Publications, Patents, and Engagements

Publication List

  1. Mandal, M., Lee, M., Barrick, J.E., Weinberg, Z., Emilsson, G.M., Ruzzo, W.L., Breaker, R.R. A glycine dependent riboswitch that uses cooperative binding to control gene expression. Science. (2004), 306, 5694:275-279.
  2. Mandal, M., Breaker, R.R. Gene regulation by riboswitches. Nature Reviews Molecular and Cell Biology. (2004), 5 (6):451-463.
  3. Mandal, M., Breaker, R.R. Adenine riboswitches and gene activation by disruption of a transcription terminator. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. (2004), 11(1): 29-35.
  4. Barrick, J.E., Korbino, K.A., Winkler, W.C., Nahvi, A., Mandal, M., Collins, J., Lee, M., Roth, A., Sudarsan, N., Jona, I., Wickiser, J.K., Breaker, R.R. New RNA motifs suggest an expanded scope for riboswitches in bacterial genetic control. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA. (2004), 101, 17, 6421-6.
  5. Mandal, M., Boese, B., Barrick, J.E., Winkler, W.C., Breaker, R.R. Riboswitches control fundamental biochemical pathways in Bacillus subtilis and other bacteria. Cell. (2003), 113 (5): 577-86.
  6. Mandal, M., Nagaraj, R. Antibacterial activities and conformations of synthetic alpha- defensin HNP-1 and analogs with one, two and three disulfide bridges. Journal of Peptide Research. (2002), 59 (3): 95- 104.
  7. Mandal, M., Jagannadham, M.V., Nagaraj, R. Antibacterial activities and conformations of bovine beta- defensin and BNBD-12 and analogs: structural and disulfide requirements for activity. Peptides. (2002), 23, 3, 413-418.

Patents

  1. Breaker, R.R., Barrick, J.E., Mandal, M (2006). “Glycine riboswitches, methods for their use, & compostions for use with glycine riboswitches”.
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Selected Invited Talks/Meetings

  1. March 8th, 2011
    “Tweezing Ribsowitches: One at a Time.” Biophysics Graduate Program, Albert Einstein, NY.
  2. October 29th, 2010
    Department of Physics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA.
  3. October 25th, 2010
    Student Seminar, Biophysics Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
  4. October 1st, 2010
    Department of Chemistry, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA.
  5. July 19th, 2010
    Student Seminar, Structural Biology Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, PA.
  6. June 2010
    International conference in “Self Assembly in Biology and Materials Sciences”, Bahias De Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
  7. October 16th, 2009
    Science 2009, Spotlight Session on “Single Molecule Techniques”, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
  8. September 22nd, 2009
    Biomechanics Day 2009, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  9. January 15th, 2009
    Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Graduate Program, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
  10. December 18th, 2008
    Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Biological Physics, Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy, India.
  11. November 2008
    Condensed Matter and Biological Physics Seminar, Dept. of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, PA.
  12. June 11th, 2008
    Bay Area RNA Meeting, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
  13. March 6th, 2008
    Lambda Lunch Meeting, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD.
  14. February 13th, 2008
    Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
  15. February 2008
    Nature Publication Group Conference on Regulatory RNAs in Biology and Human Health.
  16. January 31st, 2008
    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis.
  17. November 2007
    Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  18. June, 2007
    Gordon Research Conference of Nucleic Acids, Salve Regina, Newport, RI.
  19. October 12th, 2006
    Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
  20. 2004
    48th Annual Meeting, Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD.
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