Hung T. Nguyen

This study shows that RNA structural flexibility influences its ion atmosphere, with unstructured RNAs having diffuse ion clouds that extend further than folded RNAs.

The paper develops a genetic algorithm to study how synonymous mutations affect mRNA structure and reveals a physical code in the genetic code that influences RNA-protein complex properties.

The paper shows that salt concentration affects RNA self-association rates and yields through changes in free energy gaps, with implications for repeat RNA aggregation.

The paper develops a computational model to study ion-DNA interactions and shows it accurately predicts experimental results without parameter tuning.