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Research Collaboration and Excellence
Our modern LEEDS-certified building on UAlbany's uptown campus houses researchers that are making scientific breakthroughs in the broad field of Ribonucleic Acid (RNA). RNA has a multitude of essential biological functions and can be used as a tool for scientific discovery and disease treatment. Research at The RNA Institute is discovering new roles for RNA in biology and chemical processes, and is being developed as a tool for therapeutic advances.
The RNA Institute is more than just a modern research facility, we are a collection of diverse and talented researchers united by a common goal in understanding the role of RNA across different fields, including biology, chemistry, biomedical sciences, physics, and nanobiosciences.
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The RNA Institute Labs
Cell & Developmental Biology
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Biophysics
Neurological / Neurodegenerative
Infectious Disease - Bacterial
- Andam Lab
- McDonough Laboratory
- Pata Lab
- Tenenbaum Lab
Infectious Disease - Viral
- Belfort Lab
- Ciota Lab
- Curcio Lab
- Fuchs Lab
- Pan T.X. Li Lab
- Pager Lab
- Tenenbaum Lab
Cancer
- Begley Laboratory
- Conklin Laboratory
- Fuchs Lab
- Herschkowitz Lab
- Pager Lab
- Royzen Lab
- Sheng Lab
- Tenenbaum Lab
- The Wang Lab
- Yigit Lab
Rare Diseases
Muscle Degenerative Disease
Alphabetical list of labs by researcher's last name
- Aalberts Lab
- Andam Lab
- Agrawal Laboratory
- Banavali Lab
- Begley Laboratory
- Belfort Lab
- Berglund Lab
- Chandrasekaran Lab
- Chen Lab
- Ciota Lab
- Conklin Lab
- Crawford Lab
- Curcio Lab
- Dey Lab
- Forni Lab
- Fuchs Lab
- Ghosh Lab
- Halvorsen Lab
- Herschkowitz Lab
- Larsen Lab
- Lednev Lab
- Lee Lab
- McDonough Lab
- Niu Lab
- Ojha Lab
- Pager Lab
- Pata Lab
- Pan T.X. Li Lab
- Reddy Lab
- Royzen Lab
- Rozners Lab
- Sammons Lab
- Shekhtman Lab
- Sheng Lab
- Shi Lab
- Shorrock Lab
- Sullivan Lab
- Vangaveti Lab
- Wang Lab
- Yigit Lab
Recent Publications
The structure of a hibernating ribosome in a Lyme disease pathogen
Sharma, M. R., Manjari, S. R., Agrawal, E. K., Keshavan, P., Koripella, R. K., Majumdar, S., Marcinkiewicz, A. L., Lin, Y., Agrawal, R. K., & Banavali, N. K., (2023), Nature Communications, 14(1), 6961.
Evolution: Mitochondrial Ribosomes Across Species
Agrawal, R. K., & Majumdar, S. (2023) Methods in molecular biology (pp. 7–21)
Ikhimiukor, O. O., Souza, S. S. R., Akintayo, I., Marcovici, M. M., Workman, A., Martin, I. W., & Andam, C. P., 2023, Microbiology Spectrum, 11(5)
Li, Y., Majumdar, S., Treen, R., Sharma, M. R., Corro, J., Gamper, H., Manjari, S. R., Prusa, J., Banavali, N. K., Stallings, C. L., Hou, Y., Agrawal, R. K., & Ojha, A. K. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(22)
Souza, S. S. R., Smith, J. T., Bruce, S. A., Gibson, R. J., Martin, I. W., & Andam, C. P. (2023), BMC Microbiology, 23(1).
Recombination as an enforcement mechanism of prosocial behavior in cooperating bacteria
Lee, I. P. A., Eldakar, O. T., Gogarten, J. P., & Andam, C. P. (2023), iScience, 26(8), 107344.
Leaky barriers to gene sharing between locally co-existing coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species
Ikhimiukor, O. O., Souza, S. S. R., Marcovici, M. M., Nye, G. J., Gibson, R. J., & Andam, C. P. (2023), Communications Biology, 6(1).
