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Heran Darwin
Born
Citizenship United States of America
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
Institutions New York University

Katerina Heran Darwin (née Hong) is a Korean-American microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. [1] Her research interests include the bacterial proteasome [2] and the antimicrobial effects of host-produced effectors including nitric oxide, [3] [4] copper, [5] [6] [7] and aldehydes [8].

Education and academic career

Darwin received a bachelor's degree in microbiology and molecular genetics in 1992 and a PhD in microbiology and molecular genetics in 1999, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] Darwin earned her PhD studying type III secretion in Salmonella typhimurium with Virginia Miller, [9] who moved her lab to Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Darwin remained with Miller for postdoctoral training before joining the lab of Carl Nathan at Weill Medical College of Cornell University (now Weill Cornell Medicine) in New York, New York.

Darwin joined the faculty of Microbiology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine in 2004. [1] Darwin is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology [10] [11] since 2016 and was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2024. [12]

Research

Darwin has dedicated her career to studying infectious bacteria, in particular, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, [13] the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis in humans. Darwin focuses on the characterization of the M. tuberculosis proteasome, [2] a protease complex that is key to lethal infections by M. tuberculosis and helps protect the bacterium from the innate immune defenses of the host. While characterizing the mycobacterial proteasome, Darwin's group identified the first known protein-on-protein, post-translational modification in prokaryotes called Pup ( prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein). [14] While functionally similar to eukaryotic ubiquitin, Pup's distinct biochemistry makes it a potentially attractive drug target. [15]

Darwin and her collaborators are currently investigating the extent to which host-derived aldehydes may contribute to infection control. [8]

Honors and awards

  • 2006 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Young Investigator Award
  • 2009 Awardee, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease [16]
  • 2010 Awardee, Irma T. Hirschl Charitable Trust [17]
  • 2012 Kavli / National Academy of Sciences Fellow [18]
  • 2016 Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology [10] [11]
  • 2023 NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS), Bethesda, MD [19]
  • 2024 Samsung Ho-Am Prize for Chemistry and Life Sciences [20]
  • 2024 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA [12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Heran Darwin". med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  2. ^ a b Jastrab, Jordan B.; Wang, Tong; Murphy, J. Patrick; Bai, Lin; Hu, Kuan; Merkx, Remco; Huang, Jessica; Chatterjee, Champak; Ovaa, Huib; Gygi, Steven P.; Li, Huilin; Darwin, K. Heran (2015-03-23). "An adenosine triphosphate-independent proteasome activator contributes to the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (14): E1763-72. Bibcode: 2015PNAS..112E1763J. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1423319112. ISSN  0027-8424. PMC  4394314. PMID  25831519.
  3. ^ Samanovic, Marie I.; Tu, Shengjiang; Novák, Ondřej; Iyer, Lakshminarayan M.; McAllister, Fiona E.; Aravind, L.; Gygi, Steven P.; Hubbard, Stevan R.; Strnad, Miroslav; Darwin, K. Heran (March 2015). "Proteasomal Control of Cytokinin Synthesis Protects Mycobacterium tuberculosis against Nitric Oxide". Molecular Cell. 57 (6): 984–994. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.01.024. ISSN  1097-2765. PMC  4369403. PMID  25728768.
  4. ^ Darwin, K. Heran; Ehrt, Sabine; Gutierrez-Ramos, José-Carlos; Weich, Nadine; Nathan, Carl F. (2003-12-12). "The Proteasome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Required for Resistance to Nitric Oxide". Science. 302 (5652): 1963–1966. Bibcode: 2003Sci...302.1963D. doi: 10.1126/science.1091176. ISSN  0036-8075. PMID  14671303.
  5. ^ Festa, Richard A.; Jones, Marcus B.; Butler-Wu, Susan; Sinsimer, Daniel; Gerads, Russell; Bishai, William R.; Peterson, Scott N.; Darwin, K. Heran (2010-10-29). "A novel copper-responsive regulon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Molecular Microbiology. 79 (1): 133–148. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07431.x. ISSN  0950-382X. PMC  3052634. PMID  21166899.
  6. ^ Limón, Gina; Samhadaneh, Nora M.; Pironti, Alejandro; Darwin, K. Heran (2022-10-02). "Aldehyde inactivation of the RicR regulon sensitizesMycobacterium tuberculosisto copper". dx.doi.org. doi: 10.1101/2022.09.30.510424. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  7. ^ Shi, Xiaoshan; Festa, Richard A.; Ioerger, Thomas R.; Butler-Wu, Susan; Sacchettini, James C.; Darwin, K. Heran; Samanovic, Marie I. (2014-02-28). "The Copper-Responsive RicR Regulon Contributes to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence". mBio. 5 (1). doi: 10.1128/mbio.00876-13. ISSN  2161-2129. PMC  3944814. PMID  24549843.
  8. ^ a b Darwin, K. Heran; Stanley, Sarah A. (April 2022). "The aldehyde hypothesis: metabolic intermediates as antimicrobial effectors". Open Biology. 12 (4). doi: 10.1098/rsob.220010. ISSN  2046-2441. PMC  9006002. PMID  35414258.
  9. ^ Darwin, K. Heran; Miller, Virginia L. (July 1999). "Molecular Basis of the Interaction of Salmonella with the Intestinal Mucosa". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 12 (3): 405–428. doi: 10.1128/CMR.12.3.405. ISSN  0893-8512. PMC  100246. PMID  10398673.
  10. ^ a b "American Academy of Microbiology". ASM.org. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  11. ^ a b "K. Heran Darwin, Ph.D." ASM.org. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  12. ^ a b Communications, NYU Web. "Two NYU Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  13. ^ "K Heran Darwin". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  14. ^ Pearce, Michael J.; Mintseris, Julian; Ferreyra, Jessica; Gygi, Steven P.; Darwin, K. Heran (2008-11-14). "Ubiquitin-Like Protein Involved in the Proteasome Pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Science. 322 (5904): 1104–1107. Bibcode: 2008Sci...322.1104P. doi: 10.1126/science.1163885. ISSN  0036-8075. PMC  2698935. PMID  18832610.
  15. ^ Darwin, K. Heran (July 2009). "Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup), proteasomes and pathogenesis". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 7 (7): 485–491. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2148. ISSN  1740-1534. PMC  3662484. PMID  19483713.
  16. ^ "Grant Recipients". Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  17. ^ https://research.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/irma_t._hirschl_trust-mwc_-_award_recipients_12-30-19_.pdf
  18. ^ "Heran Darwin". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  19. ^ "NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series 2023-2024 | NIH Office of Intramural Research". oir.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  20. ^ "2024 Laureates - HOAM". www.hoamfoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Comment: Seems to be notable, please provide citations for the Honors and awards section (for each listing). Also move inline citations after the punctuations (periods .) X ( talk) 01:56, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Heran Darwin
Born
Citizenship United States of America
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
Institutions New York University

