1996

Felix was an undergrad working with grad student Christine Moore Rodriguez on capping enzymes.  Following graduation he got his MD and currently is a radiologist at the Mayo Clinic.

Bertha was a postdoctoral fellow in the Buratowski lab from 1996-1999, supported by a fellowship from Mexico's CONACYT. While here, she worked on the TFIID TAF subunits.  She currently is on the faculty at the Universidad Nactional Autonoma de Mexico. 

Toshi Takagi obtained his MD from Kyushu University and his Phd at University of Tokyo.  He did postdoctoral work in the Buratowski lab from 1996 to 2000 with support from the American Cancer Society.  In the process of identifying the first higher eukaryotic capping enzyme gene, he discovered a new class of RNA phosphatases that resembled protein tyrosine phosphatases.  Since leaving the lab, he has been a senior research scientist at Shionogi BioResearch, Merck, and Rosetta.

Eun-Jung received her PhD from Seoul National University. She was a member of the Buratowski lab from 1996-2001, where she was the first person to show that the phosphorylated RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain is necessary for recruiting mRNA processing enzymes such as the capping enzyme. She is currently a Professor at Sunkyunkwan University.