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Chad Dashnaw

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Large-Scale Mutagenesis Identifies Sequence Changes That Bias Tau Toward CTE-like Aggregation

Łukasz A. Joachimiak, Chad Dashnaw, Simran Rastogi, Nabil Morgan, Isaam Memon, Klaudia Jaczynska, Binh An Nguyen, Lorena Saelices, Charles L. White, Sarah H. Shahmoradian

The paper identifies sequence changes that bias tau aggregation toward CTE-like structures using mutagenesis and structural analysis.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Cysteines are critical determinants of spontaneous and seeded tau aggregation in cells

Łukasz A. Joachimiak, Parvathy Jayan, Simran Rastogi, Vaibhav Bommareddy, Chad Dashnaw, Jaime Vaquer‐Alicea, Binh An Nguyen, Lorena Saelices, Sarah H. Shahmoradian, Charles L. White, Marc I. Diamond

This study identifies cysteine residues as critical for tau aggregation and propagation in cells, both spontaneously and when seeded.

bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics