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Caroline K. Kaminsky

Caroline K. Kaminsky

Undergraduate Student
(October 2018-August 2021)

B.S. Molecular & Cellular Biology and Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2021

Email: ckaminsky@uchicago.edu

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Brief Biography

Caroline Kaminsky was an undergraduate student double majoring in Molecular & Cellular Biology and in Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She performed undergraduate research under the supervision of Prof. Scott K. Silverman. After graduation, she attended the University of Chicago to obtain her Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

Research Interests

In my research project, I identified deoxyribozymes for DNA and RNA cytidine 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]