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Tudor Moldoveanu

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Federal Grant PI

Associate Professor

Faculty Researcher

COM | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

33 h-index 79 pubs 5,840 cited

  • Apoptosis
  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein
  • Calpain
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Models, Molecular
  • Mice
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Protein Conformation
  • Binding Sites
  • Mitochondria

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Biography and Research Information

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Tudor Moldoveanu's research focuses on understanding the structural mechanisms of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization during apoptosis, a process critical to programmed cell death. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his work in this area. His federal grant, totaling $321,300, specifically aims to elucidate the structural basis of this cellular event.

As an Associate Professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Moldoveanu leads a research group dedicated to these investigations. His scholarly contributions are reflected in a body of work that includes 79 publications, accumulating over 5,840 citations, and an h-index of 33. This metrics indicate a significant and widely recognized impact within his field.

Metrics

  • h-index: 33
  • Publications: 79
  • Citations: 5,840

Selected Publications

  • A peptide-based screen for cell death inhibitors identifies the cytoprotective compound CDL36 (2026)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Structural basis of BAK sequestration by MCL-1 in apoptosis (2025)
    Molecular Cell 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract A010: Proteasome inhibitors induce a BAX and BAK independent, non-canonical apoptosis (2024)
    Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 5731: Apoptosis Inducing Agent 1 enhances cancer therapy-induced apoptosis by direct interaction with BAX and BAK (2023)
    Cancer Research 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Apoptotic mitochondrial poration by a growing list of pore‐forming BCL‐2 family proteins (2023)
    BioEssays 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Alzheimer’s disease-associated U1 snRNP splicing dysfunction causes neuronal hyperexcitability and cognitive impairment (2022)
    Nature Aging 58 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Small molecule SJ572946 activates BAK to initiate apoptosis (2022)
    iScience 13 citations DOI OpenAlex

Federal Grants 1 $321,300 total

NIH Contact PI Sep 2020 - Jul 2026

Elucidating the structural basis of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization in apoptosis

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $321,300 R01

Grants & Funding

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  • GLP-1 Based Therapies on Lymphedema in Overweight or Obese Breast Cancer Patients State of Arkansas via Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator

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