Dr. Graboski successfully defending her thesis, “Characterization and Inhibition of Gut Microbial Tryptophanase and its Implications in Chronic Kidney Disease” under the guidance of Professor Matt Redinbo on September 21.
Dr. Graboski has accepted a scientist position in Boston at Scorpion Therapeutics in their Protein and Structural Sciences division. In this role she will collaborate with computational and medicinal chemists to identify druggable protein regions, make and co-crystallize these proteins, and inform drug design using structural data.
Publications
Graboski AL, Kowalewski ME, Simpson JB, Cao X, Ha M, Zhang J, Walton WG, Flaherty DP, Redinbo MR.ÌýCell Chem Biol. 2023 Aug 12:S2451-9456(23)00244-1. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.07.015. Online ahead of print.ÌýPMID:Ìý37633277ÌýFree article.
Simpson JB, Sekela JJ,ÌýGraboski AL, Borlandelli VB, Bivins MM, Barker NK, Sorgen AA, Mordant AL, Johnson RL, Bhatt AP, Fodor AA, Herring LE, Overkleeft H, Lee JR, Redinbo MR.ÌýGut Microbes. 2022 Jan-Dec;14(1):2107289. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2022.2107289.ÌýPMID:Ìý35953888ÌýFree PMC article.
ÌýSendi H, Yazdimamaghani M, Hu M, Sultanpuram N, Wang J, Moody AS, McCabe E, Zhang J,ÌýGraboski A, Li L, Rojas JD, Dayton PA, Huang L, Wang AZ.ÌýCancer Res. 2022 Jan 1;82(1):105-113. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-2269. Epub 2021 Nov 9.ÌýPMID:Ìý34753773ÌýFree PMC article.
ÌýHewitt CS, Abutaleb NS, Elhassanny AEM, Nocentini A, Cao X, Amos DP, Youse MS, Holly KJ, Marapaka AK, An W, Kaur J, Krabill AD, Elkashif A, Elgammal Y,ÌýGraboski AL, Supuran CT, Seleem MN, Flaherty DP.ÌýACS Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 9;7(7):1969-1984. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00055. Epub 2021 Mar 25.ÌýPMID:Ìý33765392ÌýFree PMC article.
ÌýGraboski AL, Redinbo MR.ÌýToxins (Basel). 2020 Sep 11;12(9):590. doi: 10.3390/toxins12090590.ÌýPMID:Ìý32932981ÌýFree PMC article.ÌýReview.
ÌýKaur J, Cao X, Abutaleb NS, Elkashif A,ÌýGraboski AL, Krabill AD, AbdelKhalek AH, An W, Bhardwaj A, Seleem MN, Flaherty DP.ÌýJ Med Chem. 2020 Sep 10;63(17):9540-9562. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00734. Epub 2020 Aug 11.ÌýPMID:Ìý32787141ÌýFree PMC article.
Awards & Highlights
Merck/Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Research Award, 2/23/2023Ìý– The award provides a stipend for travel expenses to the ACS Symposium in San Francisco this fall where she will present her research.
Appointed to the Pharmacological Sciences T32 from 2020-2022 and to the Kidney Center T32 from 2022-2023.
Amanda is alsoÌýan inventor on a provisional patent that was filed!
We wish you all the best, Amanda!