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Diana Monteiro

Diana C.F. Monteiro, Ph.D.

  • Center for Cancer Research
  • National Cancer Institute
Stadtman Investigator
Center for Structural Biology
Head, Macromolecular X-ray Diffraction Section

RESEARCH SUMMARY

I am a protein crystallographer focused on molecular mechanisms and protein dynamics. My group develops and employs new methods to obtain high-resolution structures of medically-relevant proteins, including room-temperature, serial and time-resolved crystallography. We also determine protein-ligand structures to link to medicinal chemistry efforts, both with pre-determined binders and through high-throughput small molecule screening.

Areas of Expertise

Publications

Selected Key Publications

Using photocaging for fast time- resolved structural biology studies

Monteiro DCF, Amoah E, Rogers C, Pearson AR.
Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 77(Pt 10): 1218-1232, 2021.

3D-MiXD: 3D-printed X-ray-compatible microfluidic devices for rapid, low-consumption serial synchrotron crystallography data collection in flow

Monteiro DCF, von Stetten D, Stohrer C, Sans M, Pearson AR, Santoni G, van der Linden P, Trebbin M.
IUCrJ. 7(Pt 2): 207-219, 2020. [ Journal Article ]

Photocage-initiated time-resolved solution X-ray scattering investigation of protein dimerization

Josts I, Niebling S, Gao Y, Levantino M, Tidow H, Monteiro D.
IUCrJ. 5(Pt 6): 667-672, [ Journal Article ]

X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease

Günther S, Reinke PYA, Fernández-García Y, Lieske J, Lane TJ, Ginn HM, Koua FHM, Ehrt C, Ewert W, Oberthuer D, Yefanov O, Meier S, Lorenzen K, Krichel B, Kopicki JD, Gelisio L, Brehm W, Dunkel I, Seychell B, Gieseler H, Norton-Baker B, Escudero-Pérez B, Domaracky M, Saouane S, Tolstikova A, White TA, Hänle A, Groessler M, Fleckenstein H, Trost F, Galchenkova M, Gevorkov Y, Li C, Awel S, Peck A, Barthelmess M, Schlünzen F, Lourdu Xavier P, Werner N, Andaleeb H, Ullah N, Falke S, Srinivasan V, França BA, Schwinzer M, Brognaro H, Rogers C, Melo D, Zaitseva-Doyle JJ, Knoska J, Peña-Murillo GE, Mashhour AR, Hennicke V, Fischer P, Hakanpää J, Meyer J, Gribbon P, Ellinger B, Kuzikov M, Wolf M, Beccari AR, Bourenkov G, von Stetten D, Pompidor G, Bento I, Panneerselvam S, Karpics I, Schneider TR, Garcia-Alai MM, Niebling S, Günther C, Schmidt C, Schubert R, Han H, Boger J, Monteiro DCF, Zhang L, Sun X, Pletzer-Zelgert J, Wollenhaupt J, Feiler CG, Weiss MS, Schulz EC, Mehrabi P, Karničar K, Usenik A, Loboda J, Tidow H, Chari A, Hilgenfeld R, Uetrecht C, Cox R, Zaliani A, Beck T, Rarey M, Günther S, Turk D, Hinrichs W, Chapman HN, Pearson AR, Betzel C, Meents A.
Science. 372(6542): 642-646, 2021. [ Journal Article ]

Homogeneous batch micro-crystallization of proteins from ammonium sulfate

Stohrer C, Horrell S, Meier S, Sans M, von Stetten D, Hough M, Goldman A, Monteiro DCF, Pearson AR.
Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 77(Pt 2): 194-204, 2021. [ Journal Article ]

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Team

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW (CRTA)
Brent Runge, PhD
RESEARCH FELLOW
Ian Fucci, PhD
POSTBACCALAUREATE FELLOW (CRTA)
Kailin Guo, B.Sc.
POSTBACCALAUREATE FELLOW
Hande Oktay, B.Sc.
POSTBACCALAUREATE FELLOW
Sean Teng, B.Sc.

News

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Monteiro lab bbq 2024

The first annual Monteiro Lab BBQ was a success! We ate and chatted, played spike ball (thanks Kailin!) and took a very sweaty group photo afterwards. 

Priddy poster

Moya spent her summer with us and 10 weeks flew by! She learned everything from expressing and purifying a protein, to collecting diffraction data and solving a structure! She presented her poster at our Summer Student symposium and although her crystals did not cooperate (looked beautiful under the microscope, diffracted supper poorly) we learned a lot along the way. Thank you for being part of our team! We will miss you!

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monteiro_group_2024

It's summer 2024 and the lab has been operational for a few months. I'm delighted to introduce you all to our team: Ian, Brent, Kailin, Sean, Hande and Moya! We strive to keep a supportive and enjoyable work environment in the lab, while working hard on our science. Look at these smiles!