Holly Goodson
Professor; Associate Chair
- Office
- 439 Stepan Chemistry
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- +1 574-631-7744
- hgoodson@nd.edu
Research Areas
- Biochemistry
Research Specialties
- Life Processes
- Measurement
- Theory
Prospective Graduate Students
Biography
Year | Title |
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2014-present | Professor, University of Notre Dame |
2006-2014 | Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame |
2000-2006 | Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame |
1995-1999 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
1996 | Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Stanford University |
1988 | A.B. in Molecular Biology, Princeton University |
Selected Awards
2023 Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology
2019 Keynote Address, "Chemical Machinery of the Cell" Scialog, Research Corporation
2017 "Frontiers of Science - From Physics to Biology" Panel Member, Solvay Conference in Physics
2012 Thomas P. Madden Award for Exceptional Teaching of First Year Students
2012 Joyce Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
2008-2010 Elected member, American Society for Cell Biology National Council
1996-1999 Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
1995-1996 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship
1988-1993 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Research Interests
The Goodson laboratory uses multifaceted approaches including biochemistry, molecular biology, and computational biology to address cell biological questions. We focus on the microtubule cytoskeleton – the dynamic network of protein fibers that pulls the chromosomes apart at mitosis, acts as "railroad tracks" for intracellular transport, and organizes the cytoplasm. Questions that interest us include: how does this network assemble? What governs its dynamic turnover? How do other parts of the cell (organelles, chromosomes, the cell cortex) interact with microtubules? To answer these questions we use a combination of biochemistry, molecular biology, quantitative microscopy, and (in collaboration with applied mathematician Mark Alber) computational models of microtubule dynamics. Topics of particular interest include microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs), a network of diverse proteins that dynamically track growing microtubule plus ends, as well as the disease-associated proteins Tau (Alzheimer's) and stathmin (cancer).
A second long-term interest in the Goodson laboratory is molecular evolution. While establishing the history of protein families is an important goal in itself, our primary interest has been in using the history of a protein family to help understand how its members work now. We use natureâs mutagenesis (the set of related sequences present in the genome databases) and combine it with bioinformatics techniques such as homology modeling to perform structure/function analysis. Recently we have taken advantage of unique continuous culture systems developed for a biosensor project to begin a new project studying the process of evolution in vitro and in silico.
Selected Publications
- Branco, R. C.; Goodson, H. V. and Jonasson, E. M. "Teaching Protein-Ligand Interactions using a Case Study on Tau in Alzheimer's Disease" 2022 Journal of Chemical Education, 99 (8), pp.3064-3067. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00280.
- Wu, Y.; Miller, R. A.; Alberico, E. O.; Huang, Y.; Bryant, A. T.; Nelson, N. T.; Jonasson, E. M. and Goodson, H. V. "The CLIP-170 N-Terminal Domain Binds Directly to both F-Actin and Microtubules in a Mutually Exclusive Manner" 2022 Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298 (5), 101820. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101820.
- Mahserejian, S. M.; Scripture, J. P.; Mauro, A. J.; Lawrence, E. J.; Jonasson, E. M.; Murray, K. S.; Li, J.; Gardner, M.; Alber, M.; Zanic, M. and Goodson, H. V. "Quantification of Microtubule Stutters: Dynamic Instability Behaviors that are Strongly Associated with Catastrophe" 2022 Molecular Biology of the Cell, 33 (3), ar22. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E20-06-0348.
- Wu, Y.; Bryant, A. T.; Nelson, N. T.; Madey, A. G.; Fernandes, G. F. and Goodson, H. V. "Overexpression of the Microtubule-Binding Protein CLIP-170 Induces a Plus TIP Network Superstructure Consistent with a Biomolecular Condensate" 2021 PLOS One, 16 (12), e0260401. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260401.
- Thakkar, P. V.; Kita, K.; Del Castillo, U.; Galletti, G.; Madhukar, N.; Navarro, E. V.; Barasoain, I.; Goodson, H. V.; Sackett, D.; Diaz, J. F.; Lu, Y.; RoyChoudhury, A.; Molina, H.; Elemento, O.; Shah, M. A. and Giannakakou, P. "CLIP-170S is a Microtubule Plus TIP Variant that Confers Resistance to Taxanes by Impairing Drug-Target Engagement" 2021 Developmental Cell, 56 (23), pp.3264. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.09.023.
- Shepherd, H.; Trentman, M. T.; Tank, J. L.; Praner, J.; Cervantes, A.; Chaudhary, P.; Gezelter, J.; Marrs, A. J.; Myers, K. A.; Welsh, J. R.; Wu, Y. and Goodson, H. V. "Development of a Yeast-Based Assay for Bioavailable Phosphorus" 2021 ACS ES&T Water, 1 (9), pp.2020-2028. DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00111.