Curriculum
vitae
(updated
5/5/2022)
|
Michael
Blaber, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Biomedical Sciences |
|
College of Medicine Florida State
University Tallahassee, FL
32306-4300 |
Tel: (850) 644-3361
Fax: (850) 644-5781
|
Education
|
Date |
Degree |
Institute |
|
9/85-2/90 |
Ph.D. Biological Chemistry |
UC Irvine Advisor: Dr. Ralph A. Bradshaw |
|
9/76-6/80 |
B.A.
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
UC Santa Barbara |
Professional
Experience
|
Date |
Position |
Institute |
|
12/19 - present |
Fellow |
National Academy of
Inventors |
|
10/13 - present |
Co-founder |
Trefoil Therapeutics, Inc. |
|
4/10 - 6/17 |
Faculty, Program in
Neurosciences |
Florida State
University |
|
3/09 - 3/14 |
Invited Research Fellow |
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic
Energy Agency |
|
8/07 - present |
Professor of
Biomed. Sci. |
Florida State
University |
|
8/05 - 7/07 |
Assoc. Prof. of Biomed. Sci. |
Florida State University |
|
8/00 - 7/05 |
Assoc. Prof. of
Chemistry |
Florida State
University |
|
9/94 - present |
Faculty, Program in Molecular Biophysics |
Florida State University |
|
9/94 - 7/00 |
Assist. Prof. of
Chemistry |
Florida State
University |
|
3/90 - 7/94 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
HHMI, U Oregon Advisor: Dr. Brian W. Matthews |
|
9/80 - 8/85 |
Research Assoc. |
Genentech, Inc. |
|
6/80 - 9/80 |
Research Assist. |
Dionex, Inc. |
Awards
|
Date |
Award |
Description |
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2020 |
Outstanding Senior Faculty Educator award |
College of Medicine, Florida State University |
|
2018 2018 2016 2015 2013 |
U.S. Patent
10,022,426 U.S. Patent
10,000,540 U.S. Patent 9,957,310 U.S. Patent 9,469,680
B2 U.S. Patent 8,962,557 U.S. Patent 8,461,111 |
Fibroblast
Growth Factor Mutants Having Improved Functional Half-Life and Methods of
their Use,
Blaber, M. and Lee, J. |
|
2017 |
U.S. Patent 9,840,544 |
Method for Development of a
Peptide Building Block Useful for de novo Protein Design, Blaber, M. and Lee, J. |
|
2017 |
U.S. Patent
61/149,823 |
Fibroblast
Growth Factor (FGF) 1 with Mutation in the Heparin Binding Domain and Methods
of Use to Reduce Blood Glucose, Evans, R., Atkins, A., Downes, M.,
Yu, R., Blaber, M and Xia, X. (pend.) |
|
2017 |
U.S. Patent 9,783,587 |
Synthetic Foldable Proteins
Generated from Peptide Segments of Folding Nuclei of Reference Proteins, Blaber, M. and Longo, L.M. |
|
2017 |
U.S. Patent 9,717,217 |
Small
Animal Restraint Harness or Jacket, Blaber, M. and Blaber, S. |
|
2016 |
Inclusion in "Protein Evolution and Design"
special issue |
Evolution of a Protein Folding
Nucleus, Xia, X., Longo, L.M., Sutherland,
M.A. and Blaber, M., Protein Science 25, 1227-1240 PMID: 26610273 |
|
2015 |
Journal Cover Article |
Structural
basis for acceptor-substrate recognition of UDP-glucose: anthocyanidin
3-O-glucosyltransferase from Clitoria ternatea, Hiromoto,
T., Honjo, E., Tamada, T., Noda, N., Kazuma, K.,
Suzuki, M., Blaber, M. and Kuroki, R., Protein Science 24,
395-407 PMID: 25556637 |
|
2015 |
Inclusion in "Two
Decades of Excellence in Biotechnology" special issue |
Mutation Choice to Eliminate Buried
Free Cysteines in Protein Therapeutics, Xia,
X., Longo, L.M. and Blaber, M. J. Pharm. Sci. 104, 566–576 PMID: 25312595 |
|
2015 |
FSU Art in STEM Award |
X-ray
Crystallography Structure of "Protofoil"
a Designed Symmetric Protein (Connie Tenorio and Liam Longo) |
|
2014 |
U.S. Patent 13/963,023 |
Design of FGF-1 Mutants to
Effectively Eliminate Reactive Cysteine Residues, Blaber, M. and Xia, X. (pend.) |
|
2014 |
Journal Cover Article |
Symmetric Protein Architecture in
Protein Design: Top-Down Symmetric Deconstruction, Longo, L. and
Blaber, M., Protein Design, Meth. Molec. Biol. 1216:161-82
PMID: 25213415 |
|
2013 |
Licensed IP |
Trefoil Therapeutics, Inc., Mutants of Fibroblast Growth
Factor-1 |
|
2013 |
Licensed IP |
Lomir Biomedical Inc.,
Small Animal Restraint Harness |
|
2013 |
Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher Award |
College of Medicine, Florida State University |
|
2013 |
Kasha Award for Best
Publication in Molecular Biophysics Faculty of 1000 Citation |
Simplified
Protein Design Biased for Pre-Biotic Amino Acids Yields a Foldable,
Halophilic Protein,
Longo, L., Lee, J. and Blaber, M., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 110, 2135-2139 PMID: 23341608 |
|
2013 |
Poster Award |
Life Sciences Symposium, Florida State University |
|
2012 |
Protein Science Best Paper Award |
Experimental Support for the
Foldability-Function Tradeoff Hypothesis:
Segregation of the Folding Nucleus and Functional Regions in FGF-1, Longo, L., Lee, J. and Blaber, M., Prot. Sci. 21,
1911-1920 PMID: 23047594 |
|
2012 2012 2012 2010 |
U.S. Patent 8,119,776 U.S. Patent 8,153,770 U.S. Patent 8,153,771 U.S. Patent 7,659,379 |
Mutants
of Human Fibroblast Growth Factor Having Increased Stability and/or Mitogenic
Potency,
Blaber, M. and Dubey, V.K. |
|
2012 |
Journal Cover Article |
Structure and Function of d1-Tetrahydrocannabinolic
Acid (THCA) Synthase, the Enzyme Controlling the Psychoactivity
of Cannabis sativa, Shoyama, Y., Tamada, T., Kurihara,
K., Takeuchi, A., Taura, F., Arai, S., Blaber, M., Shoyama,
Y., Morimoto, S. and Kuroki, R., J. Mol. Biol. 423, 96-105 PMID: 22766313 |
|
2012 |
Innovator Award |
Florida State
University |
|
2011 |
Journal Cover Article Faculty of 1000 Citation |
A polypeptide "building
block" for the ß-trefoil fold identified by "top-down symmetric
deconstruction", Lee, J.,
Blaber, S., Dubey, V. and Blaber, M., J. Mol. Biol. 407,
744–763 PMID: 21315087 |
|
2011 |
Faculty of 1000
Citation |
Experimental
support for the evolution of symmetric protein architecture from a simple
peptide motif,
Lee, J. and Blaber, M., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108,
126-130 PMID: 21173271 |
|
2010 |
U.S. Patent 7,754,216 |
Method of Treating Multiple
Sclerosis with Anti-K6 Antibody,
Scarisbrick, I.A., Blaber, S.I., Blaber, M. and Rodriguez, M. |
|
2010 |
U.S. Patent 7,790,682 |
Engineered
Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factors and Associated Methods, Blaber, M. and
Brych, S. |
|
2010 |
Innovator Award |
Florida State University |
|
2010 2010 2009 |
U.S. Patent 7,776,825 U.S. Patent 7,696,171 U.S. Patent 7,595,296 |
Mutant
Polypeptides of Fibroblast Growth Factor 1, Blaber, M. and Dubey, V.K. |
|
2009 |
E.K. Frey-E. Werle Commemorative
Gold Medal |
KLK peptidases: Structural
biology, enzymology and activation profiles |
|
2008 |
European Patent
1,513,553 B1 |
Methods
and Materials for Treating and Diagnosing Kallikrein-6 Related Inflammatory
Conditions,
Scarisbrick, I.A., Blaber, S.I. and Blaber, M. |
|
2007 |
Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher Award |
College of Medicine, Florida State University |
|
2007 |
Innovator Award |
Florida State
University |
|
2006 |
Innovator Award |
Florida State University |
|
2005 |
Faculty of 1000
Citation |
Sequence-Swapping
does not Result in Conformation-Swapping for the β4/β5 and β8/β9 β-Hairpin
Turns in Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Kim, J., Lee, J.,
Brych, S.R., Logan, T.M. and Blaber, M., Prot. Sci. 14,
351-359 PMID: 15632285 |
|
2005 |
Tenure |
College of Medicine, Florida State University |
|
2004 |
Journal Cover Article |
An
Atomic Resolution Structure for Human Fibroblast Growth Factor-1, Bernett,
M.J., Somasundaram, T. and Blaber, M. Proteins: Structure, Function and
Bioinformatics 57, 626-634 PMID: 15382229 |
|
2004 |
Innovator Award |
Florida State University |
|
2003 |
Journal Cover Article |
Accommodation
of a highly symmetric core within a symmetric protein superfold, Brych, S.R., Kim,
J., Logan, T.M. and Blaber, M., Protein Science 12, 2704 - 2718
PMID: 14627732 |
|
2002 |
Faculty Ranking #1 |
Department of Chemistry, Florida State University |
|
2000 |
Tenure |
College of Arts and
Sciences, Florida State University |
|
1999 |
University Teaching Award |
Undergraduate General Chemistry, Florida State University |
|
1995 |
First Year Assistant
Professor Award |
Florida State University |
|
1993 |
U.S. Patent 5,219,569 |
Protease Resistant Urokinase, Blaber, M., Heyneker, H.L. and
Vehar, G.A. |
|
1993 |
Journal Cover Article |
Synthetic
Chimeras of Mouse Growth Factor-associated Glandular Kallikreins. I. Kinetic
Properties,
Blaber, M., Isackson, P.J., Burnier,
J.P., Marsters, J.C.Jr.
and Bradshaw, R.A. Prot. Sci. 2, 1210-1219 PMID: 8401206 |
|
1990 |
N.I.H. Postdoctoral Fellowship GM13709-01 |
HHMI, University of Oregon |
|
1989 |
Earl C. Anthony
Dissertation Fellowship |
U.C. Irvine |
|
1986 |
N.I.H. Predoctoral Fellowship GM07134-11 |
U.C. Irvine |
|
Date |
Course |
|
|
2020 F |
PAS 5025
Fundamentals of Clinical Physiology |
3 Lectures |
|
2020 F |
PAS 5045
Integrated Clinical Sciences |
4 Lectures |
|
2020 F |
PAS 5071 Clinical
Pharmacology I |
12 Lectures |
|
2019-2020 Su |
GMS 6001
Biophysics |
Course Director,
20 Lectures |
|
2019-2020 Su |
PAS 5029 Systemic
Physiology II |
3 Lectures |
|
2019 F |
BMS 6040
Gastrointestinal System |
Grader |
|
2019 F |
PAS 5025
Fundamentals of Clinical Physiology |
3 Lectures |
|
2019 F |
PAS 5045
Integrated Clinical Sciences |
4 Lectures |
|
2019 F |
PAS 5071 Clinical
Pharmacology I |
12 Lectures |
|
2019-2020 Sp |
BMS 6044
Hematologic System |
Grader |
|
2018 F |
PAS 5025
Fundamentals of Clinical Physiology |
3 Lectures |
|
2018 F |
PAS 5045
Integrated Clinical Sciences |
4 Lectures |
|
2018 F |
PAS 5071 Clinical
Pharmacology I |
12 Lectures |
|
2018 Su |
GMS 6001 Special
Topics in Presentation Skills |
1 Lecture |
|
2018 Su |
PAS 5029 Systemic
Physiology II |
3 Lectures |
|
2018 Sp |
BMS 6043 Endocrine
and Renal-Urinary Systems |
Grader |
|
2018 Sp |
BMS 6042
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems |
Grader |
|
2008 - 2020 Sp |
BMS 5525
Bioregulation |
2 Lectures |
|
2017 F |
BMS 6047
Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems |
Grader |
|
2017 F |
BMS 6046C
Neuroscience: CNS and Behavior |
Grader |
|
2017 F |
PAS 5025
Fundamentals of Clinical Physiology |
3 Lectures |
|
2017 F |
PAS 5045
Integrated Clinical Sciences |
4 Lectures |
|
2017 F |
PAS 5071 Clinical
Pharmacology I |
12 Lectures |
|
2017 Su |
GMS 6001 Special
Topics in Biomedical Sciences |
2 Lectures |
|
2014 - 2022 Sp |
IHS 4120 Frontiers
in Medicine |
Course Director |
|
2005 - 2009 F,
2010 Sp, 2011 F |
BMS 6601 General
Pathology & Immunology |
Small group
facilitation |
|
2009 - 2010 Sp, 2011 F |
BMS 6401 Medical
Pharmacology |
Small group
facilitation |
|
2009 F |
BMS 6301 General
Medical Microbiology |
Small group
facilitation |
|
2007 Sp |
BMS 6204 Medical
Biochemistry |
Course Co-Director |
|
2006 - 2009 Sp |
BMS 6520 Systemic
Physiology |
Small group
facilitation |
|
2006 - 2007 Sp |
BMS 6204 Medical
Biochemistry |
Small group
facilitation |
|
2006 Sp |
BMS 6001 Epigenetics |
1 Lecture |
|
2005 - 2006 F |
BMS 6110C Clinical
Microanatomy |
Small group
facilitation |
|
2004 Sp |
BCH4053L
Biochemistry Lab |
Development of
web-based lectures: |
|
2002 - 2004 Sp |
BMS 6204 Medical
Biochemistry |
7 Lectures |
|
2001 - 2003 F |
BCH4053
Biochemistry I |
Course Director |
|
2001 |
BCH4053
Biochemistry I |
Development of
web-based lectures: |
|
2000 - 2003 Sp |
CHM1046 General
Chemistry II |
Course Director |
|
2000 |
CHM1046 General
Chemistry II |
Development of
web-based lectures: |
|
1999 Su |
CHM1045 General
Chemistry I (distance learning) |
Course Director |
|
1999 |
CHM1045 General
Chemistry I |
Development of
web-based lectures: |
|
1996, 1998 - 2000
F |
CHM 1045 General
Chemistry I |
Course Director |
|
1996 |
BCH5425 Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology |
Development of
web-based lectures: |
|
1996 - 1999 Sp |
BCH 5425 Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology |
Course Director |
|
1995 Sp |
BCH5887 Protein
Structure and Stability |
Course Director |
Postdoctoral Fellows Trained
|
Date |
Name |
Program/Awards |
|
2021 |
Dr. Connie Tenorio |
Biomedical
Sciences |
|
2009 - 2010 |
Dr. Hyesook Yoon |
Biomedical
Sciences 2013 Third Place Platform
Presentation Award, 5th International Symposium on Kallikreins and
Kallikrein Related Peptidases |
|
2007 - 2010 |
Dr. Jihun Lee |
Biomedical
Sciences 2010 Outstanding Achievement as a Postdoctoral Scholar Award Faculty of 1000 Citation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108,
126-130 (2011) Faculty of 1000 Citation: J. Mol. Biol. 407,
744–763 (2011) U.S. Patent 8,461,111; 8,962,557; 9,469,680 B2;
13/044,723 (pend.) |
|
2007 - 2008 |
Dr. Akshaya Meher |
Biomedical
Sciences |
|
2004 - 2006 |
Dr. Vikash K.
