Current Personnel
Dr. Michael Yu
B.S. Microbiology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M.Sc. Microbiology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Yu became an Assistant Professor at SUNY-Buffalo in 2006. He received his B.S. and M.S. from University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign where he majored in Microbiology. He obtained his Ph.D. from UCLA under the supervision of Drs. David Campbell and Nancy Sturm. After his Ph.D., Dr. Yu did his post-doctoral training in Dr. Pamela Silver’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School where he used yeast S. cerevisiae to study how protein arginine methyltransferase regulates gene expression
Eric Milliman
B.S. Molecular Biology & Forensic Chemistry Ohio University
PhD Student 2007-
Using both yeast and mammalian cells as model organisms, my lab is focused on understanding the biological functions of protein arginine methylation at the molecular level using cell biological, biochemistry, and genomics approaches. We are also interested in developing high-throughput technologies that will allow us to rapidly screen and identify PRMT substrates.
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Chris Jackson
B.A. Biological Sciences & Mathematics University at Buffalo
PhD Student 2009-
Chris Jackson is currently studying the effect of protein arginine methylation on spliceosome dynamics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; specifically, methylation of the U1 snRNP protein Snp1. Additionally, he is examining the role of yeast arginine methyltransferase Hmt1 on several aspects of stress resistance.
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Neah Likhite
B.Sc. Biotechnology University of Mumbai
M.Sc. Biotechnology University of Mumbai
PhD Student 2009-
Neah is studying how mammalian PRMT functions in signaling pathways.
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Bhavana Muddukrishna
B.A. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Boston University
PhD Student 2010-
Bhavana is studying the role of yeast Hmt1 in the pre-mRNA splicing commitment complex formation
Alumni
Dr. Yong Hu
Visiting Scholar, Beijing Capital Normal University, China, 2011-2012
Dr. Yin-Chu Chen
Post-doctoral Fellow 2007-2011
Dr. Neelu Yadav
Post-doctoral Fellow 2009-2010
Holly Johnson
UB Undergraduate Research (NSF REU), Summer 2012
Sangwon Min
UB Undergraduate Research 2010-2011
Rujing Wen
UB Undergraduate Research 2009-2010
Jennifer Chen
M.S. Topic Research, Buffalo State University 2010
Liwei Xie
UB Undergraduate Research 2008-2009
Marda Hailu
CSTEP / UB Undergraduate Research 2008-2009
Jinjoo Cha
Summer Intern Undergraduate Research, Syracuse University 2009
Carrie McNamee
UB Undergraduate Research 2008-2009
Aderonke Olutunmbi
UB Undergraduate Research 2008-2009
Keerthi Kosuri
M.S. Student 2006-2008
Jennifer A. Vollbracht
M.S. Student 2006-2008
