DNA Mechanics and Gene Expression

FOCUS · MAR-U58 · ID: 3979594

Presentations

  • ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Bonin K, Wang Y, Riveros I, Chen RW, Zhang B, Bundschuh R, Castro CE, Poirier MG. Free energy spectroscopy reveals the mechanistic landscape of chromatin compaction. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Aug 13:2025.08.13.670082. doi: 10.1101/2025.08.13.670082.

    Presenters

    • Michael G Poirier

      • Ohio State University

    Authors

    • Michael G Poirier

      • Ohio State University

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  • ORAL

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    Publication: Y. Hong, S. H. Park, H. Wang, M. D. Wang, "Geometry of Braided DNA Dictates Supercoiling Partition", bioRxiv (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.08.617221

    Presenters

    • Hanjie Wang

      • Cornell University

    Authors

    • Yifeng Hong

      • Cornell University

    • Seong ha Park

      • Janelia Research Campus

    • Hanjie Wang

      • Cornell University

    • Michelle Wang

      • Cornell University

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  • ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: J. Yoo and A. Aksimentiev. The structure and intermolecular forces of DNA condensates. Nucleic Acids Research 44:2036-2046 (2016).

    J. Yoo, H. Kim, A. Aksimentiev and T. Ha. Direct evidence for sequence-dependent attraction between double-stranded DNA controlled by methylation. Nature Communications 7:11045 (2016).

    Jejoong Yoo, Sangwoo Park, Christopher Maffeo, Taekjip Ha, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. DNA Sequence and Methylation Prescribe the Inside-Out Conformational Dynamics and Bending Energetics of DNA Minicircles. Nucleic Acids Research 49, 11459–11475 (2021).

    Kush Coshic, Christopher Maffeo, David Winogradoff, Aleksei Aksimentiev. The structure and physical properties of a packaged bacteriophage particle. Nature 627: 905–914 (2024).

    Presenters

    • Aleksei Aksimentiev

      • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
      • Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Authors

    • Aleksei Aksimentiev

      • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
      • Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

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  • ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Kenny Wong

      • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University

    Authors

    • Kenny Wong

      • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University

    • Sho Inaba

      • Department of Physics, Universtiy of Massachusetts Boston
      • University of Massachusetts Boston

    • Rahul V Kulkarni

      • Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Boston
      • University of Massachusetts Boston

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  • ORAL

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    Publication: "Integrating Single-Cell Experiments and Stochastic Models to Understand and Predict Glucocorticoid Receptor Transport and DUSP1 mRNA Expression Dynamics" (planned)

    Presenters

    • Eric Ron

      • Colorado State University

    Authors

    • Eric Ron

      • Colorado State University

    • Alex Popinga

      • Colorado State University

    • Jack Forman

      • Colorado State University

    • Luis Aguilera

      • University of Colorado Anschutz

    • Linda S Forero Quintero

      • N/A

    • Brian E Munsky

      • Colorado State University

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  • ORAL

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    Publication: Ghimire P, Motamedi M, Joh R (2024) Mathematical model for the role of multiple pericentromeric repeats on heterochromatin assembly. PLoS Comput Biol 20(4): e101202.
    Ghimire P, Joh R (2025) Modeling the copy number of HSATII repeats in human pericentromere. Int J Mol Sci 26(10): 4751.

    Presenters

    • Richard Joh

      • Virginia Commonwealth University

    Authors

    • Richard Joh

      • Virginia Commonwealth University

    • Puranjan Ghimire

      • Vigninia Commonwealth University

    • Mo Motamedi

      • Massachusetts General Hospital

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