Dubey |
Molecular
Biophysics U.S. Patent
7,595,296; 7,659,379; 7,696,171; 7,776,825; 8,119,776; 8,153,770; 8,153,771 |
|
2004 - 2005 |
Dr. Jhimli Dasgupta |
Molecular Biophysics |
|
1999 - 2000 |
Dr. Steven Whitten |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1998 |
Dr. Ramesh Badisa |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1997 - 1999 |
Dr. Sumit Khurana |
Molecular
Biophysics |
Graduate Students - Major Professor
|
Date |
Name |
Degree |
Thesis Title/Awards |
|
2014 - 2020 |
Connie A.
Tenorio-Zambrano |
Ph.D. Biomedical
Sciences |
Folding Nucleus Perturbation and Alternative Folding Pathways 2020 Bryan W.
Robinson Endowment Award 2018 Hurt
Leadership Award 2016 Randolph L.
Rill Outstanding Graduate Student Award |
|
2011 - 2015 |
Xue Xia |
Ph.D. Biomedical
Sciences |
Engineering Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF-1) as a Human
Therapeutic U.S. Patent 61/149,823 (pend.); 13/963,023 (pend.); |
|
2010 - 2014 |
Liam M. Longo |
Ph.D. Molecular
Biophysics |
Symmetry and Simplicity in Protein Evolution and Design Faculty of 1000 Citation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 110,
2135-2139 (2013) 2013 Kasha Award
for Outstanding Publication 2013 2nd Place
Poster Award, 4th Annual FSU Life Sciences Symposium 2012 Protein
Society Award for Outstanding Publication U.S. Patent
14/707,691 (pend.) |
|
2011 - 2013 |
Helen Phipps |
Ph.D. Biomedical
Sciences |
Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Kallikrein-related Peptidase
6 |
|
2010 - 2011 |
Sara Jackson |
M.S. Biomedical
Science |
|
|
2005 - 2010 |
Cristina Russo |
Ph.D. Molecular
Biophysics |
Salt-dependence of protein-DNA binding: insights into protein
electrostatics and redesign (Co-advisor: Dr.
Marcia Fenley, Physics) |
|
2005 - 2008 |
Hyesook Yoon |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
Activation profiles and regulatory cascades of the Human
Kallikrein-related peptidases |
|
2005 - 2006 |
Nikki Held |
M.S. Chemistry |
|
|
2003 - 2007 |
Jihun Lee |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
Characterization of the Effects of b-Turn Sequence on Protein Stability, Folding Kinetics,
Functionality and Turn Structure |
|
2002 - 2006 |
Gurunathan Laxmikanthan |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
An Insight into the Structure, Function and Activation Cascades
of the Classical Human Kallikreins AHA Predoctoral
Fellowship |
|
2002 - 2005 |
Jocelyn Dudley |
M.S. Chemistry |
NSF GK-12 Fellowship |
|
2001-2004 |
Matthew J. Bernett |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
High-Resolution Structures of the Proteins Human Kallikrein 6 and
Human Fibroblast Growth Factor-1: Structure and Function Relationships |
|
1999 - 2004 |
Stephen R. Brych |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
A Redesigned Hydrophobic Core of a Symmetric Protein Superfold with Increased Primary Structure Symmetry NSF Fellowship U.S. Patent 7,790,682 |
|
1999 - 2003 |
Jaewon Kim |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
Structure and Biophysical Characterization of b-turn of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor Faculty of 1000 Citation: Prot. Sci. 14,
351-359 (2005) |
|
1998 - 2002 |
Gulsah Sanli |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
Expression and Structural Characterization of
2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconic Acid Reductase : A Commercially Important Enzyme for
Biosynthesis of Vitamin C |
|
1998 - 1999; 2002 |
Heidi Wenger |
M.S. Chemistry |
|
|
1996 - 2000 |
Frank J. Culajay |
M.S. Biological
Science |
Thermodynamic Characterization of Mutations of Human Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor |
|
1995 - 2002 |
Daniel Adamek |
Ph.D. Molecular
Biophysics |
Characterization of the Hydrophobic Cavity of Interleukin 1-Beta (Co-advisor: Dr.
Donald L.D. Caspar, Biological Science) |
|
1994 - 1996 |
Aleksandar Popovic |
M.S. Chemistry |
|
|
1994 - 1996 |
Elodie Lang |
M.S. Chemistry |
|
Medical Student Research Supervisor
|
Date |
Name |
Project |
|
2020 - 2021 |
Joseph Brandon
Parker |
Folding nucleus perturbation mutations in a de novo designed
symmetric β-trefoil protein |
|
2018 |
Alli Blumstein |
Evaluating sex related differences in dermal wound healing in an
aged mouse model using engineered FGF-1 |
|
2017 |
Bhavi Patel |
Age- and Sex-related Dermal Healing in the BALB/cByJ Mouse |
|
2013 |
Joseph P. Babcock |
Accelerated Healing due to Engineered “Second-Generation”
Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 |
Graduate Students - Thesis Committee
|
Date |
Name |
Program |
|
2020 - present |
Alexander Piwko |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
2020 - present |
Ruizhi Peng |
Molecular Biophysics |
|
2019 - present |
Kirsten Tucker |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
2019 - present |
Chaowei Hu |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
2019 - present |
Jennifer Warnock |
Biomedical Sciences |
|
2018 - present |
Dolly Al Koborssy |
Neuroscience |
|
2018 - present |
Marisa Tillery |
Biomedical
Sciences |
|
2018 - present |
Christopher
Evoniuk |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2018 - present |
Yuan Lin |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2017 - 2021 |
Randi Reed |
Biomedical
Sciences |
|
2017 - 2021 |
Anuska Das |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2017 - 2021 |
Jamie Johnston |
Biomedical
Sciences |
|
2016 - present |
Weijia Leng |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2015 - present |
Alan Shomo |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2015 - 2017 |
Anthony Banks |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2014 - 2019 |
Joseph Pennington |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2014 - 2019 |
Archishman Ghosh |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2013 - 2015 |
Emily Lee |
Biological Science |
|
2012 - 2013 |
Erick Aitchison |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2012 - 2016 |
Yeqing Tao |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2011 - 2015 |
Anna Kozlova Wright |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2011 - 2015 |
Miles Bradshaw |
Biological Science |
|
2010 - 2016 |
Xue Wang |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2010 - 2014 |
Joey Bowler |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2010 - 2012 |
Yuan Mao |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2010 - 2013 |
Qian Zhang |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2010 - 2013 |
Santosh Valeja |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2010 - 2011 |
Ian Walton |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2009 - 2013 |
Anna Lomasney |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2009 |
Van Quach |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2009 - 2011 |
Robert Harris |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2009 - 2010 |
Robert Demont |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2008 - 2011 |
Larry Walker |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2008 - 2010 |
Xu Wang |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2008 - 2010 |
Casey O'Brien |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2007 - 2011 |
Bodhand Dhole |
Biological Science |
|
2007 - 2011 |
Deepa Salagala |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2007 - 2011 |
Qiyu Zhu |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2006 - 2009 |
Jyotica Batra |
Physics |
|
2006 - 2009 |
Alex Chew |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2006 - 2007 |
Richard Chi |
Biological Science |
|
2006 - 2007 |
Lee Miller |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2006 - 2007 |
Boris Breiner |
Chemistry &
Biochemistry |
|
2005 - 2011 |
Karen
Alvarez-Delfin |
Biological Science |
|
2005 - 2008 |
Pallavi Tawdi |
Biological Science |
|
2005 - 2008 |
Shenping Wu |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2005 - 2007 |
Heather Ongley |
Chemistry and
Biochemistry |
|
2005 - 2007 |
Ramzi Alsallaq |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2004 - 2008 |
Zhang, Xiaojun |
Biological Science |
|
2004 - 2006 |
Mioara Larion |
Chemistry and
Biochemistry |
|
2004 - 2006 |
Sumiko Takahashi |
Chemistry and
Biochemistry |
|
2003 - 2007 |
Sri Oruganti |
Chemistry and
Biochemistry |
|
2003 - 2006 |
Maria Semavina |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2003 - 2007 |
Ilker Sen |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2003 - 2007 |
Sunjin Jo |
Chemistry and
Biochemistry |
|
2003 - 2005 |
Geoffrey C. Klein |
Chemistry and
Biochemistry |
|
2002 - 2007 |
Yun Kang |
Biological Science |
|
2001 - 2007 |
Weishu Bu |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
2000 - 2003 |
Mohammad Yousef |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1999 - 2000 |
Laura Mertz |
Chemistry |
|
1998 - 2004 |
James Gattis |
Chemistry |
|
1998 - 2002 |
Pamela Twigg |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1998 - 2000 |
Maria Elena
Vasquez |
Mathematics |
|
1998 - 1999 |
Anne Stone |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1998 - 1999 |
Jeffery Haber |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1997 - 2001 |
Alla Korpanova |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1996 - 2001 |
Scott Olenych |
Biological Science |
|
1996 - 2001 |
Ana deCarvalho |
Biological Science |
|
1996 - 2001 |
Virginia A.
Gottschalk |
Biological Science |
|
1996 - 2001 |
Eric Fontano |
Molecular
Biophysics |
|
1996 - 1999 |
Brian Patterson |
Chemistry |
|
1996 - 1998 |
Ken Mann |
Biological Science |
|
1996 - 1997 |
Li Zhang |
Chemistry |
|
1996 - 1997 |
Paul Schmidt |
Chemistry |
|
1996 - 1996 |
John H. Evans IV |
Biological Science |
|
1995 - 1997 |
Delbert D. Bauzon |
Chemistry |
|
1994 - 1997 |
Zivana Tezak |
Biological Science |
Undergraduate Students
|
Date |
Name |
Program |
|
2020 Sp |
Austin Krauza |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2020 Sp |
Sydney Rader |
Volunteer |
|
2020 Sp |
Destiny Wiggins |
Volunteer |
|
2019 Sp - 2019 Su |
Hannah Cohen |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2019 Sp - 2019 Su |
Lauren McGarry |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2018 F |
Madelyn Dotson |
Honors Thesis Comittee |
|
2018 F |
Zoe Parrales |
Work/Study Lab
Assistant |
|
2018 F - 2019 Su |
Daena Senatus |
Work/Study Lab
Assistant |
|
2018 Sp |
Andrew Huh |
Volunteer |
|
2018 Sp |
Lauren Passino |
Volunteer |
|
2018 Sp |
Haley Peterson |
Volunteer |
|
2017 F |
Diana Lacatusu |
Honor Thesis |
|
2017 Su - 2019 Su |
Brooke Hagerott |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2017 Su |
Jake Golden |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2017 Su |
Brett Powell |
Honors Thesis |
|
2016 F - 2017 Sp |
Justin Bartell |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2016 F |
Nicole Grubb |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2016 Su |
Luis Adrian
Tenorio |
High School
Internship |
|
2016 Sp |
Rolando Gerena |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2016 Sp |
Rachel Drummey |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2015 F - 2017 Sp 2017 Su - 2018 Sp 2020 Sp |
Brandon Parker |
Directed
Independent Studies Honors Thesis |
|
2015 Sp 2015 Su - 2015 F |
Mason Sutherland |
Directed
Independent Studies Honors Thesis Evolution of a Protein Folding Nucleus, Xia, X., Longo,
L.M., Sutherland, M.A. and Blaber, M., Prot. Sci. 25,
1227-1240 (2016) |
|
2014 Su - 2015 Sp |
Andres Crucet-Choi |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2014 Sp - 2015 F |
Anneliese Morrison |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2013 Su |
Ashley Pitt |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2013 Sp |
Michelle Krotec |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2012 Su - 2012 F |
Gabriela Balicas |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2012 Sp |
Connie A.
