Kathleen A. McDonough

Quantitating SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies from Human Dried Blood Spots

This study evaluates the use of dried blood spots (DBS) to quantify SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies using multiple assays, finding that DBS eluates can reliably measure neutralizing titers.

Conditional protein splicing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA intein in its native host

This study investigates how environmental factors affect RecA intein splicing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, showing that splicing is influenced by DNA damage, copper, and oxygen levels.

AbmR is a mycobacterial dual-function transcription factor and ribonucleoprotein with distinct DNA and RNA-binding determinants

This study identifies AbmR as a dual-function transcription factor and ribonucleoprotein in Mtb that binds DNA and RNA with distinct determinants, affecting gene regulation and RNA stability.