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The Hedstrom Laboratory
Current group
members
Former
group members
| Name | Project | Awards |
| Peter Belenky |
IMP dehydrogenase |
Hughes |
| Sol Schulman | IMP dehydrogenase | Hughes, Pfizer, Goldwater |
| Nwak Umejiego (U Georgia) |
C. parvum IMP dehydrogenase |
Graduate Students
| Name | Program | Prior degrees | Project |
| Chris Knoell | Bioorg. | B.S. Biol., Boston University | Prostate specific antigen |
| Sarah Eldridge | Biochem. | B.S. Biochem., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | IMP dehydrogenase |
| Yollete
Guillen-Schlippe |
Biochem. |
B.S. Chem., California State University-Fullerton |
IMP dehydrogenase |
| Gina Pagani |
Biophys. |
B.S. Chem., UNC-Chapel Hill |
human acireductone dioxygenase, aka sipL |
| Thomas
Riera |
Biochem. |
B.S. Phy. & Neuro., University of Connecticut |
IMP dehydrogenase |
| Name |
Degree |
Training period |
Project |
Current position |
Awards |
| Thalia Farazi | B.A./M.S. Biochem. |
1992-94 | IMP dehydrogenase | M.D./Ph.D. program Washington University | Hughes Undergraduate |
| Thanawath Harris |
B.A. Biology |
1994-96 |
IMP dehydrogenase |
Research Associate Thomas Jefferson Univ. |
|
| Joshua Leichman |
B.A. Biochem. |
1994-95 |
IMP dehydrogenase |
M.D. Program USC |
Richter Award |
| Ce Feng Liu |
B.S. Biology |
1998-2001 | Streptokinase |
Research Associate, Astra |
Hughes Undergraduate |
| Arwen Long |
B.A./M.S. Biochem |
1998-2001 |
IMP dehydrogenase RadA with S. Lovett |
Churchill Scholarship Cambridge University |
Hughes Undergraduate; Goldwater Award |
| Mohammad Seyedsayamdost |
B.A./M.S. Biochem |
2000-2001 |
IMP dehydrogenase |
graduate student MIT |
Hughes Undergraduate; Richter Award |
| Colin Swales |
B.A./M.S. Chem. |
1997-99 |
GMP reductase |
M.D. Program, Univ. of Mass. |
|
| Elizabeth Wang |
B.A./M.S. Biochem. |
1992-95 |
Trypsin-specificity |
Richter Award |
|
| Xun Zhou |
B.A./M.S. Biochem. |
1994-96 |
IMP dehydrogenase |
M.D./HST Program, Harvard |
Hughes Undergraduate |
| Name | Training period | Prior degrees | Project | Postdoctoral position | Current Position |
| Jennifer Digits | 1994-99 Ph.D. Biochem. |
B.A. Chemistry Wake Forest |
IMP dehydrogenase | Duke University P. Casey |
Pfizer |
| Walter Fast | 1992-93 M.S., Biochem. |
B.S. Chemistry Wheaton College |
Trypsin-zymogen activation | Penn State S. Benkovic |
Asst. Prof. U. Texas |
| Lu Gan |
1998-2002 Ph.D. Biochem. |
B.S. Biochem., Peking University |
IMP dehydrogenase |
Harvard University M. Rosenblatt |
|
| Xinyi Huang | 1992-98 Ph.D. Biochem. |
B.S. Mol. Biol. U. of Science and Tech., China |
Prostate Specific Antigen with R. Abeles |
Texas A&M F. Raushel |
Wyeth |
| Kathleen Kerr | 1992-97 Ph.D. Biochem. |
B.A. Conn. College |
IMP dehydrogenase | NIH S. Ambudkar |
Patent Examiner U.S. Patent Office |
| Torsten Kurth | 1996-97 Ph.D. Leipzig |
Biochem. Leipzig |
Trypsin-specificity | ||
| Xiaolin Liu | 1994-99 M.S. Biochem. |
M.S., Beijing Res. Institute of Chem. Engin. | Trypsin-zymogen activation | Lucent Technologies |
|
| Christopher McClure | 1996-97 M.S., Biochem. |
B.S. Biol. UMass Amherst |
IMP dehydrogenase | Research Associate, AstraZeneca |
|
| Jeremy McLean |
1997-2002 Ph.D. Biophys. |
A.B. Mol. Biol., Princeton University |
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase/IMP dehydrogenase |
Heidelberg, Michael Lanzer |
|
| Annette Pasternak | 1993-98 Ph.D. Chemistry |
B.A., Chemistry SUNY Buffalo |
Trypsin-zymogen activation with D. Ringe |
Univ. of Penn. W. DeGrado |
Asst. Prof. Loyola Marymount |
| Name | Training period | Prior degrees | Project | Current Position |
| Su-Hwi Hung |
1995-97 |
Ph.D. Mol. Biol. U.Texas Dallas |
Trypsin-specificity |
Res. Assist. Prof. Temple University |
| Tiao-Yin Lin |
1994 |
Ph.D. Purdue University |
Trypsin-zymogen activation |
Prof., Natl. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan |
| Wen Wang |
1993-97 |
Ph.D., UCSD |
IMP dehydrogenase |
Versicor Inc. |