Scott A. Strobel Lab Group, May 2008
Group Photo, May 2008. Back Row (from left): Alexandra Antonioli, Mary Stahley, David Kingery, Katie Smith, Sarah Lipchock, Meghan Griffin, Thanh Vu, and Daniel Spakowicz; Front Row (from left): Jared Davis, Dave Hiller, Scott Strobel, Lori-Ann Boulanger, Ian Suydam, Ethan Butler, and Nicolas Carrasco. Not included in the picture: Vipender Singh, Alison Livingston and Madeline Cavanaugh.
 
 
Current Lab Members (updated on 5/29/2008)
 
  Professor Scott A. Strobel
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
266 Whitney Avenue, Room 309A J.W. Gibbs
New Haven, CT 06520-8114
Office Phone: 203-432-9772; Office Fax: 203-432-5767
Email: scott.strobel@yale.edu
 
Madeline picture   Madeline Y. Cavanaugh
Assistant to Professor Strobel & Undergraduate Registrar
Yale University-Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
266 Whitney Avenue, Room 309C J.W. Gibbs
New Haven, CT 06520-8114
Tel: 203 432 5566
Email: madeline.cavanaugh@yale.edu
 
Alexandra Antonioli   Alexandra Antonioli
Lab manager
Yale University, '07
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Investigation of the reverse kink turn in the Azoarcus Group I Intron
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: alexandra.antonioli@yale.edu
 
Nicolas   Nicolas Carrasco
NIH Postdoctoral Associate, 2005
Ph.D., The City University of New York, 2005
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Zhen Huang
Current Project: Mechanism of ribosomal stalling by nascent peptides
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: nicolas.carrasco@yale.edu
 
Ian   Ian Suydam
NIH Postdoctoral Associate, 2006
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2005
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Steven Boxer
Project: Fluorine Containing Nucleotides as Probes of Nucleobase Protonation States
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: ian.suydam@yale.edu
 
Dave H.   Dave Hiller
NIH Postdoctoral Associate, 2006
Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara, 2005
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor John Perona
Current Project: Kinetic isotope effect on ribosomal peptide bond formation
Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949
Email: david.hiller@yale.edu
 
Vipender   Vipender Singh
Postdoctoral Associate, 2006
James Hudson Brown-Alexander Brown Coxe Fellowship
Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2006; Advisor: Professor Vern Schramm
Current Project: Role of guanoside on ribozyme catalysis
Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949
Email: vipender.singh@yale.edu
 
Lori-Ann Boulanger   Lori-Ann Boulanger
Postdoctoral Associate, 2007
Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2006
Ph.D. advisor: Professor Melissa J. Moore
Room 321 J.W. Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: lori.boulanger@gmail.com
 
Jared   Jared Davis
Postdoctoral Associate, 2007
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Samuel Butcher
Current Project: Mechanism of mRNA Cleavage at the A-Site
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: jared.davis@yale.edu
 
Strobel Lab   Alison Livingston
Postdoctoral Associate, 2008
Ph.D., University of Utah, 2006
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Sheila S. David
Current Project: Investigation of the GEMM Riboswitch
Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949
Email: livina9@yahoo.com
 
Ethan   Ethan Butler
Ph.D. Student
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Glycine riboswitch structure and cooperativity
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: ethan.butler@yale.edu
 
David K.   David Kingery
Ph.D. Student
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Bronsted analysis of the peptidyl transferase reaction
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: david.kingery@yale.edu
 
Sarah   Sarah Lipchock
Ph.D. Student
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Project: Kinetic studies of the GlmS ribozyme
Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949
Email: sarah.lipchock@yale.edu
 
Katie   Katie Smith
Ph.D. Student
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Project: Structural studies of alternative sugar binding to the GlmS ribozyme
Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949
Email: kathryn.smith@yale.edu
 
Tanh   Thanh Vu
Ph.D. Student
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Investing the role of substrate-assisted catalysis in peptide bond formation
Room 322 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949
Email: thanh.vu@yale.edu
 

Meghan Griffin

  Meghan Griffin
Ph.D. Student
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Pending...
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: meghan.griffin@yale.edu
 

Daniel Spakowicz

  Daniel Spakowicz
Ph.D. Student
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Pending...
Room 321 J.W.Gibbs, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: daniel.spakowicz@yale.edu