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* Alexandrov, Alexander
(Graduate)
03/01/97-05/31/01

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

Mechanism of DNA Unwinding by the Hexameric Helicases

* Anderson, Eric
(Graduate)
06/15/98-08/15/98

U. of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

Information in Genetic Data for Mixed Fishery Analysis

** Arsuaga, Javier
(Graduate)
01/06/97-08/31/00

Florida State University

Prof. De Witt Sumners

DNA Packaging in Bacteriophages

* Bath, Jonathan
(Postdoctoral)
10/01/97-09/30/99

Harvard University

Prof. James Wang

SpoIIIE is a DNA Tracking Protein

** Bowie, David
(Graduate)
1991-1993

U.C.L.A

Prof. David Eisenberg

Structural Biology

Current Position: Associate Professor, MBI, University of California, Los Angeles

* Brown, Michael P.S.
(Graduate)
01/01/99-06/30/99

University of California
Santa Cruz

Prof. Sylvia J. Spengler
Prof. David Haussler

Ribosomal RNA Secondary Structure Analysis Using Stochastic Context Free Grammars

* Browning, Sharon Guy
(Graduate)
9/16/97-6/15/98

U. of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

Analysis of Infinitely Dense Genetic Data

Current Position: Principal Scientist, Population Genetics Group, GlaxoSmithKline

** Caron, Paul
(Postdoctoral)
1991-1993

Harvard University

Prof. James Wang

 

Current Position: Senior Scientist/Group Leader, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

* Cawley, Simon
(Graduate)
08/01/98-12/31/01

University of California
Berkeley

Prof. Terry Speed

Model-Based Basecalling
 
Transposon-Mediated Sequencing

Bioinformatics Engineer, Affymetrix

* Chapman, Nicola
(Graduate)
09/16/98-12/15/00
(Postdoctoral)
12/16/00-12/15/01

U. of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

Genome Descent in Isolated Populations

** Churchill, Gary
(Postdoctoral)
1988-1990

U. of S. California

Prof. Michael S. Waterman

Statistical Genetics

Current Position: Staff Scientist at The Jackson Laboratory

* Coventry, Alex
(Graduate)
09/01/00-01/15/01

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie Berger

Mouse Genome Gene Recognition Program

** Darcy, Isabel
(Graduate Student)
10/01/95-09/30/97

Florida State University

Prof. De Witt Sumners

Computation of Strand Passage Metric and Application to Topoisomerase Experiments

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas

** Deng, James
(Graduate)
1990-1991

University of California
Berkeley

Prof. Vaughan E.R. Jones

   

** Diao, Yuanan
(Postdoctoral)
1989-1993

Florida State University

Prof. De Witt Sumners

Random Knotting in Polymers

Current Position: Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

* Dong, Arthur
(Graduate)
09/01/00-12/31/01

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie Berger

Mathematical and Computational Techniques for Recognizing Structural Homologues of the Photosynthetic Reaction Center Motif

** Drak, Jacqueline
(Graduate)
1990-1991

Harvard University

Prof. James C. Wang

   

* Dudoit, Sandrine
(Graduate)
03/01/97-06/01/98

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Terry Speed

The Genetic Mapping of Complex Human Diseases: Some Statistical Issues

* Eng, Tony
(Graduate)
09/97-07/98

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie A. Berger

De Novo Peptide Sequencing from Matrix-Assisted Laser Post-Source-Decay Spectra

** Ernst, Claus
(Postdoctoral)
1989-1993

Florida State University

Prof. De Witt Sumners

Tangle Analysis of Recombination

* Fain, Boris
(Graduate)
04/97-10/97

Stanford University

Prof. James White

Elastic Models of DNA

Currently at Stanford University Dept. of Structural Biology working with Prof. Michael Levitt

** Fischer, Daniel
(Postdoctoral)
1994-1996

U.C.L.A.

Prof. David S. Eisenberg

Protein Structure Prediction

Current Position: Profesor, Academia, Bioinformatics, Dept. of Computer Science, Ben Gurion University, Israel

* Fridlyand, Jane
(Graduate)
08/01/99-12/31/01

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Terry Speed

Identifying Quantitative Trait Loci Using Regression Trees

* Fridman, Tema
06/01/99-05/31/01

Rutgers University

Prof. Wilma Olson

Simulating DNA Conformational Change

* Ge, Yongchao
(Graduate)
08/01/00-12/31/01

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Terry Speed

Analysis of Time Course Microarray Date *

** Gerstein, Mark
(Postdoctoral)
1995-1996

Stanford University

Prof. Michael Levitt

Bioinformatics

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University

Guy, Sharon
9/16/97-6/15/98

University of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

(see Sharon Guy Browning)

 

** Heath, Simon
(Postdoctoral)
1995-1996

U. of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

Mathematical Genetics

Current Position: Head of Statistical Genetics, Centre National de Genotypage, Evry, France

** Hines, Jennifer
(Graduate)
1992-1993

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.

