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Overview

Christian Siebold is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their primary fields of study include molecular biology, genetics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, cell biology, and oncology.

The scientist's recent research covers a range of topics related to cellular signaling pathways, lipid membrane structure, genomics, and protein dynamics. Key topics include Hedgehog signaling pathway studies, genomics and chromatin dynamics, lipid membrane structure and behavior, epigenetics and DNA methylation, protein structure and dynamics, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, as well as Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer.

Their publication record includes work in a variety of scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • eLife
  • Nature Communications

Significant recent papers by Christian Siebold include:

  • "Cholesterol access in cellular membranes controls Hedgehog signaling", 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Glypicans shield the Wnt lipid moiety to enable signalling at a distance", 2020, Nature
  • "R-spondins engage heparan sulfate proteoglycans to potentiate WNT signaling", 2020, eLife
  • "Patched 1 reduces the accessibility of cholesterol in the outer leaflet of membranes", 2021, eLife
  • "Patched 1 regulates Smoothened by controlling sterol binding to its extracellular cysteine-rich domain", 2022, Science Advances

The scientist collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including T. Bertie Ansell, Mark S.P. Sansom, Rajat Rohatgi, Claire E. Coupland, and Maia Kinnebrew.

Best Publications

  • MHC class II proteins and disease: a structural perspective

    E Y Jones;L Fugger;L Fugger;J L Strominger;C Siebold

  • Mutations in α-Tubulin Cause Abnormal Neuronal Migration in Mice and Lissencephaly in Humans

    David A. Keays;Guoling Tian;Karine Poirier;Guo Jen Huang

  • Structural basis of Smoothened regulation by its extracellular domains

    Eamon F. X. Byrne;Ria Sircar;Paul S. Miller;George Hedger

  • Proteoglycan-Specific Molecular Switch for RPTPσ Clustering and Neuronal Extension

    Charlotte H. Coles;Yingjie Shen;Alan P. Tenney;Alan P. Tenney;Christian Siebold

  • Initiation of T cell signaling by CD45 segregation at 'close contacts'

    Veronica T Chang;Ricardo A Fernandes;Kristina A Ganzinger;Steven F Lee

  • A procedure for setting up high-throughput nanolitre crystallization experiments. Crystallization workflow for initial screening, automated storage, imaging and optimization.

    T.S. Walter;J.M. Diprose;C.J. Mayo;C. Siebold

  • Structural basis of semaphorin–plexin signalling

    Bert J. C. Janssen;Ross A. Robinson;Francesc Pérez-Brangulí;Christian H. Bell

  • Large spectrum of lissencephaly and pachygyria phenotypes resulting from de novo missense mutations in tubulin alpha 1A (TUBA1A).

    Karine Poirier;Karine Poirier;David A. Keays;Fiona Francis;Fiona Francis;Yoann Saillour;Yoann Saillour

  • Interactions between Hedgehog proteins and their binding partners come into view.

    Philip A. Beachy;Sarah G. Hymowitz;Robert A. Lazarus;Daniel J. Leahy

  • Cholesterol activates the G-protein coupled receptor Smoothened to promote Hedgehog signaling.

    Giovanni Luchetti;Ria Sircar;Jennifer H Kong;Sigrid Nachtergaele

  • Biochemical mechanisms of vertebrate hedgehog signaling.

    Jennifer H. Kong;Christian Siebold;Rajat Rohatgi

  • Neuropilins lock secreted semaphorins onto plexins in a ternary signaling complex

    Janssen Bjc.;T Malinauskas;G A Weir;M Z Cader

  • Structure of the Fungal Beta-Glucan-Binding Immune Receptor Dectin-1: Implications for Function.

    J. Brown;C.A. O'Callaghan;A.S.J. Marshall;R.J.C. Gilbert

  • Crystal structure of HLA-DQ0602 that protects against type 1 diabetes and confers strong susceptibility to narcolepsy

    Christian Siebold;Bjarke E. Hansen;Jessica R. Wyer;Karl Harlos

  • Restoring p53 function in human melanoma cells by inhibiting MDM2 and cyclin B1/CDK1-phosphorylated nuclear iASPP.

    M Lu;H Breyssens;V Salter;S Zhong

  • Structure and function of the Smoothened extracellular domain in vertebrate Hedgehog signaling

    Sigrid Nachtergaele;Daniel M Whalen;Laurel K Mydock;Zhonghua Zhao

  • Modular mechanism of Wnt signaling inhibition by Wnt inhibitory factor 1

    T Malinauskas;A R Aricescu;W Lu;C Siebold

  • Lentiviral transduction of mammalian cells for fast, scalable and high-level production of soluble and membrane proteins.

    J Elegheert;E Behiels;E Behiels;E Behiels;B Bishop;S Scott;S Scott

  • Carbohydrate transporters of the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate: sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS)

    Christian Siebold;Karin Flükiger;Rudolf Beutler;Bernhard Erni

  • Structural insights into hedgehog ligand sequestration by the human hedgehog-interacting protein HHIP.

    B Bishop;A R Aricescu;K Harlos;C A O'Callaghan

Frequent Co-Authors

E Y Jones
E Y Jones University of Oxford
Robert J. C. Gilbert
Robert J. C. Gilbert University of Oxford
Douglas F. Covey
Douglas F. Covey Washington University in St. Louis
Mark S.P. Sansom
Mark S.P. Sansom University of Oxford
A. Radu Aricescu
A. Radu Aricescu MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
David I. Stuart
David I. Stuart University of Oxford
Karl Harlos
Karl Harlos University of Oxford
Jan Steyaert
Jan Steyaert Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Els Pardon
Els Pardon Vrije Universiteit Brussel
R. Jeroen Pasterkamp
R. Jeroen Pasterkamp Utrecht University

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