*Postdoc in the [http://mit.edu/sauerlab/ Sauer lab] at [http://web.mit.edu/ MIT] (2001–2006)
*Postdoc in the [http://mit.edu/sauerlab/ Sauer lab] at [http://web.mit.edu/ MIT] (2001–2006)
**[[Sauer Lab|Sauer lab OWW page]]
**[[Sauer Lab|Sauer lab OWW page]]
==Education==
*Ph.D. in Chemistry, [http://www.scripps.edu/e_index.html The Scripps Research Institute], 2001
*B.S. in Chemistry, [http://www.umd.edu University of Maryland College Park], 1996
*B.S. in Psychology, University of Maryland College Park, 1996
==Publications==
'''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17317664&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum Altered tethering of the SspB adaptor to the ClpXP protease causes changes in substrate delivery.]'''
McGinness K.E., Bolon, D.N., Kaganovich, M., Baker, T.A. & Sauer, R.T. (2007) J. Biol. Chem., 282, 11465-11473. Epub 2007 Feb 22.
'''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16762842&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum Engineering controllable protein degradation.]'''
'''[http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/101/37/13454 Ribosomal protein S1 binds mRNA and tmRNA similarly but plays distinct roles in translation of these molecules.]'''
McGinness, K.E. & Sauer, R.T. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 13454–13459.
'''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12677051&query_hl=1 A Glimpse into tmRNA-mediated Ribosome Rescue.]'''
'''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12573693&query_hl=1 In Search of an RNA Replicase Ribozyme.]'''
'''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12031665&query_hl=1 Continuous In Vitro Evolution of a Ribozyme that Catalyzes Three Successive Nucleotidyl Addition Reactions.]'''
'''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11927255&query_hl=1 RNA-Catalyzed RNA Ligation on an External RNA Template.]'''
Here is an excellent tutorial on how translation works, with an introduction by the 1971 version of nobel laureate Paul Berg. I'd like to see it in classrooms everywhere. tRNA! peptide bond!