Dmitrii Travin
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
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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
Kaur, Manpreet, Travin, Dmitrii Y, Berger, Max J, Jangra, Manoj, Morici, Martino, Safdari, Haaris A, Klepacki, Dorota, Wang, Wenliang, Cook, Michael, Chou, Sommer, Guitor, Allison K, Koteva, Kalinka, Xu, Min, Ejim, Linda, Fiebig, Aline, Yousefi, Yeganeh, Coombes, Brian K, Macneil, Lesley, Vázquez-Laslop, Nora, Mankin, Alexander S, Wilson, Daniel N, Wright, Gerard D. (2026). A natural depsipeptide antibiotic binds the E-site of the bacterial ribosome. Nature, 655, (8123), 737-746. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10589-2.
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.
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