Katerina Heran Darwin (née Hong) is a Korean-American microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. [1] Her research interests include the bacterial proteasome [2] and the antimicrobial effects of host-produced effectors including nitric oxide, [3] [4] copper, [5] [6] [7] and aldehydes [8].

Education and academic career

Darwin received a bachelor's degree in microbiology and molecular genetics in 1992 and a PhD in microbiology and molecular genetics in 1999, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] Darwin earned her PhD studying type III secretion in Salmonella typhimurium with Virginia Miller, [9] who moved her lab to Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Darwin remained with Miller for postdoctoral training before joining the lab of Carl Nathan at Weill Medical College of Cornell University (now Weill Cornell Medicine) in New York, New York.

Darwin joined the faculty of Microbiology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine in 2004. [1] Darwin is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology [10] [11] since 2016 and was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2024. [12]

Research

Darwin has dedicated her career to studying infectious bacteria, in particular, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, [13] the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis in humans. Darwin focuses on the characterization of the M. tuberculosis proteasome, [2] a protease complex that is key to lethal infections by M. tuberculosis and helps protect the bacterium from the innate immune defenses of the host. While characterizing the mycobacterial proteasome, Darwin's group identified the first known protein-on-protein, post-translational modification in prokaryotes called Pup ( prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein). [14] While functionally similar to eukaryotic ubiquitin, Pup's distinct biochemistry makes it a potentially attractive drug target. [15]

Darwin and her collaborators are currently investigating the extent to which host-derived aldehydes may contribute to infection control. [8]

