Sally Hamry
Current Position: Research Assistant
Education
MSc., Chemistry, McGill University, Canada, Sept.2018 – Feb.2022
BSc., Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Sept.2013 – April.2018
BSc., Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Sept.2013 – April.2018
Publications
Hamry, S. R., Thibodeaux, C. J. Biochemical and Biophysical Investigation of Lanthipeptide Synthetases using Mass Spectrometry. Can. J. Chem. 2021, In review.
Bikash, C. R., Hamry, S. R., Tal-Gan, Y. Structure−Activity Relationships (SARs) of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) in Streptococcus mutans Reveal Motifs Critical for Membrane Protease SepM Recognition and ComD Receptor Activation. ACS Infect. Dis., 2018, 4, 1385-1394.
Yang, Y., Koirala, B., Sanchez, L.A., Phillips, N.R., Hamry, S.R., Tal-Gan, Y. Structure-Activity Relationships of the Competence Stimulating Peptides (CSPs) in Streptococcus pneumoniae Reveal Motifs Critical for intra-group and cross-group ComD Receptor Activation. ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12, 1141-1151.
Bikash, C. R., Hamry, S. R., Tal-Gan, Y. Structure−Activity Relationships (SARs) of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) in Streptococcus mutans Reveal Motifs Critical for Membrane Protease SepM Recognition and ComD Receptor Activation. ACS Infect. Dis., 2018, 4, 1385-1394.
Yang, Y., Koirala, B., Sanchez, L.A., Phillips, N.R., Hamry, S.R., Tal-Gan, Y. Structure-Activity Relationships of the Competence Stimulating Peptides (CSPs) in Streptococcus pneumoniae Reveal Motifs Critical for intra-group and cross-group ComD Receptor Activation. ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12, 1141-1151.
Honors/Awards
Best Shotgun Presentation for 5-minute Oral Shotgun presentation given at Concordia Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference (CBGRC) titled, “Genome mining of Novel Class II Lanthipeptides from Actinomycetes.” October, 2020
Cayman Biomedical Research Institute Undergraduate Research Grant, 2017
NSF-EPSCoR Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus Research Award, 2017
Nevada Undergraduate Research Award, 2017
Cayman Biomedical Research Institute Undergraduate Research Grant, 2017
NSF-EPSCoR Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus Research Award, 2017
Nevada Undergraduate Research Award, 2017
CONFERENCES/presentations
Oral Presentation
Hamry, S. R.; Thibodeaux, C. J. (2020), Genome mining of Novel Class II Lanthipeptides from Actinomycetes, 24th Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference, Montreal, Quebec, October, 2020.
Poster Presentation
Bikash, C. R.; Hamry, S. R.; Tal-Gan, Y. (2018) Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) Signal Utilized by Streptococcus mutans, 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2018.
Hamry, S. R.; Yang, Y.; Koirala, B.; Sanchez, L.A.; Phillips, N.R.; Tal-Gan, Y. (June 2017) Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) Signal Utilized by Streptococci Species, 45th National Organic Chemistry Symposium, Davis, California, June, 2017.
Hamry, S. R.; Yang, Y.; Koirala, B.; Sanchez, L.A.; Phillips, N.R.; Tal-Gan, Y. (October 2017), Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) Signal Utilized by Streptococcus pneumoniae, The Great Scientific Exchange SCIX2017, Reno, Nevada, October 2017.
Hamry, S. R.; Thibodeaux, C. J. (2020), Genome mining of Novel Class II Lanthipeptides from Actinomycetes, 24th Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference, Montreal, Quebec, October, 2020.
Poster Presentation
Bikash, C. R.; Hamry, S. R.; Tal-Gan, Y. (2018) Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) Signal Utilized by Streptococcus mutans, 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2018.
Hamry, S. R.; Yang, Y.; Koirala, B.; Sanchez, L.A.; Phillips, N.R.; Tal-Gan, Y. (June 2017) Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) Signal Utilized by Streptococci Species, 45th National Organic Chemistry Symposium, Davis, California, June, 2017.
Hamry, S. R.; Yang, Y.; Koirala, B.; Sanchez, L.A.; Phillips, N.R.; Tal-Gan, Y. (October 2017), Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of the Competence Stimulating Peptide (CSP) Signal Utilized by Streptococcus pneumoniae, The Great Scientific Exchange SCIX2017, Reno, Nevada, October 2017.