Ruslan Afasizhev, PhD
Professor
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Molecular & Cell Biology

PhD, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
MS, Moscow State University
BA, Moscow State University



Ruslan Afasizhev PhD, is a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. With funding from six fellowships including those from FEBS , EMBO, and CNRS-Russian Academy of Sciences Program, he received postdoctoral training at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published over 40 papers in the field of Biology and runs a lab where he is broadly interested in molecular mechanisms of RNA processing in Trypanosoma brucei spp. He is a current member of the American Society for Microbiology and the RNA Society.

Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Cell Biology


Member
Boston University
Genome Science Institute


Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences




Mitochondrial RNA Uridylation in Trypanosomes
02/21/2024 - 12/31/2028 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
1R01AI177658-01A1

Decoding the mitochondrial proteomes of six pathogenic protozoa
11/01/2022 - 10/31/2025 (PI)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute


TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN TRYPANOSOMES
07/13/2020 - 06/30/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R01AI152408-05

Guide RNA binding complex
07/05/2017 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R01AI101057-11

RNA Uridylation in Trypanosomes
05/05/2022 - 04/30/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
1R56AI168191-01

Structures and Functions of RNA Editing TUTases
03/10/2016 - 02/28/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R01AI091914-11

Cytosolic mRNA Uridylation in Trypanosoma brucei
12/23/2016 - 11/30/2019 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R21AI128189-02

Boston University School of Medicine RNA Club
11/01/2017 - 10/31/2018 (Multi-PI)
PI: Ruslan Afasizhev, PhD
RNA Society


Guide RNA binding complex
05/01/2016 - 07/04/2017 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
4R01AI101057-06

Functional definition of guide RNAs
12/01/2014 - 11/30/2016 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R21AI115223-02

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Mitochondrial RNA Uridylation in Trypanosomes 1R01AI177658-01A1
2024 TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN TRYPANOSOMES 5R01AI152408-05
2023 TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN TRYPANOSOMES 5R01AI152408-04
2022 RNA Uridylation in Trypanosomes 1R56AI168191-01
2022 TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN TRYPANOSOMES 5R01AI152408-03
2021 TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN TRYPANOSOMES 5R01AI152408-02
2021 Guide RNA Binding Complex 5R01AI101057-11 12
2020 TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN TRYPANOSOMES 1R01AI152408-01A1
2020 Guide RNA Binding Complex 5R01AI101057-10 12
2020 Structures and Functions of RNA Editing TUTases 5R01AI091914-11 14
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  1. Plaza-Pegueroles A, Aphasizheva I, Aphasizhev R, Fernández-Tornero C, Ruiz FM. The cryo-EM structure of trypanosome 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase provides mechanistic and dynamic insights into its enzymatic function. Structure. 2024 Jul 11; 32(7):930-940.e3.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38593794; PMCID: PMC11246232; DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.03.010;
     
  2. Liu S, Wang H, Li X, Zhang F, Lee JKJ, Li Z, Yu C, Hu JJ, Zhao X, Suematsu T, Alvarez-Cabrera AL, Liu Q, Zhang L, Huang L, Aphasizheva I, Aphasizhev R, Zhou ZH. Structural basis of gRNA stabilization and mRNA recognition in trypanosomal RNA editing. Science. 2023 Jul 07; 381(6653):eadg4725.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37410820; PMCID: PMC10704856; DOI: 10.1126/science.adg4725;
     
  3. Aphasizhev R, Aphasizheva I. A new class of antiparasitic drugs. Science. 2023 Jun 30; 380(6652):1320-1321.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37384682; PMCID: PMC10690620; DOI: 10.1126/science.adi5925;
     
  4. Silveira d'Almeida G, Casius A, Henderson JC, Knuesel S, Aphasizhev R, Aphasizheva I, Manning AC, Lowe TM, Alfonzo JD. tRNATyr has an unusually short half-life in Trypanosoma brucei. RNA. 2023 Aug; 29(8):1243-1254.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37197826; PMCID: PMC10351884; DOI: 10.1261/rna.079674.123;
     
  5. Lee JKJ, Liu YT, Hu JJ, Aphasizheva I, Aphasizhev R, Zhou ZH. CryoEM reveals oligomeric isomers of a multienzyme complex and assembly mechanics. J Struct Biol X. 2023; 7:100088.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37128595; PMCID: PMC10148081; DOI: 10.1016/j.yjsbx.2023.100088;
     
  6. Hu JJ, Lee JKJ, Liu YT, Yu C, Huang L, Aphasizheva I, Aphasizhev R, Zhou ZH. Discovery, structure, and function of filamentous 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase. Structure. 2023 Jan 05; 31(1):100-110.e4.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36543169; PMCID: PMC9825669; DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2022.11.015;
     
  7. Aphasizheva I, Suematsu T, Vacas A, Wang H, Fan C, Zhao X, Zhang L, Aphasizhev R. CTS tag-based methods for investigating mitochondrial RNA modification factors in Trypanosoma brucei. Methods Enzymol. 2021; 658:83-109.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34517961; PMCID: PMC9805619; DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.06.004;
     
  8. Aphasizheva I, Aphasizhev R. Mitochondrial RNA quality control in trypanosomes. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA. 2021 May; 12(3):e1638.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33331073; PMCID: PMC9805618; DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1638;
     
  9. Aphasizheva I, Yu T, Suematsu T, Liu Q, Mesitov MV, Yu C, Huang L, Zhang L, Aphasizhev R. Poly(A) binding KPAF4/5 complex stabilizes kinetoplast mRNAs in Trypanosoma brucei. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 09 04; 48(15):8645-8662.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32614436; PMCID: PMC7470953; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa575;
     
  10. Aphasizheva I, Alfonzo J, Carnes J, Cestari I, Cruz-Reyes J, Göringer HU, Hajduk S, Lukeš J, Madison-Antenucci S, Maslov DA, McDermott SM, Ochsenreiter T, Read LK, Salavati R, Schnaufer A, Schneider A, Simpson L, Stuart K, Yurchenko V, Zhou ZH, Zíková A, Zhang L, Zimmer S, Aphasizhev R. Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes. Trends Parasitol. 2020 04; 36(4):337-355.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32191849; PMCID: PMC7083771; DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.01.006;
     
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Bar chart showing 60 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2003 and 2007 and 2016

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1996 HHMI post-doctoral fellowship
1995 EMBO post-doctoral fellowship
1994 FEBS/EMBO summer school: FEBS fellowship
1994 FEBS short-term fellowship
1993 CNRS-Russian Academy of Sciences Program: Fellowship
1993 FEBS advanced course: FEBS fellowship
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