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Structures Determined by Facility Users

9q40

9Q42

9q43
PDB ID: 9Q40
PDB ID: 9Q42
PDB ID: 9Q43

9Q44

11IW

11LQ

PDB ID: 9Q44
PDB ID: 11IW

PDB ID: 11LQ

 11LR

11LS 11LP

PDB ID: 11LR

PDB ID: 11LS

PDB ID: 11LP

9Z7Q 9Z7V

9Z7X

PDB ID: 9Z7Q

PDB ID: 9Z7V

PDB ID: 9Z7X

9E8S

9P1D

9P11

PDB ID: 9E8S

PDB ID: 9P1D

PDB ID: 9P11

9P4S

9ARW

9D26

PDB ID: 9P4S

PDB ID: 9ARW

PDB ID: 9D26

9CRO

9CRP

9CRQ

PDB ID: 9CRO

PDB ID: 9CRP

PDB ID: 9CRQ

9CZ0

9CZ8

9CZ9

PDB ID: 9CZ0

PDB ID: 9CZ8

PDB ID: 9CZ9

9CP2

9CP3

9CP1

PDB ID: 9CP2

PDB ID: 9CP3

PDB ID: 9CP1

9NLV

9NLX

9N69

PDB ID: 9NLV

PDB ID: 9NLX

PDB ID: 9N69

9N6B

9N6C

8UX9

PDB ID: 9N6B

PDB ID: 9N6C

PDB ID: 8UX9

8FLJ

 

 

PDB ID: 8FLJ

 

 

2026 Publications

Pandey S, Burman N, Henriques WS, Wiegand T, Zahl T, Nyquist H, Spreeuw T, Buyukyoruk M, Wiedenheft B. Identification and structure determination of a type III-Bv CRISPR complex that post-translationally modifies an associated toxin. Structure, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2026.06.002

Pershing NL, Brzozowski RS, Schmidt AK, Faith DR, Joyce AC, Ortiz de Ora L, Kominsky JD, Dankwardt A, Maciver A, Bell R, Henriques WS, Anderson SE, Wiedenheft B, Casjens SR, Duerkop BA, Round JL, Secor PR. A prophage-encoded sRNA limits phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli. PLoS Pathog 22(1): e1013836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013836 

Gauvin, Colin C., Findlay, J. Luke, Hophan-Nichols, Coltran and Lawrence, C. Martin. "A cost-effective 200 kV cryo-EM core facility for high resolution single particle analysis" Methods in Microscopy. https://doi.org/10.1515/mim-2025-0039

Malkoc Z, Stopps E, Asamoah PMK, McCalla SE, Kunze A. Sub-Neuronal Network Profiling of Extracellular Vesicle Release Using a Compartmentalized Neurofluidic Platform. Advanced Biology 10, no. 2 (2026): e00381.https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202500381

Lutey K, White PB, Cammon H, Trester M, Brumfield S, Neumeier JJ, Pincus S, Haushalter RW, Heinemann J. Multi-Component Analysis of Protein- and DNA-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy with Interdigitated Electrode Sensors. Bioengineering. 2025; 12(12):1334. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12121334

Henriques WS, Bowman J, Hall LN, Gauvin CC, Wei H, Kuang H, Zimanyi CM, Eng ET, Santiago-Frangos A, Wiedenheft B (2025 Oct 9). Structures reveal how the Cas1-2/3 integrase captures, delivers, and integrates foreign DNA into CRISPR loci. Structure. ISSN 0969-2126, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2025.09.007.

Gauvin CC, Tokmina-Lukaszewska M, Waghwani HK, McBee SC, Douglas T, Bothner B, Lawrence CM (2025 Oct 6). The Mechanism of Mineral Nucleation and Growth in a Mini-Ferritin. Journal of the American Chemical Society, (), . doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c05464. ID: 41052476.

George, J.T., Burman, N., Wilkinson, R.A. et al. Structural basis of antiphage defence by an ATPase-associated reverse transcriptase. Nat Commun 16, 8459 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63285-6

Kour, M., Callaway, H.M. & Boyd, E.S. Environmental controls on the kinetics of iron-sulfur cluster nucleation and nanoparticle formation. J Nanopart Res 27, 256 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-025-06445-5

Kumar Nath A, da Silva RR, Gauvin CC, Akpoto E, Dlakić M, Lawrence CM, DuBois JL (2025 Sep 12). Commensal gut bacteria employ de-chelatase HmuS to harvest iron from heme. The EMBO journal, (), . doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00563-5. ID: 40940422.

Tang S, Žedaveinytė R, Burman N, Pandey S, Ramirez JL, Kulber LM, Wiegand T, Wilkinson RA, Ma Y, Zhang DJ, Lampe GD, Berisa M, Jovanovic M, Wiedenheft B, Sternberg SH (2025 May 28). Protein-primed homopolymer synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase. Nature, (), . doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09179-5. ID: 40436039.

*Brzozowski RS, Schmidt AK, Pershing NL, Dankwardt A, Faith DR, Joyce AC, Maciver A, Henriques WS, Andersen SE, Wiedenheft B, Casjens SR, Duerkop BA, Round JL, Secor PR (2025 May 6). A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), . . ID: 40654919.

Sobolewski TN, Trousdale RC, Gauvin CL, Lawrence CM, Walker RA (2025 Jan 14). Nanomolar PFOA Concentrations Affect Lipid Membrane Structure: Consequences for Bioconcentration Mechanisms. Environmental science & technology, 59(1), 709-718. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03652. ID: 39718541.

Burman N, Belukhina S, Depardieu F, Wilkinson RA, Skutel M, Santiago-Frangos A, Graham AB, Livenskyi A, Chechenina A, Morozova N, Zahl T, Henriques WS, Buyukyoruk M, Rouillon C, Saudemont B, Shyrokova L, Kurata T, Hauryliuk V, Severinov K, Groseille J, Thierry A, Koszul R, Tesson F, Bernheim A, Bikard D, Wiedenheft B, Isaev A (2024 Dec). Author Correction: A virally encoded tRNA neutralizes the PARIS antiviral defence system. Nature, 636(8043), E8. . ID: 39633059.

Sobolewski TN, Findlay JL, Hemphill JE, Walker RA (2024 Nov 26). Aggregation, Not Micellization: Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Perfluorobutanesulfonic Acid, and Potassium Perfluorooctanesulfonate Behavior in Aqueous Solution. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 40(47), 24820-24831. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02566. ID: 39539066.

Burman N, Belukhina S, Depardieu F, Wilkinson RA, Skutel M, Santiago-Frangos A, Graham AB, Livenskyi A, Chechenina A, Morozova N, Zahl T, Henriques WS, Buyukyoruk M, Rouillon C, Saudemont B, Shyrokova L, Kurata T, Hauryliuk V, Severinov K, Groseille J, Thierry A, Koszul R, Tesson F, Bernheim A, Bikard D, Wiedenheft B, Isaev A (2024 Oct). A virally encoded tRNA neutralizes the PARIS antiviral defence system. Nature, 634(8033), 424-431. . ID: 39111359.

Santiago-Frangos A, Henriques WS, Wiegand T, Gauvin CC, Buyukyoruk M, Graham AB, Wilkinson RA, Triem L, Neselu K, Eng ET, Lander GC, Wiedenheft B (2023 Nov). Structure reveals why genome folding is necessary for site-specific integration of foreign DNA into CRISPR arrays. Nature structural & molecular biology, 30(11), 1675-1685. . ID: 37710013.