Tenorio-Zambrano |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2011 Sp - 2011 F |
Joseph Babcock |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2010 F - 2011 Sp |
Jonathan Truong |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2010 Sp - 2010 F |
Michael Binner |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2009 Su |
Elise Gunzburger |
Research Assistant |
|
2008 Su - 2010 Sp |
Winston Lee |
Research Assistant |
|
2008 Su - 2008 F |
Annalise Smith |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2008 Sp - 2009 Sp |
Eric Aspinwall |
Directed
Independent Studies X-ray Structure and Biophysical Properties of Rabbit Fibroblast
Growth Factor-1, Lee, J., Blaber, S.I., Irsigler, A.,
Aspinwall, E. and Blaber, M., Acta Cryst.
F. 65, 1097-1104 (2009) |
|
2007 F - 2009 F |
Miles Bradshaw |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2007 F 2008 Sp - 2008 F |
Farhan Abdul
Rashid |
Work study Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2007 F - 2008 Sp |
Marni Becker |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2007 F |
Collin Tully |
Volunteer Research
Assistant |
|
2006 Su |
Chris Carr |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2006 Sp |
Sharmeel Maraj |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2006 Sp |
Jazmin Overton |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2005 F - 2007 F |
Benjamin Katz |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2005 F - 2009 Sp |
Liam Longo |
Directed
Independent Studies American Cancer Society Fisher Undergraduate Fellowship (2008) FSU Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (URACE) Award (2008) A Logical OR Redundancy within the Asx-Pro-Asx-Gly Type I β-turn Motif, Lee, J., Dubey, V.K., Longo, L.M. and Blaber, M. J.
Mol. Biol. 377, 1251-1264 (2008) |
|
2005 Sp - 2006 Sp |
Mei-Ling Shotts |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2005 Sp 2005 Su - 2006 Sp |
Lauren Seabrooks |
Directed
Independent Studies Hughes Fellow |
|
2005 Sp |
Laura Griffith |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2004 F - 2006 Sp |
Aaron Rodriguez |
Directed
Independent Studies Activation Profiles and Regulatory Cascades of the Human
Kallikrein-related Peptidases, Yoon, H., Laxmikanthan,
G., Lee, J., Blaber, S.I., Rodriguez, A., Kogot, J.M., Scarisbrick.
I.A. and Blaber, M., J. Biol. Chem. 282, 31852-31864 (2007) |
|
2004 F |
Shadee Thomas Lake |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2004 Su - 2005 Sp |
John Jacob |
Hughes Fellow |
|
2003 F - 2004 Sp 2004 Su - 2005 Sp |
Michael Miller |
Directed
Independent Studies Hughes Fellow |
|
2003 Su - 2004 Sp |
Jamie Woodcock |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2003 Su - 2004 Sp |
Stephen Viel |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2002 F - 2003 Sp |
Joanna Balsamo |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2001 F - 2003 Sp |
Nicholas Frost |
Directed
Independent Studies American Cancer Society Fisher Undergraduate Fellowship (2002) |
|
2001 Su - 2002 Su |
Scott Agbuya |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2001 Su - 2002 Su |
Ginger Spielmann |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2001 Su - 2002 F |
Jenni Chikar |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2001 Su - 2002 F |
Kim Pause |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2000 F |
Stephen Klusza |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2000 F |
Colleen Mulvey |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2000 F |
Michele Blanco |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2000 Su |
William Paneral |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
2000 Sp |
Amy Peterson |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
2000 Sp |
Binitie Odian |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
1999 F |
Cherra Pumphrey |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1999 F - 2000 Sp |
John Davis |
Directed
Independent Studies Protein Thermal Characterization and Parameter Analysis: A Rapid,
Flexible Analysis on the Windows Platform, Grek,
S., Davis, J.K., and Blaber, M. Thirty-Second Southeastern
Symposium on System Theory Proceedings, Roberts, R.G. and Simons, F.O.,
Jr., Eds. (2000) pp. 41-45 An Efficient, Flexible-Model Program for the Analysis of
Differential Scanning Calorimetry Data, Grek, S., Davis,
J. and Blaber, M. Prot. Pep. Lett. 6, 429-436 (2001) |
|
2000 Sp |
Sarah Brockway |
Honors Thesis
Committee |
|
1999 Sp |
Nathan Noble |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1998 F - 1999 Sp |
David Kennedy |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1998 Sp - 1999 Sp |
Kesha Williams |
Directed
Independent Studies NSF Undergraduate Fellowship (1998) |
|
1997 Sp |
Jaime Schiller |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1997 Sp |
Emily Earp |
Directed Independent
Studies |
|
1997 Sp - 2000 Su |
Sasha Grek |
Directed
Independent Studies American Cancer Society Fisher Fellowship (1997) Florida Space Grant Consortium Fellowship (1998) American Cancer Society Fisher Fellowship (1999) Caffrey Fellowship (1999) An Efficient, Flexible-Model Program for the Analysis of
Differential Scanning Calorimetry Data, Grek, S., Davis, J.
and Blaber, M. Prot. Pep. Lett. 6, 429-436 (2001) Protein Thermal Characterization and Parameter Analysis: A
Rapid, Flexible Analysis on the Windows Platform, Grek, S., Davis, J.K., and Blaber, M. Thirty-Second
Southeastern Symposium on System Theory Proceedings, Roberts, R.G. and
Simons, F.O., Jr., Eds. (2000) pp. 41-45 |
|
1996 F |
Jorge Hernandez |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1996 Su |
Stephanie Dillon |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1996 Sp |
William Greenleaf |
Honors Thesis |
|
1995 Sp - 1996 Sp |
Cinthia Hahm |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1995 Su - 1995 F |
Daniel Adamek |
Directed
Independent Studies |
|
1995 Sp |
Amanda Childers |
Honors Thesis |
|
1995 Sp |
Nicole Alavi |
Honors Thesis |
Service
|
Date |
Position |
Organization |
|
Editorial and Advisory Boards |
||
|
1/2014 - present |
Editorial Advisory Board Member |
Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|
11/2013 - present |
Cofounder, Scientific Advisory Board Member |
Trefoil Therapeutics, Inc. |
|
8/2010 - present |
Editorial Board Member |
Archives of
Biochemistry and Biophysics |
|
7/2010 - 6/2013 |
Editorial Board Member |
Research and Reports
in Biology |
|
8/2008 - present |
Founding Editor/Editor for Protein Section |
Journal of Proteins
and Proteomics |
|
12/2008 - 12/2009 |
Cofounder, Scientific Advisory Board Member |
Zign Therapeutics, LLC. |
|
1/2008 – 12/2008 |
Scientific Advisory Board Member |
CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. |
|
1/2006 - 12/2008 1/2003 - 12/2005 |
Editorial Advisory Board Member |
Protein Science |
|
6/2001 - 8/2006 |
Editorial Board Member |
Molecular and
Cellular Proteomics |
|
Peer Review |
||
|
2018 |
Czech Science
Foundation, EXPRO Division, grant review |
|
|
2015 |
Air Force Office
of Scientific Research, Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program |
|
|
8/2013 |
National Science
Foundation, Molecular Biochemistry Ad hoc. |
|
|
2/2008 |
N.I.H.
Macromolecular Structure and Function (MSFC) Study Section Ad
hoc. |
|
|
8/2005 |
National Science
Foundation, Integrative Organismal Biology Panel Ad hoc. |
|
|
10/2004 - 4/2008 |
National Science
Foundation, Molecular Biochemistry Panel |
|
|
10/2004 - 10/2006 |
American Heart
Association, Cell Function & Metabolism |
|
|
9/2004 |
National Science
Foundation, Molecular Biochemistry Ad hoc. |
|
|
8/2004 |
National Science Foundation, Molecular Biophysics Ad hoc. |
|
|
6/2004 |
N.I.H. High End
Shared Instrumentation ZRG1 BPC-D 30 1 |
|
|
3/2004 |
American Heart
Association, Southern and Ohio Valley Research Consortium, Committee 3A |
|
|
2001 |
NASA (NRA
00-HEDS-03 Cellular and Macromolecular Biotechnology), Structural Biology
Panel |
|
|
1996 - 2003 |
American Cancer
Society, Florida Division |
|
|
1996, 2000, 2005 |
Petroleum Research
Foundation Ad hoc. |
|
|
Organizer/Officer |
||
|
2012 |
International
Advisory Board, International Interdisciplinary Science Conference (I-ISC,
2012) on Protein Folding and Disease, New Delhi, India |
|
|
2012 |
Session Chair,
Tracks 1-9, OMICS Group International Conference on Regenerative &
Functional Medicine, San Antonio |
|
|
2011 |
Chair,
International Scientific Advisory Board, 4th International
Symposium on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-related Peptidases |
|
|
2011 - 2013 |
Chair, Organizing Committee,
Life Sciences Symposium, Florida State University |
|
|
2009 |
International Scientific
Advisory Board, 3nd International Symposium on Kallikreins and
Kallikrein-related Peptidases |
|
|
2007 |
Scientific
Organization Committee, 2nd International Symposium on Kallikreins
and Kallikrein-related Peptidases |
|
|
2005 |
Immediate Past Chair, American Chemical Society, Florida Section |
|
|
2004 |
Chair, American Chemical Society, Florida Section |
|
|
2003 - 2005 |
James R. Fisher
Fellowship Committee, American Cancer Society, Florida Section |
|
|
2003 |
Chair-Elect, American Chemical Society, Florida Section |
|
|
2003 |
Program Chair,
Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (FAME) |
|
|
2002 |
Chair-Elect
Designate, American Chemical Society, Florida Section |
|
|
2001 |
Co-Chair, Protein
Engineering Session, American Chemical Society, Southeast Region
(SERMACS) |
|
|
1997 |
Chair, Scientific
Session, American Cancer Society, Florida Division |
|
|
Community Outreach |
||
|
2014 |
Raa Middle School Science Fair Judge |
|
|
2010 - 2016 |
ChemWiki Consortium (http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu) |
|
|
2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
Godby High School Science Fair Judge |
|
|
2002 - 2003 |
Chair, Alumni
Newsletter Committee, FSU Department of Chemistry |
|
|
2000, 2004 |
Chiles High School
Science Fair Judge |
|
|
1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011 |
Capital Regional
Science Fair Judge, Leon County |
|
|
1997 |
Lincoln High School Science Fair Judge |
|
|
Department/College/University Committees |
||
|
2022 Sp |
Chair, Promotion and
Tenure Committee, Dept. Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2021
F - 2022 Sp |
Faculty
Senate Sexual Harassment Task Force, FSU |
|
|
Faculty Senate, FSU |
||
|
2020 Su - 2023 Sp |
Faculty Promotion
Committee |
|
|
2020
Su - 2023 Sp |
Faculty
Tenure Committee |
|
|
2019
F - |
Chair,
Faculty Evaluation Committee |
|
|
Faculty Senate, FSU |
||
|
2018 F - |
Associate Chair
for Research, Executive Committee, BMS |
|
|
2018 Sp - |
Foyer Design
Committee, BMS |
|
|
2017 Su - 2019 Su |
Faculty Evaluation
Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2017 Su - |
Chair, Faculty
Development and Mentoring Committee, BMS |
|
|
2017 Su - |
Faculty Space
Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2017 Sp |
University
Research Misconduct Investigation Committee, FSU |
|
|
2017 Sp - 2020 F |
University Equipment
and Infrastructure Enhancement Grant Program Subcommittee, FSU |
|
|
2015 Su - 2017 Su |
Faculty Evaluation
Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2014 F - present |
Medical Student
Faculty Advisor, FSU College of Medicine |
|
|
2014 F - 2016 F |
Faculty Senate, FSU |
|
|
2010 F |
Program Publicity
Committee, Program in Neuroscience |
|
|
2010 Su |
Mission Statement
Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2010 Sp |
Chair,
Translational Science Laboratory Search Committee, FSU College of Medicine |
|
|
2010 Sp |
Faculty Evaluation
Committee, BMS |
|
|
2009 F - 2010 F |
Web Site
Development Committee, FSU College of Medicine |
|
|
2009 F - 2019 Sp |
Faculty
Development Committee, BMS |
|
|
2009 F - 2010 F |
Neuroscience
Graduate Program Committee |
|
|
2009 F - 2010 F |
Director, Invited
Seminar Speaker Series, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2007 F - 2008 Sp |
Dean Search
Committee, FSU College of Medicine |
|
|
2006 F - 2012 F |
Chair, Bylaws and
Policy Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2006 F |
Core Lab Faculty
Users Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2006 F |
Faculty
Development Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2006 F |
Chair, Graduate
Recruiting and Admissions Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2006 F - present |
Human Subjects
Institutional Review Board, FSU |
|
|
2005 F - 2007 F |
Graduate
Recruiting and Admissions Committee, Biomedical Sciences |
|
|
2001 Su |
Chemistry
Screening Committee, CSIT Faculty Search, FSU |
|
|
2000 Su - 2002 Su |
Director, Graduate
Recruiting and Admissions Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
2000 Sp |
Computational
Structural Biology 2001 Symposium Committee, FSU |
|
|
2000 Sp - 2003 Su |
Executive
Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
2000 Sp - 2004 Sp |
General Chemistry
Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
2000 Sp |
Molecular
Recognition Initiative Building Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
1999 F |
Merit Committee,
Department of Chemistry |
|
|
1999 Sp |
Research Training
Grant Computational Committee, FSU |
|
|
1998 Sp - 2004 Sp |
Structural Biology
Scientific Advisory Committee, FSU |
|
|
1998 Sp |
Graduate Advising
Policy Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
1997 F |
Nominating
Committee for Director, Institute of Molecular Biophysics |
|
|
1997 F |
Building
Committee, Institute of Molecular Biophysics |
|
|
1996 F, 2001 Sp - 2003 Su |
Executive
Committee, Institute of Molecular Biophysics |
|
|
1996 F - 2004 Sp |
Cell Culture Oversight
Committee, Institute of Molecular Biophysics |
|
|
1995 Sp - 1998 Sp,
2003 Sp - 2004 Sp |
Graduate Student
Selection Committee, Molecular Biophysics |
|
|
1995 Sp |
Michael Kasha
Award Committee, Institute of Molecular Biophysics |
|
|
1995 F - 2004 Sp |
Graduate Recruiting
and Advising Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
1995 F |
Biochemistry
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
1995 F |
Bylaws Committee,
Department of Chemistry |
|
|
1994 F |
Biochemistry Faculty
Search Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
1994 F |
Organic Faculty
Search Committee, Department of Chemistry |
|
|
Date |
Agency/PI |
Project/Budget |
|
12/18-1/19 |
FSU Council on
Research and Creativity Planning Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Therapeutic Dose Response of FGF-1 in
Pre-clinical Dermal Wound Healing, $13,000 |
|
5/17-5/18 |
FSU Institute for Successful
Longevity Planning Grant, Blaber, M. (PI), Harper, K.M. (Co-PI) |
Accelerating Healing of Ulcerative Dermal Wounds in the Aged, $15,000 |
|
5/16-4/17 |
FSU Research
Foundation Equipment and Infrastructure Enhancement Grant, Blaber, M. (CoPI) |
Acquisition of a Microscale Thermophoresis Instrument Useful for
Sensitive Binding Affinity Measurements of Biomolecules, $60,000 |
|
3/15 - 3/21 |
Trefoil
Therapeutics Inc. Research Support
Agreement, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Biophysical Studies of FGF-1 Mutants, $300,000
($197,368 direct) |
|
12/12-1/13 |
FSU Council on
Research and Creativity Planning Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Development of “Third-Generation” FGF-1 Mutants for Therapeutic
Application, $26,000 |
|
1/12 - 12/12 |
Research
Foundation, Application Proof of Concept (GAP) Grant, Blaber, M. (PI),
Schlenoff, J. (Co-PI) |
Novel Biocompatible Polymer Material Using Engineered Human Fibroblast
Growth Factor-1 for Accelerated Wound healing. $50,000 |
|
2/11 - 1/12 |
Florida Department
of Health Technology Transfer Feasibility Grant (1KF03), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Development of "Second-Generation" Fibroblast Growth
Factor-1 for Pro-Angiogenic Therapy, $99,350 ($86,391
direct) |
|
12/10 |
FSU Research
Foundation, Equipment and Infrastructure Enhancement Grant, Blaber, M.
