Fang-Chieh Chou
Chemistry
Bio-X Bowes Fellow 2012/2013
Professor Rhiju Das (Biochemistry)
RNA controls gene expression and regulation and is known to be associated with various genetic disease when aberrant. Understanding the atomic structures of RNAs is important for obtaining accurate pictures of their functions in cells. Fang-Chieh’s research in the Das lab focused on modeling and predicting RNA 3D structures in silico. Fang-Chieh has previously developed an automatic tool to help experimentalists in modeling and refining RNA crystal structures with less time and higher accuracy. His current research is to understand the energetic rules underlying the RNA folding process and to develop an accurate computational method for modeling RNA-protein interface. |
