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Margaret Sunde is a researcher affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their work spans several areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on protein-related processes, disease mechanisms, and advanced imaging techniques.

Their recent scientific contributions include papers published in notable journals, such as:

  • Varicella zoster virus encodes a viral decoy RHIM to inhibit cell death, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Strategies for the Molecular Imaging of Amyloid and the Value of a Multimodal Approach, 2020, ACS Sensors
  • Functional Amyloids: Where Supramolecular Amyloid Assembly Controls Biological Activity or Generates New Functionality, 2023, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • From Fundamental Amyloid Protein Self-Assembly to Development of Bioplastics, 2023, Biomacromolecules
  • Herpes simplex virus encoded ICP6 protein forms functional amyloid assemblies with necroptosis-associated host proteins, 2020, Biophysical Chemistry

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse set of areas, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Margaret Sunde has contributed extensively to fields of study such as medicine, with 41 related publications, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, totaling 26 publications. Their subfields emphasize physiology, molecular biology, epidemiology, immunology, and biomaterials.

Collaboration plays a significant role in their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sarah R. Ball
  • Chi L.L. Pham
  • Megan Steain
  • Yann Gambin
  • Emma Sierecki

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, reflecting a specialized focus in particular journals:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 6 publications
  • Biomacromolecules - 2 publications
  • ACS Sensors - 2 publications
  • Biophysical Chemistry - 2 publications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition - 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Common core structure of amyloid fibrils by synchrotron X-ray diffraction.

    Margaret Sunde;Louise C Serpell;Mark Bartlam;Paul E Fraser

  • Instability, unfolding and aggregation of human lysozyme variants underlying amyloid fibrillogenesis

    David R. Booth;Margaret Sunde;Vittorio Bellotti;Vittorio Bellotti;Carol V. Robinson

  • The structure of amyloid fibrils by electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction.

    Margaret Sunde;Colin Blake

  • Amyloid fibril formation by an SH3 domain

    Guijarro Ji;Sunde M;Jones Ja;Campbell Id

  • The power of two: protein dimerization in biology

    Neelan J. Marianayagam;Margaret Sunde;Jacqueline M. Matthews

  • Cryo-electron microscopy structure of an SH3 amyloid fibril and model of the molecular packing.

    J L Jiménez;J I Guijarro;E Orlova;J Zurdo

  • From the globular to the fibrous state: protein structure and structural conversion in amyloid formation

    Margaret Sunde;Colin C. F. Blake

  • The protofilament substructure of amyloid fibrils.

    Louise C Serpell;Margaret Sunde;Merrill D Benson;Glenys A Tennent

  • Sticky-end assembly of a designed peptide fiber provides insight into protein fibrillogenesis.

    Maya J. Pandya;Gillian M. Spooner;Margaret Sunde;Julian R. Thorpe

  • Zinc fingers--folds for many occasions.

    Jacqueline M. Matthews;Margaret Sunde

  • Partially unfolded states of beta(2)-microglobulin and amyloid formation in vitro.

    Victoria J. McParland;Neil M. Kad;Arnout P. Kalverda;Anthony Brown

  • Mutations in Cardiac T-Box Factor Gene TBX20 Are Associated with Diverse Cardiac Pathologies, Including Defects of Septation and Valvulogenesis and Cardiomyopathy

    Edwin P. Kirk;Edwin P. Kirk;Edwin P. Kirk;Margaret Sunde;Mauro W. Costa;Mauro W. Costa;Scott A Rankin

  • Hydrophobins--unique fungal proteins.

    Jagadeesh Bayry;Vishukumar Aimanianda;J. Iñaki Guijarro;Margaret Sunde

  • Characterization of the Oligomeric States of Insulin in Self-Assembly and Amyloid Fibril Formation by Mass Spectrometry

    Ewan J. Nettleton;Paula Tito;Margaret Sunde;Mario Bouchard

  • Structural basis for rodlet assembly in fungal hydrophobins

    Ahy Kwan;RD Winefield;M Sunde;JM Matthews

  • Amyloid fibril formation by bovine milk kappa-casein and its inhibition by the molecular chaperones alpha(s-) and beta-casein

    David C Thorn;Sarah Meehan;Margaret Sunde;Agata Rekas

  • Local cooperativity in the unfolding of an amyloidogenic variant of human lysozyme.

    Denis Canet;Paula Tito;Margaret Sunde

  • Structural analysis of hydrophobins

    Margaret Sunde;Ann H.Y. Kwan;Matthew D. Templeton;Ross E. Beever

  • Interaction of the Molecular Chaperone αB-Crystallin with α-Synuclein: Effects on Amyloid Fibril Formation and Chaperone Activity

    Agata Rekas;Christopher G Adda;J Andrew Aquilina;J Andrew Aquilina;Kevin J Barnham

  • Protein subunit interactions and structural integrity of amyloidogenic transthyretins: evidence from electrospray mass spectrometry

    Ewan J Nettleton;Margaret Sunde;Zhihong Lai;Jeffery W Kelly

  • Mechanistic Studies of the Folding of Human Lysozyme and the Origin of Amyloidogenic Behavior in Its Disease-Related Variants†

    Denis Canet;Margaret Sunde;Andrew Miranker

  • The molecular basis of amyloidosis

    L. C. Serpell;M. Sunde;C. C. F. Blake

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Dobson
Christopher M. Dobson University of Cambridge
Joel P. Mackay
Joel P. Mackay University of Sydney
Carol V. Robinson
Carol V. Robinson University of Oxford
Louise C. Serpell
Louise C. Serpell University of Sussex
Richard P. Harvey
Richard P. Harvey Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Paul E. Fraser
Paul E. Fraser University of Toronto
Peter S. Macdonald
Peter S. Macdonald Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Anne Keogh
Anne Keogh University of New South Wales
Vittorio Bellotti
Vittorio Bellotti University College London
Sheena E. Radford
Sheena E. Radford University of Leeds

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