(Co-PI) |
Acquisition of a Rigaku Automated Detector and X-Ray Generator
System, $44,000 |
|
11/10 |
FSU College of
Medicine Collaborative Project Exploration Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
High Temperature “Crystals” of FGF-1 Mutants, $18,000 |
|
12/09 |
FSU College of
Medicine Bridge Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Symmetric Deconstruction of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1, $40,000 |
|
6/09 - 8/10 |
NINDS
Administrative Supplements for Summer Research Experiences,
(1R15NS057771-01), Blaber, M. (PI) |
$18,392 |
|
11/08 |
Enterprise Florida
SBIR/STTR Phase 0 Pilot Program, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Development of Second-generation Forms of Fibroblast Growth
Factor-1 for Pro-angiogenic Therapy, $3,000 |
|
4/08 - 3/13 |
Dept. of Health
and Human Services, Public Health Service (1R01NS052741-01A2) Scarisbrick,
I.A. (PI), subcontract to Blaber, M. |
Regulation and Function of Kallikreins in Spinal Cord Injury and
Repair, $252,636 ($171,862 direct) |
|
11/07 |
FSU Council on
Research and Creativity Planning Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Combinatorial Protein Redesign for Enhanced Thermostability, $24,000 |
|
7/07 |
FSU Equipment and
Infrastructure Enhancement Grant, Blaber, M. (Co-PI) |
Critical Enhancements to Macromolecular X-ray Facility, $49,500 |
|
1/07-12/09 |
Dept. of Health
and Human Services, Public Health Service (1R15NS057771-01), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Interactions between CNS-specific Human Kallikreins and the PA
System in Inflammation, $220,500 ($150,000 direct) |
|
7/06 - 6/09 |
American Heart
Association (0655133B), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Characterization of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 Mutants with
Enhanced Properties for Angiogenic Therapy, $264,000 ($240,000
direct) |
|
8/05 |
FSU Research
Foundation Application Proof of
Concept (GAP) Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Heparin Binding Properties of Mutant FGF-1, $40,000 |
|
3/05 - 2/06 |
National Multiple
Sclerosis Society - Pilot Award (PP1113), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Identification of Activation Cascades Involving Human Kallikrein
6, $44,000 ($40,000 direct) |
|
8/03 - 7/06 |
National Science Foundation
(MCB 0314740), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Probing the Role of Primary Sequence Asymmetry in a Symmetric Superfold, $391,660 ($280,357 direct) |
|
4/03 - 7/03 |
Berlex Biosciences, Research Contract, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Production of Recombinant Active Rat Kallikrein 6 Protein, $23,597 ($16,162
direct) |
|
4/03 - 3/06 |
National Multiple
Sclerosis Society (RG 3406-A-2), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Regulation and Structural Study of a Novel Protease Implicated
in Demyelination, $342,021 ($313,201 direct) |
|
4/02 |
FSU Research Foundation,
Cornerstone Program Enhancement Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
The Role of a Newly-identified Enzyme in Multiple Sclerosis and
Spinal Cord Damage, $99,652 |
|
11/01 |
FSU Council on
Research and Creativity Planning Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Structure and Function Studies of Myelencephalon-specific
Protease, an Enzyme Implicated in Nerve Damage and Multiple Sclerosis, $20,000 |
|
3/01 |
FSU Research
Foundation Cornerstone Program Enhancement Grant, Blaber, M. (Co-PI) |
Program in Real-Time Electron Paramagnetic Resonance for the
Life and Chemical Sciences, $100,000 |
|
9/00 - 8/01 |
National Multiple
Sclerosis Society - Pilot Award (PP0757), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Enzymatic Characterization of a Novel CNS-specific Serine
Protease, $27,500 ($25,000 direct) |
|
12/00 |
FSU College of
Arts and Sciences Graduate Recruiting Supplement, Blaber, M. (PI) |
$7,000 |
|
1/00 - 12/03 |
American Heart
Association, Established Investigator Grant (0040235N), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Structure, Stability and Functional Studies of
2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductases, $299,453 ($272,230 direct) |
|
12/99 |
Future Graph,
Inc., Blaber, M. (PI) |
Licensing of Web-based Undergraduate Chemistry Instructional
Material, $3,000 |
|
5/99 |
FSU Distance
Learning Course Development Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
BCH5425 Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, $8,000 |
|
5/99 |
FSU Council on
Research and Creativity Planning Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Protein Engineering of 2,5-diketo-D-Gluconate Reductase - An
Enzyme for Vitamin C Biosynthesis, $12,000 |
|
3/99 |
FSU Research
Foundation, Cornerstone Program Enhancement Grant, Blaber, M. (Co-PI) |
Drug Development for Cystic Fibrosis, $100,000 |
|
11/98 |
FSU Distance
Learning Course Development Grant, Blaber, M. (P.I.) |
CHM1045 General Chemistry I, $8,000 |
|
5/98-4/99 |
Florida Space
Grant Consortium, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Deconvolution of Calorimetric Data for Protein Stability Studies, $14,000 (direct) |
|
5/98 |
FSU Web Based Coursework
Development Summer Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
CHM1045 General Chemistry I, $5,200 |
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11/96 |
FSU Council on
Research and Creativity Planning Grant, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Protease Structure and Specificity Relationships. $12,000 |
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5/96-5/01 |
Dept. of Health
and Human Services, Public Health Service (GM54429-01), Blaber, M. (PI) |
Structure, Stability and Regulation of Human Acidic FGF, $500,000 ($350,000
direct) |
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4/96-5/99 |
American Heart
Association, Blaber, M. (PI) |
Design of a Thermostable Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, $270,000
($255,000 direct) (Note: declined due to overlapping N.I.H. grant award) |
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6/96 |
MicroCal, Inc. Travel Award, Blaber, M. |
1st International Conference on the Applications of
Biocalorimetry, $500 |
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4/96 |
Finn Wold Travel Award, Blaber, M. |
1996 Protein Society Meeting, $400 |
|
6/95-5/96 |
American Cancer
Society, Florida Division - Starter Grant (F95FU-1), Blaber, M. (PI) |
The Role of Protein Stability in the Regulation of Human Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor, $22,000 (direct) |
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5/95 |
FSU Council on
Research and Creativity First Year Assistant Professor Award, Blaber, M. (PI) |
A Study of Protein Structure and Stability Relationships. $8,900 |
Reviews/Journals Refereed/Professional Membership
|
Date |
Invited Reviews/Editorials |
|
|
2016 |
Myths and Verities in Protein Folding
Theories, by Arieh Ben-Naim,
Oxford
University Press (2016) ISBN: 978-981-4725-98-9. Acta Cryst.
