Department of ​RNA Structural Research

dr hab. Miłosz Ruszkowski

Dr. hab. Agnieszka Kiliszek, prof. IBCH PAS

Head of Department

kiliszek@ibch.poznan.pl
ext. 1278

Researchers:

prof. dr hab. Wojciech Rypniewski
profesor instytutu

PhD students:

mgr Martyna Mateja-Pluta
doktorant

mgr ​Faizan Faizan
doktorant

Research activity

Research area
  • Structural studies of RNA molecules related to human physiology and medicine using crystallographic, microED and cryoEM methods
  • Crystallographic analysis of RNA molecules associated with neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Huntington's disease, fragile X chromosome syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) caused by abnormal expansion of repetitive sequences
  • Rational design of small molecules based on crystal structures of RNA-ligand complexes (collaboration with Prof. Kazuhiko Nakatani, Osaka University, Japan; collaboration with Prof. Elżbieta Kierzek ICHB, PAN)
  • Crystallographic analysis of RNA complexes with antisense oligonucleotides (e.g., PNA); collaboration with OliPass, Republic of South Korea
  • Development of a method to stabilize RNA hairpin structures under crystallization conditions
  • Synthesis of nucleotide and non-nucleotide RNA linkers
  • Determination of the effect of modifications on the tertiary structure of RNA (collaboration with Prof. Ryszard Kierzek, IchB, PAS).
  • Thermodynamic and structural analysis of native and modified RNA molecules, RNA-ligand complexes using DSC (differential thermal calorimetry), UV melting, CD (circular dichroism) in regards to crystallographic models
  • Crystallographic analysis of proteins
Keywords
  • RNA crystallography
  • Neurodegenerative diseases caused by expansion of repetitive sequences
  • RNA cryoEM
  • RNA microED
  • RNA-ligand complexes
  • stability of RNA hairpin structures
  • UV melting of RNA molecules
  • differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

Research Projects

  • Crystallographic analysis of RNA-ligand complexes. Towards rational design of lead compounds for development of therapies against neurodegenerative disorders. NCN grant: 2022/45/B/NZ7/03543, PI: dr hab. Agnieszka Kiliszek
  • Enzymes of the L-methionine biosynthetic pathway as novel molecular targets for antifungal chemotherapy. NCN grant: 2020/39/B/NZ7/01519, PI: Prof. Wojciech Rypniewski
  • Life at the limits: diversity, adaptation strategies and bioprospecting of microbes living in Arctic deep sea habitats. GRIEG grant: 2019/34/H/NZ2/00584,PI: Prof. Wojciech Rypniewski
  • The study of chitinolytic enzymes, aiming at constructing an artificial chitinosome. NCN grant: 2017/27/B/NZ1/02201. PI: Prof. Wojciech Rypniewski
  • Development of methodology for stabilisation of RNA hairpins for crystallographic study. NCN grant: 2017/26/E/NZ1/00950, PI: dr hab. Agnieszka Kiliszek
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