Ben Ricca

Graduate Student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The University of Chicago

Current research goal: Characterize myosin X, an intrafilopodial molecular motor.

Lab address: Gordon CIS W229R, 929 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Lab phone: (773) 702-1332 or (773) 834-4382

e-mail: ricca@uchicago.edu

Publications:

1. Ricca, B.L, Wolf, A.C. & Silverman, S.K. Optimization and generality of a small deoxyribozyme that ligates RNA. J. Mol. Biol. 330, 1015-1025 (2003).
2. Nagy, S., Ricca, B.L., Norstrom, M.F., Courson, D.S., Brawley, C., Smithback, P.A., & Rock, R.S. A myosin motor that selects bundled actin for motility. PNAS 105, 9616-9620 (2008).