D72, 1076-80, PMID: 27599740 |
|
|
2015 |
Production of Proteins from Cloned
Genes, Ch. 9, Molecular Biotechnology,
Garland Science Publishers |
|
|
2010 |
The Essential Need for Protein
Chemists, Blaber, M., Journal of Proteins
and Proteomics, 1, 1-2 |
|
|
2005 |
Protein Structure and Function, prospectus review, Pearson Prentice Hall |
|
|
2004 |
Nano-dynamics: Engineering Allostery
via Tandem Duplication and Turn Energetics,
Blaber, M. Trends Biotechnol. 22,1-2,
PMID: 14690614 |
|
|
2004 |
Recombinant DNA - The Basics Series, Metzenberg, S., (review) Garland Science/BIOS Scientific Publishers |
|
|
2003 |
Molecular Biology of the Gene (5th Edition) Watson (review, Chapter 8 - DNA
Replication; Chapter 12 - Mechanisms of Transcription), Benjamin
Cummings Publishers |
|
|
2000 |
Biochemistry, The Chemical Reactions
of Living Cells (2nd Edition) Metzler
(review, Chapter 6 - Thermodynamics and Biochemical Equilibria),
Harcourt Academic Press |
|
|
2000 |
Cases in Industry Practice for
Biotechnology (review), Pearson
Publishing |
|
|
1993 |
Alpha Helix Propensity of Amino Acids
- Technical Note, Blaber,
M., Zhang, X.-J. and Matthews, B.W., Science 262, 917-918 |
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Journals
Refereed |
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Protein Science |
Proteins: Structure, Function and
Genetics |
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Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Biochemica et Biophysica Acta |
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Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences |
Journal of Molecular Biology |
|
|
International Journal of Biological
Macromolecules |
Biochemistry |
|
|
Journal of Physical Chemistry |
Journal of Molecular Structure |
|
|
Biochemical Journal |
Crystal Growth & Design |
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|
International Journal of Biological
Macromolecules |
Cell Research |
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|
Acta Crystallographica
Section F |
European Biophysics Journal |
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Biological Chemistry |
BioEssays |
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|
Cancer Biomarkers |
PLoS ONE |
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Nature |
EMBO J |
|
|
Journal of Proteins and Proteomics |
Archives of Biochemistry and
Biophysics |
|
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Biomolecules |
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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Professional
Memberships (past/present) |
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American Chemical Society |
Biophysical Society |
|
|
Protein Society |
American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
|
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Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology (FASEB) |
International Union of
Crystallographers (IUCr) |
|
|
American Society for Biochemistry
& Molecular Biology (ASBMB) |
Clinical Chemistry |
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Oral Research Presentations
|
Date |
Title |
Event |
|
2020 |
Translational
Research in Medicine: What, How, Who, Where and Why? |
CELLS: Connecting Experiment,
Lab & Life Sciences, FSU College of Medicine (Zoom) |
|
2020 |
Dermal Wound Healing Intervention
|
Trefoil Therapeutics Research Symposium, San Diego (Zoom) |
|
2019 |
Effective Recovery of Youthful
Dermal Wound Healing in Aged Female BALB/cByJ Mice by Topical FGF-1 |
FSU Institute for Successful Longevity |
|
2018 |
Fine-sampled Photographic
Quantitation of Dermal Wound Healing Senescence in Aged BALB/cByJ Mice and
Therapeutic Intervention with FGF-1 |
FSU Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series |
|
2018 |
Structure and Stability of FGF-1
and the Design Strategy of Engineered FGFs |
Trefoil Therapeutics Inc. Scientific Advisory Board
Meeting, Ventura |
|
2018 |
Sex and Age Effects on Excisional
Dermal Wound Healing in BALB/cByJ Mice and Effects of Topical FGF-1/HS and
TTHX1001 on Aged Mice |
Trefoil Therapeutics Inc. Scientific Advisory Board
Meeting, Ventura |
|
2018 |
Medicine and Chemistry: Like
Macaroni and Cheese |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Seminar
Series, FSU |
|
2016 |
The Ecstasy of Gold – Starting
your Academic Research and Turning it into a Biotech Startup |
Keynote Address, 4th Annual FSU Postdoctoral
Symposium |
|
2015 |
Protein Engineering: Three Tales |
Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FSU |
|
2014 |
Accelerated Dermal Healing by FGF-1 in the NONcNZO10/LtJ
Diabetic Mouse |
Fibroblast Growth
Factors in Development & Disease Gordon Research Conference, Ventura |
|
2014 |
Symmetry and simplicity in
protein folding, evolution and design |
FSU Bridge Program Seminar Series |
|
2014 |
Symmetry and simplicity in
protein folding, evolution and design |
FSU Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series |
|
2014 |
Symmetry and simplicity in
protein folding, evolution and design |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) |
|
2013 |
Development of second-generation
forms of FGF-1 for therapeutic application |
Shandong University of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China |
|
2013 |
Development of Second-Generation
Forms of FGF-1 for Therapeutic Application |
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China |
|
2013 |
Why is Symmetry so Fascinating
(and Important) in Protein Structure, Folding, Evolution and Design? |
Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health |
|
2013 |
Simplified Protein Design Biased
for Pre-biotic Amino Acids Yields a Foldable Halophilic Protein |
Halophiles 2013 International Meeting, U. Connecticut |
|
2013 |
Prebiotic Protein Design: Effects
of Aromatic Amino Acids |
Florida A&M University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
SEMINAR Series |
|
2013 |
Prebiotic Protein Design and Proteogenesis |
FSU Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series |
|
2013 |
Prebiotic Protein Design and Proteogenesis |
Japan Atomic
Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan |
|
2013 |
Animal models in the development
of "2nd-Generation" fibroblast growth factor-1 mutants
for accelerated healing |
FSU Life Sciences Symposium |
|
2012 |
Opportunities in Top-Down
Symmetric Deconstruction |
International
Interdisciplinary Science Conference on Protein Folding and Disease, New
Delhi, India |
|
2012 |
Development of Second-Generation
Forms of FGF-1 for Therapeutic Application |
OMICS Group International Conference on Regenerative
& Functional Medicine, San Antonio |
|
2012 |
Animal Studies in the Development
of "2nd-Generation" Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 Mutants for
Accelerated Healing |
Department of Physiological Sciences, College of
Veterinary Sciences, University of Florida |
|
2011 |
Functional Intersection of Matrix Metalloproteases with
Kallikrein-Related Peptidases |
4th
International Symposium on Kallikreins, Rhodes Island, Greece |
|
2011 |
Protein Engineering for Human Therapeutics |
1st
Annual FSU Life Sciences Symposium |
|
2010 |
Experimental Support for the “Gene Duplication & Fusion”
Hypothesis of Protein Evolution via a “Constant Architecture” Model |
Department of
Chemistry & Biochemistry, U. Arizona |
|
2010 |
Deconstruction of a Symmetric Protein Superfold |
Department of
Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas |
|
2010 |
Human Kallikrein-related Peptidases (KLK’s): Activation Cascades
and Inflammatory Demyelination |
Neuroscience
Symposium, Department of Psychology, FSU |
|
2009 |
Structural Biology and Enzymology of the Human
Kallikrein-related Peptidases, E.K. Frey-E. Werle Gold Medal Award
acceptance speech |
3rd
International Symposium on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-related Peptidases,
Munich, Germany |
|
2009 |
Exploring Symmetric Protein Architecture by Structural Biology
to Create an Artificial Protein |
Japan Atomic
Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan |
|
2009 |
Symmetric Protein Architecture: Consequences for Protein
Stability, Folding and Function |
Advanced
Technology Institute International Forum on Protein Structure Determination
and Applications, Japan |
|
2008 |
A Logical OR Redundancy within the Asx-Pro-Asx-Gly Type I beta-turn Motif |
Northwest
Crystallography Workshop (NWCW), Eugene |
|
2008 |
Activation Profiles and Regulatory Cascades of the Human
Kallikrein-related Peptidases |
Department of
Biophysics, Escola Paulista de Medicina,
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil |
|
2008 |
A Logical OR Redundancy within the Asx-Pro-Asx-Gly Type I beta-turn Motif |
Japan Atomic
Energy Research Institute, Tokai Japan |
|
2008 |
Opportunities in the Design of Second-Generation Protein
Therapeutics |
5th
Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine, Las Vegas |
|
2007 |
Activation Profiles and Regulatory Cascades of the Human
Kallikrein-related Peptidases (KLKs) |
2nd International Symposium
on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-Related Peptidases, Santorini Island, Greece |
|
2007 |
Solvent Structure in Protein Engineering of Human Fibroblast
Growth Factor-1 |
Workshop on
Neutron Protein Crystallography and its Perspective, Hitachi City, Japan |
|
2007 |
The Latest in Molecular Architecture: Designing New Drugs |
4th
Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine, Las Vegas |
|
2006 |
Protein Engineering in the Development of a Novel Angiogenic
Therapy for No-Option Coronary Heart Disease Patients |
Grand Rounds, FSU
College of Medicine |
|
2006 |
Stability and Function in a Symmetric Protein Architecture |
Department of
Bioengineering, Kagoshima University, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan |
|
2006 |
Confessions of a Molecular Architect |
Ralph Alden
Bradshaw 65th Birthday Symposium, Beckman Center of the National
Academy of Arts and Sciences and Engineering, University of California,
Irvine |
|
2005 |
1.70Å X-Ray Structure of Human Apo Kallikrein 1: Structural
Changes upon Peptide Inhibitor/Substrate Binding |
1st International
Conference on Kallikreins, Lausanne Switzerland |
|
2005 |
Activation Cascades Involving the Human Kallikrein Family |
Burnett College of
Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida |
|
2005 |
DSC: Data Analysis |
Current Trends in
Microcalorimetry Meeting, Boston |
|
2005 |
Tertiary and Primary Structure Symmetry in Protein Evolution and
Design |
Department of
Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, UC Irvine |
|
2005 |
The Role of Turn Regions in Protein Structure, Stability and
Folding |
Amgen Corp,
Thousand Oaks |
|
2005 |
Structure and Function Study of Human Kallikreins |
FSU Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series |
|
2005 |
Solvent Structure in the Active Site of Human Kallikrein 1: A
Ghost in the Machine |
International
Workshop on Hydrogen and Hydration in Proteins and Nucleic Acids, University
of Tokyo, Japan |
|
2005 |
Kallikrein 6 and Inflammatory Demyelinating Disease |
Dyax Corp., Boston |
|
2004 |
Protein Symmetry, Stability and Function |
CALCON 2004 - 59th
Annual Calorimetry Conference, Santa Fe |
|
2004 |
Structural Biology of Human Kallikreins 6 and 1 |
Department of
Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
|
2004 |
Structural Symmetry in Protein Evolution and Design |
Department of
Chemistry, Gettysburg College |
|
2004 |
Structure and Function of Myelencephalon-specific Protease/Kallikrein
6: A Novel Serine Protease Expressed in the CNS and Implicated in
Demyelinating Disease |
The Blueprint of
MS, MS Society, North Florida Chapter, Tallahassee Community College |
|
2004 |
Structure and Function Studies of Myelencephalon-Specific
Protease (MSP)/Kallikrein 6 |
Mayo Clinic,
Jacksonville |
|
2004 |
Structural Symmetry in a b-Trefoil -
Implications for Protein Evolution and Design |
Department of
Chemistry & Biochemistry, FSU |
|
2003 |
Structural Symmetry in a b-Trefoil -
Implications for Protein Evolution and Design |
School of Natural
Sciences, U.C. Merced |
|
2003 |
Structural Symmetry in a b-Trefoil -
Implications for Protein Evolution and Design |
Matthews
Symposium, Eugene, OR |
|
2002 |
Metabolic and Protein Engineering in the Development of a New
Method for the Production of Vitamin C |
Southeast Regional
Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Gainesville |
|
2002 |
DSC, Isothermal Equilibrium and Folding Kinetics of FGF -
Getting it All to Agree |
Trends in Biocalorimetry:
Applications and Answers, Sealy Center for Structural Biology, UTMB Galveston |
|
2002 |
DSC, Isothermal Equilibrium and Folding Kinetics of FGF -
Getting it All to Agree |
Current Trends in
Biocalorimetry, North Carolina Biotechnology Center |
|
2002 |
Structure and Function of Myelencephalon-specific Protease/Human
Kallikrein 6: A Novel Serine Protease Expressed in the CNS and Implicated in
Demyelinating Disease |
Berlex Biosciences |
|
2002 |
Crystal Packing Effects upon Protein Structures Determined by
X-ray Crystallography |
223rd
American Chemical Society Meeting |
|
2002 |
Structural Assembly of the Active Site in an Aldo-keto Reductase
by NADPH Cofactor |
Georgia State
University Chemistry Seminar Series |
|
2001 |
The Role of Symmetry in Protein Folding and Design |
Florida Annual
Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society |
|
2001 |
Stability and Dynamics Issues in Enzyme Engineering of an
Aldo-keto Reductase |
SERMACS 2001,
Savannah GA |
|
1999 |
The Role of Low Concentrations of Guanidine HCl in Reversible
Denaturation of Human FGF-1 |
Sturtevant Biothermodynamics Symposium, Tallahassee |
|
1999 |
The Role of Low Concentrations of Guanidine HCl in Reversible
Denaturation of Human FGF-1 |
American Chemical
Society Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition, Orlando |
|
1999 |
Metabolic and Protein Engineering in the Development of a New
Method for the Production of Vitamin C |
Florida Institute
of Technology |
|
1998 |
Metabolic and Protein Engineering in the Development of a New
Method for the Production of Vitamin C |
Department of
Chemistry Seminar Series, FSU |
|
1998 |
Structure, Stability and Function of Human Acidic Fibroblast
Growth Factor |
Kirin Central
Laboratory for Key Technology, Yokohama Japan |
|
1998 |
Structure, Stability and Function of Human Acidic Fibroblast
Growth Factor |
Sagami Chemical
Research Center, Sagamihara Japan |
|
1998 |
Structure, Stability and Function of Human Acidic Fibroblast
Growth Factor |
International
Institute for Advanced Research, Seika Japan |
|
1997 |
Modulation of Protein Stability |
Florida Annual
Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society |
|
1997 |
Metabolic Engineering for the Production of Vitamin C: The
Structure of 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductase |
Millsaps College |
|
1997 |
Metabolic Engineering for the Production of Vitamin C: The
Structure of 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductase |
University of
South Florida |
|
1997 |
Mechanisms of Regulation of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth
Factor |
20th
Annual Research Seminar American Cancer Society, Florida Division |
|
1996 |
Denaturation Studies of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor |
First
International Conference on the Applications of Biocalorimetry |
|
1996 |
Protein Structure, Stability and Function |
Clarkson University |
|
1995 |
Protein Stability as a Regulatory Mechanism |
Florida Annual
Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society |
Book Chapters/Other Publications
|
Date |
Publication |
|
2022 |
Protein Symmetry, Function and
Stability, Blaber, M., Encyclopedia of Cell
Biology, 2nd Edition (R.A. Bradshaw and P.D.Stahl,
Eds.) Academic Press (Oxford) |
|
2022 |
Folding, Misfolding, Disordered
Proteins, and Related Diseases, Longo,
L.M. and Blaber, M., Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, 2nd Edition (R.A.
Bradshaw and P.D.Stahl, Eds.) Academic Press
(Oxford) |
|
2017 |
New Hope for the Effective Treatment
of Type 2 Diabetes, Blaber, M., PLAID Journal, 2(2),
62-65 |
|
2016 |
Create a Custom Sky Glow Flat, Blaber, M., Amateur Astronomy 90, 48-9 |
|
2015 |
Folding, Misfolding, Disordered
Proteins, and Related Diseases,
Longo, L.M. and Blaber, M., Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, (R.A.
