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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2008 - Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joan Selverstone Valentine is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. The scientific work spans fields primarily in Medicine and Chemistry, with significant focus on various subfields including Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Neurology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Paleontology.

Their research covers a diverse range of topics, notably:

  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Valentine reflect interdisciplinary approaches across Chemistry and Earth sciences. Selected papers include:

  • "An ecophysiological explanation for manganese enrichment in rock varnish," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Bio-inspired mononuclear nonheme metal peroxo complexes: Synthesis, structures and mechanistic studies toward understanding enzymatic reactions," 2023, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Iron: Life's primeval transition metal," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Challenges of Measuring Soluble Mn(III) Species in Natural Samples," 2022, Molecules
  • "A Novel SOD1 Intermediate Oligomer, Role of Free Thiols and Disulfide Exchange," 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors connected to Valentine's research include:

  • Woodward W. Fischer
  • Usha Lingappa
  • Danielle R. Monteverde
  • John S. Magyar
  • Jaeheung Cho

Valentine's works are regularly published in venues such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Molecules, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Throughout their career, Valentine has received several awards and recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2011
  • Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2008
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1980

Best Publications

  • Bcl-2 inhibition of neural death : decreased generation of reactive oxygen species

    Darci J. Kane;Theodore A. Sarafian;Rein Anton;Hejin Hahn

  • How super is superoxide

    Donald T. Sawyer;Joan S. Valentine

  • Superoxide dismutases and superoxide reductases

    Yuewei Sheng;Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu;Diane E. Cabelli;Michael J. Maroney

  • Sol-gel encapsulation methods for biosensors

    Bakul C. Dave;Bruce Dunn;Joan Selverstone Valentine;Jeffrey I. Zink

  • Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Joan Selverstone Valentine;Peter A Doucette;Soshanna Zittin Potter

  • Altered reactivity of superoxide dismutase in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Martina Wiedau-Pazos;Joy J. Goto;Shahrooz Rabizadeh;Edith B. Gralla

  • Encapsulation of proteins in transparent porous silicate glasses prepared by the sol-gel method

    Lisa M. Ellerby;Clinton R. Nishida;Fumito Nishida;Stacey A. Yamanaka

  • Superoxide Dismutase Activity Is Essential for Stationary Phase Survival in Saccharomyces cerevisiae MITOCHONDRIAL PRODUCTION OF TOXIC OXYGEN SPECIES IN VIVO

    Valter D. Longo;Edith Butler Gralla;Joan Selverstone Valentine

  • Misfolded CuZnSOD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Joan Selverstone Valentine;P. John Hart

  • The influence of axial ligands on metalloporphyrin visible absorption spectra. Complexes of tetraphenylporphinatozinc

    Mario Nappa;Joan S. Valentine

  • Molecular confinement influences protein structure and enhances thermal protein stability.

    Daryl K. Eggers;Joan S. Valentine

  • Local Nanomechanical Motion of the Cell Wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Andrew E. Pelling;Sadaf Sehati;Edith B. Gralla;Joan S. Valentine

  • Decreased Metallation and Activity in Subsets of Mutant Superoxide Dismutases Associated with Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Lawrence J. Hayward;Jorge A. Rodriguez;Ji W. Kim;Ashutosh Tiwari

  • SOD2 functions downstream of Sch9 to extend longevity in yeast.

    Paola Fabrizio;Lee-Loung Liou;Vanessa N Moy;Alberto Diaspro

  • Dioxygen ligand in mononuclear Group VIII transition metal complexes

    Joan S. Valentine

  • Mutations associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis convert superoxide dismutase from an antiapoptotic gene to a proapoptotic gene: studies in yeast and neural cells.

    Shahrooz Rabizadeh;Edith Butler Gralla;David R. Borchelt;Ryder Gwinn

  • Amyloid-like Filaments and Water-filled Nanotubes Formed by SOD1 Mutant Proteins Linked to Familial ALS

    Jennifer Stine Elam;Alexander B Taylor;Richard Strange;Svetlana Antonyuk

  • Structure and reactivity of a mononuclear non-haem iron( III )–peroxo complex

    Jaeheung Cho;Sujin Jeon;Samuel A. Wilson;Lei V. Liu

  • A structure-based mechanism for copper-zinc superoxide dismutase.

    P.J Hart;M.M Balbirnie;N.L Ogihara;A.M Nersissian

  • The structure of holo and metal-deficient wild-type human Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase and its relevance to familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Richard W. Strange;Svetlana Antonyuk;Michael A. Hough;Peter A. Doucette

  • Accounts of Chemical Research.

    Joan Selverstone Valentine;Kendall N Houk;Paul F Barbara

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Dunn
Bruce Dunn University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey I. Zink
Jeffrey I. Zink University of California, Los Angeles
P. John Hart
P. John Hart The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Diane E. Cabelli
Diane E. Cabelli Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wonwoo Nam
Wonwoo Nam Ewha Womans University
Julian P. Whitelegge
Julian P. Whitelegge University of California, Los Angeles
Ivano Bertini
Ivano Bertini University of Florence
Judith N. Burstyn
Judith N. Burstyn University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lisa M. Ellerby
Lisa M. Ellerby Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Yi Lu
Yi Lu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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