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Recent News

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Weaver for her Ph.D. defense on December 11, 2007!

Congratulations to former group member, Kassy Mies on her recent appointment as Mary Elizabeth Yarborough Chair, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC!

 

 

Some Recent Publications

Bonaventura, Celia; Henkens, Robert; Alayash, Abdu I.; Crumbliss, Alvin L.. Allosteric effects on oxidative and nitrosative reactions of cell-free hemoglobins. IUBMB Life (2007), 59(8-9), 498-505.

Anderson, Damon S.; Adhikari, Pratima; Weaver, Katherine D.; Crumbliss, Alvin L.; Mietzner, Timothy A. The Haemophilus influenzae hFbpABC Fe3+ transporter: analysis of the membrane permease and development of a gallium-based screen for mutants. Journal of Bacteriology (2007), 189(14), 5130-5141.

Remington, Nicole; Stevens, Robert D.; Wells, Randall S.; Holn, Aleta; Dhungana, Suraj; Taboy, Celine H.; Crumbliss, Alvin L.; Henkens, Robert; Bonaventura, Celia. Genetic diversity of coastal bottlenose dolphins revealed by structurally and functionally diverse hemoglobins. Gene (2007), 398(1-2), 123-131.

Heymann, J. J.; Weaver, K. D.; Mietzner, T. A.; Crumbliss, A. L.. Sulfate as a Synergistic Anion Facilitating Iron Binding by the Bacterial Transferrin FbpA: The Origins and Effects of Anion Promiscuity. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007), 129(31), 9704-9712.

Mies, Kassy A.; Wirgau, Joseph I.; Crumbliss, Alvin L.. Ternary complex formation facilitates a redox mechanism for iron release from a siderophore. BioMetals (2006), 19(2), 115-126.

Crumbliss Group, Spring 2006: (left to right) [front] Richard Arriaga (Undergrad), Esther Tristani (3rd year), Dr. Katherine Weaver (Graduated December 2007), Dr. Crumbliss, [back] James Harrington (3rd year), Claire Parker Siburt (3rd year), Dr. Kassy Mies (Graduated May 2007), Jared Heymann (5th year), Arnav Mehta (undergrad)  
Recent Presentations

Heymann, Jared J.; Weaver, Katherine D.; Anderson, D. S.; Mietzner, T. A.; Crumbliss, A. L.. Biological trivalent metal selectivity in a bacterial transferrin: Gallium-FbpA thermodynamics and kinetics. Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 19-23, 2007 (2007), INOR-886.

Harrington, James M.; Crumbliss, A. L.; Dhungana, S.; Chittamuru, S.; Jacobs, Hollie K.; Gopalan, A. S. Iron(III) sequestration by synthetic hydroxypyridinone siderophores and exchange with desferrioxamine B. Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 19-23, 2007 (2007), INOR-816.

Heymann, Jared J.; Mietzner, T. A.; Crumbliss, A. L.. Effects and origins of the synergistic anion influence on the thermodynamics and kinetics of iron binding by a bacterial transferrin. Abstracts of Papers, 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, Sept. 10-14, 2006 (2006), INOR-610.

 

 

   
Upcoming Publications & Presentations

Check out Claire and Esther's talks at the New Orleans National ACS meeting this spring!

 

   

Last update January 2008
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