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To get started with this blank [[TiddlyWiki]], you'll need to modify the following tiddlers:
* [[SiteTitle]] & [[SiteSubtitle]]: The title and subtitle of the site, as shown above (after saving, they will also appear in the browser title bar)
* [[MainMenu]]: The menu (usually on the left)
* [[DefaultTiddlers]]: Contains the names of the tiddlers that you want to appear when the TiddlyWiki is opened
You'll also need to enter your username for signing your edits: <<option txtUserName>>

These [[InterfaceOptions]] for customising [[TiddlyWiki]] are saved in your browser

Your username for signing your edits. Write it as a [[WikiWord]] (eg [[JoeBloggs]])

<<option txtUserName>>
<<option chkSaveBackups>> [[SaveBackups]]
<<option chkAutoSave>> [[AutoSave]]
<<option chkRegExpSearch>> [[RegExpSearch]]
<<option chkCaseSensitiveSearch>> [[CaseSensitiveSearch]]
<<option chkAnimate>> [[EnableAnimations]]

----
Also see [[AdvancedOptions]]

<<importTiddlers>>

[[Research Topics]]
[[Members of the Group]]
[[Recent Publications]]
[[Theoretical Chemistry at UCI]]

[[Research Topics]]
[[Members of the Group]]
[[Recent Publications]]
[[Theoretical Chemistry at UCI]]

!!!Professor
[[Ioan Andricioaei|https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/ioan-andricioaei]]

!!!Postdocs:
Jason Deckman

!!!Graduate Students:
Gavin Bascom
Emel Ficici
Gianmarc Johns
Ahmet Mentes
Nick Preketes (joint with Prof. Shaul Mukamel)
Mahua Roy
Maryna Taranova

!!!Undergraduate Assistant:
Open position

G. Grazioli and I. Andricioaei, “Advancements in milestoning: I. Accelerated milestoning via wind assisted re-weighted trajectories,” arXiv, http://arxiv.org/abs/1511.00044

G. Grazioli and I. Andricioaei, “Advancements in milestoning: II Calculating time-correlation functions from milestoning data using stochastic path integrals in milestone space,” arXiv, http://arxiv.org/abs/1511.00045

Z. Cournia, T.W. Allen, I. Andricioaei, et al., Membrane Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics: a Perspective from Experiments and Theory, J. Membrane Biol., 248, 611 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00232-015-9802-0

M. Roy, G. Grazioli, I. Andricioaei, “Rate turnover in mechano-catalytic coupling: A model and its microscopic origin,” J. Chem. Phys., 143, 045105 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4926664

E. Ficici, I. Andricioaei and S. Howorka, “Dendrimers in nanoscale confinement: The interplay between conformational change and nanopore entrance,” Nano Letters 15, 4822-4828 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01960

A.T. Frank, Q. Zhang, H.M. ~Al-Hashimi, I. Andricioaei,  "Slowdown of Interhelical motions induces a glass transition in RNA" Biophys. J. 108, 2876-2885 (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2015.04.041

E. Ficici and I. Andricioaei, “On the possibility of facilitated diffusion of dendrimers along DNA,” J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 6894-6904 (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b02090

A. Mentes, A.M. Florescu, E. Brunk, J. Wereszczynski, M. Joyeux and I. Andricioaei, “Free energy landscape and characteristic forces for the initiation of DNA unzipping,” Biophys. J.  108, 1727-1738 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2015.01.025

M. Taranova, A. Hirsh, N. Perkins and I. Andricioaei, “Role of microscopic flexibility in tightly curved DNA,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 118, 11028–11036 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp502233u

G. Bascom, I. Andricioaei,  "Single-walled carbon nanotubes modulate the B- to A-DNA transition," J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 29441-29447 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp5081274

L. Mereuta, M. Roy, A. Asandei, J.K. Lee, Y. Park, I. Andricioaei and T. Luchian, “Slowing down single-molecule trafficking through a protein nanopore reveals intermediates for peptide translocation,” Nature Sci. Rep. 4, 3885 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03885

A. D. Hirsch, M. Taranova, T. Lionberger, T. Lillian, I. Andricioaei and N. C. Perkins, “Structural ensemble and dynamics of toroidal-like DNA shapes in bacteriophage φ29 exit cavity,” Biophys. J. 104, 2058-2067 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.03.032

L. Salmon, G. Bascom, I. Andricioaei and H. M. ~Al-Hashimi, “A general method for constructing atomic-resolution RNA ensembles using NMR residual dipolar couplings: The basis for interhelical motions revealed,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (14), 5457–5466 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja400920w

A.T. Frank , S. Horowitz, I. Andricioaei and H. M. ~Al-Hashimi “Utility of H-1 NMR chemical shifts in determining RNA structure and dynamics, J. Phys. Chem. B 117 (7), 2045-2052 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp310863c

