Kate Carroll (born 1974) is an American professor of chemistry, chemical biology, and biochemistry at

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, since 2010. She was previously a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Michigan.

Education

Carroll received a BA in Chemistry from

Mills College Mills College at Northeastern University is a private college in Oakland, California and part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was ...

in 1996 and her PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University in 2003, studying with Suzanne Pfeffer. Her graduate research involved studying protein regulation of genes such as Rab9. She completed postdoctoral studies with

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in 2006.

Research

Carroll has developed protein cysteine oxidation as a new paradigm for the regulation of cell signaling pathways. Her group has also examined sulfa- and thioreductase activity in '' Mycobacterium'' as potential drug targets to treat diseases like tuberculosis. Carroll incorporates tools such as proteomic labeling and chemical probes to decipher how oxidation of target cysteines in proteins by

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(ROS) leads to downstream changes in cell cycle regulation.

Volunteer service

Carroll served as the Vice-Chair for the 2018 Gordon Research Conference in Thiol-Based Redox Regulation and Signaling. She will serve as the Chair in 2020. She serves as an Editorial board member to scientific journals including '' Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biosystems, and

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Awards

* 2013 –

Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry The Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, formerly known as the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry was established in 1945. Consisting of a gold medal and honorarium, its purpose is to stimulate fundamental research in enzyme chemistry by scientists ...

. * 2010 – Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award * 2008 – Scientist Development Award, American Heart Association

References

External links

Scripps faculty page
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