 

** Hirchberg, Miriam
(Graduate)
1989-1993

Stanford University

Prof. Michael Levitt

Structure-function of proteins involved in cell cycle and signal transduction in both human and bacteria

Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge

* Hu, Kai
(Graduate)
03/01/97-12/31/97

University of California, Los Angeles

Prof. James H. White

The elasticity theory of intrinsically curved DNA

 

** Huang, Enoch
(Graduate)
1994-1995

Stanford University

Prof. Michael Levitt

Understanding relationships between sequence, structure, and function within protein families using computational methods

Current Position: Assistant Director and Head of Molecular Informaticas, Pfizer Discovery Technology Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics, Boston University

* Jones, Beatrix
(Graduate)
09/16/97-06/15/99

U. of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

Inference for Parametric Models of Dispersal

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Statistics Department, Penn State University

** Kanaar, Roland
(Postdoctoral)
1988-1989

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

 

Current Position: Professor of Molecular Radiation Genetics, Department of Cell Biology & Genetics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam

** Kang, Hunseung
(Postdoctoral)
1994-1996

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.

Structure of RNA Pseudoknots in Ribosomal Frameshifting in Mouse Mammary Tumors

Current Position: Principal Investigator at Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory

* Katritch, Vseolod
(Postdoctoral)
03/01/97-12/31/98

Rutgers University

Prof. Wilma Olson

Geometry and Physics of Knots, Conformational Properties and Force-extension Characteristics of Chromatin Fibers, Structural Modeling of Nucleic Acids-Drug Interactions

* Keating, Amy
(Postdoctoral )
08/01/99-01/15/00

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie Berger

Ebent Driven Kinetic Simulation of Protein Assembly

** Keller, Rebecca
(Postdoctoral)
01/01/99-12/31/99

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Carlos J. Bustamante

   

** Khodursky, Arkady
(Graduate)
1990-1993/1993-1996

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

 

Currently an Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Minnesota

** Kosikov, Konstantine
(Graduate)
1995-1996

Rutgers University

Prof. Wilma Olson

Simulations of DNA Deformation

Currently working for a software company, FileNET

** Lee, Chris
(Graduate)
1991-1992

Stanford University

Prof. Michael Levitt

 

Leutenegger, Anne-Louise
12/16/00-

University of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

 

** Levene, Steve
(Postdoctoral)
1990-1991

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

 

Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Dallas

Li Na, Michael
6/15/01-8/15/01

University of Washington

Prof. Elizabeth Thompson

Statistical Methods for Analyzing Linkage Disequilibrium and Recombination

** Liang, Hong
(Graduate)
1990-1991

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Vaughan E.R. Jones

 

* Liphardt, Jan
07/01/99-06/30/00
08/01/00-07/31/01

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Ignacio Tinoco

Unfolding RNA by Force

** Lucas, Adam
(Graduate)
1991-1993

Florida State University

Prof. De Witt Sumners

 

** Lund, Russell
(Postdoctoral)

University of California, Los Angeles

Prof. James H. White

Applying Solid Mechanics to the Study of the Geometry and Topology of Closed Circular DNA

 

Menke, Matt
(Graduate)
2001-5/31/02

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie Berger
Prof. Lenore Cowen

Predicting Specific Beta-Sheet Structures from Raw Protein Sequence Data

** Mihanic, Ksenija
(Postdoctoral)
1994-1995

Rutgers University

Prof. Wilma K. Olson

   

** Nguyen, Trang
(Graduate)
09/01/90-08/31/91

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Terry Speed

Statistical Models and Methods in Molecular Biology

 

* Noble, Nathan J.
(Undergraduate)
07/98-

Florida State University

Prof. De Witt Sumners

Protein Folding on a Simple Cubic Lattice: The CHCC Method

Currently in two-year professional master’s program in computational biology offered by the math department at USC

* Pachter, Lior
(Graduate)
08/01/97-07/31/99

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie A. Berger

Gene Recognition

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

** Park, Britt
(Graduate)
1991-1993/1994-1996

Stanford University

Prof. Michael Levitt

Low Resolution ab initio Protein Structure Prediction

Now writes software for web site development at Interwoven Inc.

* Pulim, Vinay
(Graduate)
08/01/99-05/31/00

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie A. Berger

Scaffolding Structure of the Core of T4 Polyheads

* Ramachandran, Gopal
(Graduate)
09/01/00-12/31/01

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie Berger

 

** Rice, Danny
(Graduate)
1993-1995

U.C.L.A.

