Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Program

Sam is in the Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology Graduate Program, joined the Chanfreau lab in 2018, and joined the CMB training program in 2020.  He received a B.S. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Georgia.

Mentor: Dr. Guillaume Chanfreau

Sam's research uses a combination of wetbench experiments and computational analysis to better understand RNA decay in S. cerevisiae. Currently he is studying 2 areas of RNA decay: the TRAMP complex, which plays a role in targeting RNAs for degradation by the nuclear exosome and the No-Go Decay/Non-Stop Decay pathways responsible for degradation of transcripts which have become unreadable by the ribosome. When he’s not in lab Sam enjoys playing guitar, cooking, and biking!