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Manasi Mayekar, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow 








				

		Dr. Manasi Mayekar	
		

		    	
        
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Mentor
Dr. Karen Arndt
	
	


	

	
Dissertation
Uncovering The Mechanism Of Chromatin Association Of The PAF1 Transcription Elongation Complex
	
	




	

	
Education
PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 2013
MSc in Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (India), 2008
BSc in Biotechnology, University of Mumbai (India), 2006
	



    




























	

	
Why I chose Pitt
There is a lot of exciting research going on here. There are hundreds of good labs to choose from. It is among the top five institutions in NIH funding. Besides, Pittsburgh is a great city to live in.
Following her graduation, Dr. Mayekar received an offer as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. Peter Johnson at the NIH, National Cancer Institute at Frederick.
	
	




Publications
	

	
Small region of Rtf1 protein can substitute for complete Paf1 complex in facilitating global histone H2B ubiquitylation in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109: 10837-10842. |  View Abstract