Roderico Acevedo

Biography

Dr. Acevedo joined the WSU faculty in the Fall of 2018. He is an award-winning biophysical scientist who is passionate about biomolecular structure and function relationships. His research interests include biochemistry, x-ray and neutron scattering, NMR, and protein-nucleic acid interactions. When he is not at WSU, Dr. Acevedo enjoys using x-ray and neutron sources at the various national laboratories across the country. In his spare time, he enjoys watching sports (futbol), playing video games with his friends and walking his dog, Tonka.

Honors and Awards

  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 2012-2016
  • Bunton-Waller Scholar, 2010-2014

Education

  • B.S., Shepherd University, in Biochemistry, 2010 (Shepherdstown, WV)
  • Ph.D., Penn State University, in Chemistry, 2016 (University Park, PA)
  • Postdoc: Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), 2016-2018

Courses Taught

  • CHEM 0109 General Chemistry I

  • CHEM 0103 Nursing Chemistry

Areas of Research

 Biochemistry
 X-ray and neutron scattering
 NMR
Protein-nucleic acid interactions

Publications

2018. Debnath S, Kosek D, Tagad HD, Durell SR, Appella DH, Acevedo R, Grishaev A, Dyda F, Appella E, Mazur SJ. A trapped human PPM1A-phosphopeptide complex reveals structural features critical for regulation of PPM protein phosphatase activity. J Biol Chem. 2018 Mar 30. pii: jbc.RA117.001213. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001213. [Epub ahead of print]
2016. Roderico Acevedo, Declan Evans, Kathyrn A. Penrod, Scott A Showalter. “Binding by TRBP-dsRBD2 Does Not Induce Bending of Double-stranded RNA.” Biophysical Journal 110 (12), 2610-2617
2014. Roderico Acevedo, Nichole Orench-Rivera, Kaycee A. Quarles, Scott A Showalter. “Helical Defects in MicroRNA Influence Protein Binding by TAR RNA Binding Protein.” PloS One 10 (1), e0116749-e0116749
2012. Christopher Wostenberg, Jeffrey W. Lary, Debashish Sahu, Roderico Acevedo, Kaycee A. Quarles, James L. Cole and Scott A. Showalter. “The Role of Human Dicer-dsRBD in Processing Small Regulatory RNAs.” PLoS One, 7, e51829.