Contact information: kristin[dot]ancevicius[at]utoronto[dot]ca
Research: Kristin participated in the design, production and use of phage-displayed synthetic antibodies that recognize RNA-binding proteins - most notably the Staufen double-stranded RNA-binding protein - which led for the first time to definition of Staufen’s in vivo binding specificity (Laver et al. 2012, 2013). Currently she is studying the global effects of staufen mutations on post-transcriptional events in early embryos and using reporter transgenes to further analyze Staufen’s binding specificity in vivo. Kristin is co-supervised by Prof. Tim Westwood.