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Physical & Biological Sciences Division
Assistant Professor
Faculty
Physical Sciences Building
258
Chemistry
Postdoc, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
M.S., Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Warsaw
B.S., Biophysics, Molecular Design and Bioinformatics, School of Physical Sciences, University of Warsaw
B.S., Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Warsaw
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Structural biology (cryo-EM), Proteomics, Molecular and Cell Biology
Chromatin, Nucleosomes, Histones, Epigenetics, E3 ubiquitin ligases
2023 Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill
2019-2022 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
Spangler C. J.*, Skrajna A.*, Foley C. A., Nguyen A., Budziszewski G. R., Azzam D. N., Arteaga E. C., Simmons H. C., Smith C. B., McPherson J-M. E., Wesley N. A., Kireev D., James L. I., Frye S. V., Goldfarb D. and McGinty R. K., “Structural basis of paralog-specific KDM2A/B nucleosome recognition ", Nat. Chem. Biol., 19(5), 624-632, 2023. *Co-first
Skrajna A., Goldfarb D., Kedziora K. M., Cousins E. M., Grant G. D., Anderson C. J., Barbour E. H., Yan X., Hathaway N. A., Brown N. G., Cook J. G., Major M. B. and McGinty R. K., “Comprehensive nucleosome interactome screen reveals dominant role of acidic patch in nucleosome binding", Nucleic Acids Res., 48(17), 9415-9432, 2020. NAR Breakthrough Article.