Prof. Dr. Anna Akhmanova
Biological and related sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microscopy
Biological and related sciences
Biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, systems biology
Quantitative biochemistry
Quality control in protein biosynthesis
Fast kinetics
Enzyme catalysis
Fluorescence
RNA structure and function
RNA-protein interaction
Selenoproteins
Antibiotics
Translation factors
GTPases
Ribosome functions and the structure of functional ribosome complexes
Biophysical methods
English, German, Russian
Fischer, N. et al.: Ribosome dynamics and tRNA movement as visualized by time-resolved electron cryomicroscopy. In: Nature 466, 2010. S. 329-333.
Milon, P. et al.: Kinetic checkpoint at a late step in translation initiation. In: Mol. Cell 30, 2008. S. 712-720.
Konevega, A.L. et al.: Spontaneous reverse movement of tRNA-mRNA through the ribosome. In: Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 14, 2007. S. 318-324.
Bieling, P. et al.: Peptide bond formation does not involve acid-base catalysis by ribosomal residues. In: Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 13, 2006. S. 423-428.
Gromadski, K.B., Daviter, T., Rodnina, M.V.: A uniform response to mismatches in codon-anticodon complexes ensures ribosomal fidelity. In: Mol. Cell 21, 2006. S. 369-377.
Diaconu, M. et al.: Structural basis for the function of the ribosomal L7/L12 stalk in factor binding and activation of GTP hydrolysis. In: Cell 121, 2005. S. 991-1004.
Sievers, A. et al.: The ribosome as an entropy trap. In: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 101, 2004. S. 7897-7901.
Pape, T., Wintermeyer, W., Rodnina, M.V.: Conformational switch in the decoding region of 16S rRNA during aminoacyl-tRNA selection on the ribosome. In: Nature Struct. Biol. 7, 2000. S. 104-107.
Pape, T., Wintermeyer, W., Rodnina, M.V.: Induced fit in initial selection and proofreading of aminoacyl-tRNA on the ribosome. In: EMBO J. 18, 1999. S. 3800-3807.
Rodnina, M.V. et al.: Hydrolysis of GTP by elongation factor G drives tRNA movement on the ribosome. In: Nature 385, 1997. S. 37-41.
Research applications: German Research Foundation (DFG), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), The Wellcome Trust, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Swiss National Fund, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Fellowships, French National Research Agency (ANR)
Journals: Nature, Science, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, Cell, Molecular Cell, EMBO Journal, PloS, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Journal of Molecular Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, RNA etc.
Reviewer for the European Research Council (ERC), 2010 – 2013
Reviewer for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2009 – 2013
Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, since 2008
Elected reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2008 – 2012
Board of Directors, RNA Society, 2007 – 2009
Member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, since 2005
Member of the American Biophysical Society, since 2004
Co-opted member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), since 2004
Member of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM), since 1998
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Biological and related sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microscopy
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Biological and related sciences, Evolution, genomics, bioinformatics
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