Students

Christopher M. Rath

Graduate Student
Research Advisors: David Sherman & Kicki Hakansson
B.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cohort: 2006-2007
E-mail: crath@umich.edu

Awards

Microfluidics in Biomedical Sciences Training Program, 2008
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, 2007

Publications

1. Lopanik, N.B., Shields,J.A., Buchholz, T.J., Rath, C.M., Hothersoll, J., Haygood, M.G., Hakansson, K., Thomas, C.M., and Sherman, D.H., "In vivo and in vitro trans-acylation by BryP, the putative bryostatin pathway acyltransferase derived from an uncultured marine symbiont", Chem. Biol, 2008, 15, 1175-1186. [Full Text]

2. Pfleger, B.F., Kim, Y., Nusca, T.D., Maltseva, N., Lee, J.Y., Rath, C.M., Scaglione, J.B., Janes, B.K., Anderson, A.C., Bergman, N.H., Hanna, P.C., Joachimiak, A., and Sherman, D.H.,"Structural and functional analysis of AsbF: Origin of the stealth 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid subunit for petrobactin biosynthesis", Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci., 2008, 105, 17133-17138. [Full Text]

3. Amagata, T., Rath, C., Rigot, J.F., Tarlov, N., Tenney, K., Valeriote, F.A. and Crews, P., "Structures and cytotoxic properties of trichoverriods and their macrolide analogues produced by saltwater culture of Myrothecium verrucaria", J. Med. Chem., 2003, 46, 4342. [Full Text]

Presentations

1. Rath, C.M., "Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometric (FT-ICR MS) Analysis of Polyketide Synthase (PKS) Systems", 2008, ChemBio 800 Seminar.