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Overview

Gerard Drewes is affiliated with GlaxoSmithKline in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, reflecting a broad focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms relevant to health and disease.

Their research output includes significant contributions to subfields such as molecular biology, cell biology, infectious diseases, oncology, and public health. The scientist's work frequently engages with topics including:

  • CRISPR and genetic engineering
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • DNA repair mechanisms
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Recent publications demonstrate participation in high-impact venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Science Translational Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Science
  • Autophagy

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gerard Drewes include:

  • "Selective targeting of BD1 and BD2 of the BET proteins in cancer and immunoinflammation," 2020, Science
  • "The anticancer human mTOR inhibitor sapanisertib potently inhibits multiple Plasmodium kinases and life cycle stages," 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • "The small-molecule SMARt751 reverses Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to ethionamide in acute and chronic mouse models of tuberculosis," 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Converging roles of PSENEN/PEN2 and CLN3 in the autophagy-lysosome system," 2021, Autophagy
  • "Loss of N-Glycanase 1 Alters Transcriptional and Translational Regulation in K562 Cell Lines," 2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Drewes's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sonja Ghidelli-Disse
  • Marcus Bantscheff
  • Markus Böesche
  • Sebastián Omar Siri
  • Natalia S. Paviolo

Overall, the work of Gerard Drewes represents intersectional contributions across biochemistry, molecular biology, and medical research, with projects addressing molecular mechanisms underpinning cancer, infectious diseases, and cellular regulation pathways.

Best Publications

  • Functional organization of the yeast proteome by systematic analysis of protein complexes

    Anne-Claude Gavin;Markus Bösche;Roland Krause;Paola Grandi

  • Proteome survey reveals modularity of the yeast cell machinery

    Anne-Claude Gavin;Patrick Aloy;Paola Grandi;Roland Krause

  • Inhibition of BET recruitment to chromatin as an effective treatment for MLL-fusion leukaemia

    Mark A. Dawson;Rab K. Prinjha;Antje Dittmann;George Giotopoulos

  • A physical and functional map of the human TNF-alpha/NF-kappa B signal transduction pathway.

    Tewis Bouwmeester;Angela Bauch;Heinz Ruffner;Pierre-Olivier Angrand

  • Tracking cancer drugs in living cells by thermal profiling of the proteome

    Mikhail M. Savitski;Friedrich B. M. Reinhard;Holger Franken;Thilo Werner

  • Quantitative chemical proteomics reveals mechanisms of action of clinical ABL kinase inhibitors

    Marcus Bantscheff;Dirk Eberhard;Yann Abraham;Sonja Bastuck

  • MARK, a Novel Family of Protein Kinases That Phosphorylate Microtubule-Associated Proteins and Trigger Microtubule Disruption

    Gerard Drewes;Andreas Ebneth;Ute Preuss;Eva-Maria Mandelkow

  • A selective jumonji H3K27 demethylase inhibitor modulates the proinflammatory macrophage response

    Laurens Kruidenier;Chun-wa Chung;Zhongjun Cheng;John Liddle

  • Phosphorylation of Ser262 strongly reduces binding of tau to microtubules: Distinction between PHF-like immunoreactivity and microtubule binding

    J Biernat;N Gustke;G Drewes;E M Mandelkow

  • Inhibition of PAD4 activity is sufficient to disrupt mouse and human NET formation

    Huw D Lewis;John Liddle;Jim E Coote;Stephen J Atkinson

  • Mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase transforms tau protein into an Alzheimer-like state.

    G Drewes;B Lichtenberg-Kraag;F Döring;E M Mandelkow

  • Chemoproteomics profiling of HDAC inhibitors reveals selective targeting of HDAC complexes

    Marcus Bantscheff;Carsten Hopf;Mikhail M Savitski;Antje Dittmann

  • Glycogen synthase kinase-3 and the Alzheimer-like state of microtubule-associated protein tau

    E.-M. Mandelkow;G. Drewes;J. Biernat;N. Gustke

  • Alzheimer-like paired helical filaments and antiparallel dimers formed from microtubule-associated protein tau in vitro.

    H Wille;G Drewes;J Biernat;E M Mandelkow

  • Thermal proteome profiling for unbiased identification of direct and indirect drug targets using multiplexed quantitative mass spectrometry

    Holger Franken;Toby Mathieson;Dorothee Childs;Gavain M A Sweetman

  • Increased expression of BIN1 mediates Alzheimer genetic risk by modulating tau pathology.

    J Chapuis;F Hansmannel;M Gistelinck;A Mounier

  • MAPs, MARKs and microtubule dynamics.

    Gerard Drewes;Andreas Ebneth;Eva-Maria Mandelkow

  • Selective targeting of BD1 and BD2 of the BET proteins in cancer and immunoinflammation

    Omer Gilan;Omer Gilan;Inmaculada Rioja;Kathy Knezevic;Matthew J. Bell

  • Tau domains, phosphorylation, and interactions with microtubules

    E.-M. Mandelkow;J. Biernat;G. Drewes;N. Gustke

  • Microtubule-associated Protein/Microtubule Affinity-regulating Kinase (p110mark) A NOVEL PROTEIN KINASE THAT REGULATES TAU-MICROTUBULE INTERACTIONS AND DYNAMIC INSTABILITY BY PHOSPHORYLATION AT THE ALZHEIMER-SPECIFIC SITE SERINE 262

    Gerard Drewes;Bernhard Trinczek;Susanne Illenberger;Jacek Biernat

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Bantscheff
Marcus Bantscheff GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Jacek Biernat
Jacek Biernat German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Eva-Maria Mandelkow
Eva-Maria Mandelkow German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Rab K. Prinjha
Rab K. Prinjha GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Tewis Bouwmeester
Tewis Bouwmeester Novartis (Switzerland)
Mikhail M. Savitski
Mikhail M. Savitski European Bioinformatics Institute
Chun-wa Chung
Chun-wa Chung GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Eckhard Mandelkow
Eckhard Mandelkow German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Bernhard Kuster
Bernhard Kuster Technical University of Munich
Mark A. Dawson
Mark A. Dawson Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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