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Current interests include:

• RNA structure/function within human-host pathogens (ScanFold, Infernal, BLAST, MAFFT, VARNA)
• RNA-small molecule binding via virtual screening (ICM PocketFinder, UCSF DOCK 6, ZINC15)
• RNA modeling (SimRNA, RNAComposer, UCSF Chimera)
• RNA-only cryo-electron microscopy
• Coding for bioinformatics/structure analysis (Python)

Area of Expertise: 

• Biochemistry
• Noncoding RNA discovery; RNA structure and function
• Molecular models