Source: Interfolio F180
Megan Ken, MD PhD
Scripps Research Joint Appointments
Education
M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, 2023Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Duke University School of Medicine, 2022
B.A. (Biology & Chemistry) Washington University in St. Louis, 2013
Awards & Professional Activities
2022 Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence, Duke University
2019 Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD Fellowship (F30), NIH/NIAID
2019 Michelle Winn Inclusive Excellence Award, Duke University School of Medicine
2017 Gertrude B. Elion Mentored Medical Student Research Award, Triangle Community Foundation
2013 Marion Smith Spector Prize, WUSTL
2013 Undergraduate Research Student Leadership Award, WUSTL
2012 Amgen Scholars Program, Summer Research Fellowship, WUSTL
2011 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2010 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Summer Research Fellowship, WUSTL
2009 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Summer Scholar, WUSTL
Selected Publications
Ken, Megan L.; Roy, Rohit; Geng, Ainan; Ganser, Lau R.; Manghrani, Akanksha; Cullen, B R.; Schulze-Gahmen, Ursula; Herschlag, Daniel; Al-Hashimi, Hashi M. RNA conformational propensities determine cellular activity. 2023, 617, 835-841.
Kelly, Megan L.; Chu, Chia-Chieh C.; Shi, Honglue; Ganser, Lau R.; Bogerd, Hal P.; Huynh, Kelly; Hou, Yuze; Cullen, B R.; Al-Hashimi, Hashi M. Understanding the characteristics of nonspecific binding of drug-like compounds to canonical stem-loop RNAs and their implications for functional cellular assays. 2021, 27, 12-26.
Ganser, Lau R.; Kelly, Megan L.; Patwardhan, Neeraj N N.; Hargrove, Amanda E.; Al-Hashimi, Hashi M. Demonstration that Small Molecules can Bind and Stabilize Low-abundance Short-lived RNA Excited Conformational States. 2020, 432, 1297-1304.
Ganser, Lau R.; Kelly, Megan L.; Herschlag, Daniel; Al-Hashimi, Hashi M. The roles of structural dynamics in the cellular functions of RNAs. 2019, 20, 474-489.
Ganser, Lau R.; Lee, Janghyun; Rangadurai, Atul; Merriman, Dawn K.; Kelly, Megan L.; Kansal, Aman D.; Sathyamoorthy, Bharathwaj; Al-Hashimi, Hashi M. High-performance virtual screening by targeting a high-resolution RNA dynamic ensemble. 2018, 25, 425-434.
Kelly, Megan; Su, Chih- Y.; Schaber, Chad; Crowley, Jan R.; Hsu, Fong-Fu F.; Carlson, John R.; Odom, Aud R. Malaria parasites produce volatile mosquito attractants. 2015, 6.