New Positions and Promotions

Michael Rout, Ph.D.

Previous Position:
Associate Professor, Head of Laboratory
Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology
The Rockefeller University

Current Position:
Tenured, Full Professor, Head of Laboratory
Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology
The Rockefeller University

Ileana M. Cristea, Ph.D.

Previous Position:
Postdoctoral Associate
Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry
The Rockefeller University

Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University

Frank Alber, Ph.D.

Previous Position:
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research
University of California, San Francisco

Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Southern California

Liesbeth M. Veenhoff, Ph.D.

Previous Position:
Research Associate
Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology
The Rockefeller University

Current Position:
Faculty Researcher
Department of Biochemistry
Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute
University of Groningen
The Netherlands

Svetlana Dokudovskaya, Ph.D.

Previous Position:
Research Associate
Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology
The Rockefeller University

Current Position:
Faculty Researcher
Laboratory of Nucleocytoplasmic Transport
Institut Jacques Monod France

Awards

Brian Chait, Ph.D.
2007 HUPO Distinguished Discovery Award In Proteomics

Andrej Sali, Ph. D.>
2007 Zois Award, Science Ambassador of Republic of Slovenia

Recent Key Publications

1. Alber F, Dokudovskaya S, Veenhoff LM, Zhang W, Kipper J, Devos D, Suprapto A, Karni-Schmidt O, Williams R, Chait BT, Sali A, Rout MP, "The molecular architecture of the nuclear pore complex", Nature 450 (2007) 695-701.*


2. Alber F, Dokudovskaya S, Veenhoff LM, Zhang W, Kipper J, Devos D, Suprapto A, Karni-Schmidt O, Williams R, Chait BT, Rout MP, Sali A, "Determining the architectures of macromolecular assemblies", Nature 450 (2007) 683-694.*

* featured in a Nature Videocast and referenced in the following articles:

Title: Flexible fitting of atomic structures into electron microscopy maps using molecular dynamics
Author(s): Trabuco LG, Villa E, Mitra K, et al.
Source: STRUCTURE, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 673-683
Published: MAY 2008

Title: Interaction networks for systems biology
Author(s): Bader S, Kuhner S, Gavin AC
Source: FEBS LETTERS, Volume: 582, Issue: 8, Pages: 1220-1224
Published: APR 9 2008

Title: Principles of protein-protein interactions: What are the preferred ways for proteins to interact?
Author(s): Keskin Z, Gursoy A, Ma B, et al.
Source: CHEMICAL REVIEWS, Volume: 108, Issue: 4, Pages: 1225-1244
Published: APR 2008

Title: Rapid isolation and identification of bacteriophage T4-encoded modifications of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: A generic method to study bacteriophage/host interactions
Author(s): Westblade LF, Minakhin L, Kuznedelov K, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 1244-1250
Published: MAR 2008

Title: Brian Chait: Master of mass spectrometry
Author(s): Williams R
Source: JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, Volume: 180, Issue: 4, Pages: 652-653
Published: FEB 25 2008

Title: Solving a 3D jigsaw puzzle
Author(s): Heinrichs A
Source: NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-3
Published: JAN 2008

Title: The molecular sociology of the cell
Author(s): Robinson CV, Sali A, Baumeister W
Source: NATURE, Volume: 450, Issue: 7172, Pages: 973-982
Published: DEC 13 2007

Title: Cell biology - Pore puzzle
Author(s): Aitchison JD, Wozniak RW
Source: NATURE, Volume: 450, Issue: 7170, Pages: 621-622
Published: NOV 29 2007


3. Oeffinger M, Wei KE, Rogers R, DeGrasse JA, Chait BT, Aitchison JD, Rout MP. "Comprehensive analysis of diverse ribonucleoprotein complexes". Nat Methods. 2007 Nov;4(11):951-6. Epub 2007 Oct 7.*
   

*Referenced in the following publication::
Title: Local regulation of mRNA translation: new insights from the bud
Author(s): Paquin N, Chartrand P
Source: TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 105-111
Published: MAR 2008


4. Rout MP. "The peroxisome: a production in four acts." J Cell Biol. 2008 Apr 21;181(2):185-7.*
   

   *This was a journal-commissioned commentary on the impact and importance of the Aitchison lab's pioneering work to determine the control networks regulating organelle biogenesis.