Clifford Gee, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Contact

College of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Chemistry Faculty
RGSB - Rigge Science Building - 309F

Clifford Gee, PhD

Assistant Professor

Research Focus

Chemical Biology
Biophysics
Peptide Chemistry
Antimicrobial Drug Discovery

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Position

Assistant Professor

Books

  • , Applications of Fluorine Magnetic Resonance for Small-Molecule Screening, Ligand Development, and Oxygen Sensing 2017

Publications

  • mBio
    Miao Yi, Shadrick William, Liu Jiuyu, Jenner Alexander R., Yadav Vikas, Lee Richard E., Brennan Richard G., Washington Erica J., Nichols Connie B., Gee Clifford, Schäfer Martin, Tenor Jennifer L., Perfect John R., Inhibitors of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase activity in fungal pathogens compromise thermal tolerance pathways 2025
  • Nature communications
    Scott Daniel C, Miller Darcie J, Jayasinghe Thilina, Paulo Joao A, Ochoada Jason, Elledge Stephen J, Harper J Wade, Chen Taosheng, Lee Richard E, Dharuman Suresh, Griffith Elizabeth, Chai Sergio C, Ronnebaum Jarrid, King Moeko T, Tangallapally Rajendra, Lee Chan, Gee Clifford T, Yang Lei, Li Yong, Loudon Victoria C, Lee Ha Won, Schulman Brenda A, Principles of paralog-specific targeted protein degradation engaging the C-degron E3 KLHDC2
    15:1, p. 8829 - 19 2024
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
    Buchholz Caroline R., Sneddon Molly S., Gee Clifford T., Chen Taosheng, McPherson Joseph E., Das Sourav, Grillo Michael J., Chai Sergio C., Lee Richard E., Harki Daniel A., Shelat Anang A., Pomerantz William C. K., Fragment-Based NMR Screening of the BPTF PHD Finger Methyl Lysine Reader Leads to the First Small-Molecule Inhibitors
    14:10 2023
  • Molecular Cell
    Scott Daniel C., Baek Kheewoong, King Moeko T., Vaithiyalingam Sivaraja, Purser Nicholas, Nourse Amanda, Chai Sergio C., Chen Taosheng, Lee Richard E., Gee Clifford T., Kalathur Ravi, Li Jerry, Schulman Brenda A., Elledge Stephen J., Kleiger Gary, E3 ligase autoinhibition by C-degron mimicry maintains C-degron substrate fidelity
    83:5 2023
  • Tuberculosis
    Fernando Dinesh M., Gee Clifford T., Griffith Elizabeth C., Meyer Christopher J., Wilt Laura A., Tangallapally Rajendra, Wallace Miranda J., Miller Darcie J., Lee Richard E., , Biophysical analysis of the Mycobacteria tuberculosis peptide binding protein DppA reveals a stringe
    132 2022
  • Tuberculosis
    Fernando Dinesh M., Lee Richard E., Gee Clifford T., Tangallapally Rajendra, Griffith Elizabeth C., Meyer Christopher J., Wilt Laura A., Wallace Miranda J., Miller Darcie J., Biophysical analysis of the Mycobacteria tuberculosis peptide binding protein DppA reveals a stringent peptide binding pocket
    132 2022
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Cui Huarui, Hoell Zachariah J., Divakaran Anand, Ellingson Mikael O., Scholtz Cole R., Zahid Huda, Johnson Jorden A., Griffith Elizabeth C., Gee Clifford T., Harki Daniel A., Pomerantz William C. K., Aihara Hideki, Lee Amani L., Khanal Shalil, Shi Ke, Shah Vijay H., Lee Richard E., A Structure-based Design Approach for Generating High Affinity BRD4 D1-Selective Chemical Probes
    65:3 2022
  • Journal of Chemical Education
    Bur Scott K., Pomerantz William C. K., Bade Morgan L., Gee Clifford T., Fragment-Based Ligand Discovery Using Protein-Observed 19F NMR: A Second Semester Organic Chemistry CURE Project
    98:6 2021
  • Nature Communications
