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Overview

Tamir Gonen is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Materials Science. Within these broader fields, they have contributed extensively to the subfields of Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Structural Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, with a strong focus on Enzyme Structure and Function, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications. Additional areas of study include Biochemical and Molecular Research, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and Ion-surface interactions and analysis.

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Gonen across many publications. These include Michael W. Martynowycz, Johan Hattne, Max T. B. Clabbers, Emma Danelius, and Johan Unge.

Gonen's work has been published in various academic venues, most notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • Structural Dynamics
  • Structure
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Recent publications by Gonen and collaborators highlight developments in electron microscopy and crystallography techniques. Notable papers include:

  • "Benchmarking the ideal sample thickness in cryo-EM," 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Biocatalytic Carbene Transfer Using Diazirines," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Ab initio phasing macromolecular structures using electron-counted MicroED data," 2022, Nature Methods
  • "MicroED structure of the human adenosine receptor determined from a single nanocrystal in LCP," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "MicroED in natural product and small molecule research," 2020, Natural Product Reports

In addition to articles, Gonen has contributed to book publications, including a title on cryoEM published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Lipid-protein interactions in double-layered two-dimensional AQP0 crystals

    Tamir Gonen;Yifan Cheng;Piotr Sliz;Piotr Sliz;Yoko Hiroaki

  • Computational design of self-assembling protein nanomaterials with atomic level accuracy

    Neil P. King;William Sheffler;Michael R. Sawaya;Breanna S. Vollmar

  • Structure of the toxic core of α-synuclein from invisible crystals

    Jose A. Rodriguez;Magdalena I. Ivanova;Michael R. Sawaya;Duilio Cascio

  • Accurate design of co-assembling multi-component protein nanomaterials.

    Neil P. King;Jacob B. Bale;William Sheffler;Dan E. McNamara

  • Tension directly stabilizes reconstituted kinetochore-microtubule attachments

    Bungo Akiyoshi;Krishna K. Sarangapani;Andrew F. Powers;Christian R. Nelson

  • Accurate design of megadalton-scale two-component icosahedral protein complexes.

    Jacob B. Bale;Shane Gonen;Shane Gonen;Yuxi Liu;William Sheffler

  • Amphotericin forms an extramembranous and fungicidal sterol sponge

    Thomas M Anderson;Mary C Clay;Alexander G Cioffi;Katrina A Diaz

  • Atomic structures of low-complexity protein segments reveal kinked β sheets that assemble networks

    Michael P. Hughes;Michael R. Sawaya;David R. Boyer;Lukasz Goldschmidt

  • Aquaporin-0 membrane junctions reveal the structure of a closed water pore

    Tamir Gonen;Piotr Sliz;Piotr Sliz;Joerg Kistler;Yifan Cheng

  • Design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron

    Yang Hsia;Jacob B. Bale;Shane Gonen;Dan Shi

  • The CryoEM Method MicroED as a Powerful Tool for Small Molecule Structure Determination.

    Christopher G Jones;Michael W Martynowycz;Johan Hattne;Tyler J Fulton

  • The structure of aquaporins

    Tamir Gonen;Thomas Walz

  • Three-dimensional electron crystallography of protein microcrystals

    Dan Shi;Brent L Nannenga;Matthew G Iadanza;Tamir Gonen

  • High-resolution structure determination by continuous-rotation data collection in MicroED

    Brent L Nannenga;Dan Shi;Andrew G W Leslie;Tamir Gonen

  • A Type VI Secretion-Related Pathway in Bacteroidetes Mediates Interbacterial Antagonism

    Alistair B. Russell;Aaron G. Wexler;Brittany N. Harding;John C. Whitney

  • High thermodynamic stability of parametrically designed helical bundles.

    Po Ssu Huang;Gustav Oberdorfer;Gustav Oberdorfer;Chunfu Xu;Xue Y. Pei

  • Structure-based inhibitors of tau aggregation

    P.M. Seidler;D.R. Boyer;D.R. Boyer;J.A. Rodriguez;J.A. Rodriguez;M.R. Sawaya;M.R. Sawaya

  • Haemolysin Coregulated Protein Is an Exported Receptor and Chaperone of Type VI Secretion Substrates

    Julie M. Silverman;Danielle M. Agnello;Hongjin Zheng;Benjamin T. Andrews

  • Design of ordered two-dimensional arrays mediated by noncovalent protein-protein interfaces

    Shane Gonen;Frank DiMaio;Tamir Gonen;David Baker

  • Corrigendum: Lipid–protein interactions in double-layered two-dimensional AQP0 crystals

    Tamir Gonen;Yifan Cheng;Piotr Sliz;Yoko Hiroaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Sawaya
Michael R. Sawaya University of California, Los Angeles
David Eisenberg
David Eisenberg Harvard University
Duilio Cascio
Duilio Cascio University of California, Los Angeles
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
Thomas Walz
Thomas Walz Rockefeller University
Charles G. Glabe
Charles G. Glabe University of California, Irvine
Stephen C. Harrison
Stephen C. Harrison Harvard University
Todd O. Yeates
Todd O. Yeates University of California, Los Angeles
Trisha N. Davis
Trisha N. Davis University of Washington
Yifan Cheng
Yifan Cheng University of California, San Francisco

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