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Meranda Masse
mmasse@wisc.edu
Joined Group:
November, 2017
Education:
B.S. Chemistry and Environmental Science, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
Home Town:
Antioch, Illinois
Previous research before joining the lab:
Studied the relationship between microbial sulfur metabolism and Iron (III) reduction to elucidate the evolutionary history and biodiversity of microbial respiratory systems
Current Project:
Studying the thermodynamic interplay between ribosomes and nascent chains and solving high-resolution structures of RNC's using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy.
Hobbies / Interests:
Yoga, rock climbing, reading and biking. I also have two dogs (Lincoln and Toby) that I love to spend time with.
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Justin Dang
hhdang@wisc.edu
Joined Group:
December, 2019
Education:
B.S. Chemistry and Mathematics, Stetson University, Deland, FL.
Home Town:
Saigon, Vietnam
Previous research before joining the lab:
Investigating the role of Src-Kinase in rapid endocytosis in mouse hippocampal tissues with fluorescence optical imaging (Dr. Jianhua Xu Lab, Department of Neuroscience, Augusta University).
Current Project:
Exploring the role of kinetic control in protein solubility on a proteome-wide scale in E. coli under physiologically relevant conditions.
Hobbies / Interests:
Sprinting, cooking food from different Asian cultures, switching hair colors, Đam my~, and blasting K-Pop & C-Pop.
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Heather Allaman
hallaman@wisc.edu
Joined Group:
December, 2021
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
Home Town:
Westminster, MD
Research before joining the lab:
-Engineering of cytochrome P450 enzyme towards marine natural product total synthesis (Dr. Takashi Suyama's lab, Waynesburg University)
Current Research Project:
Exploring the generality of protein folding upon release from the ribosome through fluorescence anisotropy and FRET
Hobbies / Interests:
Painting, playing the paino, reading, and baking
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Shapla Mahfuza Ummay
shapla@wisc.edu
Joined Group:
December, 2021
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
Hobbies / Interests:
Walking in the countryside, playing with kittens, and reading non-fictional books
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Li Siyu
sli633@wisc.edu
Joined Group:
December, 2021
Education:
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Home Town:
Harbin, China
Previous research before joining the lab:
Computational methods to characterize and discover new prion proteins in bacteria.
Current Project:
TBD
Hobbies / Interests:
Listening to music, reading, watching films, hiking, and petting cats.
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