Pawel A. Penczek
Professor and Director
Department of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Pawel A. Penczek has received his PhD in Warsaw University. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor and Director in the University of Texas Medical School. He has received the Postdoctoral fellowship in Wadsworth Center, Albany NY.
Research Interest
Cryo-electron microscopy, Single particle reconstruction
Publications
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Penczek P, Radermacher M, Frank J. Three-dimensional reconstruction of single particles embedded in ice. Ultramicroscopy. 1992 Jan 1;40(1):33-53.
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Spahn CM, Kieft JS, Grassucci RA, Penczek PA, Zhou K, Doudna JA, Frank J. Hepatitis C virus IRES RNA-induced changes in the conformation of the 40s ribosomal subunit. Science. 2001 Mar 9;291(5510):1959-62.
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Spahn CM, Beckmann R, Eswar N, Penczek PA, Sali A, Blobel G, Frank J. Structure of the 80S ribosome from Saccharomyces cerevisiae—tRNA-ribosome and subunit-subunit interactions. Cell. 2001 Nov 2;107(3):373-86.
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Frank J, Radermacher M, Penczek P, Zhu J, Li Y, Ladjadj M, Leith A. SPIDER and WEB: processing and visualization of images in 3D electron microscopy and related fields. Journal of structural biology. 1996 Jan 1;116(1):190-9.
