Allison Squires Molecular Engineering
Papers from NSF QuBBE
J.A.L. Howard, B. Ambrose, M.A.S. Abdelhamid, L. Frame, A. Alevropoulos-Borrill, A. Ejaz, L. Dresser, M. Dienerowitz, S.D. Quinn, A.H. Squires, A. Noy, T.D. Craggs, and M.C. Leake, "The Transitional Kinetics between Open and Closed Rep Structures Can Be Tuned by Salt Via Two Intermediate States", Nucleic Acids Res 54 gkaf1483 (2026)
A. Ejaz, M. Sutter, S. Lechno-Yossef, C.A. Kerfeld, and A.H. Squires, "Phycobilisome Core Architecture Influences Photoprotective Quenching by the Orange Carotenoid Protein", Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 122 e2420355122 (2025)
S. Keyport Kik, D. Christopher, H. Glauninger, C.W. Hickernell, J.A.M. Bard, K.M. Lin, A.H. Squires, M. Ford, T.R. Sosnick, and D.A. Drummond, "An Adaptive Biomolecular Condensation Response Is Conserved across Environmentally Divergent Species", Nat Commun 15 3127 (2024)
J.A. Howard, B. Ambrose, M.A. Abdelhamid, A. Alevropoulos-Borrill, A. Ejaz, L. Dresser, M. Dienerowitz, S.D. Quinn, A.H. Squires, and A. Noy, "Rep Structures Comprise Metastable Intermediates between Open and Closed States Whose Transitional Kinetics Are Tuned by the Ionic Environment", bioRxiv 2024.2007. 2012.603287 (2024)
A. Ejaz, M. Sutter, S. Lechno-Yossef, C.A. Kerfeld, and A. Squires, "Phycobilisome Core Architecture Influences Photoprotective Quenching by the Orange Carotenoid Protein", arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03899 (2024)
A.L. Cook, M.A. Dearborn, T.M. Anderberg, K. Vaidya, J.E. Jureller, A.P. Esser-Kahn, and A.H. Squires, "Polymer Patterning by Laser-Induced Multipoint Initiation of Frontal Polymerization", ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 16 17973-17980 (2024)
J. Chu, A. Ejaz, K.M. Lin, M.R. Joseph, A.E. Coraor, D.A. Drummond, and A.H. Squires, "Single-Molecule Fluorescence Multiplexing by Multi-Parameter Spectroscopic Detection of Nanostructured Fret Labels", Nat Nanotechnol 19 1150-1157 (2024)
A. Ejaz, K. Vaidya, and A.H. Squires, "Dynamic Excitation for Photophysical Control and Enhanced Fret Sensing in an Anti-Brownian Electrokinetic (Abel) Trap", Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XX 12649 217-228 (2023)
A. Ejaz, K. Vaidya, and A. Squires, "Dynamic Excitation for Photophysical Control and Enhanced Fret Sensing in an Anti-Brownian Electrokinetic (Abel) Trap", Spie Nanoscience + Engineering 12649 (2023)
A. Ali, R. Garde, O.C. Schaffer, J.A.M. Bard, K. Husain, S.K. Kik, K.A. Davis, S. Luengo-Woods, M.G. Igarashi, D.A. Drummond, A.H. Squires, and D. Pincus, "Adaptive Preservation of Orphan Ribosomal Proteins in Chaperone-Dispersed Condensates", Nat Cell Biol 25 1691-1703 (2023)
A. Ali, R. Garde, O.C. Schaffer, J.A. Bard, K. Husain, S.K. Kik, K.A. Davis, S. Luengo-Woods, D.A. Drummond, and A.H. Squires, "Adaptive Preservation of Orphan Ribosomal Proteins in Chaperone-Stirred Condensates", BioRxiv 2022.2011. 2009.515856 (2022)
News from NSF QuBBE
Quantum Horizons Conference 6/29/2026
Allison Squires and Peter Maurer present NSF QuBBE quantum sensing research at Quantum Horizons, a UChicago PME and Argonne conference that drew 265 attendees from 118 institutions to Chicago.
DOE Early Career Award 9/11/2024
Congratulations to Allison Squires on receiving a DOE Early Career Award to learn how cyanobacteria tune their light-harvesting antennae.
CZI BioHub Chicago 7/10/2024
CZ Biohub Chicago funds NSF QuBBE investigators, including Aaron Esser-Kahn, Peter Maurer, and Alex Pearson for quantum-enabled identifiers to track individual immune cells; Samantha Riesenfeld and Allison Squires for inflammatory biomarker detection; and Margaret Gardel for characterizing inflammatory responses.
Site Visit 4/28/2021
Greg Engel, Valerie Goss, Allison Squires and Peter Maurer participated in the NSF virtual reverse site visit exploring the details of NSF QuBBE.