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J. Tomas Tricarico

J. Tomas Tricarico

Undergraduate Student

B.S. Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, anticipated May 2025

 

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Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
141 Roger Adams Laboratory
600 S. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Email: jtric2@illinois.edu

   

Brief Biography

Tomas Tricarico is currently an undergraduate student majoring in Biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is performing undergraduate research under the supervision of Prof. Scott K. Silverman.

Research Interests

In my research project, I am identifying DNAzymes that modify DNA and RNA nucleobases by acylation.

  • "DNAzyme-Catalyzed Site-Specific N-Acylation of DNA Oligonucleotide Nucleobases", M. M. Kennebeck, C. K. Kaminsky, M. A. Massa, P. K. Das, R. D. Boyd, M. Bishka, J. T. Tricarico, and S. K. Silverman, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202317565. [pdf] [Supp Info] [PubMed entry]