Postdoctoral Work

Soniat MM, Nguyen G, Kuo HC, Finkelstein IJ. MRN and Topoisomerase IIIa-RMI1/2 synchronize DNA resection motor proteins. J Biol Chem. 2023. 299(2), 102802.

Schaub JM, Soniat MM, Finkelstein IJ. Polymerase theta-helicase promotes end joining by stripping single-stranded DNA-binding proteins and bridging DNA ends. Nucleic Acid Research. 2022. 50(7), 3911-3921.

Deshpande RA, Myler LR, Soniat MM, Makharashvili N, Lee L, Lees-Miller SP, Finkelstein IJ, Paull TT. DNA-dependent protein kinase promotes DNA end processing by MRN and CtIP. Science Advances. 2020. 6(2), 0922.

Soniat MM, Myler LR, Kuo HC, Paull TT, Finkelstein IJ. RPA phosphorylation inhibits DNA resection. Molecular Cell. 2019. 75(1), 145-153.

Myler LR, Soniat MM, Zhang X, Deshpande RA, Paull TT, Finkelstein IJ. Purification and biophysical characterization of the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 complex. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2019. 2004, 269-287.

Soniat MM, Myler LR, Finkelstein IJ. Assembling the human resectosome on DNA curtains. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2019. 1999, 225-244.

Bhattacharyya S, Soniat MM, Walker D, Jang S, Finkelstein IJ, Harshey RM. Phage Mu Gam promotes NHEJ in concert with Escherichia coli ligase. PNAS. 2018. 115(50), 1614-1622.

Schaub JM, Zhang H, Soniat MM, Finkelstein IJ.  Assessing protein dynamics on low complexity single-strand DNA curtains. Langmuir. 2018. 34(49), 14882-14890.

Myler LR, Gallardo IF, Soniat MM, Deshpande RA, Gonzalez XB, Kim Y, Paull TT, Finkelstein IJ. Single-molecule imaging reveals how Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 initiates DNA break repair. Molecular Cell. 2017. 67(5), 891-898.

Soniat MM, Myler LR, Schaub JM, Kim Y, Gallardo IF, Finkelstein IJ. Next-generation DNA curtains for single-molecule studies of homologous recombination. Methods in Enzymology. 2017. 592, 259-281.

Graduate Work

Yoshizawa T, Ali R, Jiou J, Fung HYJ, Burke KA, Kim SJ, Lin Y, Peeples WB, Saltzberg D, Soniat M, Baumhardt JM, Oldenbourg R, Sali A, Fawzi NL, Rosen MK, Chook YM. Nuclear import receptor inhibits phase separation of FUS through binding to multiple sites. Cell. 2018, 173(3), 693-705.

Soniat M and Chook YM. Karyopherin-β2 recognition of a PY-NLS variant that lacks the proline-tyrosine motif. Structure. 2016, 24(10), 1802-1809.

Soniat M, Cağatay T, Chook YM. Recognition elements in the histone H3 and H4 tails for seven different Importins. J Biol Chem. 2016, 291(40), 21171-21183.

Soniat M and Chook YM. Nuclear localization signals for four distinct Karyopherin-β nuclear import systems. Biochemical Journal. 2015, 468(3), 353-362. (Review)

Soniat M, Sampathkumar P, Collett G, Gizzi AS, Banu RN, Bhosle RC, Chamala S, Chowdhury S, Fiser A, Glenn AS, Hammonds J, Hillerich B, Khafizov K, Love JD, Matikainen B, Seidel RD, Toro R, Kumar PR, Bonanno J, Chook YM, Almo SC. Crystal structure of human Kapβ2 bound to the PY-NLS of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nab2. Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics. 2013, 14(2), 31-35.

Undergraduate Work

Soniat M and Martin CB. Binding affinities of folic acid and related pterins with biological macromolecules under physiological conditions. Pteridines. 2015, 26(1), 23-29.

Martin CB, Soniat M, Schmidt M. A survey of the practices, procedures, and techniques in undergraduate organic chemistry teaching laboratories. J. Chem. Ed. 2011, 88(12), 1630-1638.

Soniat M and Martin CB. Theoretical study of the relative energies of anionic pterin tautomers. Pteridines. 2009, 20(1), 124-128.

Martin CB, Walker D, Soniat M. Density functional theory study of possible mechanisms of folic acid photodecomposition. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2009, 208(1), 1-6. 

Soniat M and Martin CB. Theoretical study of the relative energies of neutral pterin tautomers. Pteridines. 2008, 19(1), 120-124