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Medical Scientist Training Program
Anna Vradi

Anna Vradi

Phase 1 Second Year Student

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

MS, Microbiology, The Ohio State University, 2024
BS, Microbiology, The Ohio State University, 2023

Research Interests

Microbial and viral pathogenesis, infectious disease, RNA biology

Research Experience

The Ohio State University, Jan 2021-May 2024
Advisor Karin Musier-Forsyth, PhD
Project: Elucidating substrate specificity of trypanosoma brucei aminoacyl-tRNA editing proteins

Publications

Watkins RR, Bockelman S, Vradi A, Grabarkewitz K, Pyun A, Stark J, Wysocki VH, Alfonzo JD, Musier-Forsyth K. Unexpected enzymatic function of an ancient nucleic acid-binding fold. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Apr 22;53(8):gkaf328. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf328. PMID: 40274265; PMCID: PMC12021450.

Watkins RR, Vradi A, Shulgina I, Musier-Forsyth K. Trypanosoma brucei multi-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex formation limits promiscuous tRNA proofreading. Front Microbiol. 2024 Jul 16;15:1445687. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1445687. PMID: 39081885; PMCID: PMC11286415.

Meeting Abstracts

Vradi A, Watkins R, Musier-Forsyth K. tRNA Quality Control Mechanisms in Trypanosoma brucei, Presented at the Ohio State University Microbiology Departmental Symposium, Columbus, OH, December 2023.

Vradi A, Watkins R, Shulgina I, Musier-Forsyth K. Discriminator Base is a Critical Recognition Element for Trypanosoma brucei Ala-tRNAPro Editing Domains. Poster Presentation at IUBMB Focused Meeting on Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, Grand Bend, Ontario, June 2023.

Vradi A, Watkins R, Shulgina I, Musier-Forsyth K. Discriminator Base is a Critical Recognition Element for Trypanosoma brucei Ala-tRNAPro Editing Domains. Poster Presentation at Rustbelt RNA meeting, Cleveland, OH, October 2022.

General Interests

I like to crochet, cross stitch, cook, ski, and go on hikes/nature walks!

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