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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ann E. McDermott is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Chemistry, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Biophysics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Their publication record includes papers in frequent venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Protein Science, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Selected recent papers showcase a range of research interests and collaborations:

  • "Iterative Synthesis of Contorted Macromolecular Ladders for Fast-Charging and Long-Life Lithium Batteries," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Phe-Gly motifs drive fibrillization of TDP-43's prion-like domain condensates," 2021, PLoS Biology
  • "Micellar TIA1 with folded RNA binding domains as a model for reversible stress granule formation," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Informing NMR experiments with molecular dynamics simulations to characterize the dominant activated state of the KcsA ion channel," 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "NMR studies of lipid regulation of the K+ channel KcsA," 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Frequent collaborators in their work include Yunyao Xu, Eric G. Keeler, Keith J. Fritzsching, Dongyu Zhang, and Xu Yi. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications alongside the scientist, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Award recognitions in their career consist of:

  • Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2014
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2000
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1996
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1995

Best Publications

  • The RIP1/RIP3 Necrosome Forms a Functional Amyloid Signaling Complex Required for Programmed Necrosis

    Jixi Li;Thomas McQuade;Ansgar B. Siemer;Johanna Napetschnig

  • Structure and Dynamics of Membrane Proteins by Magic Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR

    Ann McDermott

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Biopolymer Dynamics

    Arthur G. Palmer;John Williams;Ann McDermott

  • Assignment of the backbone resonances for microcrystalline ubiquitin.

    Tatyana I. Igumenova;A. Joshua Wand;Ann E. Mcdermott

  • The structure of the necrosome RIPK1-RIPK3 core, a human hetero-amyloid signaling complex

    Miguel Mompeán;Wenbo Li;Jixi Li;Ségolène Laage

  • Protein Structure Determination by High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Application to Microcrystalline Ubiquitin

    Stephan G. Zech;A. Joshua Wand;Ann E. Mcdermott

  • Partial NMR assignments for uniformly (13C, 15N)-enriched BPTI in the solid state.

    McDermott A;Polenova T;Bockmann A;Zilm Kw

  • Determination of membrane protein structure by rotational resonance NMR : bacteriorhodopsin

    F Creuzet;A McDermott;R Gebhard;K van der Hoef

  • Assignments of carbon NMR resonances for microcrystalline ubiquitin.

    Tatyana I. Igumenova;Ann E. McDermott;Kurt W. Zilm;Rachel W. Martin

  • Dynamics of the flexible loop of triosephosphate isomerase: the loop motion is not ligand gated

    John C. Williams;Ann E. McDermott

  • Hydrogen Bonding of Carboxyl Groups in Solid-State Amino Acids and Peptides: Comparison of Carbon Chemical Shielding, Infrared Frequencies, and Structures

    Zhengtian Gu;Raul Zambrano;Ann McDermott

  • Solution-state NMR investigations of triosephosphate isomerase active site loop motion: ligand release in relation to active site loop dynamics.

    Sharon Rozovsky;Gerwald Jogl;Liang Tong;Ann E McDermott

  • A Spectrometer for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Frequencies

    L.R. Becerra;G.J. Gerfen;B.F. Bellew;J.A. Bryant

  • Structural and dynamic studies of proteins by solid-state NMR spectroscopy: rapid movement forward.

    Ann E McDermott

  • Optimal alignment for enzymatic proton transfer: structure of the Michaelis complex of triosephosphate isomerase at 1.2-A resolution.

    Gerwald Jogl;Sharon Rozovsky;Ann E. McDermott;Liang Tong

  • Photochemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in the Solid-State 15N Spectra of Reaction Centers from Photosynthetic Bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26

    Martin G. Zysmilich;Ann McDermott

  • The time scale of the catalytic loop motion in triosephosphate isomerase.

    Sharon Rozovsky;Ann E McDermott

  • The state of manganese in the photosynthetic apparatus

    Vittal K. Yachandra;R.D. Guiles;Ann McDermott;R.David Britt

  • Conformational Flexibility of a Microcrystalline Globular Protein: Order Parameters by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

    Justin L. Lorieau;Ann E. McDermott

  • Comparison of the structure of the manganese complex in the S1 and S2 states of the photosynthetic O2-evolving complex: an x-ray absorption spectroscopy study.

    Yachandra Vk;Guiles Rd;McDermott Ae;Cole Jl

Frequent Co-Authors

Vittal K. Yachandra
Vittal K. Yachandra Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kenneth Sauer
Kenneth Sauer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Judith Herzfeld
Judith Herzfeld Brandeis University
Melvin P. Klein
Melvin P. Klein Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Liang Tong
Liang Tong Columbia University
Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University
Gaetano T. Montelione
Gaetano T. Montelione Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Hao Wu
Hao Wu Harvard University
Emanuele Buratti
Emanuele Buratti International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

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