Dominika Borek, Ph.D. - Faculty Profile

Education

Graduate School: Adam Mickiewicz University-Pol (1997), Chemistry
Graduate School: Adam Mickiewicz University-Pol (2001), Physical Chemistry
Graduate School: Univ of London-Uni College (2001), Structural Biology

Research Interest

chromatin structure
evolution
next generation sequencing
structural biology

Publications

Featured Publications

Diffraction data analysis in the presence of radiation damage.: Borek D, Cymborowski M, Machius M, Minor W, Otwinowski Z Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 2010 Apr 66 Pt 4 426-36
The many faces of radiation-induced changes.: Borek D, Ginell SL, Cymborowski M, Minor W, Otwinowski Z J Synchrotron Radiat 2007 Jan 14 Pt 1 24-33
Expression, purification and catalytic activity of Lupinus luteus asparagine beta-amidohydrolase and its Escherichia coli homolog.: Borek D, Michalska K, Brzezinski K, Kisiel A, Podkowinski J, Bonthron DT, Krowarsch D, Otlewski J, Jaskolski M Eur. J. Biochem. 2004 Aug 271 15 3215-26
Measurement errors and their consequences in protein crystallography.: Borek D, Minor W, Otwinowski Z Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 2003 Nov 59 Pt 11 2031-8
Multiparametric scaling of diffraction intensities.: Otwinowski Z, Borek D, Majewski W, Minor W Acta Crystallogr., A, Found. Crystallogr. 2003 May 59 Pt 3 228-34
Crystal Structure of Cardiac Troponin C Regulatory Domain in Complex with Cadmium and Deoxycholic Acid Reveals Novel Conformation.: Li AY, Lee J, Borek D, Otwinowski Z, Tibbits GF, Paetzel M Journal of molecular biology 2011 Sep
Structure and control of the actin regulatory WAVE complex.: Chen Z, Borek D, Padrick SB, Gomez TS, Metlagel Z, Ismail AM, Umetani J, Billadeau DD, Otwinowski Z, Rosen MK Nature 2010 Nov 468 7323 533-8
To automate or not to automate: this is the question.: Cymborowski M, Klimecka M, Chruszcz M, Zimmerman MD, Shumilin IA, Borek D, Lazarski K, Joachimiak A, Otwinowski Z, Anderson W, Minor W J. Struct. Funct. Genomics 2010 Sep 11 3 211-21
Structural and functional characterization of Reston Ebola virus VP35 interferon inhibitory domain.: Leung DW, Shabman RS, Farahbakhsh M, Prins KC, Borek DM, Wang T, Mühlberger E, Basler CF, Amarasinghe GK J. Mol. Biol. 2010 Jun 399 3 347-57
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Ebola VP35 interferon inhibitory domain mutant proteins.: Leung DW, Borek D, Farahbakhsh M, Ramanan P, Nix JC, Wang T, Prins KC, Otwinowski Z, Honzatko RB, Helgeson LA, Basler CF, Amarasinghe GK Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 2010 Jun 66 Pt 6 689-92

Honors & Awards

NARSAD Young Investigator Award
(2005)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Crystallographic Association