Danielle Rognstad

Graduate Student, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology
B.S. Temple University (2009)
started in the lab May 2012

Research Interests

I'm interested in biochemical and biophysical properties of Holliday junction resolvases. I'm expressing and purifying a tetrameric resolvase, and using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to learn about how this and the GEN resolvase recognize and bind to Holliday junctions. The AFM work is being done under the supervision of Dr. Dorothy Erie in the UNC Department of Chemistry.

Awards

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2013-16).
• Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2016-17).