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Kelly Lee

Kelly Lee
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
PH: 206 616 3972
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ACADEMIC BIO

  • A.B. (Honors) 1996, Harvard University
  • Ph.D. 2001, Johns Hopkins University

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Viruses undergo dramatic structural reorganizations at many critical stages of their life cycles, including during host cell invasion, genome expulsion, assembly, and cell egress. The changes often involve concerted changes among hundreds of protein components and, in the case of enveloped viruses, membranes as well. From this perspective, virions are intricate, nano-scale cell-invasion and replication machines. The dynamic structural transitions are attractive targets for anti-viral therapeutics that would "throw a spanner into the works" and arrest viral infections.

We use a suite of biophysical, structural, and biochemical techniques including X-ray scattering, cryo-electron microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy to understand the function of viral machinery. The viruses we study include influenza A virus, hepatitis B virus, and dsDNA bacteriophages.

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Lee KK, Matos S, Evans DH, White P, Pavord ID, Birring SS. "A Longitudinal Assessment of Acute Cough." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. ePub 2013 Mar 7.
  • He RR, Li Y, Li XD, Yi RN, Wang XY, Tsoi B, Lee KK, Abe K, Yang X, Kurihara H. "A new oxidative stress model, 2,2-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride induces cardiovascular damages in chicken embryo." 8(3):e57732; ePub 2013 Mar 1.
  • Du Z, Miyagi L, Amulele G, Lee KK. "Efficient graphite ring heater suitable for diamond-anvil cells to 1300K." Rev Sci Instrum 84(2):024502; in process.
  • Magge D, Gooding W, Choudry H, Steve J, Steel J, Zureikat A, Krasinskas A, Daouadi M, Lee KK, Hughes SJ, Zeh HJ, Moser AJ. "Comparative Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive and Open Distal Pancreatectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma." JAMA Surg. Feb 20:1-7; ePub (2013).
  • Lee KK, "Architecture of a Nascent Viral Fusion Pore." EMBO J. 29:1299-1311 (2010).
  • Tang J, Lee KK, Bothner B, Baker TS, Yeager M, Johnson JE. "Stability and Dynamics in Maturation of a T=4 Virus." Journal of Molecular Biology. (2009) Accepted for Publication.
  • Gertsman I, Gan L, Guttman M, Lee K, Speir JA, Duda RL, Hendrix RW, Komives EA, Johnson JE. "An Unexpected Twist in Viral Maturation." Nature 458:646-50 (2009).
  • Lee KK, Gan L, Tsuruta H, Moyer C, Conway JF, Duda RL, Hendrix RW, Steven AC, Johnson JE. "Capsid Maturation is Driven by the Capture of Mobile Surface Loops." Structure 16:1491-502 (2008).
  • Wikoff WR, Convway JF, Tang J, Lee KK, Gan L, Chang N, Duda RL, Hendrix RW, Steven AC, Johnson JE. "Time-resolved Molecular Dynamics of Virus Maturation Interpreted by Electron Cryo-microscopy and X-ray Crystallography." Journal of Structural Biology 153:300-6 (2006).


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