Degree

PhD in Biochemistry

Kansas State University

BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology

University of California

Published Works

• Holst, D. J., Murphy, G. L., Gorman, J. M., Ragan, J. E. (2023). Comparison of insect and human cytochrome b561 proteins: Insights into candidate ferric reductases in insects. PLOS ONE, 18(12), e0291564. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291564.
• Holst, J., Murphy, L., Gorman, J. ., Ragan, J. E. . Phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b561 proteins in insects. PLoS One.
• Weber, J. J., Brummett, M. L., Coca, E. M., Tabunoki, H., Kanost, R. M., Ragan, J. E., Park, Y., Gorman, J. M. (2022). Phenotypic analyses, protein localization, and bacteriostatic activity of Drosophila melanogaster transferrin-1. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 14703811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103811.
• Chalit, E. J., Ragan, J. E. (2021). The Serotonin G-Protein Coupled Receptor 5HT2A: Molecular and Multiple Sequence Analysis. Rowdy Scholar, (3), 8. https://www.msudenver.edu/the-rowdy-scholar/current-issue-of-the-rowdy-scholar/rowdy-scholar-issue-3-summer-2021/.
• Murphy, G. L., Holst, J., Kane, G., Gorman, J. M., Ragan, J. E. (2020, April (2nd Quarter/Spring)). Ferric Chelate Reductase Knockdown in Drosophila S2 Cells. The FASEB Journal.
• Ragan, J. E. (2019). Vignette #2: Making a Switch to In-Class Activities in the Biochemistry Classroom. (1337, pp 275-290). American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2019-1337.ch013
• Schelble, M. S., Corkill, J., Cox, C., Elkins., Ferguson, M., Gaede, H., Ganugapati, C. S., Hollis, G., Koether, M., Ponton, L., Ragan, J. E., Siam, K., Sobel, S., Voss, E. (2018). Diagnostic of Undergraduate Chemistry Knowledge 2017. American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education, Examinations Institute, https://uwm.edu/acs-exams/
• Bonham, J. A., Ragan, J. E., Drotar, M. A., Elkins, M. K., Filbin, E. M. (2017). Biochemistry Laboratory Manual CHE 4350. MSU Denver Department of Chemistry,
• An, C., Ragan, J. E., Kanost, R. M. (2011). Serpin-1 splicing isoform J inhibits the proSpätzle-activating proteinase HP8 to regulate expression of antimicrobial hemolymph proteins in Manduca sexta. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 35(1), 135–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2010.09.004.
• Ragan, J. E., An, C., Yang, T. C., Kanost, R. M. (2010). Analysis of mutually exclusive alternatively spliced serpin-1 isoforms and identification of serpin-1 proteinase complexes in Manduca sexta hemolymph. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(38), 29642–29650. .
• Zhu, Y., Ragan, J. E., Kanost, R. M. (2010). Leureptin: A soluble, extracellular leucine-rich repeat protein from Manduca sexta that binds lipopolysaccharide. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 40(10), 713–722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.07.002.
• Ragan, J. E., An, C., Jiang, H., Kanost, M. (2009). Roles of hemolymph proteins in antimicrobial defenses of Manduca sexta. (pp 34–48). Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• An, C., Ishibashi, J., Ragan, J. E., Jiang, H., Kanost, R. M. (2009). Functions of Manduca sexta hemolymph proteinases HP6 and HP8 in two innate immune pathways. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284(29), 19716–19726. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m109.007112.