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R. Brian Dyer

EMail - bdyer@lanl.gov

Phone - (505)667-4194

Fax - (505)667-0440

Mailing Address

Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663
Mail Stop: J567

Los Alamos, NM 87545

 

Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC B.S. 1981 Chemistry/Physics
Duke Univ., Durham, NC Ph.D. 1985 Physical-Inorganic Chemistry
Los Alamos National Lab (INC-4) Post-doc 1985-87 Bioinorganic Chemistry

Research Interests

Protein dynamics, structure and function
Bioinorganic chemistry
Chemical and biophysical applications of lasers and vibrational spectroscopy and imaging

Selected Publications

"Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy", P. O. Stoutland, R. B. Dyer, W. H. Woodruff, Science 1992, 257, 1913-1917.
"Fast Events in Protein Folding: Helix Melting and Formation in a Small Peptide", S. Williams, T. P. Causgrove, R. Gilmanshin, K. S. Fang, R. H. Callender, W. H. Woodruff and R. B. Dyer, Biochemistry 1996, 35, 691-7.
"Fast Events In Protein Folding: Relaxation Dynamics Of Secondary And Tertiary Structure In Native Apomyoglobin,"R. Gilmanshin, S. Williams, R. H. Callender, W. H. Woodruff, and R. B. Dyer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1997, 94, 3709.
"Structural Heterogeneity of the Various Forms of Apomyoglobin: Implications for Protein Folding," R. Gilmanshin, R. B. Dyer and R. H. Callender, Protein Science 1997, 6, 2134-42.
"Fast Events in Protein Folding: The Time Evolution of Primary Processes," R. Gilmanshin, R. H. Callender, R. B. Dyer and W. H. Woodruff, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 1998, 49, 173-202.
"Infrared Studies of Fast Events in Protein Folding," R. B. Dyer, F. Gai, W. H. Woodruff, R. Gilmanshin, R. H. Callender, Acc. Chem. Res. 1998, 31, 709-716.
"The Core of Apomyoglobin E-form Folds at the Diffusion Limit," R. Gilmanshin, R. H. Callender, R. B. Dyer, Nat. Struct. Biol. 1998, 5, 363-365.
"Time-Resolved Infrared Studies on Two Isomeric Ruthenium(II)/Rhenium(I) Complexes Containing a Nonsymmetric Quaterpyridine Bridging Ligand," J. R. Schoonover, A. P. Shreve, R. B. Dyer, R. L. Cleary, M. D. Ward, C. A. Bignozzi, Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 2598-2601.
"Dependence of NO Recombination Dynamics on Solution Glycerol Content in Horse Myoglobin," A. P. Shreve, S. Franzen, M. C. Simpson, and R. B. Dyer, J. Phys. Chem. 1999, 103, 7969-7975.
"Effect of Hexafluoroisoproponal on the Thermodynamics of Peptide Secondary Structure Formation," N. H. Andersen, R. B. Dyer, R. M. Fesinmeyer, F. Gai, Z. Liu, J. W. Neidign, H. Tong, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9879-9880.
"High Spatial Resolution for IR Imaging Using an IR Diode Laser," J. A. Bailey, R. B. Dyer, D. K Graff, J. R. Schoonover, Appl. Spect. 2000, 54, 159-163.
"Protein Folding and Unfolding on a Complex Energy Landscape," D. Thorn-Leeson, F. Gai, H.M. Rodriguez, L. M. Gregoret, R. B. Dyer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2000, 97, 2527-2532.
"Resonance Raman Studies of Heme Axial Ligation in H93G Myoglobin," S. Franzen, S. G. Boxer, R. B. Dyer and W. H. Woodruff, J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 10359-10367.
"The Structures of Apomyoglobin's Various Acid Destabilized Forms," R. Gilmanshin, M. Gulotta, R. B. Dyer, R. H. Callender, Biochemistry. 2001, ASAP article.
"Core Formation in Apomyoglobin: Probing the Upper Reaches of the Folding Energy Landscape," M. Gulotta, R. Gilmanshin, T. C. Buscher, R. H. Callender, R. B. Dyer, Biochemistry 2001, ASAP article.
"A Photolysis-Triggered Heme Ligand Switch in H93G Myoglobin," S. Franzen, J. Bailey, R. B. Dyer, W. H. Woodruff, R. B. Hu, M. R. Thomas, and S. G. Boxer, Biochemistry 2001; ASAP Article.
"Human Flap Endonuclease-1: Conformational Change upon Binding to Flap DNA Substrate and Location of Mg2+ Binding Site," C.-Y. Kim, M. S. Park, R. B. Dyer, Biochemistry 2001, 40, 3208-3214

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