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Overview

Fyodor A. Kondrashov is affiliated with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Austria. Their research spans several intersecting fields, with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, along with medicine. The subfields in which they have contributed include molecular biology, genetics, infectious diseases, plant science, and endocrinology.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas relevant to contemporary biomedical sciences, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Evolution and genetic dynamics
  • Protein structure and dynamics
  • Enzyme structure and function
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Kondrashov's recent papers include:

  • "Using AlphaFold to predict the impact of single mutations on protein stability and function" (2023), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Plants with genetically encoded autoluminescence" (2020), published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Rates of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and vaccination impact the fate of vaccine-resistant strains" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Using AlphaFold to predict the impact of single mutations on protein stability and function" (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Unlocking capacities of genomics for the COVID-19 response and future pandemics" (2022), published in Nature Methods

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Alexander S. Mishin
  • Louisa González Somermeyer
  • Karen S. Sarkisyan
  • Simón A. Rella
  • Yuliya Kulikova

Kondrashov's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with the most frequent including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Their research efforts have contributed across multiple highly specialized areas, addressing both fundamental and applied aspects of molecular biology and infectious disease. This includes advancing understanding of protein stability linked to mutations, viral transmission dynamics, and applications of genomics in pandemic response efforts. The combination of studies on COVID-19 and diverse biological processes such as bioluminescence reflects a breadth of inquiry within molecular and genetic sciences.

Best Publications

  • The evolution of gene duplications: classifying and distinguishing between models.

    Hideki Innan;Fyodor Kondrashov

  • Selection in the evolution of gene duplications

    Fyodor A Kondrashov;Igor B Rogozin;Yuri I Wolf;Eugene V Koonin

  • The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

    Leonid L. Moroz;Kevin M. Kocot;Mathew R. Citarella;Sohn Dosung

  • Gene duplication as a mechanism of genomic adaptation to a changing environment

    Fyodor A. Kondrashov

  • Interactions among quantitative traits in the course of sympatric speciation

    Alexey S. Kondrashov;Fyodor A. Kondrashov

  • Selection for short introns in highly expressed genes.

    Cristian I. Castillo-Davis;Sergei L. Mekhedov;Daniel L. Hartl;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Local fitness landscape of the green fluorescent protein.

    Karen S. Sarkisyan;Dmitry A. Bolotin;Margarita V. Meer;Dinara R. Usmanova;Dinara R. Usmanova

  • Epistasis as the primary factor in molecular evolution

    Michael S. Breen;Carsten Kemena;Peter K. Vlasov;Cedric Notredame

  • Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities in protein evolution

    Alexey S. Kondrashov;Shamil Sunyaev;Fyodor A. Kondrashov

  • A universal trend of amino acid gain and loss in protein evolution

    I. King Jordan;Fyodor A. Kondrashov;Ivan A. Adzhubei;Yuri I. Wolf

  • Role of selection in fixation of gene duplications.

    Fyodor A. Kondrashov;Alexey S. Kondrashov

  • A common framework for understanding the origin of genetic dominance and evolutionary fates of gene duplications.

    Fyodor A. Kondrashov;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Sequence space and the ongoing expansion of the protein universe

    Inna S. Povolotskaya;Fyodor A. Kondrashov

  • Evolution of glyoxylate cycle enzymes in Metazoa: evidence of multiple horizontal transfer events and pseudogene formation

    Fyodor A Kondrashov;Eugene V Koonin;Igor G Morgunov;Tatiana V Finogenova

  • Origin of alternative splicing by tandem exon duplication

    Fyodor A. Kondrashov;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Presence of ATG triplets in 5′ untranslated regions of eukaryotic cDNAs correlates with a ‘weak’ context of the start codon

    Igor B. Rogozin;Alexey V. Kochetov;Fyodor A. Kondrashov;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of Pleistocene mammoth Mammuthus primigenius

    Evgeny I Rogaev;Yuri K Moliaka;Yuri K Moliaka;Boris A Malyarchuk;Fyodor A Kondrashov

  • Multidimensional epistasis and the disadvantage of sex

    Fyodor A. Kondrashov;Alexey S. Kondrashov

  • Prediction of functional sites by analysis of sequence and structure conservation

    Anna R. Panchenko;Fyodor Kondrashov;Stephen Bryant

  • Genetically encodable bioluminescent system from fungi

    Alexey A. Kotlobay;Karen S. Sarkisyan;Yuliana A. Mokrushina;Marina Marcet-Houben

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexey S. Kondrashov
Alexey S. Kondrashov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Yuri I. Wolf
Yuri I. Wolf National Institutes of Health
Igor B. Rogozin
Igor B. Rogozin National Institutes of Health
Shamil R. Sunyaev
Shamil R. Sunyaev Harvard University
Cedric Notredame
Cedric Notredame Pompeu Fabra University
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis University of Geneva
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Luis Serrano
Luis Serrano Centre for Genomic Regulation

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