Karolin Luger, Ph.D. PI, and Chief Lab Wrangler
Training: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the University of Basel in Switzerland; postdoctoral fellow and research assistant professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zuerich.
Main research interest: Structural biology of chromatin
Shanna Roemen, Admin Coordinator, Luger Lab
I have over 21 years of administrative experience. I started with the HHMI/Luger Lab at CU Boulder in April of 2018. I oversee all administrative functions, media, travel and financials.
In my spare time, I love to travel anywhere warm, with crystal waters and a beach.
Pamela Dyer, Lab Manager II
Luger Lab Manager since May 2001
BS Science, Oregon State University
Horticulture (fruit and vegetable production and genetics)
Specialist in Molecular Biology certificate 2000
Jack of all trades in the lab: Reagent prep, Equipment maintenance, Lab Ordering, Research projects, Resource Management, Organization, Therapist/Life coach, Lab Mom.
Hobbies: Gardening, Tennis, Hiking, Camping
Alison White, Professional Research Assistant
Alison is a Colorado native who completed dual Bachelors of Science in zoology and biology from CSU in 2005. She went on to join Karolin Lugers lab to complete a MS in Cell and Molecular Biology at CSU in 2007. She continued in Karolin’s lab working on several different main projects over the years, including linker histone H1 and exploring zinc finger proteins binding the nucleome. She has had several side projects including work with RTT109 acetylation, VPS/NAP1 tail swaps, Archaea histones, making DNA for lab consumption and maintaining several pieces of equipment including the Atomic Force Microscope. When not hard at work in the lab, Alison is passionate about volunteering, especially for veterans and animal rescue organizations. She also enjoys nature photography, knitting, and gardening.
Email: alison.white@colorado.edu
Publications:
- A quantitative investigation of linker histone interactions with nucleosomes and chromatin.
White AE, Hieb AR, Luger K. Sci Rep. 2016 Jan 11;6:19122.
PMID: 26750377 - Fluorescence strategies for high-throughput quantification of protein interactions.
Hieb AR, D’Arcy S, Kramer MA, White AE, Luger K. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Mar;40(5):e33.
PMID: 22121211 - Structure of histone-based chromatin in Archaea Mattiroli F, Bhattacharyya S, Dyer PN, White AE, Sandman K, Burkhart BW, Byrne KR, Lee T, Ahn NG, Santangelo TJ, Reeve JN, Luger K. Science. 2017 Aug 11;357(6351):609-612. doi: 10.1126/science.aaj1849. PMID: 28798133