N. Ucuncuoglu, I. Andricioaei and L. Sari, “Insights from simulations into the mechanism of human topoisomerase I: Explanation for a seeming controversy in experiments,” Journal of Mollecular Graphics and Modeling, 44, 286-296 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2013.07.003

A. D. Hirsh, T. D. Lillian, T. A. Lionberger, M. Taranova, I. Andricioaei, N. C. Perkins, “A model for highly strained DNA compressed inside a protein cavity,” J. Comput. Nonlinear Dynam. 8, 031001 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4007535

D. Jeong and I. Andricioaei, “Reconstructing equilibrium entropy and enthalpy profiles from non-equilibrium pulling,” J. Chem. Phys. 138, 114110 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4795236

N. K. Preketes, J. D. Biggs, H. Ren, I. Andricioaei and S. Mukamel, Simulations of two-dimensional infrared and stimulated resonance Raman spectra of photoactive yellow protein, Chemical Physics, 422, 63-72 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.09.002

A. D. Hirsh, M. Taranova, T. A. Lionberger, T. D. Lillian, I. Andricioaei* and N. Perkins*, “Structural Ensemble and Dynamics of Toroidal-like DNA Shapes in Bacteriophage Phi29 Exit Cavity,” Biophysical Journal 104, 2058-2067 (2013) [[link|http:]]

Loïc Salmon, Gavin Bascom, Ioan Andricioaei, and Hashim M. ~Al-Hashimi, "A General Method for Constructing ~Atomic-Resolution RNA Ensembles using NMR Residual Dipolar Couplings: The Basis for Interhelical Motions Revealed," Journal of the American Chemical Society 135, 5457-5466 (2013) [[link|]]

A. T. Frank and S. Horowitz and I. Andricioaei* and H.M. ~Al-Hashimi*, “Utility of 1H NMR Chemical Shifts in Determining RNA Structure and Dynamics,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117, 2045-2052 (2013). [[link|]]

M. Mills, B. Orr, M.M. Banaszak Holl and I. Andricioaei, “Attractive hydration forces in ~DNA-dendrimer Interactions at the nanometer scale,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 973-981 (2013). [[link|]] 
 
E. N. Nikolova, G. Bascom, I. Andricioaei and H. M. ~Al-Hashimi, “Probing sequence-specific DNA flexibility in A-tracts and pyrimidine-purine steps by NMR 13C relaxation and MD simulations,” Biochemistry 51, 8654 (2012) [[link|http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi3009517]]. 
 
P. P. Jose and I. Andricioaei, Similarities between protein folding and granular jamming, Nature Communications 3, 1161 (2012) [[link|http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n10/full/ncomms2177.html]]. 
 
A. Boughton, K. Nguyen, I. Andricioaei* and Z. Chen*, Interfacial Orientation and Secondary Structure Change in Tachyplesin I: Molecular Dynamics and Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy Studies, Langmuir 27, 14343-14351 (2011) [[link|http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la203192c]]. 
 
T. D. Lillian, M. Taranova, J. Wereszczynski, I. Andricioaei*, and N. C. Perkins*. “A multiscale dynamic model of DNA supercoil relaxation by topoisomerase IB,” Biophys. J., 100, 2016–2023 (2011) [[link|http://www.cell.com/biophysj/retrieve/pii/S0006349511003122]]. 

A.C. Stelzer, A.T. Frank, J.D. Kratz, M.D. Swanson, M.J. ~Gonzalez-Hernandez, J. Lee, I. Andricioaei, D.M. Markovitz and H.M. ~Al-Hashimi, "Discovery of selective bioactive small molecules by targeting an RNA dynamic ensemble," Nature Chem. Biol. 7, 553–559 (2011)  [[link|http://www.nature.com/nchembio/journal/v7/n8/full/nchembio.596.html]].

E. Nikolova, E. Kim, A. Wise, P. O’Brien, I. Andricioaei and H.M. ~Al-Hashimi, "Transient Hoogsteen Base-pairs in Canonical Duplex DNA," Nature 470, 498–502 (2011) [[link|http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v470/n7335/full/nature09775.html]].

A.T. Frank, I. Andricioaei, "A Comparative Study on the Ability of Two Implicit Solvent Lipid Models to Predict Transmembrane Helix Tilt Angles," J. Membrane Biol. 239, 57-62 (2011) [[pdf|reprints/FrankA11.pdf]].

A.P. Boughton, I. Andricioaei and Z. Chen, "Surface Orientation of Magainin 2: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies," Langmuir, 26, 16031-16036 (2010) [[pdf|reprints/BoughtonAC10.pdf]].

