Mira Pronobis: 2010-2016 (Genetics and Molecular Biology)
HHMI International Graduate Fellowship ; Runner-up, 2017 Larry Sandler Memorial Award for Best Thesis using Drosophila
LSRF Postdoctoral Fellow with Ken Poss HHMI/Duke University
Current Position
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Devver
Publications
- Schaefer, K.N., Pronobis, M., Williams, C.E., Zhang, S., Bauer, L., Goldfarb, D., Yan, F., Major, M.B., Peifer, M. (2020). Wnt Regulation: Exploring Axin-Disheveled interactions and defining mechanisms by which the SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase is recruited to the destruction complex. Molecular Biology of the Cell 31, 992-1014.
- Pronobis, M.I., Deuitch, N., Posham, V., Mimori-Kiyosue, Y. and Peifer, M. (2017). Reconstituting regulation of the canonical Wnt pathway by engineering a minimal βcatenin destruction machine. Molecular Biology of the Cell 28, 41-53.
- Pronobis, M.I., Deuitch, N., and Peifer, M. (2016). The Miraprep: A protocol that uses a Miniprep kit and provides Maxiprep yields. PLoS One 11, e0160509.
- Pronobis, M.I., Rusan, N.M., and Peifer, M. (2015). A novel GSK3-regulated APC:Axin interaction regulates Wnt signaling by driving a catalytic cycle of efficient βcatenin destruction. eLife 4, e08022.
- Roberts,D.M., Pronobis, M.I., Alexandre, K.M., Rogers, G.C., Poulton, J.S., Schneider, D.E., Jung, K.-C., McKay, D.J., and Peifer, M. (2012). Regulation of Wnt signaling by the tumor suppressor APC does not require ability to enter the nucleus nor a particular cytoplasmic localization. PLoS One 7: e31284.
- Roberts,D.M., Pronobis, M.I., Poulton, J.S., Kane,E.G., and Peifer, M. (2012). Regulation of Wnt signaling by the tumor suppressor APC does not require ability to enter the nucleus nor a particular cytoplasmic localization. Molecular Biology of the Cell 23, 2041-56
- Pronobis, M.I., and Peifer, M. (2012) Wnt signaling: The many interfaces of ß-catenin. Current Biology 22, R137-139.
- Roberts,D.M., Pronobis, M.I., Poulton, J.S., Waldmann, J.D., Stephenson, E.M., Hanna, S., and Peifer, M. (2011). Deconstructing the ßcatenin destruction complex: mechanistic roles for the tumor suppressor APC in regulating Wnt signaling. Molecular Biology of the Cell 22, 1845-1863.