    Yang Seung Wook, Min Jaeki, Miller Darcie J., Mayasundari Anand, Rodrigues Patrick, Griffith Elizabeth C., Gee Clifford T., Li Lei, Li Wei, Lee Richard E., Potts Patrick Ryan, Rankovic Zoran, Chen Taosheng, Lin Wenwei, Huang Xin, Structural basis for substrate recognition and chemical inhibition of oncogenic MAGE ubiquitin ligases
    11:1 2020
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
    Wallace Miranda J., Chen Taosheng, Lee Richard E., Lee Robin B., Reeve Stephanie M., Gee Clifford T., Yao Jiangwei, Dharuman Suresh, Fernando Dinesh M., Elmore John M., Wright William C., Griffith Elizabeth C., Phelps Gregory A., Discovery and Characterization of the Antimetabolite Action of Thioacetamide-Linked 1,2,3-Triazoles as Disruptors of Cysteine Biosynthesis in Gram-Negative Bacteria
    6:3 2020
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
    Grzegorzewicz Anna E., Liu Jiuyu, Jackson Mary, Das Sourav, Gee Clifford, Belardinelli Juan Manuel, Jones Victoria, Mcneil Michael R., Lee Richard E., Mechanisms of Resistance Associated with the Inhibition of the Dehydration Step of Type II Fatty Acid Synthase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    6:2 2020
  • ChemBioChem
    Gee Clifford T., Arntson Keith E., Koleski Edward J., Staebell Rachel Lynn, Pomerantz William C. K., Dual Labeling of the CBP/p300 KIX Domain for 19F NMR Leads to Identification of a New Small-Molecule Binding Site
    19:9 2018
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Ayoub Alex M., Hawk Laura M.L., Herzig Ryan J., Jiang Jiewei, Wisniewski Andrea J., Gee Clifford T., Offei-Addo Nana K., Zhao Peiliang, Zhu Jin-Yi, Berndt Norbert, Scott Thomas G., Qi Jun, Bradner James E., Pomerantz William C.K., Ward Timothy R., Schönbrunn Ernst, Georg Gunda I., BET Bromodomain Inhibitors with One-Step Synthesis Discovered from Virtual Screen
    60:12 2017
  • ACS Nano
    Lee Amani L., Egger Sam M., Gee Clifford T., Weegman Bradley P., Einstein Samuel A., Juelfs Adam R., Ring Hattie L., Garwood Michael, Pomerantz William C. K., Haynes Christy L., Hurley Katie R., Swindlehurst Garrett, Oxygen Sensing with Perfluorocarbon-Loaded Ultraporous Mesostructured Silica Nanoparticles
    11:6 2017
  • Journal of Chemical Education
    Gee Clifford T., Kehoe Eric, Pomerantz William C. K., Penn R. Lee, Quantifying Protein Concentrations Using Smartphone Colorimetry: A New Method for an Established Test
    94:7 2017
  • Nature Protocols
    Gee Clifford T., Wisniewski Andrea J., Urick Andrew K., Mishra Neeraj K., Hawk Laura M.L., Pomerantz William C.K., Arntson Keith E., Protein-observed 19F-NMR for fragment screening, affinity quantification and druggability assessment
    11:8 2016
  • RSC Advances
    Hawk Laura M. L., Gee Clifford T., Pomerantz William C. K., Urick Andrew K., Hu Haitao, Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement for protein-observed 19F NMR as an enabling approach for efficient fragment screening
    6:98 2016
  • Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Gee Clifford T., Koleski Edward J., Pomerantz William C. K., Fragment screening and druggability assessment for the CBP/p300 KIX domain through protein-observed 19F NMR spectroscopy
    54:12 2015

Grants

  • INBRE: Protein Tetris: Profiling Substrates of the Bacterial Peptide Transporters SaOpp3A and SaDtpT/Sponsor: University of Nebraska Medical Center/UNMC

  • INBRE: Protein Tetris: Profiling the Substrates of Bacterial Transporters/Sponsor: University of Nebraska Medical Center/UNMC

Awards

  • 2023 IGGY Award
    Office of Student Success