Lab Members
Lab Members
Principal Investigator
![Clara Kielkopf](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/ClaraKielkopf.jpg)
Research Interest: Splicing defects in hematologic malignancies; roles of human pre-mRNA splicing factors in HIV-1 infectivity; development of engineered splicing factors for correction of splicing defects; splice sites and their associated proteins as therapeutic targets.
Faculty
![Jermaine Jenkins](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/b7c1c655-8b96-4687-8576-98a9466b651f.jpg)
Research Interest:
X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy analysis of RNA and protein-RNA complexes
Research Staff
Graduate Students
![Hannah Clary](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/7191fcbb-c42e-4588-bf63-3ea856347788.jpg)
Research Interest:
Investigating the roles of the SF3B1 ULMs in recruiting protein phosphatases for pre-mRNA splicing
![Justin Galardi](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/JustinGalardi.jpg)
Research Interest:
A UHM-ULM interface contributes to the pre-mRNA splicing functions of U2AF2 and SF3B1
![Christopher Kirchhoff](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/ce669251-deb0-4857-aadf-5bdad66f29ca.jpg)
Research Interest:
Structural Investigation of Early Splicing Factor Complexes