Ian Outhwaite

Chris AshdownIan Outhwaite

Education:

B.A. Williams College (2017)

Current Position:

5th Year MSTP

3rd Year Graduate Student

Advisor:

Markus Seeliger

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Research Interest:

I study how to selectively inhibit human kinase proteins and reduce off-target effects. I am also interested in how to circumvent on-target resistance to kinase inhibitors. The subject of my thesis work is defining which kinase inhibitors should be used to target specific MET kinase resistance mutations in the treatment of NSCLC and other human cancers. I am evaluating the mechanism of these resistance mutations and utilizing computational, structural, and biophysical approaches to define which inhibitors, or sets of inhibitors, should be used in these clinically relevant populations.


Publications:

(2023) Outhwaite IR, Singh S, Berger BT, Knapp S, Chodera JD, Seeliger MA. Death by a Thousand Cuts – Combining Kinase Inhibitors for Selective Target Inhibition and Rational Polypharmacology. bioRxiv 2023.01.13.523972; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.13.523972. In review

(2023) Jennings RB*, Outhwaite IR*, Granek IA, Haq F. The Effects of the Physical and Professional Workplace Environments on the Well-Being of Nursing Staff. In preparation

(2023) Mingione VR*, Paung Y*, Outhwaite IR*#, Seeliger MA. Allosteric regulation and inhibition of protein kinases. Biochem Soc Trans. 27 February 2023; 51 (1): 373–385. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20220940

(2022) Peterson AA, Rangwala AM, Thakur MK, Ward PS, Hung C, Outhwaite IR et al. Discovery and molecular basis of subtype-selective cyclophilin inhibitors. Nat Chem Biol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-022-01116-1

(2022) Phillips HE, Jennings RB, Outhwaite IR et al. Motivation to Impact: Medical Student Volunteerism in the COVID 19 Pandemic. Med Sci Educ. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-022-01639-1

(2020) Hou X*, Outhwaite IR*, Pedi L, Long SB. Cryo-EM structure of the calcium release-activated calcium channel Orai in an open conformation. eLife. doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62772 

*co-equal contribution
#co-corresponding

Selected Conference Posters / Presentations:

(2023) Death by a Thousand Cuts – Combining Kinase Inhibitors for Selective Target Inhibition and Rational Multitargeting. FASEB The Protein Phosphorylation Conference. Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 

(2023) Death by a Thousand Cuts – Combining Kinase Inhibitors for Selective Target Inhibition and Rational Multitargeting. Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium. University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland.

(2022) Maximizing Selective Inhibition of Clinically Observed MET Mutants. Stony Brook University Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery 16th Annual Symposium. Stony Brook, New York.

(2021) Medical Student Volunteerism During the COVID-19 Pandemic. AAMC Virtual Group on Educational Affairs Joint Regional Conference. Virtual Meeting.