People
Principal Investigator

Mitch McVey
McVey Lab
Tufts University
200 Boston Ave., Suite 4700
Medford, MA 02155
Office: 617-627-4196

Alice Miller, PhD
Senior research technician
Research interests: PCNA modification and REV1 roles in damage tolerance

Justin Blanch
PhD
Research interests: functions of DNA polymerase theta and RIF1 in alt-EJ

Tokio Sano
PhD student
Research interests: replication fork regression and DNA damage tolerance

Mai Tran
PhD
Research interests: roles of endonucleases in DNA damage tolerance

Nick Woodward
PhD student
Research interests: DNA polymerase theta in alternative end joining

Lara Maggs
PhD student
Research interests: functions of REV7 in Drosophila

Sara Martin, PhD
Tufts IRACDA postdoctoral scholar
Research interests: DNA damage tolerance

Vicki Do
Undergraduate research student, honors thesis
Research interests: computational analysis of alternative end joining

Alyssa Persano
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: FANC complex in Drosophila and base excision repair

Katelin Isakoff
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: DNA nuclease and damage tolerance

Lora Kusaku
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: aging and gut barrier integrity

Jill Hutchinson
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: aging and gut barrier integrity

Jenna Nagji
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: DNA damage tolerance

Rita Gyurko
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: DNA damage tolerance

Kian Sahana

Ben Kuo

Maya Lightfoot

Kayla Curameng
Graduate rotation student
Research interests: DNA nucleases and damage tolerance