Category: All Publications

Citizen Scientists Create an Exascale Computer to Combat COVID-19

Maxwell I. Zimmerman, Justin R. Porter, Michael D. Ward, Sukrit Singh, Neha Vithani, Artur Meller, Upasana L. Mallimadugula, Catherine E. Kuhn, Jonathan H. Borowsky, Rafal P. Wiewiora, Matthew F. D. Hurley, Aoife M. Harbison, Carl A. Fogarty, Joseph E. Coffland, Elisa Fadda, Vincent A. Voelz, John D. Chodera, & Gregory R. Bowman (2020). “Citizen Scientists Create an Exascale Computer to Combat COVID-19” bioRxiv. 2020 Jun 28;2020.06.27.175430. doi: 10.1101/2020.06.27.175430. Preprint (Abstract)

Development of a Single-Stranded DNA-binding Protein Fluorescent Fusion Toolbox

Katarzyna Dubiel, Camille Henry, Lisanne M. Spenkelink, Alexander G. Kozlov, Elizabeth A. Wood, Slobodan Jergic, Nicholas E. Dixon, Antoine M. van Oijen, Michael M. Cox, Timothy M. Lohman, Steven J. Sandler, & James L. Keck (2020). “Development of a Single-Stranded DNA-binding Protein Fluorescent Fusion Toolbox” Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Jun 19;48(11):6053-6067. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa320. (Abstract)

Competitive tight-binding inhibition of VKORC1 underlies warfarin dosage variation and antidotal efficacy

Shuang Li, Shixuan Liu, Xiaoran Roger Liu, Mengru Mira Zhang, and Weikai Li. (2020). “Competitive tight-binding inhibition of VKORC1 underlies warfarin dosage variation and antidotal efficacy” Blood Adv. 2020 May 26; 4(10): 2202–2212. Published online 2020 May 20. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001750 (Abstract)

A survey-based analysis of the academic job market

Jason D Fernandes, Sarvenaz Sarabipour, Christopher T Smith, Natalie M Niemi, Nafisa M Jadavji, Ariangela J Kozik, Alex S Holehouse, Vikas Pejaver, Orsolya Symmons, Alexandre W Bisson Filho, & Amanda Haage (2020). “A survey-based analysis of the academic job market” Elife. 2020 Jun 12;9:e54097. doi: 10.7554/eLife.54097. Online ahead of print. (Abstract)

19 F NMR reveals the conformational properties of free thrombin and its zymogen precursor prethrombin-2

Eliza A. Ruben, Prafull S. Gandhi, Zhiwei Chen, Sarah K. Koester, Gregory T. DeKoster, Carl Frieden, & Enrico Di Cera. (2020). “19 F NMR reveals the conformational properties of free thrombin and its zymogen precursor prethrombin-2” J Biol Chem. 2020 Jun 12;295(24):8227-8235. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013419. Epub 2020 May 1. (Abstract)

Optimizing Pyrazolopyrimidine Inhibitors of Calcium Dependent Protein Kinase 1 for Treatment of Acute and Chronic Toxoplasmosis

James W Janetka, Allen T Hopper, Ziping Yang, Jennifer Barks, Mary Savari Dhason, Qiuling Wang, & L David Sibley (2020). “Optimizing Pyrazolopyrimidine Inhibitors of Calcium Dependent Protein Kinase 1 for Treatment of Acute and Chronic Toxoplasmosis” J Med Chem. 2020 Jun 11;63(11):6144-6163. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00419. Epub 2020 Jun 1. (Abstract)

Conformational Distributions of Isolated Myosin Motor Domains Encode Their Mechanochemical Properties

Justin R. Porter, Artur Meller, Maxwell I. Zimmerman, Michael J. Greenberg, & Gregory R. Bowman (2020). “Conformational Distributions of Isolated Myosin Motor Domains Encode Their Mechanochemical Properties” Elife. 2020 May 29;9:e55132. doi: 10.7554/eLife.55132. (Abstract)

Characterization of Warfarin Inhibition Kinetics Requires Stabilization of Intramembrane Vitamin K Epoxide Reductases

Shuang Li, Shixuan Liu, Yihu Yang, & Weikai Li (2020). “Characterization of Warfarin Inhibition Kinetics Requires Stabilization of Intramembrane Vitamin K Epoxide Reductases” J Mol Biol. 2020 May 20;S0022-2836(20)30350-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.05.009. Online ahead of print. (Abstract)

Neutralizing Antibody and Soluble ACE2 Inhibition of a Replication-Competent VSV-SARS-CoV-2 and a Clinical Isolate of SARS-CoV-2

James Brett Case, Paul W Rothlauf, Rita E Chen, Zhuoming Liu, Haiyan Zhao, Arthur S Kim, Louis-Marie Bloyet, Qiru Zeng, Stephen Tahan, Lindsay Droit, Ma Xenia G Ilagan, Michael A Tartell, Gaya Amarasinghe, Jeffrey P Henderson, Shane Miersch, Mart Ustav, Sachdev Sidhu, Herbert W Virgin, David Wang, Siyuan Ding, Davide Corti, Elitza S Theel, Daved H Fremont, Michael S Diamond, & Sean P J Whelan (2020). “Neutralizing Antibody and Soluble ACE2 Inhibition of a Replication-Competent VSV-SARS-CoV-2 and a Clinical Isolate of SARS-CoV-2” bioRxiv. 2020 May 18;2020.05.18.102038. doi: 10.1101/2020.05.18.102038. Preprint (Abstract)

Charge Reduction of Membrane Proteins in Native Mass Spectrometry Using Alkali Metal Acetate Salts

John T. Petroff 2nd, Ailing Tong, Lawrence J. Chen, Gregory T. Dekoster, Farha Khan, Jeff Abramson, Carl Frieden, & Wayland W. L. Cheng (2020). “Charge Reduction of Membrane Proteins in Native Mass Spectrometry Using Alkali Metal Acetate Salts” Anal Chem. 2020 May 5;92(9):6622-6630. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00454. Epub 2020 Apr 14. (Abstract)