Name: Bob Ott, Ph.D. Undergraduate School: Illinois Benedictine College (now known as Benedictine University) Graduate Schools: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Ph.D.  in Molecular Biology, 2002 Previous Research Interests: His first post doc was with Ellen Fanning working on various aspects of T-Antigen and it's interactions with SV40 replication machinery. His current post doc position is with Dr. George Hill in which he is studying the effect of inhibitors on a trypanosome alternative oxidase (TAO). The goal is to identify chemical agents that could be used to treat trypanosome infections in cattle and humans. Name:Vitaly Klimovich Undergraduate School: Bryan College, Dayton, TN. Graduate School: Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. 2005 Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Previous Research Focus: This year I am working on determining the functional interactions between large T-antigen and human RPA in SV40 replication assay. Name: Jinming Gu Undergraduate School: Fudan University, Shanghai, China Graduate  School: Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. 2005 Current Position: Research Associate, Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Name: Steven Gray Undergraduate School: Auburn University, Alabama Graduate School: Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. 2006 Current Position: Research Fellow, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Center for Gene Therapy. Previous Research summary: I'll be determining the role of cis-acting sequence elements that contribute to the initiation of DNA replication at the DHFR origin-beta. I'll also investigate the possible role of a specific chromatin architecture as a regulating factor in origin-beta activity. Name: Hanjian Liu Undergraduate: University of Science and Technology of China Graduate School: Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. 2007 Current Position: Xuanfeng tech. Ltd., Hefei, Anhui, China Previous Research summary: Currently I am working on human DNA helicase B (HDHB). DNA helicase B is a helicase first discovered in mouse cells. DNA helicase B has been found to interact physically and functionally with DNA polymerase alpha-primase. But the detailed function of HDHB is not clear. I am now using biochemistry, cell biology and genetic methods to explore the cellular function of HDHB. Name: Xiaohua Jiang Undergraduate School: University of Science and Technology of China My work: I am working on the C terminus of Replication Protein A 32 kDa subunit (RPA32C). RPA32C is involved in many important aspects of DNA metabolism, for example, DNA replication. We constructed a RPA32C deletion mutant and a chimera with yeast RPA32C to test if C terminus plays a role in T antigen mediated priming. Current Position: Research Fellow,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Name: Isi Tolliver Undergraduate School:Jackson State University, BS Graduate School:Jackson State University, MS