EDUCATION
B.A. (Biology; minor: Chemistry) 1990, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
M.S. (Biology) 1993, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Ph.D. (Biology/Biochemistry) 2000, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
EMPLOYMENT
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2/10 - Present |
ABSL-3 Study Director/Associate Contract Scientist, Preclinical Microbiology and Immunotoxicology, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM |
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7/07 - 4/09 |
Senior Research Scientist, Molecular Logix, The Woodlands, TX |
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9/02 - 2/07 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, PI: S. Watowich, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX |
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4/00 - 9/02 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, PI: D. W. Bolen, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX |
AWARD
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award T32 Postdoctoral Training Grant in Emerging
and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, 2004-2005
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
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Russo, A. T. and L. Brand: A Nanosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence Study of Recombinant Human Myelin Basic Protein. J. Fluoresc. 9(4): 333-342, 1999.
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Russo, A. T. and L. Brand: Time Resolved Fluorescence Study of Myelin Basic Protein: Structural and Photophysical Implications. Biophys. J. 76: a448, 1999.
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Russo, A. T., J. Rösgen and D. W. Bolen: Osmolyte Effects on Kinetics of FKBP12 C22A Folding Coupled with Prolyl Isomerization. J. Mol. Biol. 330(4): 851-866, 2003.
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Russo, A. T. and S. J. Watowich: Purification, Crystallization and X-ray Diffraction Analysis of the C-Terminal Protease Domain of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus nsP2. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 62(Pt. 6): 514-517, 2006.
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Russo, A. T., M. A. White and S. J. Watowich: The Crystal Structure of the Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Alphavirus nsP2 Protease. Structure 14(9): 1449-1458, 2006.
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Tomlinson, S., R. Malmstrom, A. Russo, N. Mueller, R. Padmanabhan, Y. P. Pang and S. Watowich: Structure-Based Discovery of Dengue Virus Protease Inhibitors. Antiviral Res. 82(3): 110-114, 2009.
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Russo, A. T., R. D. Malmstrom, M. A. White and S. J. Watowich: Structural Basis for Substrate Specificity of Alphavirus nsP2 Proteases. J. Mol. Graph Model 29(1): 46-53, 2010.
PATENTS
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Patent: Gilbertson, S. R. (US), Lory, P. J. (US), Malmstrom, R. D. (US), Pang, Y. P. (US), Russo, A. T. (US), Watowich S. J. (US), “Agents That Inhibit Flavivirus Replication and Uses Thereof.” Publication Number WO2006060774, (International), June 2006.
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U.S. Patent application: Monticello, D. J. (TX), Pienkos, P. T. (CO), Jiang, X. (TX), Russo, A. T. (TX), “Pan-HER Agonists and Methods of Use.” Application Number: 61/061,028, June 12, 2008.