Publications (*Denotes undergraduate co-author)
BMC Biotechnology 2012
- “A set of dual promoter vectors for high throughput cloning, screening, and protein expression in eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems from a single plasmid.”
- Namita Sinah *, Charollet Williams*, Robert C. Piper, S. Brookhart Shields.
- DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-54
- “How Ubiquitin Functions with ESCRTs”
- S. Brookhart Shields and Robert C. Piper
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01242.x
- "ESCRT Ubiquitin Binding Domains Function Cooperatively During MVB Cargo Sorting"
- S. Brookhart Shields, Andria J. Oestreich, Stanely Winistorfer, Doris Nguyen, Johanna A. Payne, David J. Katzmann, and Robert C. Piper
- DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200811130
- This article was the subject of a mini-review in the same issue and featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology.
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2007
- “Investigation of the affinity and selectivity of avian prion hexarepeat peptides for physiological divalent metal ions.”
- S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
- DOI:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.01.004
- “De novo Design of Cu (II) Helix-Turn-Helix Chimeras: The Prion Octarepeat Motif in a New Context”
- S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
- DOI: 10.1021/bi048555k
Presentations (*denotes undergraduate co-author)
Midstates Consortium for Math and Science 2013Undergraduate Research Symposium for Biological Sciences and Psychology
American Society of Cell Biology 48th Annual Meeting 2008
36th Annual Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Meeting
2004
36th Annual Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting
2004
Gordon Graduate Research Conference 2003
38th Midwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting Conference
2003
- Title: “Investigating the Selective Degradation of Ald6p by Autophagy in Saccharmyces cerevisiae”
- Authors: Julia Mandsager*, Sarah Floden*, Kelsi Swanson*, and S. Brookhart Shields
American Society of Cell Biology 48th Annual Meeting 2008
- Title: "ESCRT Ubiquitin Binding Domains Function Cooperatively During MVB Cargo Sorting"
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields, Andria J. Oestreich, Stanely Winistorfer, David J. Katzmann, and Robert C. Piper
- Title: Investigation of Prion Repeat Domains: Metal Binding, Coordination, and Selectivity
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
36th Annual Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Meeting
2004
- Title: Characterization of Chimeric Copper-Binding Peptides Based on Prion Proteins
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
36th Annual Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting
2004
- Title: Characterization of Chimeric Copper-Binding Peptides Based on Prion Proteins
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
Gordon Graduate Research Conference 2003
- Title: Characterization Bioinorganic Chemistry De novo Design of Cu (II) Helix-Turn-Helix Chimeras: The Prion Octarepeat Motif in a New Context
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
- Title: De novo Design of Cu (II) Helix-Turn-Helix Chimeras: The Prion Octarepeat Motif in a New Context
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
38th Midwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting Conference
2003
- Title: De novo Design of Cu (II) Helix-Turn-Helix Chimeras: The Prion Octarepeat Motif in a New Context.
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
- Title: De novo Designed Metalloproteins Based on ATX1 Copper Chaperones and Homeodomain Proteins
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
- De novo Designed Helix-Turn-Helix Metalloproteins
- Authors: S. Brookhart Shields and Sonya J. Franklin
Grants
Extramural Funding
Research Grant 2014
Monticello College Foundation
Research Grant 2013
Better Futures for Iowans
National Institutes of Health Institutional Training Grant: Training in Kidney Disease, Hypertension, and Cell Biology
Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2007- 2009
American Heart Association Heartland Affiliate Postdoctoral Fellowship
Research Grant 2014
Luther College Dean’s Office Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Grant
Research Funds 2014
Luther College Benson-Brecke Student Research Fund
Research Grant 2013
Luther College Dean’s Office Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Grant
Research Funds 2013
Benson-Brecke Student Research Fund
Research Grant 2013
John Tjostem Undergraduate Research Fund Endowment
Supplemental Travel Funds 2013
Faculty Development Funds
Research Grant 2014
Monticello College Foundation
- $6850
- Competitive grant paying for student stipend, housing, travel, and research supplies for one female student researcher for an 8-week research experience, as well as an additional research assistant student.
Research Grant 2013
Better Futures for Iowans
- $500
- Competitive research grant covering expenses of using the core facilities at the Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa.
National Institutes of Health Institutional Training Grant: Training in Kidney Disease, Hypertension, and Cell Biology
- A competitive institutional grant providing postdoctoral fellowships. An institutional review committee, headed by Dr. John Stokes, Internal Medicine, selects fellows. Wrote grant proposal, complied application materials, and designed and preformed experiments for preliminary data. Fellowship funded two years of salary support.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2007- 2009
American Heart Association Heartland Affiliate Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Wrote grant proposal, complied application materials, designed experiments, and performed experiments for preliminary data. Fellowship funded two years of salary and indirect costs.
Research Grant 2014
Luther College Dean’s Office Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Grant
- $4000
- Competitive research grant paying student stipend, housing, and research supplies for one student researcher for an 8-week research experience.
Research Funds 2014
Luther College Benson-Brecke Student Research Fund
- $1000
- Competitive research funds to support student research.
Research Grant 2013
Luther College Dean’s Office Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Grant
- $4000
- Competitive research grant paying student stipend, housing, and research supplies for one student researcher for an 8-week research experience.
Research Funds 2013
Benson-Brecke Student Research Fund
- $650
- Competitive research funds to support student research.
Research Grant 2013
John Tjostem Undergraduate Research Fund Endowment
- $4600
- Competitive research grant paying student stipend, housing, and research supplies for one student researcher for an 8-week research experience.
Supplemental Travel Funds 2013
Faculty Development Funds
- $1000
- Travel funds that allowed travel to University of Iowa for a 4-week research experience.