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​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.



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​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. 

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In Ho Jeong

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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Ava Mozelle Martinez 

B.S., 2020, Georgia State University

​Time in the lab: 09/2019 - 05/2020

Synthesis of unnatural amino acids. 


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​Chris Mogaka

B.S., 2020, Georgia State University

Time in lab: 09/2019 - 05/2020

Synthesis of unnatural amino acids



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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
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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. 


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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. 
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  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.

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Stacey Jones
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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
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Incorporation of unnatural amino acids into ubiquitin. 

Current Position: Graduate student at Emory University.



Stacey Jones' 2017 Traveling Award to ABRCMS
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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



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​Nicolas A. Rios

​Email: nrios4@student.gsu.edu 

​B.S., 2016, Armstrong State University
M.S., 2018, Georgia State University
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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 

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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
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​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.




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​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.

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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.

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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. 




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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

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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.

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​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.



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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



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​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.