RNA component of human telomerase Carla Theimer

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Albany


Research Interests

We are interested in the structure, function, and thermodynamic relationships in regulatory and catalytic RNAs. More information on SUNY Albany page


Selected Publications

Structural and functional characterization of human telomerase RNA processing and Cajal body localization signals (2007), C. A. Theimer, B. E. Jady, N. Chim, P. Richard, K. E. Breece, T. Kiss, and J. Feigon, Mol. Cell, 27, 869-881 (more ...)

Recent advances in the structural and functional characterization of telomerase RNA (2006), C. A. Theimer and J. Feigon, Curr. Op. Struct. Biol., 16, 307-318 (more ...)

Structure of the human telomerase RNA pseudoknot reveals conserved tertiary interactions essential for function (2005), C. A. Theimer, C. A. Blois, and J. Feigon, Mol. Cell, 17, 671-682 (more ...)

Mutations linked to dyskeratosis congenita cause changes in the structural equilibrium in telomerase RNA (2003), C. A. Theimer, L. D. Finger, L. Trantirek, and J. Feigon, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 100, 449-454 (more ...)

Structure, stability, and function of RNA pseudoknots involved in stimulating ribosomal frameshifting (2000), D. P. Giedroc, C. A. Theimer, and P. L. Nixon, J. Mol. Biol., 298, 167-185 (more ...)


Lab Members with RNA-related projects

Fei Liu (graduate student)

Jeremy Kerling (graduate student)

Rajiv Thapa (graduate student)

Yoora Kim (undergraduate student)