The Team
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Ilyas Yildirim
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Email : iyildirim [at] fau.edu Phone : 561-799-8325 Education:
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| Current Members |
Ivan Riveros (PREPChem Postbaccalaureate Student), Fall 2018 - present Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: Stacking/Unstacking Properties of RNA Dimers, and 3D Structure Prediction of RNA Tetraloops from Sequence Niransha Kumarachchi (Ph.D. Student), Fall 2019 - present Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: RNA Force Fields Maureen Tanner (Undergraduate Student), Spring 2021 - present Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: Properties of RNA Adenosine Bulges Using Computational Methods Mariam Ibrahim (Ph.D. Student), Fall 2021 - present Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: Development of a Monte Carlo Simulator for RNA 3D Structure Prediction Geoffrey Moody (Undergraduate Student), Spring 2022 - present Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: Optimization of Lead Compounds Targeting RNA CUG Repeats Using Computational Methods Adam Burjan (Undergraduate Student), Spring 2022 - present Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: Optimization of Lead Compounds Targeting RNA CUG Repeats Using Computational Methods Michael Cevallos (Undergraduate Student), Spring 2022 - present Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: 3D Structure Prediction of RNA Internal Loops from Sequence Jaelyn Hayes (Undergraduate Student), Spring 2023 - present Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FAU Project: Stacking in RNA |
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| Previous Members |
Arjun Nair, Highschool/Undergraduate Student/FAU, Summer 2021 - Fall 2022 Project Worked: In Silico Drug Design for RNA. Current Position: High School Student at A.D. Henderson University School & FAU High School Julianna Lian, Highschool-Undergraduate Student/FAU, Spring 2020 - Summer 2022 Project Worked: Application of AFM on RNA CUG repeat expansion and Monte Carlo Simulator for RNA Structure Prediction. Current Position: Undergraduate student at MIT, Chemistry and Computer Science Riccardo D'Ambrosio, Cardinal Gibbons High School Student, Spring 2020 - Summer 2021 Project Worked: Development of a webserver for 'RNA folding' problem, and RUSTing RNA 3D Structure Prediction Algorithm Current Position: Undergraduate student at FAU Dr. Amirhossein Taghavi, Postdoctoral Researcher, May 2019 - July 2021 Project Worked: Application of computational methods in RNA and modified RNA systems Current Position: Postdoc at UF-Scripps Research Institute Florida (Disney Lab) Dr. Kye Won Wang, Postdoctoral Researcher, May 2019 - December 2020 Project Worked: Method development for small molecule-RNA binding Current Position: Postdoc at Lehigh University (Im Lab) James DeLoye, Atlantic Community High School Student, Summer 2019 Project Worked: Application of Dendrograms in small molecule-RNA binding studies Current Position: Undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Marina Nad, B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry/FAU, Spring 2018 - Spring 2019 Project Worked: Structural studies of microRNA in RNA Inducing Silencing Complex (RISC) using computational methods Current Position: Research Associate at MODERNA |
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