People

Current Lab Members

Tingting Yao, Ph.D.

IMG_0420 (1)B.S., 1996, Biochemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Ph.D., 2002, Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (Advisor: Dr. Robert E. Cohen)

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO (Advisors: Drs. Joan and Ron Conaway)

Current Research Interests: Regulation of gene expression and chromatin dynamics by ubiquitin conjugation and deconjugation.

 

 

Robert E. Cohen, Ph.D.

A.B., 1974, Biochemistry/Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Ph.D., 1980, Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA (Advisor: Dr. C.E. Ballou)

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1985, University of California, Berkeley, CA (Advisor: Dr. Howard Schachman) 

Current Research Interests: Recognition and dynamics of ubiquitin signals

 

 

 

Aixin Song, Ph.D.

Aixin Song_2B.S., 1995, Chemistry, Shanxi University, Shanxi, China

M.S., 1998, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Shanxi, China

Ph.D., 2002, Bioinorganic and Protein Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Current Research Interests: Ubiquitin-proteasome system, protein-protein interactions, structure-function relationship of proteins

 

 

 

 

 

Past Lab Members

Name Lab Position Where they are now Contact
Nouf Omar Al-Afaleq Graduate Student (YAO LAB) Assistant Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia  
 Ada Ndoja Graduate Student (YAO LAB) Postdoctoral Associate, Genentech  
 Lindsey Long Graduate Student (YAO LAB) ASERT-IRACDA Fellow, UNM Health Sciences Center http://hsc.unm.edu/research/brep/postdoctoral/asert/fellow-profiles.html
 Melonnie Furgason Postdoc (YAO LAB) Assistant Professor, Kettering College, Ohio melonnie.furgason@kc.edu
 Joseph Thelen Undergraduate (YAO LAB) MD/PhD student, U of Kansas, Medical Center  
 Miguel Gutierrez Undergraduate (YAO LAB) graduate student, Simon Fraser University, Canada  
 Andrew Roddam Undergraduate (YAO LAB) Aerotek Scientific, CA  
 Eric Cooper Postdoc (COHEN and PICKART LABs) Assistant Professor, Hartwick College, NY  
 Joshua Sims Graduate Student (COHEN LAB) Scientist, DuPont Chemical Co., Wilmington, DE  
 Candice Carlile Graduate Student (COHEN and PICKART LABs)  Assistant Professor, Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC  
 Matthew Steele Graduate Student (COHEN and PICKART LABs)  U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD  
 Ling Song Graduate Student (COHEN LAB) Scientist, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, MA  
 Steve Riddle Graduate Student (COHEN LAB) Senior Scientist, Proteovista LLC, Madison, WI  
 Wei Xu Graduate Student (COHEN LAB) Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI http://mcardle.wisc.edu/bio/xu_w.html