Prof. David S. Eisenberg

Bioinformatics-based molecular evolution

Currently a postdoctoral fellow studying intron evolution

** Rida, Said
(Graduate)
1990-1991

Stanford University

Prof. Vaughan E.R. Jones

   

** Rybenkov, Valentine
(Postdoctoral)

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

Chromatin Structure and Dynamics; Mechanistic Enzymology of Chromatin Motors; Single Molecule Methods

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma

* Samudrala, Ram
(Postdoctoral)
01/01/99-12/31/00

Stanford University

Prof. Michael Levit

Large Scale Protein Structure Prediction Using Comparative Modeling and ab initio Techniques
 
Current research (1/2003): Modelling Proteomes

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle

** Sawin, Steve
(Graduate)
1990-1991

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Vaughan E.R. Jones

 

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fairfield University

* Schwartz, Russell
(Graduate)
01/16/00-05/31/00

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie A. Berger

Modeling and Simulation of Protein Assembly Processes

Currently working for Informatics Research group of Celera Genomics

** Shaw, Stanley
(Graduate)
1990-1991

Harvard University

Prof. James C. Wang

   

** Shen, Ling X.
(Graduate)
1992-1994

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.

Determining the Structure at Atomic Resolution of the First Biologically Functional Pseudoknot

Current Position: Senior Scientist, Variagenics, Inc., pharmacogenetics company based in Cambridge, MA

** Shi, Yaoming
(Graduate)
1993-1994

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.

 

Currently works at KLA Tencor

* Singh, Mona
(Graduate)
01/01/98-04/30/98

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie Berger

Sequence-based methods for coiled coil recognition, with applications to studying viral membrane fusion proteins

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Computer Science Dept., Princeton University

* Srebro, Nathan
(Graduate)
08/01/98-05/31/00

M.I.T.

Prof. Bonnie Berger

Mapping Disease Genes by Genetic Diversity

** Tsai, Jerry
(Graduate)
1993-1994

Stanford University

Prof. Michael Levitt

Discrimination and Refinement in ab initio Structure Prediction

Currently working with David Baker at the University of Washington

* Tu, Benjamin
(Graduate)
06/01/97-08/31/97

Harvard University

Prof. James C. Wang

Determination of Contact Interfaces of Yeast Topoisomerase II Through Use of a Novel Protein Footprinting Technique

 

** Vazquez, Mariel
(Graduate)
12/20/97-8/31/00

Florida State University

Prof. De Witt Sumners

Tangle Analysis of Gin Recombination

** Vingron, Martin
(Graduate)
1991-1993

U. of S. California

Prof. Michael S. Waterman

Sequence analysis, in particular sequence alignment and statistics

Current Position: Director at the Max-Planck-Insitute for Molecular Genetics

** Von Haeseler, Arndt
(Postdoctoral)
1990-1991

U. of S. California

Prof. Michael S. Waterman

Using alignement algorith to locate cryptogenes. Mathematical methods to reconstruct evolutionary trees

Current Position: Professor for Theoretical Biology at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

* Wu, Ming
(Postdoctoral)
03/01/98-09/30/98

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.

RNA Folding

Director of research at a biotech startup called DiscoverX

* Wu, Thomas
(Graduate)
06/01/97-08/31/97

Harvard University

Prof. James C. Wang

Expression, Purification, and Crystallization of the N-terminus Half of Yeast Topoisomearse II

 

* Yeh, Ru-Fang
(Graduate)
03/01/97-06/01/98

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Terry Speed

(i) On Constructing STS-Clone Physical Maps

Currently a Postdoc at the lab of Chris Burge at the department of biology at M.I.T.

** Yi, Tau-Mu
(Graduate)
1990-1992

M.I.T.

Prof. Eric S. Lander

Computational Molecular Biology

Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Mel Simon’s lab, Division of Biology, Caltech

** Yooseph, Shibu
(Graduate)
09/01/95-08/31/97

University of 
Southern California

Prof. Michael S. Waterman

Studying the Notion of Information Extraction from a Set of Evolutionary Trees on a Given Species Set

Current Position: Computer Scientist, Celera Genomics

* Zheng, Minxue
(Postdoctoral)
10/01/98-02/28/99

University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.

NMR Studies of RNA Folding and Metal Bindings of the Group I intron P5abc Subdomain

Current Position: Staff Scientist, Nucleic Acid Diagnostics Division, Bayer Inc.

* Fellows supported by Burroughs Wellcome Fund
** Fellows supported by National Science Foundation

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