Emeson Lab Alumni
Graduate students:
1996
Colleen M. Niswender (Burns), Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Director of Molecular Pharmacology
Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Molecular studies of RNA editing in the mammalian central nervous system
Jonathan T. Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director, Sarepta Therapeutics
Physiological studies of mice lacking α-calcitonin gene-related peptide
1997
Susan M. Uebele (Rueter), Ph.D.
Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals
Biochemical and molecular characterization of double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminases involved in RNA editing
2002
Jongho Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Hallym University
Reduced neurogenic inflammation and normal nociceptive responses in αCGRP null mice
2004
T. Renee Dawson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Vanderbilt University
Structure and sequence determinants of adenosine-to-inosine editing in ADAR2 pre-messenger RNA
Christopher Sansam, Ph.D.
Assistant Member
Cell Cycle & Cancer Biology Research Program
Oklahoma Research Foundation
Regulation of ADAR2 function
2005
Brent Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
The physiological roles of α- and β-CGRP in the mouse colon
Yi Feng, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Regulation of ADAR2 function by autoediting
2006
Ming Xu, Ph.D.
Instructor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Molecular mechanisms of ADAR2 localization and substrate specificity
2008
Michael Morabito, Ph.D.
Scientific Administrator
Weill Cornell School of Medicine
Mice with altered 5HT2C receptor RNA editing exhibit characteristics of Prader-Willi Syndrome
Elizabeth Rula, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Principal Investigator at Tivity Health
Identification and characterization of novel RNA editing substrates
Michelle Jacobs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Altered isoform expression of the serotonin 2C receptor disrupts normal maternal care
2014
Jennifer Hood, Ph.D.
Mother of two
Under Attack: Nervous System Patterns of RNA Editing in Response to Reovirus Infection
2015
Richard T. O’Neil, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Nephrology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dynamic regulation of A-to-I RNA editing in the brain
2015
Elizabeth A. Ferrick-Kiddie
Kv1.1 RNA Editing: Physiological Roles and its Implications for Episodic Ataxia Type-1
Post-doctoral fellows:
2001
R. Blair McNeill, III, Ph.D.
Principal Process Development Scientist
Alkermes Pharmaceutical
2004
Minati Singh, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa
2011
Xu-Ping Wang, Ph.D. (deceased)
2016
Randi Ulbricht, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Missouri State University