Robert Mercer

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics at Midwestern University

[Robert Mercer @robertccmercer]

@alunellab Congratulations!

[Robert Mercer @robertccmercer]

A true giant of molecular biology. When I was a fresh-faced graduate student he very kindly entertained my questions about his latest (and last, it turns out) paper in @ScienceMagazine. He will be missed.

https://t.co/GZ14yiH58z

[CJD Foundation @CJDFoundation]

Robert C.C. Mercer, PhD & Abdullatif Alsulami, PhD Student present their latest research at #PrionADRDConf2024. See agenda: https://t.co/bdfpZXfSMH

[Robert Mercer @robertccmercer]

@lizziehill35 @smead2 Congratulations Dr. Hill!

[Robert Mercer @robertccmercer]

In collaboration with @GMostoslavsky at @CReM_Boston, we've uncovered an interesting phenotype in iPSC-derived neurons from carriers of the E200K mutation of PrP.

[StemCellReports @stemcellreports]

New research on genetic #priondisease: Abnormal synaptic architecture in iPSC-derived neurons from a multi-generational family with genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease #prion #stemcells

@BUMedicine @CReM_Boston @ISSCR @CellPressNews @MartinPeraJAX

https://t.co/KVDDFrBjnk

[Eric Vallabh Minikel @cureffi]

3 months into the first-in-human trial of the first PrP-lowering drug, some reflections on what it means https://t.co/RTsYTqd86M

[Mikel Garcia-Marcos Laboratory @MGMlab]

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[CJD Foundation @CJDFoundation]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal brain disorder within a group of illnesses called prion diseases. The incidence of CJD cases in the U.S. is ~500 new cases/yr. Raise awareness of #CJD by sharing this video! #CureCJD #RareDiseaseDay

[Robert Mercer @robertccmercer]

@DebMcKprions @IJMS_MDPI Love seeing the C2C12 system in action. I feel it’s not received the attention it deserves. I’ve been using it myself lately, stay tuned!

[Robert Mercer @robertccmercer]

@BShoichet @zenbrainest @RothLabUNC @GestwickiLab @ShahmoraLab We looked into that, testing the molecules at 10 uM over 24 hrs. Using N2a cells (relative to amiodarone), the induction of phospholipidosis didn’t correlate with anti-prion effects.

Open to ideas on this one…

[Robert Mercer @robertccmercer]

Happy to share many years of work with the world.

[BryanRoth @zenbrainest]

This is important and interesting!
@BShoichet
@RothLabUNC
https://t.co/y6ud7PIrW3
Sigma receptor ligands are potent anti-prion compounds that act independently of sigma receptor binding

[BryanRoth @zenbrainest]

This is important and interesting!
@BShoichet
@RothLabUNC
https://t.co/y6ud7PIrW3
Sigma receptor ligands are potent anti-prion compounds that act independently of sigma receptor binding

[Saeed Lab @drmohsan]

Our recent work on SARS-CoV-2 has come out in @Nature. This study identifies spike and nsp6 as major proteins contributing to Omicron’s pathogenicity/attenuation.

https://t.co/VND8OlGfMz

[Roberto Chiesa @roberchiesa]

Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease identified in a technician who had cut her thumb while handling brain sections of mice infected with BSE 7.5 years earlier. https://t.co/4sfnqlDnyf