Jeffrey N. Agar is an assistant professor of chemistry at Brandeis University. Agar's specialties are bioinorganic chemistry, namely iron-sulfur clusters in metalloproteins, and mass spectrometry. He currently focuses on high-resolution mass spectrometry of post-translational modifications in proteins, trying to better understand neurodegenerative diseases, especially ALS. Aside from formal research, Agar develops and teaches classes in bioinorganic chemistry and mass spectrometry at Brandeis.

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  • Jeffrey N. Agar is an assistant professor of chemistry at Brandeis University. Agar's specialties are bioinorganic chemistry, namely iron-sulfur clusters in metalloproteins, and mass spectrometry. He currently focuses on high-resolution mass spectrometry of post-translational modifications in proteins, trying to better understand neurodegenerative diseases, especially ALS. Aside from formal research, Agar develops and teaches classes in bioinorganic chemistry and mass spectrometry at Brandeis. A native of Flint, Michigan, Agar has a B.S. from University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from University of Georgia. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at McGill University. He has published 21 peer-reviewed papers in biology. The most cited ones are: *Agar, J.N. , Krebs, C. , Frazzon, J. , Huynh, B.H. , Dean, D.R. , Johnson, M.K. "IscU as a scaffold for iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis: Sequential assembly of [2Fe-2S] and [4Fe-4S] clusters in IscU" (2000) Biochemistry, 39 (27), pp. 7856-7862. Cited 187 times, according to Scopus *Yuvaniyama, P. , Agar, J.N. , Cash, V.L. , Johnson, M.K. , Dean, D.R. "NifS-directed assembly of a transient [2Fe-2S] cluster within the NifU protein" (2000) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97 (2), pp. 599-604. Cited 153 times. *Krebs, C. , Agar, J.N. , Smith, A.D. , Frazzon, J. , Dean, D.R. , Huynh, B.H. , Johnson, M.K. "IscA, an alternate scaffold for Fe-S cluster biosynthesis" (2001) Biochemistry, 40 (46), pp. 14069-14080. Cited 110 times. *Smith, A.D. , Agar, J.N. , Johnson, K.A. , Frazzon, J. , Amster, I.J. , Dean, D.R. , Johnson, M.K. "Sulfur transfer from IscS to IscU: The first step in iron-Sulfur cluster biosynthesis" (2001) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123 (44), pp. 11103-11104. Cited 86 times. *Agar, J.N. , Zheng, L. , Cash, V.L. , Dean, D.R. , Johnson, M.K. " Role of the IscU protein in iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis: IscS- mediated assembly of a [Fe2S2] cluster in IscU (2000) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122 (9), pp. 2136-2137. Cited 73 times. *Agar, J.N. , Yuvaniyama, P. , Jack, R.F. , Cash, V.L. , Smith, A.D. , Dean, D.R. , Johnson, M.K. "Modular organization and identification of a mononuclear iron-binding site within the NifU protein" (2000) Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 5 (2), pp. 167-177. Cited 60 times.
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  • Jeffrey N. Agar is an assistant professor of chemistry at Brandeis University. Agar's specialties are bioinorganic chemistry, namely iron-sulfur clusters in metalloproteins, and mass spectrometry. He currently focuses on high-resolution mass spectrometry of post-translational modifications in proteins, trying to better understand neurodegenerative diseases, especially ALS. Aside from formal research, Agar develops and teaches classes in bioinorganic chemistry and mass spectrometry at Brandeis.
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