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Sayura Aoyagi
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Rochester Medical Center Box 712
Rochester, NY 14642
(585) 275-1706
sayura_aoyagi@urmc.rochester.edu
| Education | |
| 1998-present | Ph.D Candidate in Biochemistry University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY |
| 2001 | M.S. in Biochemistry University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY |
| 1998 | B.S. with honors in Biochemistry Trinity College, Hartford, CT |
| Research Experience | |
| 1998-Present | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY Ph.D. Research Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Hayes Investigation of the Mechanism of Nucleosome Remodeling by ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complexes. |
| 1996-1998 | Department of Chemistry, Trinity College, Hartford, CT Honors undergraduate research Advisor: Dr. Richard Prigodich Footprinting of E. coli Single-Stranded DNA binding proteins-ssDNA Complex by Capillary Electrophoresis. |
| Awards and Honors | |
| 2002 | Elon Huntington Hooker Graduate Fellowship University of Rochester, Rochester, NY |
| 1998 | Phi Beta Kappa Trinity College, Hartford, CT |
| 1998 | American Chemical Society Award, Connecticut Valley Section |
| Fall 1997 | Vernon K. Krieble-Loctite Scholarship (Full Tuition) Trinity College, Hartford, CT |
| 1997-1998 | President’s Fellow in Biochemistry Trinity College, Hartford, CT |
| Publications |
Fernandez De Henestrosa, A.R., Ogi, T., Aoyagi, S., Chafin, D., Hayes, J.J., Ohmori, H., and Woodgate, R. (2000) Identification of Additional Genes Belonging to the LexA Regulon in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 35: 1560-72
Aoyagi, S., Narlikar, G., Zheng, C., Sif, S., Kingston, R.E., and Hayes, J.J. (2002) Nucleosome Remodeling by the Human SWI/SNF Complex Requires Transient Global Disruption Of Histone-DNA Interactions. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22: 3653-3662
Aoyagi, S., and Hayes, J.J. (2002) hSWI/SNF-Catalyzed Nucleosome Sliding Does Not Occur Soley Via a Twist-Diffusion Mechanism. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22: 7484-7490
Huggins, C.F., Chafin, D.R., Aoyagi, S., Henricksen, L.A., Bambara, R.A. and Hayes, J.J. Flap Endonuclease 1 Efficiently Cleaves Base Excision Repair Intermediates Assembled into Nucleosomes. Mol. Cell 10: 1201-1211
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