Honors and awards

  • 2006 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Young Investigator Award
  • 2009 Awardee, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease [16]
  • 2010 Awardee, Irma T. Hirschl Charitable Trust [17]
  • 2012 Kavli / National Academy of Sciences Fellow [18]
  • 2016 Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology [10] [11]
  • 2023 NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS), Bethesda, MD [19]
  • 2024 Samsung Ho-Am Prize for Chemistry and Life Sciences [20]
  • 2024 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA [12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Heran Darwin". med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  2. ^ a b Jastrab, Jordan B.; Wang, Tong; Murphy, J. Patrick; Bai, Lin; Hu, Kuan; Merkx, Remco; Huang, Jessica; Chatterjee, Champak; Ovaa, Huib; Gygi, Steven P.; Li, Huilin; Darwin, K. Heran (2015-03-23). "An adenosine triphosphate-independent proteasome activator contributes to the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (14): E1763-72. Bibcode: 2015PNAS..112E1763J. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1423319112. ISSN  0027-8424. PMC  4394314. PMID  25831519.
  3. ^ Samanovic, Marie I.; Tu, Shengjiang; Novák, Ondřej; Iyer, Lakshminarayan M.; McAllister, Fiona E.; Aravind, L.; Gygi, Steven P.; Hubbard, Stevan R.; Strnad, Miroslav; Darwin, K. Heran (March 2015). "Proteasomal Control of Cytokinin Synthesis Protects Mycobacterium tuberculosis against Nitric Oxide". Molecular Cell. 57 (6): 984–994. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.01.024. ISSN  1097-2765. PMC  4369403. PMID  25728768.
  4. ^ Darwin, K. Heran; Ehrt, Sabine; Gutierrez-Ramos, José-Carlos; Weich, Nadine; Nathan, Carl F. (2003-12-12). "The Proteasome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Required for Resistance to Nitric Oxide". Science. 302 (5652): 1963–1966. Bibcode: 2003Sci...302.1963D. doi: 10.1126/science.1091176. ISSN  0036-8075. PMID  14671303.
  5. ^ Festa, Richard A.; Jones, Marcus B.; Butler-Wu, Susan; Sinsimer, Daniel; Gerads, Russell; Bishai, William R.; Peterson, Scott N.; Darwin, K. Heran (2010-10-29). "A novel copper-responsive regulon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Molecular Microbiology. 79 (1): 133–148. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07431.x. ISSN  0950-382X. PMC  3052634. PMID  21166899.
  6. ^ Limón, Gina; Samhadaneh, Nora M.; Pironti, Alejandro; Darwin, K. Heran (2022-10-02). "Aldehyde inactivation of the RicR regulon sensitizesMycobacterium tuberculosisto copper". dx.doi.org. doi: 10.1101/2022.09.30.510424. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  7. ^ Shi, Xiaoshan; Festa, Richard A.; Ioerger, Thomas R.; Butler-Wu, Susan; Sacchettini, James C.; Darwin, K. Heran; Samanovic, Marie I. (2014-02-28). "The Copper-Responsive RicR Regulon Contributes to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence". mBio. 5 (1). doi: 10.1128/mbio.00876-13. ISSN  2161-2129. PMC  3944814. PMID  24549843.
  8. ^ a b Darwin, K. Heran; Stanley, Sarah A. (April 2022). "The aldehyde hypothesis: metabolic intermediates as antimicrobial effectors". Open Biology. 12 (4). doi: 10.1098/rsob.220010. ISSN  2046-2441. PMC  9006002. PMID  35414258.
  9. ^ Darwin, K. Heran; Miller, Virginia L. (July 1999). "Molecular Basis of the Interaction of Salmonella with the Intestinal Mucosa". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 12 (3): 405–428. doi: 10.1128/CMR.12.3.405. ISSN  0893-8512. PMC  100246. PMID  10398673.
  10. ^ a b "American Academy of Microbiology". ASM.org. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  11. ^ a b "K. Heran Darwin, Ph.D." ASM.org. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  12. ^ a b Communications, NYU Web. "Two NYU Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  13. ^ "K Heran Darwin". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  14. ^ Pearce, Michael J.; Mintseris, Julian; Ferreyra, Jessica; Gygi, Steven P.; Darwin, K. Heran (2008-11-14). "Ubiquitin-Like Protein Involved in the Proteasome Pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Science. 322 (5904): 1104–1107. Bibcode: 2008Sci...322.1104P. doi: 10.1126/science.1163885. ISSN  0036-8075. PMC  2698935. PMID  18832610.
  15. ^ Darwin, K. Heran (July 2009). "Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup), proteasomes and pathogenesis". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 7 (7): 485–491. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2148. ISSN  1740-1534. PMC  3662484. PMID  19483713.
  16. ^ "Grant Recipients". Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  17. ^ https://research.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/irma_t._hirschl_trust-mwc_-_award_recipients_12-30-19_.pdf
  18. ^ "Heran Darwin". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  19. ^ "NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series 2023-2024 | NIH Office of Intramural Research". oir.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  20. ^ "2024 Laureates - HOAM". www.hoamfoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

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