Bradshaw and P.D.Stahl, Eds.) Academic Press
(Oxford), pp. 108-14 ISBN :9780123944474 |
|
2014 |
Correct Translation, Rotation and
Skew Adjustment of the Newtonian Secondary by Combining Laser Collimation
with Flat Field Vignetting,
Blaber, M., Amateur Astronomy 84, 49-50 |
|
2013 |
Kallikrein-related Peptidase 6, Scarisbrick, I.A. and Blaber, M., Handbook of
Proteolytic Enzymes (N.D. Rawlings and G.S. Salvesen, Eds.) Academic
Press (Oxford), pp. 2778-88 |
|
2011 |
As the Worm Turns: One Man’s Descent
into Periodic Error, Blaber, M., Amateur Astronomy
71, 41-4 |
|
2005 |
Solvent Structure in the Active Site
of Human Kallikrein 1, Laxmikanthan, G., Blaber, S.I., Scarisbrick, I.A. and
Blaber, M., Hydrogen- and Hydration-Sensitive Structural Biology (N. Niimura, H. Mizuno, J. Helliwell and E. Westhof, Eds.) Kubapro, Co. Ltd
Publishers (Tokyo), Ch. 3-6, 175-83 |
|
2003 |
The Role of the Turn Symmetry in the
Folding and Stability of FGF-1, Lee,
J., Kim, J., Blaber, M. and Logan, T., National High Magnetic Field
Laboratory Reports 10, 11-3 |
|
2003 |
Myelencephalon-specific Protease, Scarisbrick, I.A., Blaber, S. and Blaber, M., Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2nd
Ed., (A.J. Barrett, N.D.Rawlings and J.F. Woessner, Eds.) Elsevier Ltd. (London), Vol 1-2,
pp1587-90 |
|
2000 |
Protein Thermal Characterization and
Parameter Analysis: A Rapid, Flexible Analysis on the Windows Platform, Grek, S., Davis, J.K., and
Blaber, M., Thirty-Second Southeastern Symposium on System Theory
Proceedings (R.G. Roberts and F.O.Simons Jr.,
Eds.) pp. 41-5 |
|
1998 |
Denaturation Studies of Human Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor, Adamek, D.,
Popovic, A., Blaber, S. and Blaber, M, Biocalorimetry: Applications of
Calorimetry in the Biological Sciences (J.E. Ladbury
and I. Haq, Eds.), John Wiley & Sons (New
York), Chapter 16, pp. 235-41 |
|
1998 |
Contribution of Free Cysteine
Residues to the Stability of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Popovic, A., Adamek, D., Blaber,
S. and Blaber, M., Biocalorimetry: Applications of Calorimetry in the
Biological Sciences (J.E. Ladbury and I. Haq, Eds.), John Wiley & Sons (New York), Chapter 20,
pp. 277-82 |
|
1997 |
Biophysical and Structural Analysis
of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Blaber,
M., Adamek, D.H., Popovic, A. and Blaber, S.I., Techniques
in Protein Chemistry VIII (D.R. Marshak, Ed.),
Academic Press (Cambridge), 745-53 |
|
1991 |
Glandular Kallikreins as Growth
Factor Processing Enzymes, Blaber,
M., Isackson, P.J. and Bradshaw, R.A., Growth
Regulation and Carcinogenesis, Vol II (W.R. Paukovits, Ed.), CRC Press,
Inc. (Boca Raton) |
|
1989 |
Purification of the Nerve Growth
Factor Receptor, Blaber, M., Eveleth, D.D. and
Bradshaw, R.A., Nerve Growth Factors, Vol 12, IBRO Handbook Series: Methods in the Neurosciences (R.A.
Rush, Ed.) Cell Press (Cambridge), pp.279-98 |
|
1988 |
Neurotrophic Factors of the Central
Nervous System: Synthesis and Activities, Bradshaw,
R.A., Blaber, M., Cavanaugh, K., Eveleth, D.D., Isackson,
P.J., Kornblum, H.I. Leslie, F., Morrison R.S, Schwarz, M. and Sharma, A., Symposia
In Neuroscience, Volume 7: Neuronal Plasticity and Trophic Factors (G. Biggio, P.F. Spano, G. Toffano,
S.H. Appel and G.L. Gessa, Eds.) Springer Verlag/Liviana Press (New York) |
|
1987 |
Epidermal Growth Factor Binding
Protein: A Model Serine Protease for Enzyme Engineering, Blaber, M., Blevins, R.A., Thomas, K.A., Isackson, P.J. and Bradshaw, R.A., Protein Structure,
Folding and Design 2.(D. Oxender, Ed.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., (New York) |
Abstracts
|
Date |
Publication |
|
2020 |
X-ray
structural study on polyketide synthase involved in olivetolic
acid biosynthesis in Cannabis sativa, Kono, F., Chiho, T., Blaber, M., Kuroki, R., Morimoto, S. and
Tamada, T., 2020 World Conference on Protein Science, Sapporo Japan |
|
2019 |
Incorporating
a Functional Mutation into a Symmetric Scaffold as Proxy for Functional
Adaptation via Rearrangement of its Folding Nucleus, Tenorio, C.A., Parker, J.B. and Blaber, M., 71st Japan Society
for Cell Biology & 19th Protein Society of Japan meeting, Kobe Japan 2019 |
|
2019 |
Dermal
wound healing and therapeutic intervention, Cohen, H.
and Blaber, M., FSU 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium |
|
2018 |
FGF-1
as a therapeutic intervention for chronic wound care in aging patients, Mellers, A., Powell, B., Lacatusu, D., Patel, B., Tenorio C.,
Cogan, N., Harper, K.M. and Blaber, M., FSU College of Medicine Research
Fair |
|
2018 |
Incorporating
a Functional Mutation into a Symmetric Scaffold as Proxy for Functional
Adaptation via Rearrangement of its Folding Nucleus, Tenorio, C.A., Parker, J.B. and Blaber, M., FSU College of
Medicine Research Fair |
|
2017 |
Accelerating
Healing of Dermal Wounds in the Aged, Patel, B.,
Mellers, A., Powell, B., Harper, K.M., Cogan, N. and Blaber, M., FSU
College of Medicine Summer Research Fair |
|
2017 |
Incorporating
a Functional Mutation into a Symmetric Scaffold as Proxy for Functional
Adaptation via Rearrangement of its Folding Nucleus, Tenorio, C.A., Parker, J.B., and Blaber, M. 31st Annual Protein
Society Meeting (Protein Science, in press) |
|
2016 |
Engineered
FGF-1s as Therapeutics for Ocular Vesicant Injury, Eveleth, D.,
Gordon, E., Subramaniam, A., Hahn, R., Bradshaw, R., and Blaber, M., Soc. Toxicol. Annual Meeting |
|
2016 |
Engineered
FGF-1 Derivatives Lacking Cysteine for Treating Corneal Endothelial Dystrophy, Eveleth, D.,
Bradshaw, R.A. and Blaber, M., The FASEB Journal, 30,
Suppl. 842.7 |
|
2016 |
Stimulation
of Corneal Endothelial Proliferation and Regeneration by Engineered FGF-1, Eveleth, D.,
Subramaniam, A., Bradshaw, R. and Blaber, M., Gordon Research Conference
on Fibroblast Growth Factors |
|
2016 |
Accelerated
Healing of Corneal Endothelial Lesions Induced by Engineered FGF-1
Derivatives,
Bradshaw, R., Blaber, M., Subramanian,
A., Ornitz , D. and Eveleth, D., Annual meeting of the Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
|
2015 |
A
Single Aromatic Core Mutation Converts a Designed ‘Primitive’ Protein from
Halophile to Mesophile Folding, Longo, L.M., Tenorio, C.A., Kumru, O.S.,
Middaugh, C.R., Blaber, M., The 29th Annual Symposium of The Protein
Society, Barcelona, Spain |
|
2015 |
Mutation
Choice to Eliminate Buried Free Cysteines in Protein Therapeutics, Xia, X., Eveleth,
D. and Blaber, M., IBC 10th Annual Meeting of Next Generation Protein
Therapeutics |
|
2015 |
Engineered
FGF-1 Derivatives Stimulate Proliferation Of Corneal Endothelial Cells, Eveleth, D., Xia, X., Thomas, K. and Blaber, M.,
1169-D0071, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 56,
1169 |
|
2014 |
Efficient
Protein Design by Folding Nucleus Symmetric Expansion (FNSE), Longo, L.M., Kumru,
O.S., Middaugh, C.R., Blaber, M., Biopolymers Gordon Research Conference |
|
2014 |
Accelerated Dermal Healing by FGF-1
in the NONcNZO10/LtJ Diabetic Mouse, Blaber, S.I., Babcock, J.P. and Blaber, M.,
Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development
& Disease Gordon Research Conference |
|
2013 |
Engineering
Human Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF-1) as Regenerative Medicine, Xia, X., Lee, J. and
Blaber, M., 4th Annual
Life Sciences Symposium, FSU |
|
2013 |
Efficient
Protein Design by Folding Nucleus Symmetric Expansion, Longo, L., Kumru,
O.S., Middaugh, C.R. and Blaber, M. 4th Annual Life Sciences Symposium Florida
State University, 2nd Place Poster Award |
|
2013 |
Kallikrein
6 Promotes Neurotoxicity by Activating Protease Activated Receptors, Yoon, H., Radulovic, M., Wu, J., Blaber, S.I., Blaber, M., Fehlings, M.G., Scarisbrick, I.A., 5th International Symposium on Kallikreins and Kallikrein Related
Peptidases, Third Place Platform Presentation Award |
|
2013 |
Kallikrein
6 Mediates Therapy Resistance in Glioblastoma, Drucker, K.L,
Paulsen, A.R, Giannini, C., Decker, P.A., Blaber, S.I., Blaber, M., Jenkins,R.B. and Scarisbrick, I.A., 5th International Symposium on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-Related
Peptidases, First Place Poster Award |
|
2013 |
Structural
Characteristics of Halophilic Proteins Investigated by X-Ray Crystallography, Arai, S.,
Ishibashi, M., Yonezawa, Y., Adachi, M., Tamada,
T., Tokunaga, H., Tokunaga, M., Blaber, M. and Kuroki, R., 7th Intl. Conf. Struct. Genomics |
|
2013 |
Kallikrein
6 signals Through PAR1 and PAR2 to Promote Neurotoxicity and Exacerbate
Glutamate-Mediated Excitotoxicity, Yoon, H., Radulovic,
M., Wu, J., Blaber, S.I., Blaber, M., Fehlings,
M.G. and Scarisbrick, I.A., FASEB J., 27, p. 662.20 |
|
2013 |
Engineering
Human Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF-1) as Regenerative Medicine, Xia, X. and Blaber,
M., 3rd Annual Life
Sciences Symposium Florida State University |
|
2013 |
How
Protein Engineering can Afford a Rare Glimpse at the Origin of Life /
Simplified Protein Design Biased for Pre-Biotic Amino Acids Yields a
Foldable, Halophilic Protein, Longo, L.M., Lee, J. and Blaber, M., 3rd Annual Life Sciences Symposium Florida
State University |
|
2012 |
Changes
in Kallikrein 6-Related Peptidase in Severe, Moderate, and Mild Models of
Traumatic Brain Injury, Phipps, H., Suber, J.F.,
Marin, V., Blaber, S.I., Blaber, M. and VanLandingham,
J.W., National Neurotrauma Symposium, C54 |
|
2012 |
Solid-State
NMR Structural Analysis of Syfoil-1: A Controllable Amyloid-Forming Protein, Longo, L., Lee, J.
Blaber, M. and Paravastu, A., 53rd Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Conference p. 99 |
|
2012 |
Novel
Saloplastic Wound Dressing Technology for
Accelerated Healing,
Xia, X., Blaber, M. and Schlenoff, J., 2nd Annual Life Sciences
Symposium Florida State University |
|
2012 |
Folding
Pathway Redundancy and the Evolution of Symmetric Protein Architecture, Longo, L., Lee, J.
and Blaber, M., 2nd Annual Life Sciences Symposium Florida
State University |
|
2011 |
The
Rise and Fall of Kallikrein 6 in Traumatic Brain Injury, Phipps, H. W.,
Jackson, S., Suber, J., Levenson, C.W., Blaber,
S.I., Blaber, M. and Vanlandingham, J., J. Head
Trauma Rehab. 26, 426 |
|
2011 |
Immunopathophysiological Roles of Kallikreins
in CNS Inflammatory Disease, Scarisbrick, I.A., Renner, D.N., Blaber,
S., Blaber, M., Yoon, H., Vandell, A.G. and
Paulsen, A.R., 4th International Symposium on Kallikreins and
Kallikrein-related Peptidases, p.31 |
|
2011 |
Functional
Intersection of Matrix Metalloproteases with Kallikrein-Related Peptidases, Blaber, M., Blaber,
S., Yoon, H. and Scarisbrick, I.A., 4th International Symposium
on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-related Peptidases, p.27 |
|
2011 |
Role
of Kallikrein-Related Peptidase 6 in Atrogliosis, Radulovic,
M., Burda, J. Drucker, K., Blaber, S., Blaber, M.,
Yoon, H., Vandell, A.G., Paulsen, A.R. and
Scarisbrick, I.A., 4th International Symposium on Kallikreins
and Kallikrein-related Peptidases, p.69 |
|
2011 |
Human
Pro-KLK4 Activation, Revisited, Blaber, S., Li, W., Yoon, H., Scarisbrick,
I.A., and Blaber, M., 4th International Symposium on
Kallikreins and Kallikrein-related Peptidases, p. 83 |
|
2011 |
An
Empirical Phase Diagram Approach to Investigate Conformational Stability of
“Second-generation” Functional Mutants of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Alsenaidy,
M.A., Wang, T., Lee, J. Blaber, M., Kim, J.H., Joshi, S., Volkin,
D.B. and Middaugh, C.R., Colorado Protein Stability Conference |
|
2011 |
Turn
Structure in the Transition State of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1, Longo, L., Lee, J.,
Lee, W. and Blaber, M., 1st Annual Life Sciences Symposium
Florida State University |
|
2011 |
Identification
of rK6 Inhibitor in Rat Brain, Jackson, S. and Blaber, M., 1st
Annual Life Sciences Symposium Florida State University |
|
2010 |
The
Interaction between Thermodynamic Stability and Buried Free Cysteines in
Regulating the Functional Half-Life of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1, Lee, J. and Blaber,
M., Zing Structural Biology and Drug Discovery Conference |
|
2009 |
Salt
and Glycosaminoglycan Effects on Substrate Specificity of Human Kallikrein 3
(hKLK3) and 13 (hKLK13), Andrade, d., Lima, A.R., Assis, D.M., Angelo, P.F., Alves,
F.M., Blaber, S.I., Blaber, M., Juliano, M.A. and Juliano, L., 3rd
International Symposium on Kallikreins & Kallikrein-related Peptidases, p. 47 |
|
2009 |
Regulation
and Function of Kallikrein Related Peptidase 6 in Malignant Melanomas, Krenzer
S., Klucky B., Mauch C.,
Blaber M., Angel P., and Hess J., 3rd
International Symposium on Kallikreins & Kallikrein-related Peptidases, p. 37 |
|
2009 |
Structural
Biology and Enzymology of the Human Kallikrein-Related Peptidases, Blaber, M., Yoon,
H., Lee, J., Scarisbrick, I.A., Debela, M., Goettig, P. and Blaber, S., 3rd International Symposium on Kallikreins
& Kallikrein-related Peptidases, p. 25 |
|
2009 |
Kallikrein
Mediated Signaling in CNS Neurons and Astrocytes, A. G. Vandell, J. E. Burda, N.
