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Overview

Andrzej Stasiak is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Geometry and Topology, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics addressed by Stasiak's research include:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Geometric and Algebraic Topology
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization

Stasiak has published in several scientific journals, with frequent appearances in venues such as Physics Reports, Molecules, Preprints.org, Protein Science, and Contemporary Mathematics - American Mathematical Society.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Topology in soft and biological matter," 2024, Physics Reports
  • "AlphaFold Blindness to Topological Barriers Affects Its Ability to Correctly Predict Proteins' Topology," 2023, Molecules
  • "Knotoids and protein structure," 2020, Contemporary Mathematics - American Mathematical Society
  • "AlphaFold Blindness to Topological Barriers Affects Its Ability to Correctly Predict Proteins' Topology," 2023, Preprints.org
  • "Theta-curves in proteins," 2024, Protein Science

Collaborations form a significant part of Stasiak's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Dimos Goundaroulis, Paweł Dąbrowski-Tumański, Agnese Barbensi, Dorothy Buck, and Joanna I. Sułkowska.

Best Publications

  • Role of BRCA2 in control of the RAD51 recombination and DNA repair protein.

    Adelina A Davies;Jean-Yves Masson;Michael J McIlwraith;Alicja Z Stasiak

  • Purification and characterization of the human Rad51 protein, an analogue of E. coli RecA.

    F E Benson;A Stasiak;S C West

  • Role of RecA protein spiral filaments in genetic recombination.

    Paul Howard-Flanders;Stephen C. West;Andrzej Stasiak

  • Identification and purification of two distinct complexes containing the five RAD51 paralogs.

    Jean-Yves Masson;Madalena C. Tarsounas;Alicja Z. Stasiak;Andrzej Stasiak

  • Binding of double-strand breaks in DNA by human Rad52 protein.

    Eric Van Dyck;Alicja Z. Stasiak;Andrzej Stasiak;Stephen C. West

  • FtsK Is a DNA Motor Protein that Activates Chromosome Dimer Resolution by Switching the Catalytic State of the XerC and XerD Recombinases

    Laurent Aussel;François Xavier Barre;Mira Aroyo;Andrzej Stasiak

  • Cooperation of breast cancer proteins PALB2 and piccolo BRCA2 in stimulating homologous recombination

    Rémi Buisson;Anne-Marie Dion-Côté;Yan Coulombe;Hélène Launay

  • Geometry and physics of knots

    Vsevolod Katritch;Vsevolod Katritch;Jan Bednar;Jan Bednar;Didier Michoud;Robert G. Scharein

  • The twist, writhe and overall shape of supercoiled DNA change during counterion-induced transition from a loosely to a tightly interwound superhelix. Possible implications for DNA structure in vivo.

    Jan Bednar;Patrick Furrer;Andrzej Stasiak;Jacques Dubochet

  • Determination of DNA persistence length by cryo-electron microscopy. Separation of the static and dynamic contributions to the apparent persistence length of DNA

    Jan Bednar;Patrick Furrer;Vsevolod Katritch;Alicja Stasiak

  • The Fanconi anemia protein FANCM can promote branch migration of Holliday junctions and replication forks.

    Kerstin Gari;Chantal Décaillet;Alicja Z. Stasiak;Andrzej Stasiak

  • Structure of helical RecA-DNA complexes. Complexes formed in the presence of ATP-gamma-S or ATP.

    Edward H. Egelman;Andrzej Stasiak

  • The human Rad52 protein exists as a heptameric ring

    Alicja Z. Stasiak;Eric Larquet;Andrzej Stasiak;Shirley Müller

  • The helicity of DNA in complexes with RecA protein

    Andrzej Stasiak;Elisabeth Di Capua

  • Electrophoretic mobility of DNA knots

    Andrzej Stasiak;Vsevolod Katritch;Vsevolod Katritch;Jan Bednar;Jan Bednar;Didier Michoud

  • Conservation of complex knotting and slipknotting patterns in proteins

    Joanna I. Sułkowska;Eric J. Rawdon;Kenneth C. Millett;Jose N. Onuchic

  • Structure of a multisubunit complex that promotes DNA branch migration

    Carol A. Parsons;Andrzej Stasiak;Richard J. Bennett;Stephen C. West

  • A histone-fold complex and FANCM form a conserved DNA remodeling complex to maintain genome stability

    Zhijiang Yan;Mathieu Delannoy;Chen Ling;Danielle Daee

  • Duplex DNA knots produced by Escherichia coli topoisomerase I. Structure and requirements for formation.

    F B Dean;A Stasiak;T Koller;N R Cozzarelli

  • Characterization of complexes between recA protein and duplex DNA by electron microscopy

    E. Di Capua;Andreas Engel;A. Stasiak;A. Stasiak;Th Koller

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. West
Stephen C. West The Francis Crick Institute
Edward H. Egelman
Edward H. Egelman University of Virginia
Vsevolod Katritch
Vsevolod Katritch University of Southern California
Giovanni Dietler
Giovanni Dietler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
John H. Maddocks
John H. Maddocks École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Pablo E. Hernández
Pablo E. Hernández Complutense University of Madrid
Alessandro Flammini
Alessandro Flammini Indiana University
Jean-Yves Masson
Jean-Yves Masson Université Laval
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli University of California, Berkeley
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski University of California, Davis

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