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Hire Dr. Simon C.
United States
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I am a biochemist who with deep knowledge of molecular interactions, gene expression, and biomolecular condensates.

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting
Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection
Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Insights
Product Development Product Evaluation, Prototyping
Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

UT Southwestern Medical Center

June 2017 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

June 2017 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Utah

September 2016 - May 2017

Education

PhD

University of Utah

August 2009 - August 2016

PhD (Oncological Sciences)

University of Utah

August 2009 - August 2016

BA (Chemistry)

Willamette University

August 2005 - May 2009

Certifications
  • Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Simon L. Currie, Steven L. Warner, Hariprasad Vankayalapati, Xiaohui Liu, Sunil Sharma, David J. Bearss, Barbara J. Graves(2019). Development of High-Throughput Screening Assays for Inhibitors of ETS Transcription Factors . SLAS DISCOVERY: Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery. 24. (1). p. 77--85. {SAGE} Publications
Bethany J. Madison, Kathleen A. Clark, Niraja Bhachech, Peter C. Hollenhorst, Barbara J. Graves, Simon L. Currie(2018). Electrostatic repulsion causes anticooperative DNA binding between tumor suppressor ETS transcription factors and JUN–FOS at composite DNA sites . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293. (48). p. 18624--18635. Elsevier {BV}
Simon L. Currie, Desmond K. W. Lau, Jedediah J. Doane, Frank G. Whitby, Mark Okon, Lawrence P. McIntosh, Barbara J. Graves(2017). Structured and disordered regions cooperatively mediate DNA-binding autoinhibition of ETS factors ETV1, ETV4 and ETV5 . Nucleic Acids Research. 45. (5). p. 2223--2241. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Huang, F., Ramakrishnan, S., Pokhrel, S., Pflueger, C., Parnell, T.J., Kasten, M.M., Currie, S.L., Bhachech, N., Horikoshi, M., Graves, B.J., et al.(2015). Interaction of the Jhd2 histone H3 Lys-4 demethylase with chromatin is controlled by histone H2A surfaces and restricted by H2B ubiquitination . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290. (48). p. 28760-28777.
Desjardins, G., Meeker, C.A., Bhachech, N., Currie, S.L., Okon, M., Graves, B.J., McIntosh, L.P.(2014). Synergy of aromatic residues and phosphoserines within the intrinsically disordered DNA-binding inhibitory elements of the Ets-1 transcription factor . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111. (30). p. 11019-11024.
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Simon L. Currie, Jedediah J. Doane, Kathryn S. Evans, Niraja Bhachech, Bethany J. Madison, Desmond K. W. Lau, Lawrence P. McIntosh, Jack J. Skalicky, Kathleen A. Clark, Barbara J. Graves(2017). ETV4 and AP1 transcription factors form multivalent interactions with three sites on the MED25 activator-interacting domain . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory