Columbia MD/PhD Student

NY, NY
Joined December 2010
A multiplex platform to identify mechanisms and modulators of proteotoxicity in neurodegeneration dlvr.it/SYdsMB
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-We identified DNAJB6 as a chaperone with activity against multiple ALS/FTD associated models including TDP-43, FUS, and hnRNPA1 in both yeast and mammalian cell culture -We showed with multiple in vitro techniques that DNAJB6 modulates FUS's propensity to aggregate
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-We also did some deep mutational scanning on DNAJB6 and identified variants with enhanced activity! -Really couldn't have done this without our collaborators! This project has been on my mind daily for many many years and I'm very pleased to be able to share it
The assay we developed works well for numerous coronavirus proteases and many known protease inhibitors. We get potency data highly similar to data produced from live virus assays. We can identify compounds that are broadly active against strains with the ability to infect humans
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If your lab has 293T cells, crystal violet, and a plate reader, you can do this assay! It's reporter-free, transfection-based, and robust to protocol variation. We hope this assay will expedite therapeutic identification and will be highly useful in the case of future pandemics
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Sam Resnick retweeted
⚡️The world's most famous AIDS researcher is racing to find a coronavirus cure xitter.cf/i/events/1240641677204…
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A First-of-its-Kind Library of Potential Coronavirus Drugs | Time time.com/5790709/coronavirus…
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2,304 PCRs today... thankful for multichannels. Anyone else out there do an absurd amount of the same thing in one day?
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Sam Resnick retweeted
RPS25 is required for efficient RAN translation of C9orf72 and other neurodegenerative disease-associated nucleotide repeats, great work from ADG, LP, @isaacs_adrian et al: nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Thrilled to post this preprint, the result of a really fun collaboration with @IsraelF96135088 led by the very talented Tyler @HalpinHealy! Our first glimpses into the machinery that directs RNA-guided DNA insertion, and how CRISPR and transposition proteins work together!
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Great paper by @TrueHoopsNY @FitBiomics
Whoa. The gut #microbiome of elite athletes (marathon runners) has a bacterium that enhances performance, makes mice run longer, and this is mediated via lactate metabolism @NatureMedicine nature.com/articles/s41591-0… (file under more #microbiome amazing stuff)
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