Dmitrii Travin
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
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900 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Illinois
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Teaching and Supervision
Molecular Mechanisms of Therapeutics (PSCI 594), 3/17/2026 – 3/19/2026
Advanced Pharmacognosy (PSCI 522), 3/3/2026 – 4/30/2026
Special Topics Pharm Sci (PSCI 47237), 1/12/2026 – 5/1/2026
Research Techniques in Pharmacognosy (PSCI 520), 11/5/2025 – Present
Pharmaceutical Applications of Genomics (PSCI 541), 8/26/2025 – Present
Selected Publications
Jangra, Manoj, Travin, Dmitrii Y, Kaur, Manpreet, Hackenberger, Dirk, Koteva, Kalinka, Polikanov, Yury S, Wright, Gerard D. (2026). An Acetyltransferase Conferring Self-Resistance of the Producer to Lasso Peptide Antibiotic Lariocidin. ACS Infectious Diseases, 12, (2), 714-723. doi:10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c00885.
Jangra, Manoj, Travin, Dmitrii Y, Aleksandrova, Elena V, Kaur, Manpreet, Darwish, Lena, Koteva, Kalinka, Klepacki, Dorota, Wang, Wenliang, Tiffany, Maya, Sokaribo, Akosiererem, Chen, Xuefei, Deng, Zixin, Tao, Meifeng, Coombes, Brian K, Vázquez-Laslop, Nora, Polikanov, Yury S, Mankin, Alexander S, Wright, Gerard D. (2025). Author Correction: A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome. Nature, 645, (8082), e11-e11. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09597-5.
Jangra, Manoj, Travin, Dmitrii Y, Aleksandrova, Elena V, Kaur, Manpreet, Darwish, Lena, Koteva, Kalinka, Klepacki, Dorota, Wang, Wenliang, Tiffany, Maya, Sokaribo, Akosiererem, Chen, Xuefei, Deng, Zixin, Tao, Meifeng, Coombes, Brian K, Vázquez-Laslop, Nora, Polikanov, Yury S, Mankin, Alexander S, Wright, Gerard D. (2025). A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome. Nature, 640, (8060), 1022-1030. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08723-7.
Travin, Dmitrii Y, Jouan, Romain, Vigouroux, Armelle, Inaba-Inoue, Satomi, Lachat, Joy, Haq, Fazal, Timchenko, Tatiana, Sutormin, Dmitry, Dubiley, Svetlana, Beis, Konstantinos, Moréra, Solange, Severinov, Konstantin, Mergaert, Peter. (2023). Dual-Uptake Mode of the Antibiotic Phazolicin Prevents Resistance Acquisition by Gram-Negative Bacteria. mBio, 14, (2), e00217-e00223. doi:10.1128/mbio.00217-23.
Travin, Dmitrii Y, Sutormin, Dmitry, Mergaert, Peter, Severinov, Konstantin. (2022). Complete Genome Sequences of Two Rhizobium Strains Producing Azol(in)e-Modified Antibiotics. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11, (11), e00722-e00722. doi:10.1128/mra.00722-22.
Nicoud, Quentin, Barrière, Quentin, Busset, Nicolas, Dendene, Sara, Travin, Dmitrii, Bourge, Mickaël, Le Bars, Romain, Boulogne, Claire, Lecroël, Marie, Jenei, Sándor, Kereszt, Atilla, Kondorosi, Eva, Biondi, Emanuele G, Timchenko, Tatiana, Alunni, Benoît, Mergaert, Peter. (2021). Sinorhizobium meliloti Functions Required for Resistance to Antimicrobial NCR Peptides and Bacteroid Differentiation. mBio, 12, (4), 10.1128/mbio.00895-10.1128/mbio.00821. doi:10.1128/mbio.00895-21.
Travin, Dmitrii Y, Severinov, Konstantin, Dubiley, Svetlana. (2021). Natural Trojan horse inhibitors of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. RSC Chemical Biology, 2, (2), 468-485. doi:10.1039/d0cb00208a.
Travin, Dmitrii, Watson, Zoe, Metelev, Mikhail, Ward, Fred, Osterman, Ilya, Khven, Irina, Serebryakova, Marina, Polikanov, Yury. (2019). Abstract P-19: Cryo-EM Structure of a New Thiazole/Oxazole-Modified Microcin – Phasolicin – in Complex with Bacterial Ribosome Provides Basis for Species-Specific Activity of Ribosome-Targeting Antibiotics. International Journal of Biomedicine, 9, (Suppl_1), s25-s25. doi:10.21103/ijbm.9.suppl_1.p19.
Ghilarov, Dmitry, Stevenson, Clare EM, Travin, Dmitrii Y, Piskunova, Julia, Serebryakova, Marina, Maxwell, Anthony, Lawson, David M, Severinov, Konstantin. (2019). Architecture of Microcin B17 Synthetase: An Octameric Protein Complex Converting a Ribosomally Synthesized Peptide into a DNA Gyrase Poison. Molecular Cell, 73, (4), 749-762.e5. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2018.11.032.
Notable Honors
2026, Vahlteich Research Award, UIC College of Pharmacy
Education
Degrees:
Doctor of Philosophy (Life Sciences), Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia, 2022
Specialist (Bioengineering and Bioinformatics), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, 2018
Postgraduate Training:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois Chicago, USA, 2025