• Co-author of 12 publications with the Minor Lab [show]
    • 903 citations in Web of Science
    • 1,338 citations in Google Scholar
  • Co-author of 51 structures with the Minor Lab [show]
  • Relative Citation Ratio (RCR): 30.94
  • Training Period: 2011-2016, PhD
  • Prior Institution: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
  • Prior Degree: MSc (2011)
  • Project Title: Structural and functional studies of serum albumins.
  • Current Position: Senior Scientist II; Tango Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Publications with the Minor Lab

  1. Gucwa M, Handing KB, Bijak V, Ackermann K, Chakraborty A, Pautarak A, Redpath T, Lin B, Slawek J, Blindauer CA, Stewart AJ, Bode BE, Minor W (2026)
    Crystallographic and EPR-based characterisation of Cu
    Inorg Chem Front 13(9): 3750-3758. [DOI:10.1039/d6qi00150e] [Pub Med ID: 41867359] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC13001715]
    WoS Times Cited: 0
  2. Venkataramany BS, Cooper DR, Shabalin IG, Minor W, Czub MP, Handing KB (2020)
    Albumin-Based Transport of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Mammalian Blood Plasma.
    J Med Chem 63(13): 6847-6862. [DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00225] [Pub Med ID: 32469516] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC7902233]
    WoS Times Cited: 58 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 74
  3. Czub MP, Venkataramany BS, Majorek KA, Handing KB, Porebski PJ, Beeram SR, Suh K, Woolfork AG, Hage DS, Shabalin IG, Minor W (2019)
    Testosterone meets albumin - the molecular mechanism of sex hormone transport by serum albumins.
    Chem Sci 10(6): 1607-1618. [DOI:10.1039/c8sc04397c] [Pub Med ID: 30842823] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC6371759]
    WoS Times Cited: 53 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 73
  4. Handing KB, Niedzialkowska E, Shabalin IG, Kuhn ML, Zheng H, Minor W (2018)
    Characterizing metal-binding sites in proteins with X-ray crystallography.
    Nat Protoc 13(5): 1062-1090. [DOI:10.1038/nprot.2018.018] [Pub Med ID: 29674755] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC6235626]
    WoS Times Cited: 100 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 142
    F1000 Recommended Publication
  5. Kutner J, Shabalin IG, Matelska D, Gasiorowska O, Sroka P, Gorna MW, Ginalski K, Wozniak K, Minor W, Handing KB (2018)
    Structural, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Characterizations of Glyoxylate/Hydroxypyruvate Reductases Show Their Division into Two Distinct Subfamilies.
    Biochemistry 57(6): 963-977. [DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01137] [Pub Med ID: 29309127] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC6469932]
    WoS Times Cited: 16 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 23
  6. Zheng H, Cooper DR, Porebski PJ, Shabalin IG, Handing KB, Minor W (2017)
    CheckMyMetal: a macromolecular metal-binding validation tool.
    Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 73(Pt 3): 223-233. [DOI:10.1107/S2059798317001061] [Pub Med ID: 28291757] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC5349434]
    WoS Times Cited: 270 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 396
  7. Handing KB, Shabalin IG, Kassaar O, Khazaipoul S, Blindauer CA, Stewart AJ, Chruszcz M, Minor W (2016)
    Circulatory zinc transport is controlled by distinct interdomain sites on mammalian albumins.
    Chem Sci 7(11): 6635-6648. [DOI:10.1039/c6sc02267g] [Pub Med ID: 28567254] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC5450522]
    WoS Times Cited: 83 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 108
  8. Handing KB, Shabalin IG, Szlachta K, Majorek KA, Minor W (2016)
    Crystal structure of equine serum albumin in complex with cetirizine reveals a novel drug binding site.
    Mol. Immunol. 71(): 143-151. [DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2016.02.003] [Pub Med ID: 26896718] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4800003]
    WoS Times Cited: 23 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 26
  9. Gasiorowska O, Handing KB, Majorek KA, Porebski PJ, Shabalin IG, Zasadzinska E, Cymborowski M, Minor W, Niedzialkowska E (2016)
    Protein purification and crystallization artifacts: The tale usually not told.
    Protein Sci 25(3): 720-33. [DOI:10.1002/pro.2861] [Pub Med ID: 26660914] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4815408]
    WoS Times Cited: 44 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 73
  10. Zheng H, Shabalin IG, Handing KB, Minor W, Bujnicki JM (2015)
    Magnesium-binding architectures in RNA crystal structures: validation, binding preferences, classification and motif detection.
    Nucleic Acids Res 43(7): 3789-801. [DOI:10.1093/nar/gkv225] [Pub Med ID: 25800744] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4402538]
    WoS Times Cited: 82 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 117
  11. Zheng H, Handing KB, Zimmerman MD, Shabalin IG, Minor W, Almo SC (2015)
    X-ray crystallography over the past decade for novel drug discovery - where are we heading next?
    Expert Opin Drug Discov 10(9): 975-89. [DOI:10.1517/17460441.2015.1061991] [Pub Med ID: 26177814] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4655606]
    WoS Times Cited: 72 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 151
  12. Mikolajczak K, Majorek KA, Porebski PJ, Minor W, Mank N, Chruszcz M (2013)
    Serum albumins-unusual allergens.
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1830(12): 5375-81. [DOI:10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.06.016] [Pub Med ID: 23811341] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4419372]
    WoS Times Cited: 102 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 155