The Armitage Group

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Group members

Gloria was born in Argentina. She did her bachelor studies as well as her PhD studies in the University of Cordoba, in Argentina. She is now a visiting professor and she is currently developing new fluorescent dyes. 

Dr. Gloria L. Silva

2dor got his M.D. from the Iuliu Hatieganu University in Cluj, Romania in 1997. he never got a bachelor's. his current project involves making fluorescent aptameric sensors for in vitro and in vivo applications.

Tudor Constantin

Andrea was born in Long Island, New York. She received her B.Sc degree in Chemistry with a specialization in Biochemistry from the University of Virginia in 2001.

Andrea Benvin

Sabrina is from Salta, Argentina. She received her bachelor degree in Chemistry in 2002 in the University of Cordoba in Argentina. She is now on her 4th year of graduate school and she is working in designing biosensors.

Sabrina Lusvarghi

Hayriye was born in Turkey. She is in her 3rd year of graduate school. She is involved in the project to design new fluorescent nanosturctres.

Hayriye Ozhalici

Connor Murphy grew up in Charleroi, Pennsylvania.  He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Dickinson College in 2005.  He now works on the G-quadruplex project in the lab.

Connor Murphy

nucleic acid (PNA) probes that bind to 5s ribosomal RNA and can give information about the rRNA function.

Kim Zanotti

Army group here at CMU, pursuing her PhD in Bioorganic Chemistry of G-Quadruplex. Her ultimately goal is to use this knowledge to understand the molecular basis of diseases.

Halimatu Sadiya Mohammed

Halimatu Sadiya Mohammed is from Bronx, NY but originally from Ghana.  She received her Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry from Clarkson University and is now with the

Kimberly Zanotti is a Pittsburgh native.  She earned her bachelors degree in biochemistry from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in 2006.  She is currently working on designing peptide

Her projects focus on using DNA as a construction material for the assembly of fluorescent nanostructures.