Maizels Lab

I recently started with the Maizels lab and am studying mechanisms of targeted gene repair. I am working with Dr. Luther Davis to identify factors that will increase the low natural frequency of homologous recombination and promote it over other mechanisms of DNA repair. Homologous recombination can be used to replace erroneous DNA sequence with a correct donor sequence and thus has great therapeutic potential for monogenic disorders.

I graduated from Lewis and Clark College in May 2008 with a BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. My previous research experience includes work on Chlamydia trachomatis at Rocky Mountain Laboratories of the NIH in Hamilton, Montana.