People
Principal Investigator
![Mitch McVey](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/mmcvey01.jpeg?itok=3p5s4QYM)
Mitch McVey
McVey Lab
Tufts University
200 Boston Ave., Suite 4700
Medford, MA 02155
Office: 617-627-4196
![Alice Miller](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-alice-miller-500x625.jpg?itok=BXKYalt5)
Alice Miller, PhD
Senior research technician
Research interests: PCNA modification and REV1 roles in damage tolerance
![Justin Blanch](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-justin-blanch-500x625_0.jpg?itok=CNvjSGVY)
Justin Blanch
PhD
Research interests: functions of DNA polymerase theta and RIF1 in alt-EJ
![Tokio Sano](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-tokio-sano-500x625.jpg?itok=whhdsy9v)
Tokio Sano
PhD student
Research interests: replication fork regression and DNA damage tolerance
![Mai Tran](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-mai-tran-500x625.jpg?itok=nAsYQPOi)
Mai Tran
PhD
Research interests: roles of endonucleases in DNA damage tolerance
![Nick Woodward](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-nick-woodward-500x625.jpg?itok=DIiF1LGY)
Nick Woodward
PhD student
Research interests: DNA polymerase theta in alternative end joining
![Lara Maggs](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-11/lab-mcvey-lara-maggs-500x625.jpg?itok=eoszbbqN)
Lara Maggs
PhD student
Research interests: functions of REV7 in Drosophila
![Sara Martin](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-sara-martin-500x625.jpg?itok=yz4Ub9kY)
Sara Martin, PhD
Tufts IRACDA postdoctoral scholar
Research interests: DNA damage tolerance
![Vicki Do](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-vicki-do-500x625.jpg?itok=iye97lZ9)
Vicki Do
Undergraduate research student, honors thesis
Research interests: computational analysis of alternative end joining
![Alyssa Persano](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-alyssa-persano-500x625.jpg?itok=JFHJ2jb-)
Alyssa Persano
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: FANC complex in Drosophila and base excision repair
![Tufts sign](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2021-10/people-placeholder-large.jpg?itok=g-qFjA0B)
Katelin Isakoff
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: DNA nuclease and damage tolerance
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Lora Kusaku
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: aging and gut barrier integrity
![Jill Hutchinson](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-jill-hutchinson-500x625.jpg?itok=wZx9YWFR)
Jill Hutchinson
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: aging and gut barrier integrity
![Tufts sign](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2021-10/people-placeholder-large.jpg?itok=g-qFjA0B)
Jenna Nagji
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: DNA damage tolerance
![Tufts sign](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2021-10/people-placeholder-large.jpg?itok=g-qFjA0B)
Rita Gyurko
Undergraduate research student
Research interests: DNA damage tolerance
![Tufts sign](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2021-10/people-placeholder-large.jpg?itok=g-qFjA0B)
Kian Sahana
![Ben Kuo](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2022-10/lab-mcvey-ben-kuo-500x625.jpg?itok=Jxy1wUG1)
Ben Kuo
![Tufts sign](/biology/sites/g/files/lrezom211/files/styles/large/public/2021-10/people-placeholder-large.jpg?itok=g-qFjA0B)
Maya Lightfoot
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Kayla Curameng
Graduate rotation student
Research interests: DNA nucleases and damage tolerance