Matt Sinclair
Home Department: Department of Biochemistry
Email Address: mts7@illinois.edu
Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Emad Tajkhorshid
Education
- B.A. in Biochemistry , University of Iowa, 2016
Undergraduate Advisor: Dr. Adrian Elcock
Research Interests
- Protein-lipid interactions
- Small molecule discovery
- Protein engineering

Awards
- Biochemistry Travel Award - 2020, 2023
Selected Publications
K. A. Munoz, A. K. Vasan, M. Sinclair, P. Wen, J. R. Holmes, R. J. Ulrich, H. Y. Lee, C. Hung, C. J. Fields, E. Tajkhorshid, G. W. Lau, and P. Hergenrother (2023)
A gram-negative-selective antibiotic spares the gut microbiome and prevents Clostridoides difficile infection.
Science, in review.
A gram-negative-selective antibiotic spares the gut microbiome and prevents Clostridoides difficile infection.
Science, in review.
M. Sinclair, R. A. Stein, J. H. Sheehan, E. M. Hawes, R. M. O'Brien, E. Tajkhorshid, D. P. Claxton (2022)
Molecular mechanisms of functional impairment in active site mutations in glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 1 linked to glycogen storage disease type 1a.
bioarxiv, deposited.
Molecular mechanisms of functional impairment in active site mutations in glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 1 linked to glycogen storage disease type 1a.
bioarxiv, deposited.
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Metabolic thalassaphobia