Moser, B., Moore, D., Khadka, B., Lyons, C., Foxall, T., Andam, C. P., Parker, C. J., Ochin, C., Garelnabi, M., Sevigny, J., Thomas, W. K., Bigornia, S., & Dao, M. C. (2023). Frontiers in Nutrition, 9.
McDowell, J. R., Bai, G., Lasek‐Nesselquist, E., Eisele, L. E., Yan, W., Hurteau, G. J., Johnson, R., Bai, Y., Chen, Y., Chan, J., & McDonough, K. A. (2023), Molecular Microbiology, 119(4), 401–422.
Maintenance of a host-specific minority mutation in the West Nile virus NS3
Caldwell, H. S., Kuo, L., Pata, J. D., Dupuis, A. P., Arnold, J. J., Yeager, C., Stout, J., Koetzner, C. A., Payne, A., Bialosuknia, S., Banker, E., Nolen, T. A., Cameron, C. Ε., & Ciota, A. T. (2023), iScience, 26(8), 107468.
Nelson-Rigg, R., Fagan, S. P., Jaremko, W. J., & Pata, J. D. (2023), Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 67(6).
Disruption of the productive encounter complex results in dysregulation of DIAPH1 activity
Theophall, G. G., Ramirez, L., Premo, A., Reverdatto, S., Manigrasso, M. B., Yepuri, G., Burz, D. S., Ramasamy, R., Schmidt, A. M., & Shekhtman, A. (2023), Journal of Biological Chemistry/Journal of Biological Chemistry, 299(11), 105342.
DIAPH1-MFN2 interaction regulates mitochondria-SR/ER contact and modulates ischemic/hypoxic stress
Yepuri, G., Ramirez, L., Theophall, G. G., Reverdatto, S., Quadri, N., Hasan, S. N., Bu, L., Thiagarajan, D., Wilson, R. A., López‐Díez, R., Gugger, P. F., Mangar, K., Narula, N., Katz, S. D., Zhou, B., Li, H., Stotland, A., Gottlieb, R. A., Schmidt, A. M., . . . Ramasamy, R. (2023), Nature Communications, 14(1).
RAGE/DIAPH1 and atherosclerosis through an evolving lens: Viewing the cell from the “Inside – Out”
Ramasamy, R., Shekhtman, A., & Schmidt, A. M. (2023), Atherosclerosis, 117304.
Londhe, A. D., & Boivin, B. (2023), Methods in molecular biology (pp. 223–237).
Interfacing neural cells with typical microelectronics materials for future manufacturing
Torres, F., Tokranova, N., Amodeo, E., Bertucci, T., Kiehl, T. R., Xie, Y., Cady, N. C., & Sharfstein, S. T. (2023), Biosensors & Bioelectronics/Biosensors & Bioelectronics (Online), 242, 115749.
Abedin, M., Gong, N., Beckmann, K., Liehr, M., Saraf, I., Van Der Straten, O., Ando, T., & Cady, N. C. (2023), Scientific Reports, 13(1).
Dupuis, A. P., Lange, R., & Ciota, A. T. (2023), Journal of Medical Entomology, 60(6), 1183–1196.
Diversification of Bourbon Virus in New York State
Lange, R., Dupuis, A. P., & Ciota, A. T. (2023), Microorganisms, 11(6), 1590.
Vogels, C. B., Brackney, D. E., Dupuis, A. P., Robich, R. M., Fauver, J. R., Brito, A., Williams, S. C., Anderson, J. F., Lubelczyk, C. B., Lange, R., Prusinski, M. A., Kramer, L. D., Gangloff-Kaufmann, J., Goodman, L. B., Baele, G., Smith, R. P., Armstrong, P. M., Ciota, A. T., Dellicour, S., & Grubaugh, N. D. (2023), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(16).
Intrapulmonary Treatment with Mycobacteriophage LysB Rapidly Reduces Mycobacterium abscessus Burden
Hurst-Hess, K., Walz, A., Yang, Y., McGuirk, H., González-Juarrero, M., Hatfull, G. F., Ghosh, P., & Ojha, A. K. (2023), Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 67(6).
Hurst-Hess, K., Phelps, G. A., Wilt, L. A., Lee, R., & Ghosh, P. (2023), Tuberculosis, 138, 102295.
