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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kerry Bloom is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Plant Science as key subfields. Additional areas of study include Biomedical Engineering and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several research topics, including:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms

Kerry Bloom's recent published papers include the following:

  • "R-loops at centromeric chromatin contribute to defects in kinetochore integrity and chromosomal instability in budding yeast," 2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • "The rDNA is biomolecular condensate formed by polymer-polymer phase separation and is sequestered in the nucleolus by transcription and R-loops," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Shaping centromeres to resist mitotic spindle forces," 2022, Journal of Cell Science
  • "Systematic exploration of essential yeast gene function with temperature-sensitive mutants," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Statistical mechanics of chromosomes: in vivo and in silico approaches reveal high-level organization and structure arise exclusively through mechanical feedback between loop extruders and chromatin substrate properties," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

The scientist's frequent co-authors include Elaine Yeh, Josh Lawrimore, Julian Haase, Daniel Kolbin, and M. Gregory Forest.

Their work has been disseminated largely through the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • PLoS Genetics

Kerry Bloom has been recognized with fellowships in notable scientific communities, such as the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013) and the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Disruption of mitotic spindle orientation in a yeast dynein mutant

    Yun Ying Li;Elaine Yeh;Tom S Hays;Kerry Bloom

  • Spindle dynamics and cell cycle regulation of dynein in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Elaine Yeh;Robert V. Skibbens;Judy W. Cheng;E. D. Salmon

  • Systematic exploration of essential yeast gene function with temperature-sensitive mutants

    Zhijian Li;Franco J. Vizeacoumar;Sondra Bahr;Jingjing Li

  • Yeast centromere DNA is in a unique and highly ordered structure in chromosomes and small circular minichromosomes.

    Kerry S. Bloom;John Carbon

  • Fractionation of hen oviduct chromatin into transcriptionally active and inactive regions after selective micrococcal nuclease digestion.

    Kerry S. Bloom;John N. Anderson

  • Molecular architecture of a kinetochore-microtubule attachment site.

    Ajit P. Joglekar;David C. Bouck;Jeffrey N. Molk;Kerry S. Bloom

  • Astral Microtubule Dynamics in Yeast: A Microtubule-based Searching Mechanism for Spindle Orientation and Nuclear Migration into the Bud

    Sidney L. Shaw;Elaine Yeh;Paul Maddox;E.D. Salmon

  • Localization and anchoring of mRNA in budding yeast

    Dale L. Beach;E.D. Salmon;Kerry Bloom

  • The polarity and dynamics of microtubule assembly in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Paul S. Maddox;Kerry S. Bloom;E.D. Salmon

  • Genetic manipulation of centromere function.

    A Hill;K Bloom

  • Point centromeres contain more than a single centromere-specific Cse4 (CENP-A) nucleosome

    Josh Lawrimore;Kerry S. Bloom;E.D. Salmon

  • Budding Yeast Chromosome Structure and Dynamics during Mitosis

    Chad G. Pearson;Paul S. Maddox;E.D. Salmon;Kerry Bloom

  • Two different types of double-strand breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are repaired by similar RAD52-independent, nonhomologous recombination events.

    K M Kramer;J A Brock;K Bloom;J K Moore

  • Centromeres: unique chromatin structures that drive chromosome segregation.

    Jolien S. Verdaasdonk;Kerry S Bloom

  • In Vivo Protein Architecture of the Eukaryotic Kinetochore with Nanometer Scale Accuracy

    Ajit P. Joglekar;Kerry Bloom;E.D. Salmon

  • The role of the proteins Kar9 and Myo2 in orienting the mitotic spindle of budding yeast.

    Dale L. Beach;Julie Thibodeaux;Paul Maddox;Elaine Yeh

  • Dynamic positioning of mitotic spindles in yeast: role of microtubule motors and cortical determinants.

    Elaine Yeh;Charlie Yang;Elaine Chin;Paul Maddox

  • Chromosome congression by Kinesin-5 motor-mediated disassembly of longer kinetochore microtubules.

    Melissa K. Gardner;David C. Bouck;Leocadia V. Paliulis;Janet B. Meehl

  • Stable kinetochore-microtubule attachment constrains centromere positioning in metaphase.

    Chad G. Pearson;Elaine Y Yeh;Melissa Gardner;David Odde

  • Control of Microtubule Dynamics by Stu2p Is Essential for Spindle Orientation and Metaphase Chromosome Alignment in Yeast

    Karena A. Kosco;Chad G. Pearson;Paul S. Maddox;Peijing Jeremy Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward D. Salmon
Edward D. Salmon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul S. Maddox
Paul S. Maddox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael A. Resnick
Michael A. Resnick National Institutes of Health
James E. Haber
James E. Haber Brandeis University
Mark Winey
Mark Winey University of California, Davis
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Jeffrey R. Johnson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alessandro Datti
Alessandro Datti University of Perugia
Steven I. Reed
Steven I. Reed Scripps Research Institute
Brenda J. Andrews
Brenda J. Andrews University of Toronto

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