Mijoon Lee

Research Professor

Office
B44A McCourtney Hall - West
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email
mlee12@nd.edu

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Research Areas

  • Biochemistry

Research Specialties

  • Measurement

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Biography

Year Title
2023-present Research Professor, University of Notre Dame
2017-2023 Associate Research Professor, University of Notre Dame
2008-2017 Assistant Professional Specialist, University of Notre Dame
2003-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wayne State University
2002 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
1995 B.S. in Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea

Research Interests

Research Support Services

Dr. Lee joined the Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility of the University in 2018. She specializes in LC/MS and LC/MS/MS methods development for small molecules and peptidoglycan analysis using electrospray ionization (ESI).

Selected Publications

  • El-Araby, A. M.; de Jose, U. P.; Miguel-Ruano, V.; Lee, M.; Feltzer, R.; Avila-Cobian, L. F.; Hesek, D.; Fisher, J. F.; Hermoso, J. A. and Mobashery, S. "Outer Membrane-Peptidoglycan Anchoring in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" 2026 Journal of the American Chemical Society, in press. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03160.
  • Wang, T. T.; Zhang, L.; Lee, M.; Yan, W. B.; Liu, Q.; Wang, C. C.; Feltzer, R.; Hesek, D.; Mobashery, S.; Zhang, L. and Liang, H. H. "A Pseudomonas aeruginosa Endolytic Muramidase Targets Cell-Wall in Bacterial Competition" 2025 Journal of Biological Chemistry, 301 (10), 110642. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110642.
  • El-Araby, A.; Feltzer, R.; Lee, M.; Kim, C.; Jacobson, G. and Mobashery, S. "Reconstitution of the Cytoplasmic Cell-Wall-Recycling Events of Pseudomonas aeruginosa" 2025 Journal of Biological Chemistry, 301 (5), 108914. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108914.
  • Kim, C.; Molina, R.; Lee, M.; Garay-Alvarez, A.; Yang, J. D.; Qian, Y. Y.; Birhanu, B. T.; Hesek, D.; Hermoso, J. A.; Chang, M. L. and Mobashery, S. "Reactions of SleC, its Structure and Inhibition in Mitigation of Spore Germination in Clostridioides difficile" 2025 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147 (6), pp.5060–5070. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14976.
  • Prado, D. S.; Cattley, R. T.; Sonego, A. B.; Sutariya, P.; Wu, S. X.; Lee, M. J.; Boggess, W. C.; Shlomchik, M. J. and Hawse, W. F. "The Phospholipid Kinase PIKFYVE is Essential for Th17 Differentiation" 2024 Journal of Experimental Medicine, 222 (2), e20240625. DOI: 10.1084/jem.20240625.
  • Miguel-Ruano, V.; Acebrón, I.; Lee, M.; Martín-Galiano, A. J.; Freton, C.; de José, U. P.; Ramachandran, B.; Gago, F.; Kjos, M.; Hesek, D.; Grangeasse, C.; Håvarstein, L. S.; Straume, D.; Mobashery, S. and Hermoso, J. A. "Characterization of VldE (Spr1875), a Pneumococcal Two-State L,D-Endopeptidase with a Four-Zinc Cluster in the Active Site" 2024 ACS Catalysis, 14 (24), pp.18786–18798. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c05090.

See a complete list of publications at PubMed.