Larson, J. Wu, P. Angelo, S. I. Blaber, M. Blaber and Scarisbrick, I. A., Society
for Neuroscience Annual Meeting |
|
2008 |
Association of Kallikreins with
Neuron Loss and Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Linbo, R.A., Vandell, A.G., Larson,
N.S., Keegan, M.B., Blaber, S.I., Blaber, M., Sneve,
D.M., Lucchinetti, C.F., Rodriguez, M., Diamandis,
E.P. and Scarisbrick, I.A., 133rd American Neurological Association
Meeting |
|
2008 |
A Logical OR Redundancy within the Asx-Pro-Asx-Gly
Type I b-turn Motif, Lee,
J., Dubey, V., Longo, L., and Blaber, M., Protein Science, 17
(suppl. 1), 232 |
|
2008 |
The Autolytic Regulation of Human
Kallikrein-Related Peptidase 6 is Negative Feedback Inhibition, Blaber, S., Yoon, H., Scarisbrick, I., Juliano, M., and Blaber, M., Protein Science, 17
(suppl. 1), 97 |
|
2008 |
Activation Profiles and Regulatory
Cascades of the Human Kallikrein-Related Peptidases, Yoon, H., Laxmikanthan, G.,
Lee, J., Blaber, S., Rodriguez, A., Kogot, J. and Blaber, M., Protein
Science, 17(suppl. 1), 96 |
|
2008 |
De Novo Protein Design Technique in
Cardiovascular Heart Disease: Expanding to a Systematic Approach, Smith, A., Russo, C., Nymeyer,
H., Blaber, M. and Fenley, M.O., FLACS LXI, 84 |
|
2007 |
The Autolytic Regulation of Human
Kallikrein-Related Peptidase 6 is Negative Feedback Inhibition, Blaber, S.I., Yoon, H., Scarisbrick, I.A., Juliano, M.A., and Blaber, M. 2nd
International Symposium on Kallikreins & Kallikrein-related Peptidases,
57 |
|
2007 |
The First Screening Method to
Identify Potential Activation for the Human Kallikrein Family, Yoon, H., Laxmikanthan, G.,
Lee, J., Blaber, S.I., Rodriguez, A., Kogot, J.M., Scarisbrick, I.A., and
Blaber, M., 2nd International Symposium on Kallikreins &
Kallikrein-related Peptidases, 54 |
|
2006 |
Multiple Human Tissue Kallikreins are
Regulated by Lympho-Epithelial Kazal-Type Inhibitor
and Digest Desmoglein 1, Borgono, C. A., Michael, I.
P., Komatsu, N., Sotiropoulou, G., Jayakumar, A.,
Wu, H., Clayman, G. L., Blaber, S. I., Blaber, M., Mikolajczyk, S. D. and Diamandis, E. P., Journal Of
Investigative Dermatology 126, 60 |
|
2005 |
1.70Å X-ray Structure of Human Apo
Kallikrein 1: Structural Changes upon Peptide Inhibitor/Substrate Binding, Laxmikanthan, G., Blaber,
S.I., Bernett, M.J., Scarisbrick, I.A., Juliano, M.A. and Blaber, M., 1st
International Symposium on Kallikreins, 45 |
|
2005 |
Kallikreins and Cell Signaling:
Differential Regulation of Proteinase-Activated Receptors (PARS), Oikonomopoulou, K., Hansen,
K.K., Saifeddine, M., Vergnolle,
N., Tea, I., Blaber, M., Blaber, S.I., Scarisbrick, I., Diamandis, E.P., and Hollenberg, M.D., 1st International
Symposium on Kallikreins, 53 |
|
2005 |
Hydrogen and Hydration DataBase for Bio-Macromolecules (HHDB), Kuroki, R., Chatake, T., Kurihara, K., Ohhara, T., Umino, H., Cachau, R.E.,
Blaber, M. and Niimura, N. Acta cryst. A61, C481 |
|
2005 |
Redesigning the "Mini-Core"
Regions of FGF-1 to Increase Primary Structure Symmetry, Dubey, V.K. and Blaber, M. Prot. Sci. 14 (suppl.
1),175 |
|
2005 |
A novel method to characterize the activation
of serine proteases using hybrid bait protein, Laxmikanthan, G., Kogot, J.,
Blaber, S.I. and Blaber, M. Prot. Sci. 14(suppl. 1),167 |
|
2005 |
Effect of Beta-Hairpin Conformations
on Protein Stability and Folding Kinetics,
Lee, J. and Blaber, M. Prot. Sci. 14(suppl. 1),106 |
|
2004 |
Tissue-Specific Expression and
Differential Regulation of Multiple Kallikrein 6 Transcripts in CNS
Demyelinating Disease, Christophi, G.P., Isackson, P.J., Blaber,
S.I., Blaber, M., Rodriguez, M. and Scarisbrick, I.A., 36th Annual Soc. Neurosci. 936,12 |
|
2004 |
1.7Å X-Ray Structure of Apo Human
Kallikrein 1: Evidence for an Induced-Fit Basis of Dual Substrate Specificity, Laxmikanthan, G., Blaber,
S.I., Bernett, M.J., Scarisbrick, I.A., Juliano, M.A. and Blaber, M., Gordon Research Conference on Proteolytic
Enzymes and Their Inhibitors |
|
2004 |
Protein Symmetry, Stability and
Function, Dubey, V.K., Brych, S.R., Lee, J.
and Blaber, M, 59th Annual CALCON Calorimetry Conference, p. 27 |
|
2003 |
Structure, Stability and Functional
Studies of 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductases, Blaber, M., Dudley, J. and Sanli,
G., American Heart Association Research Symposium, p. 5 |
|
2003 |
Structural Symmetry in a b-Trefoil Superfold , Brych, S.R., Kim, J., Logan, T.M. and Blaber, M., New
Horizons in Molecular Sciences and Systems: An Integrated Approach, Okinawa
Institute of Science and Technology Project, Cabinet Office, The Government
of Japan |
|
2003 |
Increased Primary Sequence Symmetry
within the Hydrophobic Core of hFGF-1: Evidence of Genetic Drift, Brych, S.R., Kim, J., Logan, T.M. and Blaber, M., FLACS
LVI, p.20 |
|
2003 |
Cloning of the Human Kallikreins, Frost, N.A., Blaber, S.I., and Blaber, M., FLACS LVI,
p.19 |
|
2003 |
Expanded Substrate Specificity of
Human Kallikrein 6 (hK6), Bernett, M.J., Blaber, S.I., Somasundaram, T. and Blaber,
M., FLACS LVI, p.18 |
|
2003 |
Thermal Stability of Various
Disulfide Bond Mutants of 2,5-DKGR-A,
Dudley, J.I. and Blaber, M., FLACS LVI, p.18 |
|
2003 |
Effect of Turn Conformational Change
on Protein Folding Kinetics in Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
1(hFGF-1), Lee, J., Kim, J. and Blaber, M., FLACS
LVI, p.18 |
|
2003 |
Identification of a Key Structural
Element for Protein Folding within b-Hairpin Turns, Kim, J., Brych, S.R., Lee, J., Logan, T.M. and Blaber,
M., FLACS LVI, p.18 |
|
2003 |
Molecular Insights on Substrate
Specificity of Human Kallikrein 1, Laxmikanthan, G., Blaber, S., Bernett,
M. and Blaber, M., FLACS LVI, p.17 |
|
2003 |
Cofactor Specificity of
Corynebacterium 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconic Acid Reductase for NADP(H), Sanli, G. and Blaber, M., FLACS
LVI, p.16 |
|
2002 |
Metabolic and Protein Engineering in
the Development of a New Method for the Production of Vitamin C, Sanli, G., Dudley, J.I. and
Blaber, M., Program of the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for
Microbiology A47 |
|
2002 |
Structure and Stability Effects of
Mutations Designed to Increase the Primary Sequence Symmetry within the Core
Region of a b-trefoil,
Brych, S., Blaber, S., Logan, M. and Blaber, M., Protein Science 11
(suppl. 1), 218 |
|
2002 |
Crystal Structure and Biochemical
Characterization of Human Kallikrein 6 Reveals a Trypsin-Like Kallikrein is
Expressed in the Central Nervous System,
Bernett, M.J., Blaber, S.I., Scarisbrick, I.A., Dhanarajan, P., Thompson, S.M. and Blaber, M., Protein
Science 11 (suppl. 1), 137 |
|
2002 |
Alternative Type I and I' Turn
Conformations in the b8/b9 b-Hairpin of Human Acidic Fibroblast
Growth Factor, Kim, J., Blaber, S.I. and Blaber,
M., Protein Science 11 (suppl. 1), 80 |
|
2002 |
Enzymatic Properties of Rat
Myelencephalon-Specific Protease, Blaber,
S., Scarisbrick, I., Dhanarajan, P., Bernett, M., Schwartz, M., Seavy,
M., Rodriguez, M., Jin, Y. and Blaber, M., Protein
Science 11 (suppl. 1), 59 |
|
2002 |
Crystal Structure and Biochemical
Characterization of Human Kallikrein 6 Reveals a Trypsin-Like Kallikrein is
Expressed in the Central Nervous System,
Bernett, M.J., Blaber, S.I., Scarisbrick, I.A., Dhanarajan, P., Thompson, S.M. and Blaber , M. Gordon Research Conference on Proteolytic Enzymes and Their Inhibitors |
|
2002 |
Crystal Packing Effects upon Protein
Structure Determined by X-Ray Crystallography, Blaber, M., Kim, J. and Blaber, S., Abstracts of Papers
of the American Chemical Society 223, 166-IEC Part 1 |
|
2002 |
Role of a Newly Identified Serine
Protease in Immune-Mediated Demyelination, Scarisbrick
I.A., Blaber S.I., Blaber M. and Rodriguez M., FASEB Journal 16,
A591-A591 Part 1 |
|
2001 |
Stability and Dynamics Issues in
Enzyme Engineering of an Aldo-keto Reductase, Sanili, G. and Blaber, M. SERMACS
2001, 121 |
|
2001 |
Alterations in Structure, Stability
and Folding Kinetics Associated with an Increase in Internal Symmetry in
Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 1,
Brych, S., Blaber, S.I., and Blaber, M. Protein Science 10 (suppl.
2), 182 |
|
2001 |
Expression, Purification and in vitro
Characterization of Myelencephalon Specific Protease (MSP), a Novel Serine
Protease Expressed in Mammalian Central Nerve System, Blaber, S.I., Dhanarajan, P.,
Scarisbrick, I.A., Seavy, M., Jin,
Y. and Blaber, M. Protein Science 10 (suppl. 2), 161 |
|
2001 |
Alternate Conformations in the beta
8/beta 9 Loop of Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 1, Kim, J., Blaber, S.I., Brych, S. and Blaber, M. Protein
Science 10 (suppl. 2), 74 |
|
2001 |
The Role of Symmetry in Protein
Folding and Design, Blaber, M., Brych, S. and Kim, J. FLACS
54, 19 |
|
2001 |
Expression, Purification and in vitro
Characterization of Myelencephalon Specific Protease (MSP), A Novel Serine
Protease Expressed in Mammalian Central Nerve System, Blaber, S., Bernett, M.J., Dhanarajan, P., Scarisbrick, I.A., Seavy,
M., Jin, Y. and Blaber, M., Southeast Nerve Net,
17th Annual Meeting |
|
2001 |
X-ray Structure of
Apo-2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconic Acid Reductase A,
Sanli, G., Somasundaram, T. and Blaber, M., Biophysical
Journal 80, 257 Part 2 |
|
2000 |
Energetics of the Myosin IISH1 Helix
During Contractility, Sale, K., Kelly,
D.F., Fajer, P. and Blaber, M., Biophysical Journal 78, 1448 |
|
2000 |
Structural Studies of Synthetic 2,5-Diketo-D-gluconic
Acid Reductase Complexed with its Substrate and Oxidized Cofactor, Sanli, G. and Blaber, M. Proc.
8th Intl. Conf. Crystal. Biol. Macromol.,
202 |
|
2000 |
Structural Biology of the Mouse
Glandular Kallikrein Family of Proteases,
Kim, J., Blaber, S.I. and Blaber, M., Proc. 8th Intl. Conf.
