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Overview

Kim A. Caldwell is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States and has contributed extensively to fields related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans various subfields including molecular biology, aging, physiology, cell biology, and neurology.

The main topics of their work focus on genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, mitochondrial function and pathology, RNA regulation and disease, mechanisms and treatments for Parkinson's disease, palliative care and end-of-life issues, as well as quality of life for childhood cancer survivors.

Several recent publications reflect their research interests and contributions:

  • Amelioration of Alzheimer's disease pathology by mitophagy inducers identified via machine learning and a cross-species workflow, 2022, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Modeling neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans, 2020, Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Neurodegenerative VPS41 variants inhibit HOPS function and mTORC1-dependent TFEB/TFE3 regulation, 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Therapeutic genetic variation revealed in diverse Hsp104 homologs, 2020, eLife
  • A conformational switch driven by phosphorylation regulates the activity of the evolutionarily conserved SNARE Ykt6, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Kim A. Caldwell has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably Guy A. Caldwell with 28 joint publications, followed by J. Brucker Nourse (7), Jennifer L. Thies (6), Luke E. McKay (6), and Hanna Kim (5).

Their work has been published in a range of venues, with multiple publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, iScience, Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • α-Synuclein Blocks ER-Golgi Traffic and Rab1 Rescues Neuron Loss in Parkinson's Models

    Antony A. Cooper;Aaron D. Gitler;Anil Cashikar;Cole M. Haynes

  • arrow encodes an LDL-receptor-related protein essential for Wingless signalling

    Marcel Wehrli;Scott T. Dougan;Kim Caldwell;Louise O'Keefe

  • The Parkinson's disease protein α-synuclein disrupts cellular Rab homeostasis

    Aaron D. Gitler;Brooke J. Bevis;James Shorter;Katherine E. Strathearn

  • Alpha-synuclein is part of a diverse and highly conserved interaction network that includes PARK9 and manganese toxicity.

    Aaron D Gitler;Alessandra Chesi;Melissa L Geddie;Katherine E Strathearn

  • Functional links between Aβ toxicity, endocytic trafficking, and Alzheimer's disease risk factors in yeast

    Sebastian Treusch;Shusei Hamamichi;Shusei Hamamichi;Jessica L. Goodman;Kent E. S. Matlack

  • Lysosomal impairment in Parkinson's disease.

    Benjamin Dehay;Marta Martinez-Vicente;Guy A. Caldwell;Kim A. Caldwell

  • Hypothesis-based RNAi screening identifies neuroprotective genes in a Parkinson's disease model.

    Shusei Hamamichi;Renee N. Rivas;Adam L. Knight;Songsong Cao

  • Torsin-Mediated Protection from Cellular Stress in the Dopaminergic Neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Songsong Cao;Christopher C Gelwix;Kim A Caldwell;Guy A Caldwell

  • Yeast reveal a "druggable" Rsp5/Nedd4 network that ameliorates α-synuclein toxicity in neurons.

    Daniel F. Tardiff;Nathan T. Jui;Vikram Khurana;Vikram Khurana;Mitali A. Tambe

  • Potentiated Hsp104 Variants Antagonize Diverse Proteotoxic Misfolding Events

    Meredith E. Jackrel;Morgan E. DeSantis;Bryan A. Martinez;Laura M. Castellano

  • Deletion of the Ubiquitin Ligase CHIP Leads to the Accumulation, But Not the Aggregation, of Both Endogenous Phospho- and Caspase-3-Cleaved Tau Species

    Chad A. Dickey;Mei Yue;Wen Lang Lin;Dennis W. Dickson

  • Lysosomal enzyme cathepsin D protects against alpha-synuclein aggregation and toxicity

    Liyan Qiao;Shusei Hamamichi;Kim A Caldwell;Guy A Caldwell

  • Dopamine induces soluble α-synuclein oligomers and nigrostriatal degeneration.

    Danielle Emille Mor;Elpida Tsika;Joseph R Mazzulli;Neal S Gould

  • Using Caenorhabditis elegans to probe toxicity of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride based ionic liquids

    Richard P. Swatloski;John D. Holbrey;Shermeen B. Memon;Guy A. Caldwell

  • Compounds from an Unbiased Chemical Screen Reverse Both Er-to-Golgi Trafficking Defects and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease Models

    Linhui Julie Su;Linhui Julie Su;Pavan K. Auluck;Pavan K. Auluck;Tiago Fleming Outeiro;Tiago Fleming Outeiro;Esti Yeger-Lotem;Esti Yeger-Lotem

  • Punt and schnurri regulate a somatically derived signal that restricts proliferation of committed progenitors in the germline

    Erika Matunis;John Tran;Pierre Gönczy;Kim Caldwell

  • Clioquinol promotes the degradation of metal-dependent amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers to restore endocytosis and ameliorate Aβ toxicity

    Kent E. S. Matlack;Daniel F. Tardiff;Priyanka Narayan;Shusei Hamamichi

  • Yeast Reveal a ‘Druggable’ Rsp5/Nedd4 Network That Ameliorates α-Synuclein Toxicity in Neurons

    Nathan T. Jui;Stephen Leffler Buchwald;Susan Lindquist;Daniel F. Tardiff

  • Functional Links Between Aβ Toxicity, Endocytic Trafficking, and Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors in Yeast

    J. M. Shulman;A. Parrado;M. Lindhagen-Persson;E. M. Reiman

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy A. Caldwell
Guy A. Caldwell University of Alabama
Andrzej Joachimiak
Andrzej Joachimiak Argonne National Laboratory
James Shorter
James Shorter University of Pennsylvania
Tiago F. Outeiro
Tiago F. Outeiro University of Göttingen
Mary Ann Handel
Mary Ann Handel The Jackson Laboratory
Vladimir N. Uversky
Vladimir N. Uversky University of South Florida
Xandra O. Breakefield
Xandra O. Breakefield Harvard University
Harry Ischiropoulos
Harry Ischiropoulos Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
David G. Standaert
David G. Standaert University of Alabama at Birmingham

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