Xiaoyu Wang
Undergraduate student in the lab: 09/2022 - 04/2024
Email: xwang74@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2024, Georgia State University
Current position: MS student at UCLA
Undergraduate student in the lab: 09/2022 - 04/2024
Email: xwang74@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2024, Georgia State University
Current position: MS student at UCLA
Li Zhou
Ph.D. student: 01/2016 - 12/2022
Postdoctoral Fellow: 01/2022 - 09/2023
Current position: staff scientist at Emory University
Email:lzhou5@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2014, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (Hangzhou, China)
Ph.D., 2021, Georgia State University
Engineering orthogonal ubiquitin transfer cascades with Ring E3s RNF38 and Cbl-b, and RBR E3s Parkin and HHARI.
Ph.D. student: 01/2016 - 12/2022
Postdoctoral Fellow: 01/2022 - 09/2023
Current position: staff scientist at Emory University
Email:lzhou5@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2014, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (Hangzhou, China)
Ph.D., 2021, Georgia State University
Engineering orthogonal ubiquitin transfer cascades with Ring E3s RNF38 and Cbl-b, and RBR E3s Parkin and HHARI.
Britton Ody
Ph.D. student: 07/2019 - 05/2023
Email: body1@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2019, Berry College
Design and synthesis of PROTACs and probes of glycosyltransferases.
Ph.D. student: 07/2019 - 05/2023
Email: body1@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2019, Berry College
Design and synthesis of PROTACs and probes of glycosyltransferases.
Tomaya Carpenter
Ph.D. student: 08/2018 - 07/2023
Email: tcarpenter4@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2016, Georgia State University
M.S., 2018, Georgia State University
Ph.D., 2023, Georgia State University
Synthesis of di-ubiquitin probes based on unnatural amino acid incorporation.
Ph.D. student: 08/2018 - 07/2023
Email: tcarpenter4@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2016, Georgia State University
M.S., 2018, Georgia State University
Ph.D., 2023, Georgia State University
Synthesis of di-ubiquitin probes based on unnatural amino acid incorporation.
Minh Nguyen
Undergraduate student in the lab: 01/2022 - 05/2023
University Assistantship
MBD undergraduate summer research fellowship
Email: dnguyen194@student.gsu.edu
Cloning and expressing of RBR E3s.
Undergraduate student in the lab: 01/2022 - 05/2023
University Assistantship
MBD undergraduate summer research fellowship
Email: dnguyen194@student.gsu.edu
Cloning and expressing of RBR E3s.
Ruochuan Liu
Ph.D. student: 09/2016 - 05/2022
Postdoctoral Fellow: 08/2022 - 01/2023
Email: rliu8@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2012, Wuhan University
M.S., 2015, City University of Hong Kong
Ph.D., 2022, Georgia State University
Current position: Creative Biomart
Profiling the substrates of HECT E3 E6AP/Ube3a and Smurf2, and RBR E3 RNF216 by orthogonal ubiquitin transfer.
Ph.D. student: 09/2016 - 05/2022
Postdoctoral Fellow: 08/2022 - 01/2023
Email: rliu8@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2012, Wuhan University
M.S., 2015, City University of Hong Kong
Ph.D., 2022, Georgia State University
Current position: Creative Biomart
Profiling the substrates of HECT E3 E6AP/Ube3a and Smurf2, and RBR E3 RNF216 by orthogonal ubiquitin transfer.
Xuan Fu
Ph.D., 2022, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 09/2019 - 07/2022
Chemosynthetic application of glycosyltransferases and synthesis of di-ubiquitin probes.
Geon (Peter) Jeong
M.S., 2022, Georgia State University
B.S., 2018, University of Georgia at Athens
Time in lab: 09/2019 - 05/2022
Engineering of U-box E3s from the legionella bacteria and ubiquitination assay with the array.
In Ho Jeong
M.S., 2022, Georgia State University
B.S., 2018, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 08/2017 - 05/2022
Engineering of Ring E3s for the orthogonal ubiquitin transfer cascade.
Christopher Gibbons
Ph.D., 2021, Georgia State University
M.S., 2018, Georgia State University
B.S., 2013, Georgia Institute of Technology
Time in lab: 09/2019 - 03/2022
Tau peptide arrays for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Current position: PepGen Inc., Cambridge, MA.
Shuai Fang
Visiting student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Time in lab: 11/2017 - 04/2021
Rsp5 and Parkin substrate profiling and verification by orthogonal ubiquitin transfer.
Kwaku Adu-Boahene
M.S., 2021, Georgia State University
B.S., 2019, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 09/2018 - 05/2021
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids.
Kangli Peng
Visiting student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Time in lab: 11/2018 - 07/2020
E6AP/Ube3a regulation of protein O-GlcNAcylation and glycolysis.
Ava Mozelle Martinez
B.S., 2020, Georgia State University
Time in the lab: 09/2019 - 05/2020
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids.
Chris Mogaka
B.S., 2020, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 09/2019 - 05/2020
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids
Bo Jin
Visiting student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Time in lab: 01/2019 - 01/2020
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids and incorporation into ubiquitin
Han Zhou
Ph.D., 2019, Georgia State University
M.S., 2013, Peking University Health Science Center (Beijing, China)
Advisor: Professor Junyin Liu
B.S., 2012, Peking University Health Science Center (Beijing, China)
Time in lab: 09/2013 - 12/2019
Incorporation of unnatural amino acid into ubiquitin and synthesis of linkage specific ubiquitin probes.
Current position: Postdoctoral associate, Peter Schultz's lab, The Scripps Research Institute.
