Caryn Hale, a graduate student in the laboratory of Mike and Becky Terns, recently published an article in the prestigious journal Cell describing the discovery of an RNA based defense mechanism in archaea (Hale et al., (2010) Cell 139:945-56). An article published in Columns describes this and other work in the Terns lab.

 

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  • Our research mission is to generate new knowledge and original concepts related to solving modern scientific problems. We maintain internationally recognized and well-funded research programs in the areas of bioinformatics, biophysical method development, enzymology, glycobiology, molecular medicine, plant biology, and structural biology, among others.

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Graduate Student (Junior)

Jason Carte, Terns lab
Identification and characterization of Cas6 as an endoribonuclease involved in invader defense in prokaryotes

Aaron Petrey, Steet lab
Identifying the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Mucolipidosis II using Zebrafish and Feline Models

Abigail Cline, Steet lab
Axonal Atrophy is Associated with Neuromuscular Defects in Mucolipidosis-II

Graduate Student (Senior)

Caryn Hale, Terns lab
RNA-mediated genome defense in Pyrococcus furiosus

Jarrod Barnes, Steet lab
Mannose phosphorylation of two non-lysosomal proteins Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) and Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGFb-1): implications in the pathogenesis of mucolipidosis II (ML-II)

Postdoctoral

Dr. Surya Manandhar, Schmidt lab
Chemical inhibition of CAAX protease activity disrupts yeast Ras localization


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