Crystal. Biol. Macromol., 165 |
|
2000 |
A His-tagged form of Human Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor with Enhanced Crystallographic Properties, Blaber, S.I. and Blaber, M., Proc. 8th
Intl. Conf. Crystal. Biol. Macromol., 121 |
|
2000 |
Structural Changes Associated with
Mutations Designed to Probe the Role of a Symmetric Core-packing Arrangement
in Human Acidic FGF, Brych, S.R., Blaber, S., Khurana,
A. and Blaber, M., Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. Crystal. Biol. Macromol., 102 |
|
2000 |
A Rapid Accurate and Automated
Windows-based Program for the Analysis of Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Data, Grek, S.,
Davis, J. and Blaber, M. Protein Science 9 (Suppl.1) 167 |
|
2000 |
The Role of Post-translational
Modification on the Enzyme Activity of Mouse Glandular Kallikreins, Kim, J., Blaber, S.I., and Blaber, M. Protein Science
9 (Suppl.1) 110 |
|
2000 |
Structure and Stability Effects of
Cavity Reducing and Core Packing Mutants in Human Fibroblast Growth Factor I, Brych, S.R., Blaber, S.I., Khurana, S. and Blaber, M. Protein
Science 9 (Suppl.1) 108 |
|
2000 |
The Effects of Cysteine Mutations on
the Stability of Human Acidic FGF, Culajay, J.F., Blaber, S.I., Khurana, A. and Blaber, M. Protein
Science 9 (Suppl.1) 100 |
|
2000 |
Increased Stability of Human FGF-1
Against Thermal Denaturation by Sulfate and Phosphate Binding, Whitten, S.T., Blaber, S.I., and Blaber, M., Protein
Science 9 (Suppl.1) 94 |
|
2000 |
A Flexible, 2-State, Statistical Mechanics Based Model For
DSC Analysis Implemented Under Windows, Grek, S., Davis, J. and Blaber, M. Proceedings of the
Gibbs Symposium |
|
2000 |
Reversible Thermal Denaturation of
Human FGF-1 Induced by Low Concentrations of Guanidine HCl, Blaber, S. I., Culajay, J.F.,
Khurana, A. and Blaber, M., Proceedings of the Gibbs Symposium |
|
1999 |
Deconvolution of Calorimetric Data
for the Characterization of Protein Thermodynamic Parameters, Grek, S., Davis, J., Noble, N. and Blaber, M. Proceedings
of the 54th Calorimetry Conference, 154 |
|
1999 |
Structure and Stability Effects of
Mutations Designed to Probe the Role of a Symmetric Core-packing Arrangement
in Human Acidic FGF, Brych, S.R.,
Blaber, S., Khurana, S., Khurana, A. and Blaber, M. Proceedings of the
54th Calorimetry Conference, 147 |
|
1999 |
Thermodynamic Characterization of Mutants
of Human FGF-1 that have an Increased Physiological Half-life, Culajay, J.F., Blaber, S.I., Khurana, S., Khurana, A., Kennedy,
D., Williams, K. and Blaber, M. Proceedings of the 54th Calorimetry
Conference, 150 |
|
1999 |
Construction and Characterization of
a Synthetic 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductase Gene, Sanli, G., Blaber, S., Khurana, S. and Blaber, M. Proceedings
of the 54th Calorimetry Conference, 164 |
|
1999 |
Energetics of the Myosin II SH1 Helix
during Contractility, Kelly, D., Sale,
K. and Blaber, M. Proceedings of the 54th Calorimetry Conference, 158 |
|
1999 |
Structural Characterization of a
Highly Thermostable Mutant of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF-1), Khurana, S., Culajay, J.F., Grek, S., Khurana, A. and Blaber, M., Protein Science
8, 125 |
|
1999 |
Thermodynamic Characterization of
Mutants of Human FGF-1 that have an Increased Physiological Half-life, Culajay, J.F., Blaber, S.I., Khurana, S., Khurana, A., Kennedy,
D. and Blaber, M. Protein Science 8, 95 |
|
1999 |
The Role of Low Concentrations of
Guanidine HCl in Reversible Thermal Denaturation of Human FGF-1, Blaber, S.I., Culajay, J.F.,
Khurana, A. and Blaber, M., Protein Science 8, 96 |
|
1999 |
Construction and Characterization of
a Synthetic Gene for 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductase, Sanli, G., Blaber, S., Khurana, S. and Blaber, M. Protein
Science 8, 65 |
|
1999 |
The Role of Low Concentrations of
Guanidine HCl in Reversible Thermal Denaturation of Human Fibroblast Growth
Factor-1, Blaber, M., Blaber, S.I., Culajay, J.F., and Khurana, A. FLACS 52, 10 |
|
1999 |
Proton Donor Promiscuity in an
Aldo-keto Reductase, Khurana, S., Sanli, G., Powers, D.B., Anderson, S. and Blaber, M. FLACS
52, 49 |
|
1999 |
Construction and Characterization of
a Synthetic Gene for 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductase, Sanli, G., Blaber, S., Khurana, S. and Blaber, M. FLACS 52,
49 |
|
1999 |
The Role of Low Concentrations of
Guanidine HCl in Reversible Denaturation of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth
Factor-1, Blaber, S.I., Culajay,
J.F., Khurana, A. and Blaber, M. Biophysical Journal, 76, A107 |
|
1998 |
Deconvolution of Calorimetric Data
for Protein Stability Studies, Grek, S.,
Davis, J. and Blaber, M. Proceedings of the 1st Annual NASA
Partners in Education and Research Conference |
|
1998 |
Crystal Structure of
2,5-diketo-D-Gluconic Acid Reductase A Complexed with NADPH at 2.1Resolution,
Khurana, S., Powers, D.B., Anderson,
S. and Blaber, M. Protein Science 7 (suppl. 1) 122 |
|
1998 |
Cysteine Residue Mutations in Human
Acidic FGF and Effects upon Thermal Stability, Culajay,
J.F., Blaber, S.I. and Blaber, M. FLACS 51, 44 |
|
1998 |
Structural Influence on Specificity
and Catalytic Behavior in Serine Proteases, Badisa,
R.B., Blaber, S.I. and Blaber, M. FLACS 51, 44 |
|
1998 |
Evaluation and Characterization of
Mutations of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor to Enhance Thermal
Stability and Biological Activity, Grek, S., Culajay, J.F. and Blaber, M., 21st Annual
Research Seminar, American Cancer Society |
|
1998 |
Effects of Low Concentrations of
Guanidine Hydrochloride on the Stability and Reversible Denaturation of Human
Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Blaber,
S. and Blaber, M., Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Johns Hopkins
Protein Folding Meeting |
|
1997 |
Structure Solved for Key Enzyme in
Vitamin C Production, Blaber, M., Industrial
Bioprocessing 19, 5 |
|
1997 |
Modulation of Protein Stability, Blaber, M. FLACS 50, 33 |
|
1997 |
The Preliminary X-Ray
Characterization and Molecular Replacement Studies with
2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductase Crystals, Khurana,
S., Powers, D. and Blaber, M. FLACS 50, 39 |
|
1997 |
An Approach to Accurate DSC Analyses
of Irreversibly Unfolding Proteins, Adamek, D.,
Blaber, S., Culajay, J.F. and Blaber, M., FLACS
50, 59 |
|
1997 |
Contribution of the Cysteine Residues
to the Thermal and Physiological Stability of the Human Acidic Fibroblast
Growth Factor, Culajay, J.F., Blaber, S., Adamek, D.,
Khurana, S. and Blaber, M. FLACS 50, 59 |
|
1997 |
Mechanisms of Regulation of Human
Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Blaber,
M., Adamek, D., Blaber, S., Culjay,
J. and Khurana, S., 20th Annual Research Seminar American
Cancer Society, Florida Division |
|
1997 |
Avoiding the Aggravation of
Aggregation: Denaturation Studies of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Adamek, D., Grek, S., Blaber, S. and
Blaber, M., Proceedings of the 5th Annual Suddath Symposium |
|
1997 |
The Use of Low Concentration
Guanidine Hydrochloride to Achieve Reversible Thermal Denaturation of Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor, Adamek, D.,
Blaber, S. and Blaber, M., Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Johns
Hopkins Protein Folding Meeting |
|
1996 |
Denaturation Studies of Human Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor, Adamek, D.,
Popovic, A., Blaber, S. and Blaber, M. First International Conference on
the Applications of Biocalorimetry, R-01 |
|
1996 |
Contribution of Free Cysteine
Residues to the Stability of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Popovic, A., Adamek, D., Blaber,
S. and Blaber, M. First International Conference on the Applications of
Biocalorimetry, P-19 |
|
1996 |
X-ray Crystal Structure of Human
Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Blaber,
M., Protein Science 5 (suppl. 1), 101 |
|
1996 |
Crystallographic Analysis of the Central
Cavity of Interleukin-1b, Blaber,
M., Yu, B., Bhyravbhatla, B. and Caspar, D.L.D., International
Conference on Protein Folding and Design, National Institutes of Health |
|
1996 |
Structure and Function Studies of
Mouse Glandular Kallikreins, Lang,
E. and Blaber, M. Proceedings of the 4th Annual Suddath
Symposium |
|
1996 |
Stability Studies of Human Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor. I. Effect of pH on the Enthalpy of Unfolding, Popovic, A., Adamek, D. and
Blaber, M., Proceedings of the 4th Annual Suddath Symposium |
|
1996 |
Stability Studies of Human Acidic
Fibroblast Growth Factor. II. Effect of Denaturants on the Reversibility of
Unfolding, Adamek, D., Popovic, A. and Blaber, M., Proceedings of the 4th
Annual Suddath Symposium |
|
1996 |
X-ray Crystal Structure of Human
Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Blaber,
M., Proceedings of the 4th Annual Suddath Symposium |
|
1996 |
Structure of Human Acidic Fibroblast
Growth Factor, Blaber, M., 19th Annual
Research Seminar, American Cancer Society |
|
1996 |
pH Studies of Human Acidic Fibroblast
Growth Factor, Adamek, D., Popovic, A. and Blaber, M., 19th
Annual Research Seminar, American Cancer Society |
|
1995 |
Protein Stability as a Regulatory
Mechanism, Blaber, M. FLACS 48, 65 |
|
1995 |
Structure and Specificity Relationships
in Serine Proteases, Lang, E. and
Blaber, M. FLACS 48, 45 |
|
1995 |
Buried Cysteine Residues and
Irreversible Protein Denaturation, Popovic,
A. and Blaber, M. FLACS 48, 42 |
|
1994 |
Crystallographic Analysis of Mouse
Pro-renin Converting Enzyme, Blaber,
M. J. Cell. Biochem., Suppl. 18D, 151 |
|
1993 |
Data Collection from Crystals of
Escherichia coli b-Galactosidase, Jacobson,
R.H., Blaber, M., Dubose, R.F. and Matthews, B.W. Photon Factory Activity
Report 11, 79 |
|
1992 |
Mutations Affecting Solvent Accessibility
in a-Helices, Blaber, M., Baase,
W.A. and Matthews, B.W. Protein Society, 6th Symposium Proceedings, 45 |
|
1992 |
Structural and Thermodynamic
Consequences of Mutations which Introduce a Hydroxyl Group in T4 Lysozyme, Gassner, N., Blaber, M., Lindstrom, J.D. and Matthews, B.W. Protein
Society, 6th Symposium Proceedings, 45 |
|
1991 |
Structural and Genetic Analysis of
the Interactions that Stabilize Proteins, Dao-pin,
S., Nicholson, H., Zhang, X.-J., Baase, W.A.,
Blaber, M., Heinz, D. and Matthews, B.W., J. Cell. Biochem.
15G, 46 |
|
1991 |
Alanine-Serine Substitutions within α-Helical Secondary Structure: Effects upon Protein
Stability, Blaber, M. and Matthews, B.W., J.
Cell. Biochem. 15G, 205 |
|
1991 |
Processing of Growth Factor
Precursors, Bradshaw, R.A., Blaber, M. and Isackson, P.J., J. Cell. Biochem.
15G, 106 |
|
1990 |
The Kunitz Protease Inhibitory Domain
of the Beta-amyloid Precursor Protein is Sufficient for its Protease
Inhibitory Properties, Sinha, S., Dovey, H.F., Seubert, P., Ward,
P.J., Blacher, R.W., Blaber, M., Bradshaw, R.A., Arici, M., Mobley, W.C. and Lieberburg,
I., Neurobiology of Aging 11, 311 |
|
1989 |
Processing of Recombinant Nerve
Growth Factor, Isackson, P.J., Blaber, M., Cavanaugh, K. and Bradshaw, R.A. Trophic
Agents V, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 15, 866 |
|
1987 |
Epidermal Growth-Factor
Binding-Protein - A Model Serine Protease for Enzyme Engineering, Blaber, M., Isackson, P.J. and
Bradshaw, R.A., Journal of Cellular Biochemistry Suppl. 11C,
223 |
|
1987 |
Growth Factor Processing: Molecular
Modelling of EGF and NGF Associated Kallikreins, Blaber, M., Blevins, R., Thomas, K.A., Isackson,
P.J. and Bradshaw, R.A., Abst. 1st Symp. Protein Soc., 42 |
|
1985 |
Natural and Recombinant High
Molecular Weight Urokinase Contain a Kringle Specific Benzamidine Binding
Site, Blaber, M. and Winkler, M.E., Thromb. Haemostasis
54, 103 |
|
1984 |
Molecular Characterization of Human
Urokinase Produced in Bacteria as Compared to Urokinase Obtained from Human
Urine, Steffens, G.J., Gunzler,
W.A., Henninger, W., Hennies, H.H., Kim, S.M.A., Otting,
F., Frankus, E., Flohe,
L., Blaber, M. and Winkler, M.E., Haemostasis
14, 60 |
|
1984 |
Functional Characterization of Human
Urokinase Produced in Bacteria as Compared to Urokinase Obtained from Human
Urine, Gunzler, W.A., Henninger, W., Hennies, H.H., Otting,
G., Schneider, J., Frederichs, E., Giertz, H., Flohe, L., Blaber,
M. and Winkler, M.E. Haemostasis 14,
60 |
|
1983 |
The Comparison of E. coli Recombinant
Urokinase with Natural Urokinase, Winkler,
M.E., Blaber, M. and Vehar, G.A. Thromb. Haemostasis 50, 386 |