Contact us

Email: DNAseq@Yale.edu

Phone: 203-737-2566

Fax: 203-785-5586

Mailing address

Keck DNA Sequencing Lab
Attn: Jaime Heltke
300 George Street
2nd Floor, Room 2127
New Haven, CT 06511

staff
(L-R:) Sara Thompson, Raamuel Plair, Jaime Heltke, Kirsten Bracale

 

Staff info

Meet the hardworking team that provides your DNA sequencing services.

Jaime Heltke

Jaime Heltke, MS

Director

Sara Thompson

Sara Thompson

Lab Manager

DNA seq RP

Raamuel Plair

Lab technician

Our members

Jaime Heltke

Jaime Heltke, MS, Director

Jaime Heltke, MS

Jaime has been working at Yale since 2011 with over 13 years of service in the genomics cores.  Jaime joined the Keck DNA Sequencing core as the director in 2022. Jaime’s fascination and love for genetics led her to become a scientist here at Yale in hopes of helping cure diseases. “I originally thought I’d go into a specific research lab," she says. "I never would have imagined I would have ended up at the cores. Instead of focusing on one disease, I’ve been able to help countless researchers from Yale University and outside institutions progress in their studies of disease."

Sara Thompson

Sara Thompson, Lab Manager

Sara Thompson

Sara obtained her BS in forensic science (biology) from the University of New Haven in 2012. She began her cores career with Yale when she first joined Keck DNA Sequencing as a lab technician in 2013. She then joined YCGA in 2019 as a manager where she expanded her NGS knowledge and skills; specifically, she focused in exome sequencing, capture & methylation. Sara later rejoined Keck DNA Sequencing in November of 2022 as a Research Associate 1, where she currently serves as the lab manager.

DNA seq RP

Raamuel Plair, Lab Technician

Raamuel Plair

Raamuel earned her BS in biology from Southern Connecticut State University in 2016. She expanded her knowledge in the field through independent research and internships. In the summer of 2021, Raamuel began her career as a Research Assistant 1 at the Keck DNA Sequencing Facility.