Positions
- Associate Professor
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Molec. Physiology/Pedersen
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Washington University School Of Medicine
- 01/1999 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- PhD from University Of Virginia
- 08/1984 - Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- B.S. from University Of Maryland At College Park
- 01/1979 - College Park, MD, United States
Professional Interests
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Cardiovascular Sciences
- Human Disease
Professional Statement
Allosteric mechanisms of ligand-gated ion channels; functional aspects of gating, ion selectivity, and ligand binding are determined with biophysical methods.
Selected Publications
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Black DJ, Halling DB, Mandich DV, Pedersen SE, Altschuld RA, Hamilton SL. " Calmodulin interactions with IQ peptides from voltage-dependent calcium channels. " Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol.. 2005 Mar ; 288 (3) : C669-76.
Pubmed PMID: 15496482. -
Meltzer RH, Vila-Carriles W, Ebalunode JO, Briggs JM, Pedersen SE. " Computed pore potentials of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. " Biophys. J.. 2006 Aug 15; 91 (4) : 1325-35.
Pubmed PMID: 16751248. -
Tang W, Halling DB, Black DJ, Pate P, Zhang JZ, Pedersen S, Altschuld RA, Hamilton SL. " Apocalmodulin and Ca2+ calmodulin-binding sites on the CaV1.2 channel. " Biophys. J.. 2003 Sep ; 85 (3) : 1538-47.
Pubmed PMID: 12944271. -
Papineni RV, Sanchez JU, Baksi K, Willcockson IU, Pedersen SE. " Site-specific charge interactions of alpha-conotoxin MI with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. " J. Biol. Chem.. 2001 Jun 29; 276 (26) : 23589-98.
Pubmed PMID: 11323431.
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