Phong Nguyen

Biography

Phong is a postdoctoral fellow in Cryo-EM and DNA replication lab. He did his PhD in the Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB) laboratory in Marseille, France, and the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB margarita Salas) in Madrid, Spain.

Research Interests

He is interested in using Cryo-EM techniques to investigate DNA replication and DNA repair processes.

During his PhD, he won the EMBO Short-term Fellowship and ARC Fins de theses to pursue his work on investigating the interaction of Ty1 integrase with RNA Polymerase III by Cryo-EM.

Selected Publications

- Roig-Zamboni V, Barelier S, Dixon R, Galley NF, Ghanem A, Nguyen PQ, Cahuzac H, Salamaga B, Davis PJ, Bourne Y, Mesnage S, Vincent F. Molecular basis for substrate recognition and septum cleavage by AtlA, the major N-acetylglucosaminidase of Enterococcus faecalis. Journal of Biol Chem. 298(5):101915(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101915

- Conesa C, Rabut E, Bragagnolo G, Gouzerh C, Fernández-Tornero C, Lesage P, Reguera J, Acker J, Nguyen PQ. Ty1 integrase is composed of an active N-terminal domain and a large disordered C-terminal module dispensable for its activity in vitro. Journal of Biol Chem. 297(4):101093 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101093.

Education

2018 – 2022 : PhD in Structural Biochemistry, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
2015 – 2017 : Master of Biotechnology - Pharmacology, Specialize in Drug Development, Hanoi
University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2012 – 2015 : Bachelor in Biotechnology – Pharmacology, Hanoi University of Science and
Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Awards

Fondation ARC pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (01/03/2021 – 28/02/2022)
Country/Region: France
Grant number: ARCDOC42020010001355
EMBO Shot-term Fellowship (01/02/2019 – 30/04/2019)
Country/Region: European Union
Grant number: 8023