Alan M. Lambowitz, Jennifer Stamos, Alfred M. Lantzsch, and Yidan Qin

Alan M. Lambrowitz is Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Mr. & Mrs. A. Frank Smith Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Alfred Lentzsch is a Graduate Student in the Lambowitz laboratory in the Department of Molecular biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Jennifer Stamos is Postdoctoral Associate in the Lambowitz laboratory in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Yidan Qin is a former Graduate Student in the Lambowitz laboratory in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA. And is currently a Project Manager at Kaiser Permanente Research Bank, Oakland, California, USA.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: TGIRT enzymes and methods for their use are the subject of patents and patent applications that have been exclusively licensed by the University of Texas and East Tennessee State University to InGex, LLC. A.M. Lambowitz and the University of Texas are minority equity holders in InGex, and A.M. Lambowitz, the University of Texas, and some present and former members of the Lambowitz lab receive royalty payments from the sale of TGIRT enzymes and kits and from the sublicensing of the intellectual property by InGex to other companies. Y.Q. is a consultant to InGex.