Kathy Chaurasiya
Kathy Chaurasiya
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Department: Physics
Advisor: Mark Williams
Collaborators: Penny Beuning
Biography
Kathy studied at Simmons College for her B.S. in Physics and Chemistry, and she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Physics Department at Northeastern University. She works in the Williams Laboratory, using optical tweezers to investigate DNA-protein interactions.
Projects
Presentations
- Single molecule DNA interactions of the nucleic acid chaperone protein from the LINE‐1 retrotransposon, Kathy R. Chaurasiya, James Evans, Suresh Peddigari, Sandra L. Martin, and Mark C. Williams, Biophysical Society Meeting. Baltimore, MD, Mar 2011
- Investigating quantum dot toxicity by quantifying DNA polymerase activity with optical tweezers, Kathy Chaurasiya, Micah McCauley, Kiwook Kim, Penny Beuning, and Mark Williams, Inter-IGERT Nanoscience and Professional Development Workshop, Austin, TX, Apr 2010
- Single molecule biophysics: Stretching DNA with optical tweezers, Chaurasiya, K., 5th Annual Women in STEM Panel. Lowell, MA., Mar 2010
- Nucleic acid chaperone activity of the yeast Ty3 retrotransposon nucleocapsid protein , Chaurasiya, K., Geertsema, H., Cristofari, G., LaboRetro, J. and Williams M. , 2010 Northeastern University Research and Scholarship Expo, Boston MA., Mar 2010
- DNA interaction properties of Ty3 retrotransposon nucleic acid chaperone , Chaurasiya, K., Geertsema, H., Wang, F., Cristofari, G., Darlix, J. and Williams, M.C. , Biophysical Society Meeting. San Francisco, CA., Feb 2010
- Single molecule DNA interactions of the Ty3 retrotransposon nucleic acid chaperone protein, Kathy Chaurasiya, Hylkje Geertsema, Fei Wang, Gaël Cristofari, Jean-Luc Darlix, and Mark Williams, 7th International NC Retroviral Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, Sep 2009
- DNA interaction properties of Ty3 retrotransposon nucleic acid chaperone protein, Chaurasiya, K., Geertsema, H., Wang, F., Cristofari, G., Darlix, J., Martin, S.L. and Williams, M.C. , Albany 2009: The 16th Conversation. Albany, NY. , Jun 2009
Publications
- Paired mutations abolish and restore the balanced annealing and melting activities of ORF1p that are required for LINE-1 retrotransposition., James D. Evans, Suresh Peddigari, Kathy R. Chaurasiya, Mark C. Williams, and Sandra L. Martin., Nucleic Acids Research, V.in press, P. (2011)
- Biophysical characterization of DNA binding from single molecule force measurements, Kathy Chaurasiya, Thayaparan Paramanathan, Micah McCauley, and Mark Williams, Physics of Life Reviews, submitted, V., P. (2010)
- DNA stretching as a probe for nucleic acid interactions: Reply to Comments on ‘Biophysical characterization of DNA binding from single molecule force measurements’., Micah J. McCauley, Kathy R. Chaurasiya, Thayaparan Paramanathan, Ioulia Rouzina, and Mark C. Williams., Physics of Life Reviews, V.7, P.358-361 (2010)