Christopher Dirks

About me

2022 - present | PhD student - Rudd lab, KI
2021 - 2022 | Research assistant - Elsässer lab, KI
2017 - 2021 | MSc - Molecular Life Science, University of Lübeck (Germany)
2014 - 2017 | BSc - Molecular Life Science, University of Lübeck (Germany)

Article: NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS. 2024;:1-6
The N-terminal SAM domain of the dNTPase SAMHD1 is not required for inhibition by small molecule TH6342
Dirks C; Bwanika HC; Jemth A-S; Zhang SM; Rudd SG
Article: ISCIENCE. 2024;27(2):108907
Identification and evaluation of small-molecule inhibitors against the dNTPase SAMHD1 via a comprehensive screening funnel
Zhang SM; Paulin CBJ; Shu H; Yagu-Capilla M; Michel M; Marttila P; Ortis F; Bwanika HC; Dirks C; Venkatram RP; Wiita E; Jemth A-S; Almlof I; Loseva O; Hormann FM; Koolmeister T; Linde E; Lee S; Llona-Minguez S; Haraldsson M; Axelsson H; Stromberg K; Homan EJ; Scobie M; Lundback T; Helleday T; Rudd SG

Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023
A large-scale sORF screen identifies putative microproteins and provides insights into their interaction partners, localisation and function
Schlesinger D; Dirks C; Luzon CN; Lafranchi L; Eirich J; Elsässer S
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023
Identification and evaluation of small-molecule inhibitors against the dNTPase SAMHD1viaa comprehensive screening funnel
Zhang SM; Paulin CBJ; Michel M; Marttila P; Yagüe-Capilla M; Bwanika HC; Shu H; Vekatram RP; Wiita E; Jemth A-S; Almlöf I; Loseva O; Ortis F; Dirks C; Koolmeister T; Linde E; Lee S; Llona-Minguez S; Haraldsson M; Strömberg K; Homan E; Scobie M; Lundbäck T; Helleday T; Rudd S