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12614
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Trisha N. Davis is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States, with a research focus predominantly in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a range of interconnected fields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Spectroscopy, Oncology, and Plant Science.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Trisha N. Davis has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers highlighting their work in the molecular and cellular biology domains. Some examples include:

  • "CM1-driven assembly and activation of yeast γ-tubulin small complex underlies microtubule nucleation" (2021, eLife)
  • "Discovery and Visualization of Uncharacterized Drug-Protein Adducts Using Mass Spectrometry" (2022, Analytical Chemistry)
  • "Cdk1 Phosphorylation of the Dam1 Complex Strengthens Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachments" (2020, Current Biology)
  • "XMAP215 and γ-tubulin additively promote microtubule nucleation in purified solutions" (2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell)
  • "Reconstitution reveals two paths of force transmission through the kinetochore" (2020, eLife)

Their research is regularly published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • Current Biology

Frequent collaborators of Trisha N. Davis include:

  • Alex Zelter
  • Michael J. MacCoss
  • Charles L. Asbury
  • Michael Riffle
  • Eric G. Muller

Over the course of their career, Trisha N. Davis has been recognized by academic societies with honors such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)

Best Publications

  • Dissecting DNA damage response pathways by analysing protein localization and abundance changes during DNA replication stress

    Johnny M. Tkach;Askar Yimit;Anna Y. Lee;Michael Riffle

  • Isolation of the yeast calmodulin gene: calmodulin is an essential protein.

    Trisha N. Davis;Mickey S. Urdea;Frank Fl Masiarz;Jeremy Thorner

  • Two yeast forkhead genes regulate the cell cycle and pseudohyphal growth

    Gefeng Zhu;Paul T. Spellman;Tom Volpe;Tom Volpe;Patrick O. Brown

  • Design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron

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

  • A protein interaction map for cell polarity development

    Becky L. Drees;Bryan Sundin;Elizabeth Brazeau;Juliane P. Caviston

  • Can calmodulin function without binding calcium

    John R. Geiser;Diederik van Tuinen;Susan E. Brockerhoff;Michael M. Neff

  • Assigning Function to Yeast Proteins by Integration of Technologies

    Tony R. Hazbun;Lars Malmström;Scott Anderson;Beth J. Graczyk

  • The Ndc80 Kinetochore Complex Forms Load-Bearing Attachments to Dynamic Microtubule Tips via Biased Diffusion

    Andrew F. Powers;Andrew D. Franck;Daniel R. Gestaut;Jeremy Cooper

  • Microtubule nucleating γTuSC assembles structures with 13-fold microtubule-like symmetry

    Justin M. Kollman;Jessica K. Polka;Alex Zelter;Trisha N. Davis

  • Cooperation of the Dam1 and Ndc80 kinetochore complexes enhances microtubule coupling and is regulated by aurora B.

    Jerry F. Tien;Neil T. Umbreit;Daniel R. Gestaut;Andrew D. Franck

  • The Dam1 kinetochore complex harnesses microtubule dynamics to produce force and movement.

    Charles L. Asbury;Daniel R. Gestaut;Andrew F. Powers;Andrew D. Franck

  • The essential mitotic target of calmodulin is the 110-kilodalton component of the spindle pole body in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    John R. Geiser;Holly A. Sundberg;Bill H. Chang;Eric G D Muller

  • Kojak: efficient analysis of chemically cross-linked protein complexes.

    Michael R. Hoopmann;Alex Zelter;Richard S. Johnson;Michael Riffle

  • Tension applied through the Dam1 complex promotes microtubule elongation providing a direct mechanism for length control in mitosis.

    Andrew D. Franck;Andrew F. Powers;Daniel R. Gestaut;Tamir Gonen

  • Phosphoregulation and depolymerization-driven movement of the Dam1 complex do not require ring formation.

    Daniel R. Gestaut;Beth Graczyk;Jeremy Cooper;Per O. Widlund

  • Integrative phenomics reveals insight into the structure of phenotypic diversity in budding yeast

    Daniel A. Skelly;Gennifer E. Merrihew;Michael Riffle;Caitlin F. Connelly

  • The Organization of the Core Proteins of the Yeast Spindle Pole Body

    Eric G.D. Muller;Brian E. Snydsman;Isabella Novik;Dale W. Hailey

  • Mlc1p is a light chain for the unconventional myosin Myo2p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Richard C. Stevens;Trisha N. Davis

  • Ctf3p, the Mis6 budding yeast homolog, interacts with Mcm22p and Mcm16p at the yeast outer kinetochore

    Vivien Measday;Dale W. Hailey;Isabelle Pot;Scott A. Givan

  • Pcp1p, an Spc110p-related Calmodulin Target at the Centrosome of the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Mark R. Flory;Mary Morphew;James D. Joseph;Anthony R. Means

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. MacCoss
Michael J. MacCoss University of Washington
David A. Agard
David A. Agard University of California, San Francisco
Andrej Sali
Andrej Sali University of California, San Francisco
John R. Yates
John R. Yates Scripps Research Institute
Stanley Fields
Stanley Fields University of Washington
Richard J. Johnson
Richard J. Johnson University of Colorado Denver
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
Tamir Gonen
Tamir Gonen University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Winey
Mark Winey University of California, Davis
Linda Wordeman
Linda Wordeman University of Washington

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