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S. W. Nelson

University of Minnesota

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Biochemistry· 3 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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J. R. Beck· 2 shared N. Nieto· 2 shared R. B. Honzatko· 2 shared S. Kaur· 2 shared A. Roy· 1 shared Adi Maron‐KatziD· 1 shared Ahmed Tafsirul HussainiD· 1 shared Ali Saffet GönüliD· 1 shared

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2022-2026 · peak 3/yr

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J. R. Beck

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Childhood Maltreatment and Deviations from Normative Brain Structure: Results from 3,711 Individuals from the ENIGMA MDD and ENIGMA PTSD

Haley R Wang, Zhen-Qi Liu, Elena Pozzi, Ahmed Tafsirul Hussain, Priyanka Sigar, Chadi G. Abdallah, Nina Alexander, Justin Baker, Jochen Bauer, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Josh M. Cisler, Colm G. Connolly, Andrew S. Cotton, Judith Karina Daniels, Udo Dannlowski, , Sigal Zilcha‐Mano

The paper examines how childhood maltreatment affects brain structure in 3,711 individuals with MDD and PTSD, finding age- and sex-specific brain morphometric differences.

Biological Psychiatry · Mar 5, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Trypanosoma brucei Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase POLIB Contains a Novel Thumb Insertion That Confers Dominant Exonuclease Activity

M. M. Klingbeil, S. W. Nelson, M. P. Frost, S. B. Delzell

This study identifies a novel exonuclease activity in Trypanosoma brucei POLIB, revealing its unique structural and functional properties compared to other DNA polymerases.

bioRxiv · Aug 12, 2022 · PreprintBiochemistry

Promising Antimalarials targeting Apicoplast DNA Polymerase from Plasmodium falciparum

P. Cheda, N. Nieto, S. Kaur, J. M. Beck, J. R. Beck, R. Kerns, R. B. Honzatko, S. W. Nelson

The paper identifies key structural motifs for inhibiting apicoplast DNA polymerase (apPOL) and validates it as an antimalarial target.

bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2022Biochemistry

Discovery of small molecule inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast DNA polymerase

S. Kaur, N. Nieto, P. McDonald, J. R. Beck, R. B. Honzatko, A. Roy, S. W. Nelson

The paper screens small-molecule libraries to identify inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast DNA polymerase, finding nine potent compounds that inhibit parasite growth.

bioRxiv · Mar 4, 2022Biochemistry