Lab Members
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Dr. Koculi obtained her Ph.D. in Biophysiscs from Johns Hopkins University. She did a postdoctoral fellowship at The Scripps Research Institute and Yale School of Medicine in pofessor's Art Horwich's lab, where she worked in protein folding. Next, she did a postdoctoral fellowship in Olke Uhlenbeck's lab at Northwestern University, where she investigated the role of DbpA in E. coli ribosome assembly. Before coming to UTEP, she held faculty positions at University of Central Florida and Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests are RNA structure and RNA-protein interactions. In her spare time, Dr. Koculi enjoys going on hikes, cooking, and reading. |
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Manuel works in structure determination of ribosomal intermediates using Cryo-EM and RNA chemical modifications techniques. Manuel completed his Ph.D. at Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juazrez(UACJ). He has expertise in structure biology an enzymology. In his free time, Manuel enjoys watching French movies, cooking and has a black belt in Kung Fu. |
Graduate Students
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Vanessa works in the discovery of novel maturation factors in bacterial ribosome assembly. She has a master's degree in organic chemistry from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Chile. Outside the lab, Vanessa enjoys painting and playing the violin in her spare time. |
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Luis works in designing and developing novel techniques for the detection of post-transcriptional RNA modifications employing Nanopore and Illumina Next Generation Sequencing(NGS). Luis holds a master's degree in Bioinformatics and an undergraduate degree in Microbiology from UTEP Luis likes to practice playing the elecric guitar and listening to Metal music. |
Undergraduate Students
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Paola works on determining novel maturation factors involved in ribosome assembly. She is getting a degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in Computer Science at UTEP. In her free time, Paola likes to play volleyball and listen to Taylor Swift. |
Alumni
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Isaac works in E. coli large subunit ribosome assembly. Isaac came to UTEP from the University of Texas at Austin, where he got two undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry. Isaac loves watcing anime and playing videogames with friends. He also enjoys watching soccer games, going to the gym, and spending time with his family. |
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Salvador works in the design and development of novel techniques for the detection of post-transcriptional RNA modifications employing Nanopore NGS. Salvador is completing a master's degree in Bioinformatics and has an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from UTEP. Salvador likes to play with new computer hardware and go out with his friends. |
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Alvaro is an undergraduate summer student from UACJ. Alvaro works in the identification of novel maturation factors involved in ribosome asembly. Alvaro loves traveling and learning about new cultures and their languages. |
