
Emma Tillison
G2 Student
Faculty Advisor
- Daisy Sahoo, PhD, Biochemistry
Locations
- Medical Scientist Training Program
Contact Information
Education
Research Interests
Biochemistry, cardiovascular disease, and structural biology
Research Experience
Medical College of Wisconsin, 2022-present
Advisor: Daisy Sahoo, PhD
Project: Structural and Functional Analysis of Human CD36
Marquette University, 2019 - 2020
Advisor: Rosemary Stuart, PhD
Project: Expression and purification of mitochondrial ribosomal proteins
Marquette University, 2017- 2019
Advisor: Edwin Antony, PhD
Project: Characterizing Rad52 dynamics and assembly in Homologous Recombination
Publications
Hammonds EF, Harwig MC, Paintsil EA, Tillison EA, Hill RB, Morrison EA. Histone H3 and H4 tails play an important role in nucleosome phase separation. Biophysical Chemistry. 2022;283:106767. DOI:10.1016/j.bpc.2022.106767
Pokhrel N, Caldwell CC, Corless EI, Tillison EA, Tibbs J, Jocic N, Tabei SMA, Wold MS, Spies M, Antony E. Dynamics and selective remodeling of the DNA-binding domains of RPA. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2019 Feb;26(2):129-136. doi: 10.1038/s41594-018-0181-y. Epub 2019 Feb 4. PMID: 30723327; PMCID: PMC6368398.
General Interests
Playing video games, biking and sewing/crafting