Ruth Nussinov
| Ruth Nussinov | |
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| Residence | Israel |
| Fields | Bioinformatics |
| Institutions | Tel Aviv University, Weizmann Institute, Berkeley, Harvard |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
| Known for | Nucleic acid structure prediction, PLoS Computational Biology, Nussinov plots, Equilibrium unfolding, Protein–protein interaction prediction |
| Notable awards | Biophysical Society Fellow Award |
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Website http://ccr.cancer.gov/staff/staff.asp?profileid=6892 | |
Ruth Nussinov is a Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and is the Senior Principal Scientist and Principal Investigator at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.[1] Nussinov is the Editor in Chief for the journal PLoS Computational Biology.[2]
Nussinov proposed the first dynamic programming approach for nucleic acid secondary structure prediction, this method is now known as the "Nussinov Algorithm".[3][4]
Career
Ruth Nussinov received a B.Sc in Microbiology from University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Rutgers University. She was a fellow at the Weizmann Institute and worked as a visiting scientist at Berkeley and at Harvard. She took a position at Tel Aviv University in 1985 as Associate Professor and was promoted to Professor in 1990.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Tel Aviv University Staff Page". Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "PLOS Computational Biology Editors-in-Chief". Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ Nussinov, Ruth; Pieczenik, George; Griggs, Jerrold R.; Kleitman, Daniel J. (1 July 1978). "Algorithms for Loop Matchings". SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 35 (1): 68–82. doi:10.1137/0135006.
- ↑ Nussinov, R; Jacobson, AB (Nov 1980). "Fast algorithm for predicting the secondary structure of single-stranded RNA.". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 77 (11): 6309–6313. doi:10.1073/pnas.77.11.6309. PMC 350273. PMID 6161375.