URMC / Labs / Wedekind Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorJoseph E. Wedekind, Ph.D.MCPhone: (585) 273-4516Email JosephResearch Interest: Structure and function analysis of gene regulation by non-protein-coding (nc)RNAs as a basis for therapeutic development.FacultyJermaine Jenkins, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorMCPhone: (585) 275-5305Email JermaineResearch Interest: X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy analysis of RNA and protein-RNA complexesResearch StaffMaxime Cuypers, PhDStaff ScientistGraduate StudentsColeman GoennerBSCB - Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Evidence for a non-canonical mode of translation regulation by preQ1 riboswitchesDaniil KiliushikBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Structure and Function Analysis of a Type III PreQ1 Riboswitch from Escherichia coliMatthew LawBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Structure and Function Analysis of a Spermidine-Sensing Bacterial RiboswitchYoshita Srivastava, PhDBSCB - Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Structure and Function Analysis of Bacterial Riboswitches that Control TranslationResearch AssistantsSamuel CalosResearch AssistantAstronomy & Physics