Keegan, N. R., Torres, N., Stringer, A. M., Prager, L. I., Brockley, M., McManaman, C., Wade, J. T., & Paczkowski, J. E. (2023), PLOS Genetics, 19(12), e1010900.
Simanek, K. A., Schumacher, M. L., Mallery, C., Shen, S., Li, L., & Paczkowski, J. E. (2023), Nature Communications, 14(1).
Shorrock, H. K., Lennon, C., Aliyeva, A., Davey, E., DeMeo, C. C., Pritchard, C. E., Planco, L., Vélez, J. M., Mascorro-Huamancaja, A., Shin, D. S., Cleary, J. D., & Berglund, J. A. (2023), Brain.
Alternative Splicing Outcomes Across an RNA-Binding Protein Concentration Gradient
Ellis, J. A., Hale, M. A., Cleary, J. D., Wang, E., & Berglund, J. A. (2023), Journal of Molecular Biology/Journal of Molecular Biology, 435(15), 168156.
Resolving altered base-pairing of RNA modifications with DNA nanoswitches
Todkari, I. A., Chandrasekaran, A. R., Punnoose, J. A., Mao, S., Haruehanroengra, P., Beckles, C., Sheng, J., & Halvorsen, K. (2023), Nucleic Acids Research, 51(20), 11291–11297.
siRNA-loaded DNA nanostructures restore endothelial leakiness
Chandrasekaran, A. R. (2023), Nanoscale Horizons, 8(12), 1606–1607.
Introduction to emerging concepts in nucleic acids: structures, functions and applications
Bhatia, D., Maiti, P. K., Liu, X., & Chandrasekaran, A. R. (2023), Nanoscale, 15(31), 12785–12786.
Fluorometric Determination of DNA Nanostructure Biostability
Talbot, H., Madhanagopal, B. R., Hayden, A., Halvorsen, K., & Chandrasekaran, A. R. (2023), ACS Applied Bio Materials, 6(8), 3074–3078.
Self-Assembly of DNA Nanostructures in Different Cations
Rodriguez, A., Gandavadi, D., Mathivanan, J., Song, T., Madhanagopal, B. R., Talbot, H., Sheng, J., Wang, X., & Chandrasekaran, A. R. (2023), Small, 19(39).
Caffeine-induced release of small molecules from DNA nanostructures
Madhanagopal, B. R., Chen, S., Platt, C., & Chandrasekaran, A. R. (2023), iScience, 26(5), 106564.
High-throughput single-molecule quantification of individual base stacking energies in nucleic acids
Punnoose, J. A., Thomas, K. J., Chandrasekaran, A. R., Vilcapoma, J., Hayden, A., Kilpatrick, K., Vangaveti, S., Chen, A., Banco, T., & Halvorsen, K. (2023), Nature Communications, 14(1).
Zhao, Y., Chandrasekaran, A. R., Rusling, D. A., Woloszyn, K., Hao, Y., Hernandez, C., Vecchioni, S., Ohayon, Y. P., Mao, C., Seeman, N. C., & Sha, R. (2023), Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(6), 3599–3605.
Characterizing the Folding Transition-State Ensembles in the Energy Landscape of an RNA Tetraloop
Viegas, R. G., Sanches, M. N., Chen, A., Paulovich, F. V., Garcı́A, A. E., & Leite, V. B. P. (2023), Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 63(17), 5641–5649.
Biswas, S., Kaur, S., Myers, C. A., Chen, A., & Welch, J. T. (2023), ACS Omega, 8(33), 30037–30047.
Loss of function of male-specific lethal 3 (Msl3) does not affect spermatogenesis in rodents
Mitchell, T. A., Lin, J. M., Hicks, S. M., James, J. R., Rangan, P., & Forni, P. E. (2023), Developmental Dynamics.
Identifying fibrogenic cells following salivary gland obstructive injury
Altrieth, A. L., O’Keefe, K. J., Gellatly, V., Tavarez, J. R., Feminella, S., Moskwa, N., Cordi, C. V., Turrieta, J. C., Nelson, D. A., & Larsen, M. (2023), Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 11.
Almehmadi, L. M., & Lednev, I. K. (2023), Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 55(2), 227–231.
