quantifying small molecule binding to RNA. |
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Name: Feng Yang, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: 2005-2008 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry, Biochemistry; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Yuguo Duo and Prof. Fanzuo Kong Ph.D. Thesis: Carbohydrate Chemistry: Methodology and Application [LINK] Previous Postdoctoral Experience: University of Alberta Research Project: Synthesis of dissacharide mimics. Academic Biography: [LINK] |
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Name: Pradip Chakraborty, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: December 2005 - 2008 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry; University of Goettingen Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Ulf Diederichsen Ph.D. Thesis: Design synthesis and structural investigation of nucleobase functionalized beta-peptides. Research Project: Synthesis and biological activities of a radiolabeled cyclic lanthionine enkephalin analogue and cellular uptake of nucleotide-guanidinoglycooside conjugates. |
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Name: Paola Castaldi, Ph.D. (joint with Prof. Thomas Hermann) Time in Tor Lab: Winter 2005-Summer 2007 Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry; Imperial College, London Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Susan E. Gibson Ph.D. Thesis: Introduction of Multiple Chiral Centers into Symmetric Small Molecules. Research Project: Synthesis of small-molecule ligands for the bacterial ribosomal decoding-site RNA. |
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Name: David Jaramillo Time in Tor Lab:Spring 2006-Spring 2007 Doctoral Institution: University of Western Sydney Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Janice Aldrich-Wright Ph.D. Thesis: N/A Research Project: Synthesis of novel fluorescent nucleotides. |
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Name: Damien Jouvenot, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: Fall 2004 - Spring 2006 Ph.D. Institution: University of Strasbourg Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage Thesis: Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry; University of Grenoble (France) |
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Name: Avi Koller, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: Winter 2004 - Spring 2005 Ph.D. Institution: Tel Aviv University Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Yoel Kashman |
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Name: Kenneth Blount, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: Summer 2002 - Spring 2005 Ph.D. Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Olke Uhlenbeck Current Position: Research Scientist (with Prof. Ronald Breaker); Yale University |
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Name: Haim Weizman, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: 1999 - 2003 Ph.D. Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Avraham Shanzer Current Position: Lecturer; University of California, San Diego |
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Name: Katja Michael, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: March 1996 - August 1999 Ph.D. Institution: Technical University of Munich Current Position: Graduate Advisor, University of Texas at El Paso |
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Name: Dr. Jürgen Boer Time in Tor Lab: Ph.D. Institution: Current Position: |
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Name: Andrei A. Zlota, Ph.D. Time in Tor Lab: December 1993 - July 1994 Ph.D. Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. David Milstein Current Position: President and Chief Chemical Engineer of The Zlota Company |
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Name: Shenghua Yang Time in the lab: April 2018- April 2021 Major: Chemistry Research Project: Synthesis of Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogues |
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Name: Aaron Levy Major: Chemistry Research Project: Synthesis of Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogues |
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Name: Sang H Lee Year: 4th Year B.S. Major: Biochemistry and Cell Biology Research Project: Fluorescent Nucleosides |
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Name: Francis Yu Time in Lab: Summer 2015 - Fall 2017 Major: Chemistry Research Project: Fluorescent Nucleoside Synthesis |
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Name: Justin Bennink Time in Lab: Summer 2007 - Fall 2009 Major: Biochemistry/Chemistry Research Project: Synthesis of Surfen derivatives: discovering small molecule inhibitors of heparin sulfate. Life after Graduation: UC Irvine, School of Medicine |
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Name: Chris Redgate Time in Lab: Summer 2007 - Summer 2009 Major: Biochemistry/Chemistry Research Project: Cellular Uptake. Life after Graduation: UCLA, School of Medicine |
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Name: Andrew Roberts Time in Lab: Summer 2007 - Summer 2008 Major: Biochemistry/Chemistry Research Project: Fluorescent Nucleosides. Life after Graduation: UCLA, Chemistry Ph.D. Graduate Program |
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Name: Paul Marcus Time in Tor Lab: Fall 2006 - Summer 2008 Major: Biochemistry Research Project: Synthesis of new fluorescent nucleosides Life after Graduation: Ohio State University, College of Medicine |
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Name: Bryan Phan Time in Tor Lab: Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 Major: Biology Research Project: Development of artificial nucleobases. |
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Name: Baia Lasky Time in Tor Lab: Summer 2004 - Summer 2006 Major: Biology College: Earl Warren Life after Graduation: University of Illinois, Chicago, School of Medicine Research Project: Synthesis of metal-coordinating compounds and aminoglycoside-based protein-denaturing agents |
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Name: Denise Kwong Time in Tor Lab: Summer 2004 - Summer 2006 Major: Biology & Chemistry College: Earl Warren Life after Graduation: University of California, San Diego, School of Pharmacy Research Project: Development of a fluorescence-based assay for detecting small molecule binding to the HIV-1 DIS |
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Name: Kay Buchner Year in Tor Lab: Spring 2005 - Summer 2006 Major: Chemistry College: Muir College Life after Graduation: University of California, Irvine; Chemistry Ph.D. Graduate Program Research Project: Synthesis and development of ruthenium-based molecules |
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Name: Sara Wu Time in Tor Lab: Summer 2005 - Summer 2006 Major: Pharmalogical Chemistry College: 6th College Life after Graduation: N/A Research Project: Synthesis of beta-peptide-based, constricted aminoglycosides |
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Name: Kim Nguyen Time in Tor Lab: Spring 2005 - Winter 2005 Major: Chemistry Current Position: University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy |
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Name: Brian Agan Time in Tor Lab: Spring 2005 - Winter 2005 Major: Chemistry Current Position: Research Associate; Hisamitsu Laboratories |
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Name: Stephanie Kinkel Time in Tor Lab: Summer 2004 - Summer 2005 Major: Biology Current Position: Research Associate; The Salk Institute |
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Name: Dan Palacios Time in Tor Lab: June 2003 - Summer 2005 Major: Chemistry Current Position: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne; Chemistry Ph.D. Graduate Program |
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Name: Sing Lam Time in Tor Lab: June 2003 - Summer 2005 Major: Chemistry Current Position: N/A |
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Name: Katy Muzikar Time in Tor Lab: June 2003 - Summer 2005 Major: Chemistry Current Position: California Institute of Technology; Chemistry Ph.D. Graduate Program (Advisor: Prof. Peter Dervan) |
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Name: John Enquist Time in Tor Lab: July 2003 - July 2004 Major: Chemistry Current Position: California Institute of Technology; Chemistry Ph.D. Graduate Program (Advisor: Prof. Brian Stoltz) |
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Name: Samar Yalda Time in Tor Lab: July 2003 - July 2004 Major: Chemistry Current Position: University of California, San Diego, School of Pharmacy |
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