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Maria Anne Schumacher

Nanaline H. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Box 3711, Durham, NC 27710
243A Nanaline H Duke, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Deciphering fundamental biological processes involving protein-nucleic acid interactions at the molecular level

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2019 - 2027

Cell signaling through O-GlcNAc reader proteins

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2016 - 2027

Molecular elucidation of the Francisella tularensis virulence mechanism

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Mechanism of carbon skeleton formation in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Biosynthesis of antifungal nucleoside antibiotics

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2024

Mechanistic Insights into m6A-Mediated Regulation of Brain Development

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

LUMICKS C-TRAP

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

Structural studies of virulence activation in Francisella tularensis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Structural Elucidation of the Novel RNA Polymerase Underlying Francisella Tularensis Virulence

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Complete atomic dissection of the B. subtilis nitrogen regulatory pathway

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2020

Assembly and partition mechanism of Walker-box based segregation machinery

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2019

Structural Biology and Biophysics Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2015

Structural mechanism of DNA segregation by the pSK41 par system

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

External Relationships


  • Nucleic Acids Research/Executive Editor position

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