Author

A. Bowen

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Microbiology· 4 Biochemistry· 1 Biophysics· 1 Immunology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 7 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 4 Organism:human· 4 Assay:proteomics· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Gordon· 4 shared D. D. Ho· 4 shared Q. Wang· 4 shared R. Valdez· 4 shared A. Casadevall· 2 shared C. Gherasim· 2 shared C. Strother· 2 shared I. A. Mellis· 2 shared

Activity by Year

2021-2024 · peak 3/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 27 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

4 shared papersMicrobiology

A. Gordon

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

7 papers

Recent·Most cited

Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 spike mutations confer growth advantages to select JN.1 sublineages

Q. Wang, I. A. Mellis, A. Bowen, T. Kowalski-Dobson, R. Valdez, P. S. Katsamba, L. Shapiro, A. Gordon, Y. Guo, D. D. Ho, L. Liu

This study examines how recurrent spike mutations in SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 sublineages affect immune evasion, ACE2 affinity, and infectivity, identifying growth advantages in specific sublineages.

bioRxiv · May 29, 2024Microbiology

XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Q. Wang, Y. Guo, A. Bowen, I. A. Mellis, R. Valdez, C. Gherasim, A. Gordon, L. Liu, D. D. Ho

XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster significantly increases neutralizing antibodies against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in both uninfected and previously infected individuals.

bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2023 · PreprintImmunology

Neutron Scattering Analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans Polysaccharide Reveals Solution Rigidity and Repeating Fractal-like Structural Patterns

Z. Wang, S. C. M. Teixeira, C. Strother, A. Bowen, A. Casadevall, R. J. Cordero

This study uses neutron scattering to analyze the structure of Cryptococcus neoformans polysaccharides, revealing their solution rigidity and fractal-like patterns.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2023 · PreprintBiophysics

SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies Following a Second BA.5 Bivalent Booster

Q. Wang, A. Bowen, J. Ho, R. Zhang, R. Valdez, E. Stoneman, A. Gordon, L. Lihong, D. D. Ho

This study evaluates the effect of a second BA.5 bivalent booster on SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in elderly individuals, finding no significant increase in Omicron-specific titers after the second dose.

bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Antibody responses to Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent mRNA vaccine booster shot

Q. Wang, A. Bowen, R. Valdez, C. Gherasim, A. Gordon, L. Lihong, D. D. Ho

This study compares neutralizing antibody responses to bivalent and monovalent mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants, finding similar titers for bivalent vaccines against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 and ancestral strains.

bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Allosteric Regulation of a Synaptic Vesicle Glutamate Transporter

F. Li, J. Eriksen, J. A. Oses-Prieto, Y. K. Gomez, H. Xu, J. Finer-Moore, P. Nguyen, A. Bowen, A. Nelson, A. Burlingame, M. Grabe, R. Stroud, R. Edwards

The paper determines the structure of VGLUT2 with a glutamate analog bound, revealing mechanisms of substrate recognition, electrostatic interactions, and palmitoylation's role in transporter retrieval.

bioRxiv · Jul 26, 2022 · PreprintBiochemistry

Cryptococcus neoformans capsule regrowth experiments reveal dynamics of enlargement and architecture

M. P. Wear, E. Jacobs, S. Wang, S. McConnell, A. Bowen, C. Strother, R. J. Cordero, A. Casadevall

This study isolates and characterizes Cryptococcus neoformans capsule polysaccharides using physical and enzymatic methods, revealing that the capsule is assembled from smaller polymers added distally.

bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2021Microbiology