Magdalena A. Jonikas

Fifth year Bioengineering Graduate student at Stanford University.
Advisor: Russ Altman
Affiliations: Helix Group, SimBios.

Education

MS in Bioengineering, Stanford University, 2006.
BSE in Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.

Research Interests

Knowledge-Based Coarse-Grained Modeling of RNA Structure.

Publications

Jonikas MA, Radmer RJ, Laederach A, Das R, Pearlman S, Herschlag D, Altman RB.
Coarse-grained modeling of large RNA molecules with knowledge-based potentials and structural filters.
RNA. 2009 Feb;15(2):189-99.
PMID: 19144906 pdf html

Jonikas MA, Laederach A, Altamn RB.
RNA Structural Bioinformatics.
Chapter 33 in Structural Bioinformatics, 2nd edition, edited by Gu J and Bourne PE. Wiley-Liss (2009).

Das R, Kudaravalli M, Jonikas M, Laederach A, Fong R, Schwans JP, Baker D, Piccirilli JA, Altman RB, Herschlag D.
Structural inference of native and partially folded RNA by high-throughput contact mapping.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar 18;105(11):4144-9. Epub 2008 Mar 5.
PMID: 18322008 pdf html

Laederach A, Shcherbakova I, Jonikas MA, Altman RB, Brenowitz M.
Distinct contribution of electrostatics, initial conformational ensemble, and macromolecular stability in RNA folding.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 24;104(17):7045-50. Epub 2007 Apr 16.
PMID: 17438287 pdf html

Hee CK, Jonikas MA, Nicoll SB.
Influence of three-dimensional scaffold on the expression of osteogenic differentiation markers by human dermal fibroblasts.
Biomaterials. 2006 Feb;27(6):875-84. Epub 2005 Aug 15.
PMID: 16102817 pdf html

Talks

Jonikas MA.
An informatics approach to modeling RNA structure.
Simbios seminar, October 22nd, 2008.
Abstract video

Hobbies

Skiing, cycling, viola, outdoor emergency care.

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Page last updated on: March 18th, 2009.