Dr. Nicholas (Nick) Reiter grew up in Edina, Minnesota and received his B.A. in chemistry from Carleton College, performing research with Jerry Mohrig. Then, he subsequently performed biochemistry research with Frank Rusnak at the Mayo Clinic (MN). As a graduate student, he was introduced to the RNA world and applied NMR spectroscopy and biophysical methods to understand components involved in the assembly and activation of the spliceosome, receiving his PhD in Sam Butcher’s Lab. He was an NIH post-doctoral fellow in Alfonso Mondragon’s lab at Northwestern University and developed a strong interest in elucidating the tertiary structure of large catalytic RNAs using x-ray crystallography. In 2012, Dr. Reiter joined the faculty at Vanderbilt where he began his NIH funded research program to understand the mechanisms of cancer associated RNA-chromatin-associated enzyme interactions. He joined Marquette in the fall of 2017 and his primary interests are in the area of RNA-protein structure and function. Learn more about Reiter Lab research here.