J. Wereszczynski and I. Andricioaei, "Free Energy Calculations Reveal ~Rotating-Ratchet Mechanism for DNA Supercoil Relaxation by Topoisomerase IB and its Inhibition," Biophys. J. 99, 869–878 (2010) [[pdf|reprints/WereszczynskiA10-BiophysJ.pdf]].

J. Wereszczynski and I. Andricioaei, "Conformational and Solvent Entropy Contributions to the Thermal Response of Nucleic ~Acid-Based Nanothermometers," J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 2076-2082 (2010) [[pdf|reprints/WereszczynskiA10.pdf]].

M. Mills, B. Orr, M.M. Banaszak Holl and I. Andricioaei, "Microscopic Basis for the Mesoscopic Extensibility of ~Dendrimer-Compacted DNA," Biophys. J. 98, 834-842 (2010) [[pdf|reprints/MillsOBA10.pdf]].

C. Musselman, Q. Zhang, H.M. ~Al-Hashimi and I. Andricioaei, “Referencing strategy for the direct comparison of nuclear magnetic resonance and molecular dynamics motional parameters in RNA,” J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 929-939 (2010) [[pdf|reprints/MusselmanZAA10.pdf]].

A.C. Stelzer, A.T. Frank, M. Bailor, H.M. ~Al-Hashimi and I. Andricioaei,  “Constructing ~Atomic-Resolution RNA Structural Ensembles Using MD and Motionally Decoupled NMR ~RDCs,” Methods 49, 167-173 (2009).

A.T. Frank, A.C. Stelzer, H.M. ~Al-Hashimi and I. Andricioaei, “Constructing RNA dynamical ensembles by combining MD and motionally decoupled NMR ~RDCs: New insights into RNA dynamics and adaptive ligand recognition,” Nucleic Acids Res. 37, 3670-3679 (2009) [[pdf|reprints/FrankSAA09.pdf]].

J. Nummela and I. Andricioaei, “Energy landscape for DNA rotation and sliding through a phage portal,” Biophys.J. (Letter) 96, ~L29-L31 (2009) [[pdf|reprints/NummelaA09.pdf]].

M. Mills and I. Andricioaei, “An experimentally guided umbrella sampling protocol for biomolecules,” J. Chem. Phys. 129,114101 (2008) [[pdf|reprints/MillsA08.pdf]].

E. Dethoff, A. Hansen, C. Musselman, E. Watt, I. Andricioaei, and H.M. ~Al-Hashimi, “Characterizing Complex Dynamics in the TAR Apical Loop and Motional Correlations with the Bulge by NMR, MD and Mutagenesis,” Biophys. J. 95, 3906-3915 (2008).

C.V. Kelly, P. R. Leroueil, E.K. Nett, J. M. Wereszczynski, J.R. Baker, B. G. Orr, M.M. Banaszak Holl and I. Andricioaei, "Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers on Lipid Bilayers I: Free Energy and Conformation of Binding," J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 9337-9345 (2008) [[pdf|reprints/KellyLNWBOHA08.pdf]].

C.V. Kelly, P. R. Leroueil, B. G. Orr, M.M. Banaszak Holl and I. Andricioaei, "Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers on Lipid Bilayers II: Effects of Bilayer Phase and Dendrimer Termination," J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 9346-9353 (2008) [[pdf|reprints/KellyLOHA08.pdf]].

J. Nummela, F. Yassin and I. Andricioaei, “Entropy-energy decomposition from nonequilibrium work trajectories,” J. Chem. Phys. 128, 024104 (2008) [[pdf|reprints/NummelaYA08.pdf]].

J. ~MacFadyen, J. Wereszczynski and I. Andricioaei, “Directionally negative friction: A method for enhanced sampling of rare events,” J. Chem. Phys. 128, 114112 (2008) [[pdf|reprints/MacFadyenWA08.pdf]].

J. Nummela and I. Andricioaei, “Exact low-force kinetics from high-force single-molecule unfolding events,” Biophys. J. 93, 3373-3381 (2007) [[pdf|reprints/NummelaA07.pdf]].

C. Musselman, H.M. ~Al-Hashimi and I. Andricioaei, “iRED analysis of TAR RNA reveals motional coupling, long-range correlations, and a   dynamical hinge," Biophys. J. 93, 411-422 (2007) [[pdf|reprints/MusselmanAA07.pdf]].

D.M. Jordan, M. Mills, I. Andricioaei, K. Palmo and E.R.P. Zuiderweg, “Parameterization of peptide 13C carbonyl chemical shielding anisotropy in molecular dynamics simulations: Effects of dynamic local distortions on 13C carbonyl NMR relaxation,” Chem. Phys. Chem. 8, 1375-1385 (2007).
I Andricioaei

I. Andricioaei, “Specialized methods for improving ergodic sampling using molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations” in Free Energy Calculations: Theory and Applications in Chemistry and Biology, pp. 277-322, eds. A. Pohorille and C. Chipot, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, (2007).