Diagnosing COVID-19 in nasopharyngeal secretion through Raman spectroscopy: a feasibility study
Goulart, A. C. C., Zângaro, R. A., Carvalho, H. C., Lednev, I. K., & Silveira, L. (2023), Lasers in Medical Science, 38(1).
Discrimination of smokers and nonsmokers based on the analysis of fingermarks for forensic purposes
Amin, M. O., Al‐Hetlani, E., & Lednev, I. K. (2023), Microchemical Journal, 188, 108466.
Ogilvie, R. H., & Lednev, I. K. (2023), TrAC. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 163, 117081.
Khandasammy, S. R., Halámková, L., Baudelet, M., & Lednev, I. K. (2023), Spectrochimica Acta. Part a, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 291, 122316.
A novel Raman spectroscopic method for detecting traces of blood on an interfering substrate
Kistenev, Y. V., Borisov, A. V., Samarinova, A. A., Colón‐Rodríguez, S., & Lednev, I. K. (2023), Scientific Reports, 13(1).
Raman spectroscopy for the identification of body fluid traces: Semen and vaginal fluid mixture
Sikirzhytskaya, A., Sikirzhytski, V., Pérez-Almodóvar, L., & Lednev, I. K. (2023), Forensic Chemistry, 32, 100468.
Innovative Vibrational Spectroscopy Research for Forensic Application
Weber, A. R., Hoplight, B., Ogilvie, R. H., Muro, C. K., Khandasammy, S. R., Pérez-Almodóvar, L., Sears, S. F., & Lednev, I. K. (2023), Analytical Chemistry, 95(1), 167–205.
Schroader, J. H., Handley, M., & Reddy, K. (2023), Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. RNA, 14(5).
Quercetin selectively reduces expanded repeat RNA levels in models of myotonic dystrophy
Mishra, S. K., Hicks, S. M., Frías, J., Vangaveti, S., Nakamori, M., Cleary, J. D., Reddy, K., & Berglund, J. A. (2023), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
Wilson, R. A., Arivazhagan, L., Ruiz, H. H., Zhou, B., Qian, K., Manigrasso, M. B., Bernadin, R., Mangar, K., Shekhtman, A., Li, H., Ramasamy, R., & Schmidt, A. M. (2023), Obesity, 31(7), 1825–1843.
DIAPH1 mediates progression of atherosclerosis and regulates hepatic lipid metabolism in mice
Senatus, L. M., Egaña-Gorroño, L., López‐Díez, R., Bergaya, S., Aranda, J., Amengual, J., Arivazhagan, L., Manigrasso, M. B., Yepuri, G., Nimma, R., Mangar, K. N., Bernadin, R., Zhou, B., Gugger, P. F., Li, H., Friedman, R. A., Theise, N. D., Shekhtman, A., Fisher, E. A., . . . Schmidt, A. M. (2023), Communications Biology, 6(1).
Crystal structures and identification of novel Cd2+-specific DNA aptamer
Liu, H., Yun-Sheng, G., Mathivanan, J., Armour-Garb, Z., Shao, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhao, X., Shao, Q., Zhang, W., Yang, J., Cao, C., Li, H., Sheng, J., & Gan, J. (2023), Nucleic Acids Research, 51(9), 4625–4636.
Hassan, A. E. A., Hegazy, H. A., Zaki, I., Hassan, M. M. A., Ramadan, M., Haikal, A., Sheng, J., & Abou‐Elkhair, R. a. I. (2023), Archiv Der Pharmazie, 356(6).
Yuanyuan Li, Hongling Zhou, Huili Liu, Youfang Gan, Yaying Zheng, Jia Sheng, and Rui Wang Li, Y., Zhou, H., Liu, H., Gan, Y., Zheng, Y., Sheng, J., & Wang, R. (2023), Journal of Organic Chemistry, 88(3), 1762–1771.
Joshua T. Smith, Elissa M. Eckhardt, Nicole B. Hansel, Tahmineh Rahmani Eliato, Isabella W. Martin & Cheryl P. Andam. BMC Infectious Diseases. June 21, 2021
Aptamer-Programmed DNA Nanodevices for Advanced, Targeted Cancer Theranostics
Shanka Walia, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Banani Chakraborty, and Dhiraj Bhatia. ACS Appl. Bio Mater. June 18, 2021
Recognition of DNA Target Formulations by CRISPR-Cas12a Using a dsDNA Reporter
Smith CW, Kachwala MJ, Nandu N, Yigit MV. ACS Synth Biol. June 18, 2021
p63 and p53: collaborative partners or dueling rivals?
