McVey Laboratory - Tufts University

165 Packard Avenue, Dana 024, Medford, MA 02155 * Lab Phone: (617) 381-4403 * Office Phone: (617) 627-4196

Research Overview

People

People:

Mitch McVey
Associate Professor
Research interests: DNA repair, genome instability, and aging
e-mail: mitch.mcvey AT tufts.edu

Current lab members (in order of arrival):

Dan Kane 6th year graduate student Research interests: role of error-prone DNA polymerases in double-strand break repair e-mail: daniel.kane AT tufts.edu	Dr. Alice Miller Lab czar and keeper of order Research interests: role of DNA ligase 3 in end joining e-mail: alice.witsell AT tufts.edu
Adam Thomas 5th year graduate student Research interests: genes involved in repair of camptothecin-induced damage in Drosophila e-mail: adam.thomas AT tufts.edu	Carrie Hui Undergraduate research student Research interests: mechanisms of homologous recombination e-mail: carrie.hui AT tufts.edu
Kelly Beagan 3rd year graduate student Research interests: functions of DNA polymerase theta e-mail: kelly.beagan AT tufts.edu	Elyse Bolterstein TEACRS postdoctoral fellow Research interests: DNA repair during Drosophila development e-mail: elyse.bolterstein AT tufts.edu
Rachel Cox Undergraduate research student Research interests: genetic control of DNA interstrand crosslink repair e-mail: rachel.cox AT tufts.edu	Victoria Mak Undergraduate research student Research interests: Alternative end-joining repair e-mail: victoria.mak AT tufts.edu
Varandt Khodaverdian Graduate rotation student Research interests: mechanisms of double-strand break repair e-mail: varandt.khodaverdian AT tufts.edu	Rachel Rivero Undergraduate research assistant Keeper of the flies e-mail: rachel.rivero AT tufts.edu
Anna Dukhovich Undergraduate research student Research interests: roles of DNA polymerase theta e-mail: anna.dukhovich AT tufts.edu

Former lab members (in order of departure):

Justine Liepkalns Research technician 2006 Currently in Ph.D. program at Emory University	Amelia Sinkin Undergraduate lab assistant 2005-2006 Currently in veterinary school at UPenn
Adam South Rotation student Fall 2006 Currently doing his Ph.D. in Lewis lab	Ilana Traynis Undergraduate research student 2006 Currently in M.D. program at Tufts Medical School
Sarah Rubin Undergraduate research student 2006-2007 Currently in nursing school at Georgetown University	Lisa Netkowicz Lab assistant 2006-2007 Graduated from postbac program at Tufts
Greg Mayes Undergraduate research student 2007 Currently in a pre-med program at Virginia Commonwealth University	Endry Martinez REU student Summer 2007 Graduated from Merrimack College Currently at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Camille Petersen Undergraduate research student 2007-2008 Currently in Ph.D. program at Stanford University	Karina Sanchez REU student Summer 2008 Graduated from UT-Brownsville Currently doing clinical research
Jessie Evans Rotation student Fall 2008 Currently teaching high school biology	Bena Chan Undergraduate research student 2007-2009 Currently in Ph.D. program at MIT
Brook Chernet Rotation student Spring 2009 Currently doing his Ph.D. thesis in Levin lab	Nicole Cardona Undergraduate lab assistant 2007-2009 Currently working as a technician at MIT
Lisa Tran REU student Summer 2009 Graduated from UVA in 2010	Michael Shusterman Undergraduate research student 2008-2010 Currently in medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Lauren Watts REU student Summer 2010 Graduated from Holy Cross in 2011	Amanda Albin Undergraduate research student 2009-2010 Currently a senior at Tufts
Caitlin Peterman Undergraduate research student 2010 Currently a junior at Tufts	Jennifer Nguyen Graduate rotation student Fall 2010 Currently doing her Ph.D. in Freudenreich lab
Lena Cantone Undergraduate lab assistant 2010-2011 Currently a senior at Tufts	Allen Su Graduate rotation student Spring 2011 Currently doing his Ph.D. in Freudenreich lab
Dr. Amy Yu Graduated with a Ph.D. in 2011 Currently a postdoc in Samson lab at MIT	Amy Baker Undergraduate research student 2009-2011 Currently in a Ph.D. program at Dartmouth
Alexander Garcia REU student Summer 2011 Currently a senior at the University of Miami	Mary Bruynell Undergraduate lab assistant 2010-2011 Currently a senior at Tufts

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