Assistant Professor at UAMS interested in helicase mechanisms in DNA replication and repair. Views are my own.
UAMS
Joined July 2019
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I'm excited to share graduate student @mdttrump97's fist preprint. He found a surprising similarity in untargeted CUT&Tag, BG4 CUT&Tag, and ATAC-seq enrichment. We plan to submit for review soon and would appreciate feedback.
Untargeted CUT&Tag and BG4 CUT&Tag are both enriched at G-quadruplexes and accessible chromatin biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_genomic
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Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Raney, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He has now published more than 100 scientific papers that are indexed by PubMed at the National Library of Medicine. @uamshealth @uamscancer
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Check out the feature of the feature of a preprint by Mari Davidson, Reine Protacio, Wayne Wahls and colleagues in Science News. Bad agar is killing lab yeast around the world. Where is it coming from? | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
I’m super proud of my high school students from @ARMathSciArts and Chattanooga School for Arts and Science. They did a great job presenting their research today at the AR Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Great opportunity!
Come help us launch the careers of outstanding new cancer researchers and build infrastructure to support science powered by structural biology and molecular biophysics at UAMS! @uamshealth @uamscancer uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/…
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Tommy was fun to have in the lab this summer and is a very entertaining presenter. I'm glad he got to share his work and excitement at @ARINBRE.
Congratulations to the BCMB presenters at @ARINBRE . Tommy Caldarera (@Byrd_lab) gave an oral presentation. Anthony Carreira (Wayne Wahls), Daniella Perez Laguna (@MoldoveanuLab), Jeremiah Canady (@i_miousse), and Kate Jackson (Robert Eoff) presented posters. @uamscancer
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We're excited to welcome Sean Taverna as the new Dean of the UAMS Graduate School and a Professor in the Biochemistry Department. @uamshealth @uamscancer @UAMSGradSchool
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New! We’ve just put up a note evaluating the latest, in-development version of AlphaFold (“AlphaFold-latest”). This is a preview - development is still in progress - but performance across a wide range of tasks is striking.
deepmind.google/discover/blo…
Highlights in the thread.
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Congratulations Kevin!
Congratulations to Kevin Raney who received the 2023 Odyssey Medal for Research from Hendrix College. These awards recognize individuals whose life achievements that reflect the essence of the Hendrix Odyssey program.hendrix.edu/2023-hendrix-ody… #HendrixCollege
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The Biochemistry Department was happy to host the 10th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium @uamshealth. Over 100 young researchers who spent their summer doing research in Arkansas presented their work. Thanks to support from @ARINBRE and @UAMSGradSchool
Excited that Matthew got to attend his first in person conference. @mdttrump97
Graduate students Matthew Thompson and Reham Sewilam presented their fantastic work at #MidwestDNArepair. @uamscancer @UAMSGradSchool @uamshealth
Way to go Mason!
Congratulations to Mason McCrury in Samantha Kendrick's lab for receiving a NSF-GRFP. Mason's project is entitled "Investigating DNA Secondary Structure Formation and Mutagenesis." @uamshealth @uamscancer
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We're excited for Matthew who received 2 awards at UAMS student research day. @mdttrump97
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Dear Midwestern DNA repair aficionados, after Covid disruption the Midwest DNA repair symposium is finally back!
midwestdnarepair.conference.…
To be considered for a talk, you need to register by April 1st.
Anna, Sarit and I are looking forward seeing you all in Iowa City
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Our first foray into replication fork processing is now available! 🐸🧍🧬🧪 Key points:
- Uncoupling causes degradation and reversal
- Degradation occurs before and after reversal
- Replisomes are retained throughout
See model for how we think this works🙏
nature.com/articles/s41594-0…
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Every year I read a lot of grad school applications from accomplished people that don't give me the info I'm looking for. It feels like a major hidden curriculum thing. So here's (my opinion on) how to write a great Statement of Purpose/Research for a PhD program. 🧵 1/
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We are looking for a talented postdoc to join our team! Our lab uses structural biology and biochemistry to understand the mechanisms of eukaryotic DNA replication 🧬
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Ultrahigh resolution analysis of SARS-CoV-2 helicase using nanopores.
Please check out our preprint exploring the SARS-CoV-2 nsp13 helicase mechanochemical cycle +/- inhibition with ATPgS. Surprisingly, assisting forces placed on the helicase can rescue inhibited unwinding activity! 1/2
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