Dana L. Woodstock, Morgan A. Sammons, and Martin Fischer. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. June 14, 2021
A mini DNA–RNA hybrid origami nanobrick
Lifeng Zhou, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Mengwen Yan, Vibhav A. Valsangkar, Jeremy I. Feldblyum, Jia Sheng and Ken Halvorsen. Nanoscale Adv. June 11, 2021
Nicole M. Ralbovsky, Greg S. Fitzgerald, Ewan C. McNay, Igor K. Lednev. Spectrochimica Acta. June 5, 2021
Nicole M. Ralbovsky, Paromita Dey, Bijan K.Dey, Igor K. Lednev. Talanta. May 15, 2021
EXPRESS: Vibrational Spectroscopy for Detection of Diabetes: A Review
Nicole M. Ralbovsky, Igor K. Lednev. Applied Spectroscopy. May 14, 2021
Detecting the epitranscriptome
Anwesha Sarkar William Gasperi Ulrike Begley Steven Nevins Sabrina M. Huber Peter C. Dedon Thomas J. Begley. WIREs RNA. May 13, 2021
RNA degradation is required for the germ-cell to maternal transition in Drosophila
Patrick Blatt, Siu Wah Wong-Deyrup, Alicia McCarthy, Justin Camacho, Miler T. Lee 5, Prashanth Rangan. Current Biology. May 13, 2021
Chandrasekaran AR. EMBO Rep. May 9, 2021
DNA-based ribonuclease detection assays
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran J. Mater. Chem. B, April 26, 2021
DNA Functionality with Photoswitchable Hydrazone Cytidine*
Song Mao, Zhihua Chang, Ya Ying Zheng, Alexander Shekhtman, Jia Sheng. Chemistry. April 19, 2021
Mechanisms underlying pre- and postnatal development of the vomeronasal organ
Raghu Ram Katreddi, Paolo E Forni. Cell Mol Life Sci. April 19, 2021
Quantitative mapping of the cellular small RNA landscape with AQRNA-seq
Jennifer F. Hu, Daniel Yim, Duanduan Ma, Sabrina M. Huber, Nick Davis, Jo Marie Bacusmo, Sidney Vermeulen, Jieliang Zhou, Thomas J. Begley, Michael S. DeMott, Stuart S. Levine, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, Peter C. Dedon & Bo Cao. Nature Biotechnology. April 15, 2021
Elliot T Martin, Patrick Blatt, Elaine Ngyuen, Roni Lahr, Sangeetha Selvam, Hyun Ah M Yoon, Tyler Pocchiari, Shamsi Emtenani, Daria Siekhaus, Andrea Jeanne Berman, Gabriele Fuchs, Prashanth Rangan. BioRxiv. April 04, 2021
Shruti Nagaraja, Maggi W Cai, [..], Thomas J Begley, et. al. mBio. March 9, 2021
Methylation of rRNA as a host defense against rampant group II intron retrotransposition
Waldern JM, Smith D, Piazza CL, Bailey EJ, Schiraldi NJ, Nemati R, Fabris D, Belfort M, Novikova O. Mob DNA. March 7, 2021
Pop-culture references in peer-reviewed scientific articles
Arun Richard Chandrasekara. Matter. March 3, 2021
A genetic program boosts mitochondrial function to power macrophage tissue invasion
Shamsi Emtenani, Elliott T Martin, Attila Gyoergy, Julia Bicher, Jakob Wendelin-Genger, Thomas Koecher, Thomas Hurd, Andreas Bergthaler, Prashanth Rangan, Daria E Siekhaus. bioRxiv. February 18, 2021
Regulation of the Peroxidase-Like Activity of nGO, MoS 2 and WS 2 Nanozymes by Using Metal Cations
Nidhi Nandu, Christopher W Smith, Mahera J Kachwala, Mehmet V Yigit. Chembiochem. February 15, 2021
Nuclease resistance of DNA nanostructures
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran. Nature Reviews Chemistry. February 10, 2021
Amithi Narendran, Sweta Vangaveti, Srivathsan V Ranganathan, Emily Eruysal, Miranda Craft, Omar Alrifai, Fu Yee Chua, Kathryn Sarachan, Breann Litwa, Sheetal Ramachandran, Paul F Agris. Front Mol Biosci. February 9, 2021
Sangeetha Srinivasan, Nathan Alexander Yee, Kui Wu, Michael Zakharian, Amir Mahmoodi, Maksim Royzen, José Manuel Mejía Oneto. Advanced Therapeutics. January 20, 2021
Orthogonal Control of DNA Nanoswitches with Mixed Physical and Biochemical Cues
Nathan T. Forrest, Javier Vilcapoma, Kristina Alejos, Ken Halvorsen and Arun Richard Chandrasekaran. Biochemistry. January 19, 2021.
