Sarah C Keane
Sarah Keane graduated from Furman University with a B.S. in Chemistry (2007). Under the direction of David Giedroc, she received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indiana University (2012). Sarah then accepted a postdoctoral position with Michael Summers at The University of Maryland Baltimore County. Sarah joined the University of Michigan in January 2017 with a joint appointment in the Biophysics and Chemistry departments. The Keane lab is interested in uncovering the structures and mechanisms of biologically relevant noncoding RNAs using NMR spectroscopy complemented with other biochemical and biophysical tools.
Postdocs:
Yaping Liu
2014 B.S. Chemistry, Sichuan University, China
2019 Ph.D. Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry(SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2020 Postdoc, Environmental Epigenomes, Johns Hopkins University
Research interests: I'm interested in studying the structures of biomacromolecules, such as RNA, DNA, proteins and their interaction by using NMR and other structural biology approaches. Structure is the basis for understanding biological functions and will help develop the therapeutic functions.
Outside the lab: hiking, travelling, fitness, badminton
Graduate Students:
Ian Hall
2018 B.S. Chemistry, Lyon College
Graduate Student, Chemistry Department
Outside of lab: tabletop gaming, video games, soccer, and biking.
Sicong Ma
2019 B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University, China
Graduate Student, Biophysics Department
Outside of lab: basketball, cooking, video games, fitness and spending time with friends.
Aldrex Munsayac
2017 A.S. Chemistry, Physics, and Math, Merced College
2020 B.S. Chemistry, Minor in Applied Math, UC Santa Cruz
Graduate Student, Chemistry Department
Outside of lab: basketball, gym, audiobooks, YouTube/Netflix, chess, and eating food/trying new cuisines.
Grace Arhin
2019, BSc. Chemistry, KNUST, Ghana
Graduate Student - Biophysics
Outside of lab - watching comedy and crime tv shows, gyming and hanging out with friends
Cade Harkner
2022 B.S. Chemistry (Honors), University of Wisconsin – Madison
Research Interests: To me, RNA is perhaps one of the most interesting and versatile biomolecules: biology's Swiss Army knife. RNA protein interactions are at the heart of many crucial biochemical processes, and I am excited to take my previous experiences with mRNA and move to investigating the vast world of non-coding RNAs!
Outside the lab: tabletop gaming, video games, hanging out with friends, reading, and hiking
Megan Westwood
2019 B.S. Chemistry, Missouri State University
2022 M.S. Chemistry, Missouri State University
Graduate Student, Biophysics
Outside of lab: playing with my dogs, video games, art, and reading
Undergraduates:
Sophie Gold
Junior, B.S. Biomolecular Science and Anthropology
Outside the lab: I love dancing and choreographing. I also enjoy playing volleyball and hanging out with my cat.
Future: I hope to obtain my Ph.D. in biochemistry, and find ways to make STEM and its discoveries more accessible.
Rafael Davish
Junior B.S. Chemistry.
Outside of Lab: I enjoy going to the gym, reading, and watching sports with friends.
Future: obtain an MD and someday work for Doctors Without Borders throughout South America.
Alumni:
Name Current Position
Raeleen Sobetski (BS, 2022) PhD student at Notre Dame
Kate Zablock (BS, 2022) MD student at Wayne State
Luiz Diaz (D-RISE, 2022) Senior – Cass Tech High School
Kyrillos Abdallah (BS, 2021) PhD student at Yale
Gillian Genova (BS, 2021) Research Co-op, Vertex
Anita Kotar (postdoc, 2020) Research Associate, Slovenia NMR Center
Huaqun Zhang (postdoc, 2020) Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University
Kirk Baughman (BS, 2020) PhD student at Columbia
Amos Nissley (BS, 2020) PhD student at UC Berkeley
Austin Wang (BS, 2020) MD/PhD student at Northwestern
Sadia Rahman (D-RISE, 2019) Undergraduate at UMich
Caroline Jipa (REU, 2019) MD/PhD student at UMich
