Rate My Professor Bruce Macher

Macher's key publications include Macher, B.A. and Yen, T-Y. (2007) Proteins at membrane surfaces—a review of approaches, Molecular BioSystems 3:705-713; McDonald, C.A., Yang, J.Y., Marathe, V., Yen, T-Y., and Macher, B.A. (2009) Combining the results from lectin affinity chromatography and glyco-capture approaches substantially improves the coverage of the glycoproteome, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 8:287–301; Yen, T-Y., Macher, B.A., McDonald, C.A., Alleyne-Chin, C., and Timpe, L.C. (2012) Glycoprotein Profiles of Human Breast Cells Demonstrate a Clear Clustering of Normal/Benign vs. Malignant Cell Lines and Basal vs. Luminal Cell Lines, Journal of Proteome Research 11:656–667; Yen, T-Y., Dutta, S.M., Litsakos-Cheung, C., Corona, A.A., Timpe, L.C., and Macher, B.A. (2013) Overcoming Challenges and Opening New Opportunities in Glycoproteomics, Biomolecules 3:270-286; and Yen, T-Y., Haste, N., Timpe, L.C., Litsakos-Cheung, C., Yen, R., and Macher, B.A. (2014) Using a Cell Line Breast Cancer Progression System to Identify Biomarker Candidates, Journal of Proteomics 96:173-183. As principal investigator, he led the NIH AREA grant R15CA164929 (2012-2016) on glycoprotein signatures for breast cancer biomarkers and the NSF MRI grant CHE-1228656 (2012-2015) for a high-resolution mass spectrometer. Selected as a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer for 2008-2009, Macher has advanced research infrastructure at the university and supported postdoctoral training programs.