Angela M. Yu, Paul M. Gasper, Luyi Cheng, …Venkat Gopalan, Alan A. Chen, Julius B. Lucks. Molecular Cell. January 15, 2021.
Small-molecule inhibitors for the Prp8 intein as antifungal agents
Zhong Li, Anil Mathew Tharappel, Jimin Xu, Yuekun Lang, Cathleen M. Green, Jing Zhang, Qishan Lin, Sudha Chaturvedi, Jia Zhou, Marlene Belfort, and Hongmin Li. PNAS. January 12, 2021.
Mahera J. Kachwala, Christopher W. Smith, Nidhi Nandu, and Mehmet V. Yigit. Anal. Chem. January 6, 2021
Kui Wu, Nathan Yee, Sangeetha Srinivasan, Amir Mahmoodi, Michael Zakharian, Jose M. Mejia Oneto, Maksim Royzen
Chemical Science · January 5, 2021
DNA Nanoswitch Barcodes for Multiplexed Biomarker Profiling
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Molly MacIsaac, Javier Vilcapoma, Clinton H. Hansen, Darren Yang, Wesley P. Wong, Ken Halvorsen. Nano Lett. January 4, 2021.
Nathaniel C.Cady, Natalya Tokranova, Armond Minor, Nima Nikvand, Klemen Strle, William T. Lee, William Page, Ernest Guignon, Arturo Pilar, George N.Gibson. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. January 1, 2021
J.Park, Jinfeng Li, Xinglu Zhang, Fengxiang Gao, Christopher S. Benton, Cheryl P. Andam. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. January, 2021
Melanin pigments extracted from horsehair as antibacterial agents
Tahmineh Rahmani Eliato, Joshua T Smith, Zhen Tian, Eun-Sik Kim, Wonseok Hwang, Cheryl P Andam, Young Jo Kim. J Mater Chem B. January, 2021
Analysis of individual red blood cells for Celiac disease diagnosis
Nicole M Ralbovsky, Igor K Lednev. Talanta. January 1, 2021
Machine-Learning Single-Stranded DNA Nanoparticles for Bacterial Analysis
Nidhi Nandu, Christopher W. Smith, Taha Bilal Uyar, Yu-Sheng Chen, Mahera J. Kachwala, Muhan He, and Mehmet V. Yigit. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. December 14, 2020
Ewelina Mistek-Morabito & Igor K. Lednev. Communications Chemistry. December 10, 2020.
Repeat length increases disease penetrance and severity in C9orf72 ALS/FTD BAC transgenic mice
Pattamatta A, Nguyen L, Olafson HR, Scotti MM, Laboissonniere LA, Richardson J, Berglund JA, Zu T, Wang ET, Ranum LPW. Hum Mol Genet. December 31, 2020
Bubenik JL, Hale M, McConnell O, Wang E, Swanson MS, Spitale R, Berglund JA. RNA. December 11, 2020
Rapid one-step detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Lifeng Zhou and Ken Halvorsen. Nature Biomedical Engineering. December 8, 2020
DNA-Functionalized Nanoparticles for Targeted Biosensing and Biological Applications
Udisha Singh, Vinod Morya, Anjali Rajwar, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Bhaskar Datta, Chinmay Ghoroi, and Dhiraj Bhatia.
