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Mason Saunders

University of WashingtonORCID 0009-0008-2170-7335Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Kelly K. LeeiD· 2 shared Abhinav NathiD· 1 shared Ellie I. JamesiD· 1 shared Jacob T. CroftiD· 1 shared Kiran F. AwatramaniiD· 1 shared Miklós GuttmaniD· 1 shared Sally M. KephartiD· 1 shared

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BiophysicsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedDec 5, 2025

Host Switching Mutations in H5N1 Influenza Hemagglutinin Suppress Site-specific Activation Dynamics

Sally M. Kephart, Kiran F. Awatramani, Mason Saunders…·Kelly K. Lee

The paper investigates how adaptive mutations in H5N1 influenza HA affect activation dynamics, showing suppressed fusion peptide dynamics and stabilized subunit interfaces in adapted variants.

3 citations

proteomicsexperimental assay

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BiophysicsbioRxivPreprintOct 12, 2025

Tau4RD fibril polymorphism is imprinted during early aggregation

Ellie I. James, Mason Saunders, Kelly K. Lee…·Abhinav Nath

This study uses pulsed HDX-MS to investigate whether tau4RD fibril polymorphism is imprinted during early aggregation or arises from structural rearrangements later in the process.

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