Dissertation project: Discovering Novel Antibiotic RiPP (Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptide) Natural Products and Elucidating Their Biosynthesis by Great Salt Lake Actinomycetota
Undergraduate School: Westminster College
2022-2023 Skaggs Fellow
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I started my PhD through the Biological Chemistry program in the Fall of 2020 and joined Jaclyn Winter’s lab. My research is focused on the discovery of novel natural product compounds with antimicrobial potential. Specifically, I am interested in using actinobacteria isolated from Great Salt Lake sediment as a source for the discovery of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) including the subfamilies of lasso peptides and linaridins.
