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cgNA plus web : A Visual Interface to the cgNA plus Sequence-dependent Statistical Mechanics Model of Double-stranded Nucleic Acids

John Maddocks, Alessandro Samuele Patelli, Lennart de Bruin, Rahul Sharma

The sequence-dependent statistical mechanics of double-stranded nucleic acid, or dsNA, is believed to be essential in its biological functions. In turn, the equilibrium statistical mechanics behaviour of dsNA depends strongly both on sequence-dependent per ...

Elsevier2023

cgNA+: A sequence-dependent coarse-grain model of double-stranded nucleic acids

Rahul Sharma

DNA mechanics plays a crucial role in many biological processes, including nucleosome positioning and protein-DNA interactions. It is believed that nature employs epigenetic modifications in DNA to further regulate gene expression. Moreover, double-strande ...

EPFL2023

Machine Learning for Optical Motion Capture-Driven Musculoskeletal Modelling from Inertial Motion Capture Data

Rahul Sharma

Marker-based Optical Motion Capture (OMC) systems and associated musculoskeletal (MSK) modelling predictions offer non-invasively obtainable insights into muscle and joint loading at an in vivo level, aiding clinical decision-making. However, an OMC system ...

MDPI2023

Exciton decay mechanism in DNA single strands: back-electron transfer and ultrafast base motions

Majed Chergui, Malte Oppermann, Benjamin Bauer, Rahul Sharma

The photochemistry of DNA systems is characterized by the ultraviolet (UV) absorption of pi-stacked nucleobases, resulting in exciton states delocalized over several bases. As their relaxation sensitively depends on local stacking conformations, disentangl ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Machine Learning for Musculoskeletal Modeling of Upper Extremity

Rahul Sharma

We propose a novel machine learning (ML)-driven methodology to estimate biomechanical variables of interest traditionally obtained from upper-extremity musculoskeletal (MSK) modeling. MSK models facilitate personalized modeling, perform "what-if" analyses, ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Sequence-dependent structural properties of B-DNA: what have we learned in 40 years?

John Maddocks, Daiva Petkeviciute, Paolo Carloni, Marco Pasi, Rahul Sharma

The structure of B-DNA, the physiological form of the DNA molecule, has been a central topic in biology, chemistry and physics. Far from uniform and rigid, the double helix was revealed as a flexible and structurally polymorphic molecule. Conformational ch ...

Springernature2021

Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States

Stewart Cole, Pushpendra Singh, Rahul Sharma

Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and have been implicated in zoonotic transmission of leprosy. Early studies found this disease mainly in Texas and Louisiana, but armadillos in the southeastern ...

Centers Disease Control2015

Probable zoonotic leprosy in the southern United States

Stewart Cole, Adamantia Kapopoulou, Jacques Rougemont, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh, Rahul Sharma

In the southern region of the United States, such as in Louisiana and Texas, there are autochthonous cases of leprosy among native-born Americans with no history of foreign exposure. In the same region, as well as in Mexico, wild armadillos are infected wi ...

2011