Author: Nicholas Caito

2015 – 1st Annual BMB Chili Cook-off

TGIF revised

The 1st Annual BMB Chili Cook-off was held on February 27th. We had seven entries (1st Year Students, Admin Office, Bowman lab, Burgers lab, Ellenberger lab, Havranek lab and Henzler-Wildman lab). The best chili trophy was awarded to the Ellenberger lab. For photos

Intrinsically disordered C-terminal tails of E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein regulate cooperative binding to single-stranded DNA.

Kozlov A.G., Weiland E., Mittal A., Waldman V., Antony E., Fazio N., Pappu R.V., & Lohman T.M. (2015). “Intrinsically disordered C-terminal tails of E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein regulate cooperative binding to single-stranded DNA.” J Mol Biol. 2015 Feb 27;427(4):763-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.12.020. Epub 2015 Jan 3. (Abstract)

A quantitative assay reveals ligand specificity of the DNA scaffold repair protein XRCC1 and efficient disassembly of complexes of XRCC1 and the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 by poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase.

Kim I.K., Stegeman R.A., Brosey C.A., & Ellenberger T. (2015). “A quantitative assay reveals ligand specificity of the DNA scaffold repair protein XRCC1 and efficient disassembly of complexes of XRCC1 and the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 by poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase.” J Biol Chem. 2015 Feb 6;290(6):3775-83. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.624718. Epub 2014 Dec 4. (Abstract)

Antibody mediated therapy targeting CD47 inhibits tumor progression of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Xiao Z.Y., Chung H., Banan B., Manning P.T., Ott K.C., Lin S., Capoccia B.J., Subramanian V., Hiebsch R.R., Upadhya G., Mohanakumar T., Frazier W.A., Lin Y., & Chapman W.C. (2015). “Antibody mediated therapy targeting CD47 inhibits tumor progression of hepatocellular carcinoma.” Cancer Lett. 2015 May 1;360(2):302-9. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.02.036. Epub 2015 Feb 23. (Abstract)

Thrombospondin-1 regulates bone homeostasis through effects on bone matrix integrity and nitric oxide signaling in osteoclasts.

Amend S.R., Uluckan O., Hurchla M., Leib D., Novack D.V., Silva M., Frazier W., & Weilbaecher K.N. (2015). “Thrombospondin-1 regulates bone homeostasis through effects on bone matrix integrity and nitric oxide signaling in osteoclasts.” J Bone Miner Res. 2015 Jan;30(1):106-15. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2308. (Abstract)