ACS Omega 2020, November 28, 2020
Phensinee Haruehanroengra, Sweta Vangaveti, Srivathsan V. Ranganathan, Song Mao, Max Daniel Su, Alan A. Chen, Jia Sheng. iScience. November 26, 2020.
Paromita Dey, Bijan K. Dey. BioRxiv. November 11, 2020
Nicole K Ralbovsky, Paromita Dey, Bijan K Dey, Igor Lednev
bioRxiv · November 08, 2020
Short DNA Oligonucleotide as a Ag+ Binding Detector
Fusheng Shen, Song Mao, Johnsi Mathivanan, Ying Wu, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Hehua Liu, Jianhua Gan and Jia Sheng
ACS Omega · October 28, 2020
A Wi-Fi live streaming Centrifuge Force Microscope (CFM) for benchtop single-molecule experiments
Jibin Abraham Punnoose, Andrew Hayden, Lifeng Zhou, Ken Halvorsen
Biophysical Journal · October 27, 2020
Designer, Programmable 3D DNA Nanodevices to Probe Biological Systems
Anjali Rajwar, Sumit Kharbanda, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Sharad Gupta, and Dhiraj Bhatia
ACS Appl. Bio Mater. · October 26, 2020
Hybrid DNA/RNA nanostructures with 2′-5′ linkages
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Johnsi Mathivanan, Parisa Ebrahimi, Javier Vilcapoma, Alan A. Chen, Ken Halvorsen and Jia Sheng
Nanoscale · October 22, 2020
2-Hydroxyimino-6-aza-pyrimidine nucleosides: synthesis, DFT calculations, and antiviral evaluations
Abou-Elkhair, R.A.I.; Wasfy,A. A.; Mao, S.; Du,J.; Eladl, S.; Metwally, K.; Hassan, A.E.A.; Sheng, J. New J. Chem. October 21, 2020.
Identifying Isl1 Genetic Lineage in the Developing Olfactory System and in GnRH-1 Neurons
Ed Zandro M. Taroc, Raghu Ram Katreddi and Paolo E. Forni
Front. Physiol. · October 21, 2020
Samantha Giuliano, Ewelina Mistek-Morabito and Igor K. Lednev
ACS Omega · October 14, 2020
Exon and protein positioning in a pre-catalytic group II intron RNP primed for splicing
Nan Liu, Xiaolong Dong, Cuixia Hu, Jianwei Zeng, Jiawei Wang, Jia Wang, Hong-Wei Wang, Marlene Belfort
Nucleic Acids Research · October 06, 2020
Regulation of the Peroxidase‐Like Activity of nGO, MoS2 and WS2 Nanozymes by Using Metal Cations
Nidhi Nandu, Christopher W. Smith, Mahera J. Kachwala, Mehmet V. Yigit. ChemBioChem. October 6, 2020
Myh11+ microvascular mural cells and derived mesenchymal stem cells promote retinal fibrosis
H. Clifton Ray, Bruce A. Corliss, Anthony C. Bruce, Sam Kesting, Paromita Dey, Jennifer Mansour, Scott A. Seaman, Christian M. Smolko, Corbin Mathews, Bijan K. Dey, Gary K. Owens, Shayn M. Peirce & Paul A. Yates
Scientific Reports · September 25, 2020
DNA nanoswitch barcodes for multiplexed biomarker profiling
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Molly MacIsaac, Javier Vilcapoma, Clinton H Hansen, Darren Yang, Wesley P Wong, Ken Halvorsen
BioRxiv · September 22, 2020
Mao S, Sekula B, Ruszkowski M, Ranganathan SV, Haruehanroengra P, Wu Y, Shen F, Sheng J.
Nucleic Acids Research · September 17, 2020
Nuclease Degradation Analysis of DNA Nanostructures Using Gel Electrophoresis
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran and Ken Halvorsen
Current Protocols · September 15, 2020
Nathaniel C Cady, Natalya Tokranova, Armond Minor, Nima Nikvand, Klemen Strle, William T Lee, William Page, Ernest Guignon, Arturo Pilar, George N Gibson
BioRxiv · September 02, 2020
Mao S, Tsai HC, Sheng J.
Curr Protoc Nucleic Acid Chem. · September 01, 2020
Detection and Quantification of RNA Phosphorothioate Modifications Using Mass Spectrometry.
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