Jack W. Szostak Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School Alex. A. Rich Distinguished Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital szostak@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Katarzyna Adamala - Graduate Student MSc., Organic Synthesis, University of Warsaw Research: Prebiotic synthesis of lipid and nucleotide derivatives.
		J. Craig Blain - Graduate Student, BBS Program B.Sc.H., Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada Research: Synthesis of non-natural nucleic acids; Darwinian evolution in artificial chemical systems jcblain@fas.harvard.edu
		Itay Budin - Graduate Student, MCB Program B.S., Biological Engineering, Cornell University Research: Evolutionary biophysics ibudin@fas.harvard.edu
		Aaron Engelhart - Post-doc Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology Research: Self-assembly, nucleic acid polymerization engelhart@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Christian Hentrich - Post-doc Ph.D., EMBL and University of Heidelberg, Germany Research: Protocells, self-organization and microscopy hentrich@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Ben Heuberger - Post-doc Ph.D., UC Riverside Research: In vitro RNA selection, synthetic chemistry, and nonenzymatic informational transfer. heuberger@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Satoru Horiya - Visiting fellow B.A. & M.Ed., Tokyo Gakugei University; Ph.D., The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo Research: Selection of an HIV-related peptide using mRNA display. shoriya@brandeis.edu
		Matthew Powner - Post-doc Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK Research: Organic chemistry, predisposed chemistry, aqueous reactivity, the link between simple abiotic processes and biological structure and function. powner@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Alonso Ricardo - Post-doc Ph.D., University of Florida Bioorganic molecules in the cosmos and the origin of Darwinian molecular systems with Steven Benner Research: mRNA display as a tool for the discovery of new antibiotics, bioorganic chemistry and to study the origins of life aricardo@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Yollete V. Guillen Schlippe - Post-doc Ph.D. Biochemistry, Brandeis University Enzymology of IMPDH (inosine 5'monophosphate dehydrogenase) with Liz Hedstrom Research: Ribosomal synthesis of highly modified peptides-reassigniment of codons to expand the genetic code guillen@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Pam Svec - HHMI Lab Manager svec@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu
		Isabel Vogt - Undergraduate Student A.B., Chemical and Physical Biology (expected), Harvard University Research: Nucleic acid modifications and nonenzymatic polymerization, ribozyme selection ivogt@college.harvard.edu
		Na Zhang - Post-doc Ph.D., Cornell U. Medical School NMR Structural Determination of Guanine-Rich Oligonucleotides and DNA Adducts with Dinshaw Patel Research: Unnatural nucleic acid folding structure and fatty acid permeabilty using NMR Na.Zhang@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
		Shenglong Zhang - Post-doc Ph.D., Columbia University Research: Design and synthesis of self-replicating nucleotides for enzyme-free primer extension reaction with the aim of constructing a replicating model protocell capable of spontaneous Darwinian evolution. slzhang@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu

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