J. Wereszczynski and I. Andricioaei, “On structural transitions, thermodynamic equilibrium and the phase diagram of DNA and RNA duplexes under external tension and torque," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103, 16200-16205 (2006) [[pdf|reprints/WereszczynskiA06.pdf]].

C. Musselman, S. Pitt, K. Gulati, L. Foster, I. Andricioaei and H. ~Al-Hashimi, “Impact of static and dynamic A-form heterogeneity on the determination of RNA global structural dynamics using NMR residual dipolar couplings” J. Biomol. NMR, 36, 235-249 (2006).

P. Tian and I. Andricioaei, “Size, motion and function of the ~SecY translocon revealed by molecular dynamics simulations with virtual probes,” Biophys. J., 90, 2718-2730 (2006) [[pdf|reprints/TianA06.pdf]].

C. Xing and I. Andricioaei, “On the calculation of time-correlation functions by potential scaling,” J. Chem. Phys. 124, 034110 (2006) [[pdf|reprints/XingA06.pdf]].

G. Luo, I. Andricioaei, X.S. Xie and M. Karplus, "Distance disorder in proteins is caused by trapping,” (Letter) J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 9363-9367 (2006) [[pdf|reprints/LuoAXK06.pdf]].

J. ~MacFadyen and I. Andricioaei, “A ~Skewed-Momenta method to efficiently generate conformational-transition trajectories,” J. Chem. Phys. 123, 074107 (2005) [[pdf|reprints/MacFadyenA05.pdf]].

L. Sari and I. Andricioaei, “Rotation of DNA around intact strand in human topoisomerase I implies distinct mechanisms for positive and negative DNA supercoil relaxation” Nucleic Acids Research 33, 6621-6634 (2005) [[pdf|reprints/SariA05.pdf]].

P. Tian and I. Andricioaei, “Repetitive pulling catalyzes co-translocational unfolding of barnase during import through a mitochondrial pore,” J. Mol. Biol. 350, 1017-1034 (2005) [[pdf|reprints/TianA05.pdf]].

M. Jin, I. Andricioaei, T.A. Springer, “Conversion between three conformational states of integrin I domains with a C-terminal pull spring studied with molecular dynamics,” Structure 12, 2137-2147 (2004).

We are a research group interested in theoretical chemistry and computational molecular biophysics affiliated with the [[Department of Chemistry|http://www.chem.uci.edu]] in the School of [[Physical Sciences|http://ps.uci.edu]] of the University of California, Irvine.

Our research explores theoretical topics at the interface between molecular biophysics and physical chemistry. It hinges on a two-fold central theme: (1) developing novel theoretical techniques and (2) applying computer and modeling methods to describe, in terms of dynamics and thermodynamics, biologically important molecular processes, with the aim to explain or predict experimental findings. Research directions include:

!!!Enhanced Sampling in Trajectory Space. 
Many important equilibrium and kinetic properties of chemical systems (including proteins and nucleic acids) can be cast in terms of paths in multi-dimensional spaces. Sampling and optimization algorithms we have developed for the conformational space can be generalized and adapted to the space of paths. We see fertile ground for theoretical and computational work on several categories of paths, from chemical-reaction paths to paths in the sequence space of evolving proteins. We have developed a set of trajectory reweighting techniques based on a stochastic path integral formalism that is particularly useful to treat both computer simulations and single-molecule experimental traces.

!!!Computer Simulations of ~DNA-Binding Machines. 
~Protein-DNA interactions are essential in such crucial cellular functions as replication, repair, transcription or recombination. Many enzymes at and ahead of the replication fork affect large DNA fragments. For instance, topoisomerases undo DNA knotting. Others, like helicases and polymerases, are biomolecular motors: they use the energy of binding and/or hydrolysis of nucleotides to do mechanical work on the DNA fragments to which they bind. Another example is the machinery that compacts DNA inside the capsid of viruses. We have an avid interest in the theoretical description of these fundamental genetic processes through massively parallel computer simulations; here are a few highlights of our work from supercomputing agencies [[TeraGrid|http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/feature_stories/2008/recipes_for_replication.php]], [[NERSC|http://www.nersc.gov/news/nerscnews/NERSCNews_2008_03.pdf]], [[Cray|http://www.cray.com/Assets/PDF/successstories/DNA_nanoparticles.pdf]].

!!!~Dynamics-Function Relationships. Connections to NMR Relaxation. 
An accurate measure of free energy, important for protein or RNA stability and function, or for ligand binding, has to include the entropy manifested in molecular flexibility. On the experimental side, this dynamic aspect is brought in by developments in solution NMR spectroscopy, which measures motion by relaxation experiments. Molecular dynamics simulation is an important tool to complement these measurements and to connect dynamics to entropy.

The Andricioaei Group at UCI

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