Publications
 (2025) A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-025-08723-7
 (2025) Discovery of a fluorinated macrobicyclic antibiotic through chemical synthesis. Nat Chem. 10.1038/s41557-025-01738-7
 (2025) Mechanism of release factor-mediated peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis on the ribosome. Science. 388, eads9030
 (2025) Why Sulfur is Important in Lincosamide Antibiotics. Chem. 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102480
 (2024) Activity, structure, and diversity of Type II proline-rich antimicrobial peptides from insects. EMBO Rep. 25, 5194-5211
 (2024) An antibiotic preorganized for ribosomal binding overcomes antimicrobial resistance. Science. 383, 721-726
 (2024) Berberine analog of chloramphenicol exhibits a distinct mode of action and unveils ribosome plasticity. Structure. 10.1016/j.str.2024.06.013
 (2024) Development of 2nd generation aminomethyl spectinomycins that overcome native efflux in  abscessus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 121, e2314101120
 (2024) Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/s41589-024-01685-3
 (2024) Structural basis of Cfr-mediated antimicrobial resistance and mechanisms to evade it. Nat Chem Biol. 20, 867-876
 (2023) Insights into the molecular mechanism of translation inhibition by the ribosome-targeting antibiotic thermorubin.. Nucleic Acids Res. 51, 449-462
 (2023) Practical Synthesis of -Formylmethionylated Peptidyl-tRNA Mimics. ACS Chem Biol. 10.1021/acschembio.3c00237
 (2022) Insights into the ribosome function from the structures of non-arrested ribosome-nascent chain complexes. Nat Chem. 10.1038/s41557-022-01073-1
 (2022) Structural basis for the context-specific action of the classic peptidyl transferase inhibitor chloramphenicol. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 29, 152-161
 (2022) Structural basis for the inability of chloramphenicol to inhibit peptide bond formation in the presence of A-site glycine. Nucleic Acids Res. 50, 7669-7679
 (2021) Binding and Action of Triphenylphosphonium Analog of Chloramphenicol upon the Bacterial Ribosome. Antibiotics (Basel). 10.3390/antibiotics10040390
 (2021) Structure of Erm-modified 70S ribosome reveals the mechanism of macrolide resistance. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/s41589-020-00715-0
 (2021) A synthetic antibiotic class overcoming bacterial multidrug resistance. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-021-04045-6
 (2020) Sarecycline interferes with tRNA accommodation and tethers mRNA to the 70S ribosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.2008671117
 (2019) Pseudouridinylation of mRNA coding sequences alters translation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 116, 23068-23074
 (2019) Structure of dirithromycin bound to the bacterial ribosome suggests new ways for rational improvement of macrolides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 10.1128/AAC.02266-18
 (2018) Binding and Action of Amino Acid Analogs of Chloramphenicol upon the Bacterial Ribosome. J Mol Biol. 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.01.016
 (2018) Mechanistic insights into the slow peptide bond formation with D-amino acids in the ribosomal active site. Nucleic Acids Res. 10.1093/nar/gky1211
 (2018) Odilorhabdins, Antibacterial Agents that Cause Miscoding by Binding at a New Ribosomal Site. Mol Cell. 70, 83-94.e7

