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At the interface of Chemistry and Biology, a revolution has recently taken place that has uncovered a plethora of small non-coding (nc)RNAs in our bodies, which outnumber protein-coding genes by several-fold, dominate the expression patterns of all genes in all cells, and have inspired entirely new therapeutic disease intervention approaches. Our group's goal is to understand the mechanistic structure-function relationships in these ncRNAs using single molecule tools and then utilize them for biomedical, bioanalytical and nanotechnological applications. The ncRNAs we study range from small RNA enzymes, such as the hammerhead, hairpin and hepatitis delta virus ribozymes with potential use in human gene therapy and relevance to human disease, to large RNA-protein complexes, such as RNA interference machinery involved in gene regulation and virus suppression. In particular, we employ fluorescence techniques to study in real-time the kinetic mechanisms of these ncRNAs, in bulk solution, in live cells, and at the single-molecule level. Applications include the identification and optimization of ncRNAs for gene therapy and as novel biosensors and biomarkers, as well as the characterization of antiviral and antibiotic drugs that target pathogenic RNA function.
Our research by its very nature is highly interdisciplinary, engaging students with a diverse background and providing a broad education. The molecules we study are extremely dynamic over time scales of microseconds to hours. To understand these dynamics we combine state-of-the-art chemical, molecular biological, and biophysical approaches.
Our research by its very nature is highly interdisciplinary, engaging students with a diverse background and providing a broad education. The molecules we study are extremely dynamic over time scales of microseconds to hours. To understand these dynamics we combine state-of-the-art chemical, molecular biological, and biophysical approaches.
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CELL CHEMICAL BIOLOGYno. 1 (2024): 71-85
crossref(2024)
Nature Communicationsno. 1 (2024): 3955-3955
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)
BIOESSAYSno. 4 (2024): e2300201-e2300201
Nature Nanotechnologyno. 2 (2024): 226-236
Michael W Webster,Adrien Chauvier, Huma Rahil,Andrea Graziadei, Kristine Charles,Maria Takacs,Charlotte Saint-André,Juri Rappsilber,Nils G Walter,Albert Weixlbaumer
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)
Cell chemical biologyno. 1 (2024): 71-85
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNAno. 5 (2023): e1787-e1787
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)
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