Okoniewski
Stephen Okoniewski
Stephen completed his undergraduate degree in Physics at Northwestern University. He was supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and an NIH/CU Graduate Training Grant. He used high-precision single-molecule optical traps to study the biomechanics of nucleic acids and nucleic acid - protein complexes.
Current Affiliation
Senior Professional Staff, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab; PhD thesis: A single-molecule optical-trapping assay: Measuring E. Coli RecQ helicase motion using force-activated DNA substrates
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