People

Nicholas Conrad, Ph.D., the principal investigator, is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

The students in the lab are affiliated with the Division of Basic Sciences Molecular Microbiology and Biological Chemistry graduate programs. Learn more about our team! 

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Meet the Principal Investigator

Nicholas K. Conrad, Ph.D.

Nicholas K. Conrad, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/Principal Investigator
 

  • B.S., Biochemistry, Penn State University
  • Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (Mentor: Jeffry L. Corden, Ph.D.)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University (Mentor: Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D.)
  • Damon Runyon Scholar (2002–2005)
  • Southwestern Medical Foundation Scholar in Biomedical Research (2007–present)

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Current Lab Members

Olga Volovnik Hunter

Olga Volovnik Hunter

Technician

Olga works on a variety of projects and manages the lab.

  • B.S., Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • University of California, San Diego

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Juliana Flaherty

Juliana Flaherty

Graduate Student

Juliana works on the mechanisms regulating SAM homeostasis in human cells.

  • B.S., Biochemistry and Genetics
  • Texas A&M University

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Anne Devlin

Anne Devlin

Graduate Student

Anne investigates the regulation of nuclear decay by KSHV and its human host cells.

  • B.S., Biology
  • University of Dallas

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Julio Ruiz, Ph.D.

Julio Ruiz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Julio examines the molecular mechanisms of ORF57-mediated inhibition of nuclear RNA decay.

  • B.S., Basic Medical Sciences University of Alabama, Mobile
  • Ph.D., Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

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Minseon Kim, Ph.D.

Minseon Kim, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Minseon uses viral factors to define the interactions between mRNA export and nuclear decay.

  • B.S., Microbial Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea
  • M.S., Biology, University of Houston
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Ashwin Govindan, Ph.D.

Ashwin Govindan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ashwin is determining the mechanisms that regulate intron retention of the O-GlcNAc transferase OGT.

  • B.Sc., Biotechnology
  • Amrita School of Biotechnology
  • M.S. and Ph.D., Biological Sciences
  • Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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Lab Alumni

Brooke B. Sahin, Technician 2007-2009

Denish Patel, Technician 2008-2009

Xiangmei Xi, Postdoc 2008-2009

Sarah Stubbs, Ph.D. Student 2009-2013

Emi Sei, Ph.D. Student 2009-2014

Maria Ilcheva, SURF 2009

Stefan Bresson, Ph.D. Student 2010-2014

Aaron Key, STARS 2010

Blake Richardson, SURF and UTD Green Fellow 2011-2012

Patrick Hunt, SURF 2012

Allyson Hunter, Technician 2012-2013

Kathryn Pendleton, Ph.D. Student 2013-2017

Sung-Kyun (Sean) Park, Postdoc 2014-2016

Bryan Cobo Torres, SURF 2016; Technician 2018

Aparna Anantharaman, Postdoc 2016-2018

Gabriela Rosado-González, SURF 2019

Anna Scarborough, Ph.D. Student 2017-2021