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Principal Investigator

 

Silvia Cavagnero

cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu
Telephone Number: Tel: (608) 262-5430. Fax: (608) 262-9918
Address: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Room # 5351, Madison, WI 53706.

Education:
Ph.D. 1996, California Institute of Technology
M.S. 1990, University of Arizona
B.S. 1988, 'La Sapienza' University, Rome, Italy

Teaching:
-Biophysical Chemistry (Chem/Biochem 565/665)
-Biophysical Spectroscopy (Chem 668)
-Physical Chemistry (Chem561)
-Principles of Multidimensional NMR Spectroscopy (Chem 860)
-General Chemistry (Chem 103, Chem 104)
-Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Chem 563, 564, 567)
Hobbies / Interests:
Drawing, painting, traveling, and spending time with Irene & Cecilia

Graduate Students & Scientists

 

Tony (Hongqing) Guan

hguan26@wisc.edu

Education:
BS in biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Home Town:
Kunming, China
 
Research before joining the lab:
Preparation of small-molecule linkers that facilitate target protein degradation by the proteasome
 
Current research project:
Role of ribosome and chaperones in cotranslational protein folding: genetic mutations and conformational studies
 
Hobbies / Interests:
Singing, watching musicals, playing the piano and the guitar, reading, and playing MTG

 

Anubhab Rik Halder


Education:
BSc Chemistry, Scottish Church College, Calcutta University
MSc Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Home Town:
Krishnanagar, India
 
Research before joining the lab:
Investigated the energy transfer pathways between water-stabilized perovskites and Rhodamine B Isothiocyanate dye
 
Current research project:
Nuclear spin hyperpolarization (Photo-CIDNP) method development to enhance the scope and sensitivity of NMR spectroscopy in the solution state
 
Hobbies / Interests:
Watching movies and playing guitar

 

Jinoh Jang

jang72@wisc.edu

Education:
BS in Medical and Moleculr Biology, MCPHS University, Boston (MA)

Home Town:
Busan, South Korea
 
Research before joining the lab:
Improving molecular cloning of IL-1 beta DNA in E. coli
 
Current research project:
Optimization of transcription-translation cell-free systems to study protein folding and aggregation.; and genomic modifications of bacterial ribosome to decrease aggregation in biotechnology and disease
     
Hobbies / Interests:
Playing the clarinet, online games, and karaoke

 

Shapla Mahfuza Ummay

shapla@wisc.edu

Education:
BS and MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangimagar University, Bangladesh

Home Town:
Jessore, Bangladesh
 
Research before joining the lab:
Serotyping of Dengue virus of natural Dengue infection in Bangladesh
 
Current research project:
Determination of the structure and dynamics of nascent proteins and their ribosomal interactions in the absence and presence of cofactors by NMR spectroscopy and single-particle Cryo-EM. Development of optically enhanced multidimensional NMR spectroscopy (LC-photo-CIDNP) for the hypersiensitive atomic-resolution analysis of biological systems
 
Hobbies / Interests:
Walking in the countryside, playing with kittens, and reading non-fictional books

 

Neomi Millan

nmillan2@wisc.edu

Education:
BS and MS in Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Jose State University, San Jose CA

Home Town:
Long Beach, California
 
Research before joining the lab:
Investigated soluble recombinant expression of insoluble midgut proteases from the Aedes aegypti mosquito
 
Current research project:
Understanding how interactions between the ribosome and the nascent chain are affected by the presence of chaperones
 
Hobbies / Interests:
I like to crochet, play video games, watch international shows/movies, spend time with my cats, going on bike rides, and hiking

Undergraduate Students

 

Hermione (Yuzhu) Liu

liu2247@wisc.edu

Education:
Pursuing studies towards a BS in Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Home Town:
Beijing, China
 
Current Project:
Concentration dependence of protein aggregation: theoretical and experimental studies
 
Hobbies / Interests: 
Playing the piano, listening to music, taekwondo

 

 

Sofia Merrick


Education:
Pursuing studies towards a BS in Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Home Town:
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
 
Current Project:
Reprogramming of ribosome-assisted translation for the universal overexpression of proteins in soluble form
 
Hobbies / Interests: 
Reading, traveling, baking, and exercising

 

Katherine Shreeve

kshreeve@wisc.edu

Education:
Pursuing studies towards a BS in Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Home Town:
Salt Lake City, Utah
 
Current Project:
Computational prediction and experimental analysis of prion-protein folding and aggregation
 
Hobbies / Interests: 
Reading, baking, playing the violin

 

Carissa Sun

zsun344@wisc.edu

Education:
Pursuing studies towards a BS in Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Home Town:
Nanjing, China
 
Current Project:
Computational and experimental studies on protein folding and aggregation in the cell
 
Hobbies / Interests:
Listening to music, exercising and reading