Monica Polite
B.S., 2019, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 01/2018 - 05/2019
Summer Undergraduate Fellowship of the Molecular Basis of Disease (MBD) Program, 2018
Expression of E3 ubiquitin ligases.
B.S., 2019, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 01/2018 - 05/2019
Summer Undergraduate Fellowship of the Molecular Basis of Disease (MBD) Program, 2018
Expression of E3 ubiquitin ligases.
Bianca Dullabh
High school student
Catch-Them-Young program
Time in lab: 05/2018 - 07/2018
Worked on synthesizing unnatural amino acids for incorporation into ubiquitin.
High school student
Catch-Them-Young program
Time in lab: 05/2018 - 07/2018
Worked on synthesizing unnatural amino acids for incorporation into ubiquitin.
Stacey Jones
B.S., 2018, Georgia State University
2019, Post-baccalaureate at the University of Chicago
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NSF-LSAMP), Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (NIH-IMSD), and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship of the Molecular Basis of Disease Program (MBD).
Traveling Award for 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Time in lab: 05/2016 - 07/2018
Incorporation of unnatural amino acids into ubiquitin.
Current Position: Graduate student at Emory University.
Geng Chen
Email: gchen8@gsu.edu
B.S., 2008, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Ph.D., 2012, Baylor University
Postdoctoral associate, University of Texas at Austin, 2012-2014
Postdoctoral associate, Georgia State University, 2014-2018
Worked on engineering orthogonal ubiquitin transfer (OUT) cascade for Parkin and HHARI
Current position: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Nicolas A. Rios
Email: nrios4@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2016, Armstrong State University
M.S., 2018, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 08/2016 - 05/2018
Worked on engineering a xE2-xE3 pair with the Ring E3 RNF38
Current position: Idexx Laboratories in Atlanta
Nicolas A. Rios
Email: nrios4@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2016, Armstrong State University
M.S., 2018, Georgia State University
Time in lab: 08/2016 - 05/2018
Worked on engineering a xE2-xE3 pair with the Ring E3 RNF38
Current position: Idexx Laboratories in Atlanta
Yiyang Wang
Email: wangyiyang@jnu.edu.cn
B.M., 2007, Xinxiang Medical University (Henan, China)
M.S., 2010, Medical School of Jinan University (Guangzhou, China)
M.D., Ph.D., 2013, Medical School of Jinan University (Guangzhou, China)
Time in lab: 09/2013 - 12/2016
Postdoctoral associate, Peter Schultz's lab, The Scripps Research Institute, 2017-2018
Current position: Associate Professor, Jinan University Medical School, Guangzhou, China
Karan Bhuripanyo
Email: kb27787@hotmail.com
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2009, Baylor University
M.S. in Chemistry (organic), 2011, University of Chicago
Ph.D. in Chemistry (organic), 2016, University of Chicago
Time in lab: 01/2012 - 08/2016
Current position: Qiagen, Thailand.
Jiarong Zhong
Email: jzhong4@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2016, Georgia State University
Time in Lab: 09/2014 - 08/2015
Current position: Ph.D. student in the Department of Biology, Georgia State University.
Jiarong Zhong
Email: jzhong4@student.gsu.edu
B.S., 2016, Georgia State University
Time in Lab: 09/2014 - 08/2015
Current position: Ph.D. student in the Department of Biology, Georgia State University.
Archana Iyer
Email: farchana1@student.gsu.edu
B.S. in Biotechnology, 2011, North Dakota State University, Advisor: Professor Eugene Berry.
M.S. in Biotechnology, 2014, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Advisor: Professor Tino Unlap.
Time in the lab: 09/2014-11/2015
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Georgia State University.
Patrick Major
B.S. in Chemistry, 2013, Georgia State University
M.S. in Chemistry, 2014, Georgia State University
Time in the lab: 01/2014 - 12/2014
Current position: Pharm.D. student, University of Georgia, Athens.
Jessica Siemer
Email: jsiemer1@student.gsu.edu
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 2014, Georgia Institute of Technology
Time in the lab: 09/2014 - 10/2015
Current position: Ph.D. student, Georgia State University
Linda Soegiarto
B.S. in Chemistry, 2014, Georgia State University
Time in the lab: 09/2014 - 08/2015
Allison SA, Wu H, Moyher A, Soegiarto L, Truong B, Nguyen D, Nguyen T, and Park D, (2014) Coarse-Grained Modelling of the Titration and Cobhavior of Aqueous Fullerene Hexa Malonic Acid (FHMA) Solutions, J.Phys. Chem. B, 118, 3150 - 3155.
Allison SA, Wu H, Tuyen M, Dang L, Huynh GH, Soegiarto L, Truong B, and Nguyen T, (2014) Specific Ion Effects on the Electrophoretic Mobility of Small, Highly Charged Peptides, A Modelling Study. in press.
Johnny Truong
B.S., 2014, Georgia State University
Time in the lab: 09/2013 - 06/2014, Undergraduate research assistant.
Current position: Ph.D. student, University of California at Berkeley.
Bo Zhao
Email: bozhao@sjtu.edu.cn
B.S., 2002; M.S., 2005; Ph.D., 2009; Jilin University (Jilin, China)
Time in the lab: 04/2010 - 06/2013, Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago.
Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Keya Zhang
B.S., 2006, Peking University
Ph.D., 2012, University of Chicago
Time in Lab: 01/2007 - 06/2012, Graduate student at the University of Chicago.
Current position: DuPont Research & Development Center in Shanghai, China.