Skinner Laboratory

Marina Savenkova, Ph.D.

Marina Savenkova
Research Associate

Education/Training
Belarus State University, Minsk, Belarus MS 1982 Biochemistry
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania Ph.D. 1986 Biochemistry

Research/Professional Experience:
Research Associate, School of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Integrated Biotechnology, Bioinformatics Core, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2005-now
Senior Scientist, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2002-2005
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1997-2001
Assistant Specialist, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, CA, 1995-1997
Visiting Research Instructor in Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1992-1994
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Applied Enzymology, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Minsk, Belarus, 1990-1992
Research Scientist Assistant, Department of Protein Chemistry, Institute of Biooragnic Chemistry, Minsk, Belarus, 1986-1990

Publications (selected from 40):
Skinner MK, Anway MD, Savenkova MI, Gore AC, Crews D. (2008) Transgenerational epigenetic
programming of the brain transcriptome and anxiety behavior. PLoS ONE. 3(11):e3745.


Skinner MK, Schmidt M, Savenkova M, Sadler-Riggleman I, and EE Nilsson. (2008) Regulation of granulosa and theca cell transcriptomes during ovarian antral follicle development. Mol Reprod Dev. Sep;75(9):1457-72


Vakharia-Rao H, Kastead KA, Savenkova MI, Bulathsinghala CM, Postle K. (2007) Deletion and substitution analysis of the Escherichia coli TonB Q160 region, J Bacteriol. 2007 Jul;189(13):4662-70.


Suquet C, Savenkova M, Satterlee JD. (2005) Recombinant PAS-heme domains of oxygen sensing
proteins: high level production and physical characterization. Protein Expr Purif. Jul;42(1):182-93.


Satterlee JD, Savenkova MI, Foshay M, Erman JE. Temperature, pH, and solvent isotope dependent properties of the active sites of resting-state and cyanide-ligated recombinant cytochrome c peroxidase (H52L) revealed by proton hyperfine resonance spectra, Biochemistr,. 2003 Sep 16;42(36):10772-82.


Park H, Suquet C, Savenkova MI, Satterlee JD, Kang C. Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of DOS heme domain, a new heme oxygen sensor in Escherichia coli, Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 2002 Sep; 58(Pt 9):1504-6.


Savenkova, M. I., Satterlee, J. D, Erman, J. E., Siems, W. F., Helms, G. L. Expression, Purification, Characterization, and NMR Studies of Highly Deuterated Recombinant Cytochrome c Peroxidase, Biochemistry, 2001, 40, 12121-12132.


Teske, J. G., Savenkova, M. I., Mauro, J. M., Erman, J. E., Satterlee, J. D. Yeast Cytochrome c Peroxidase Expression in E.coli and Rapid Isolation of Various Highly Pure Holoenzymes - Protein Expression and Purification, 2000, Vol. 19, 139-147.


Savenkova, M. I., Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. Horseradish Peroxidase: Partial Rescue of the His-42 --> Ala Mutant by a Concurrent Asn-70 --> Asp Mutation, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1998, 351, 286-293.

Other Support:
None

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