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Education/Academic qualification
Post Doctoral Fellow, University Of Kentucky
2017
Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
2014
Bachelor of Science, University Of Kentucky
2005
Bachelor of Arts, University Of Kentucky
2005
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Evaluating Causes for Failure to Thrive in a Noonan-like Syndrome with Loose Anagen Hair (NSLH) Patients using NSLH Vertebrate Model
Galperin, E. (PI) & Bruntz, R. (CoI)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop
11/6/24 → 10/31/26
Project: Research project
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Impact of Chronic Alcohol Consumption on the Functional and Epigenetic Landscapes of Monocytes and their Progenitors
Messaoudi Powers, I. (PI), Bruntz, R. (CoI) & Tidgewell, K. (CoI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
9/1/20 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
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Analysis and Targeting BRD4 in DIPG C4964
Blackburn, J. (PI) & Bruntz, R. (CoI)
KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services
7/1/24 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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State Matching: Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (#KYNETIC#) Yr 2
Dwoskin, L. (PI), Abdel-Latif, A. (CoI), Bruntz, R. (CoI), Cassidy, R. (CoI), Delisle, B. (CoI), Feola, D. (CoI), Gensel, J. (CoI), Gentry, M. (CoI), Gordon, S. (CoI), Hall, E. (CoI), Lima, F. (CoI), Malluche, H. (CoI), McClure, I. (CoI), Rao, M. (CoI), Sun, R. (CoI), Thorson, J. (CoI), Venditto, V. (CoI), Zhan, C.-G. (CoI) & Zheng, F. (CoI)
7/1/20 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
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State Matching: Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (#KYNETIC#) Yr 2
Dwoskin, L. (PI), Abdel-Latif, A. (CoI), Bruntz, R. (CoI), Cassidy, R. (CoI), Delisle, B. (CoI), Feola, D. (CoI), Gensel, J. (CoI), Gentry, M. (CoI), Gordon, S. (CoI), Hall, E. (CoI), Hammill, J. (CoI), Lima, F. (CoI), Malluche, H. (CoI), McClure, I. (CoI), Rao, M. (CoI), Sheppard, M. (CoI), Sun, R. (CoI), Thorson, J. (CoI), Venditto, V. (CoI), Zhan, C.-G. (CoI) & Zheng, F. (CoI)
7/1/20 → 12/31/21
Project: Research project
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Discovery and Evaluation of Active Site-Directed, Potent, and Selective Sulfophenyl Acetic Amide-Based Inhibitors for the Laforin Phosphatase
Lin, J., He, R., Qu, Z., Dong, J., Krabill, A. D., Wu, L., Bai, Y., Conroy, L. R., Bruntz, R. C., Miao, Y., Jassim, B. A., Babalola, B., Nguele Meke, F. G. B., Sun, R., Gentry, M. S. & Zhang, Z. Y., May 8 2025, In: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68, 9, p. 9220-9240 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Short-Term Alcohol Consumption Is Sufficient to Disrupt Microbial Communities and the Intestinal and Circulating Metabolites in a Non-Human Primate Model
Blanton, M. B., Napier, E. G., Keen, K. E., Stuart, E. V., Cinco, I. R., Hemati, H., Bruntz, R. C., Khadka, R., Grant, K. A. & Messaoudi, I., Dec 15 2025, In: FASEB Journal. 39, 23, e71280.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Small Extracellular Vesicles From Radioresistant H3K27M-Pediatric Diffuse Midline Glioma Cells Modulate Tumor Phenotypes and Radiation Response
Oza, V. D., Flores, K. A., Chernyavskaya, Y., Al-Hamaly, M. A., Smith, C. B., Bruntz, R. C. & Blackburn, J. S., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 14, 11, e70188.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structural basis of collagen glucosyltransferase function and its serendipitous role in kojibiose synthesis
Kim, J. S., Chen, Z., Espinosa Garcia, S. A., Buhlheller, C., Zhang, B., Richards, S. J., Chen, T., Wu, J., Bruntz, R. C., Gilliam, M. E., Yamauchi, M., Liang, B. & Guo, H., Dec 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 6704.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gys1 Antisense Therapy Prevents Disease-Driving Aggregates and Epileptiform Discharges in a Lafora Disease Mouse Model
Donohue, K. J., Fitzsimmons, B., Bruntz, R. C., Markussen, K. H., Young, L. E. A., Clarke, H. A., Coburn, P. T., Griffith, L. E., Sanders, W., Klier, J., Burke, S. N., Maurer, A. P., Minassian, B. A., Sun, R. C., Kordasiewisz, H. B. & Gentry, M. S., Oct 2023, In: Neurotherapeutics. 20, 6, p. 1808-1819 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access17 Scopus citations