Divya Sapkota
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Graduate Assistant
Also affiliated: Helen Keller International Nepal (2021)
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Divya Sapkota's research investigates the molecular mechanisms of protein synthesis and its regulation, with a particular focus on the role of ribosomes and transfer RNAs. Sapkota has published work examining conformational changes in ribosomes during translation elongation, utilizing molecular dynamics simulations to resolve these processes. Further research has explored the structural dynamics of ribosomal proteins in the context of Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a congenital bone marrow failure syndrome. Collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Dylan Girodat and Anuradha Chowdhury, have resulted in shared publications in these areas. Sapkota's work also includes computational studies on the physical properties of molecules, such as the diffusion and solvation of sucrose.
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- h-index: 3
- Publications: 4
- Citations: 12
Selected Publications
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BPS2026 – Regulation of the KCNQ4 channel via the interplay between phosphorylation, calmodulin, and PIP2 (2026)
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BPS2026 – Diamond-blackfan anemia-associated mutations in ribosomal protein uL18 alter its N- and C-terminal structural dynamics (2026)
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Human protein synthesis requires aminoacyl-tRNA pivoting during proofreading (2025)
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Human Protein Synthesis Requires aminoacyl-tRNA Pivoting During Proofreading (2025)
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BPS2025 - Diamond-Blackfan anemia-associated mutations perturb uL5 helix stability and conformational ensemble (2025)
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Conformational changes of ribosomes during translation elongation resolved by molecular dynamics simulations (2024)
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Impact of Diamond-Blackfan anemia associated mutations on structural dynamics of ribosomal protein uL5 (2024)
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- Conformational changes of ribosomes during translation elongation resolved by molecular dynamics simulations
- Human protein synthesis requires aminoacyl-tRNA pivoting during proofreading
- Impact of Diamond-Blackfan anemia associated mutations on structural dynamics of ribosomal protein uL5
- BPS2025 - Diamond-Blackfan anemia-associated mutations perturb uL5 helix stability and conformational ensemble
- Human Protein Synthesis Requires aminoacyl-tRNA Pivoting During Proofreading
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Conformational changes of ribosomes during translation elongation resolved by molecular dynamics simulations
- Impact of Diamond-Blackfan anemia associated mutations on structural dynamics of ribosomal protein uL5
- BPS2025 - Diamond-Blackfan anemia-associated mutations perturb uL5 helix stability and conformational ensemble
- Human protein synthesis requires aminoacyl-tRNA pivoting during proofreading
- Human Protein Synthesis Requires aminoacyl-tRNA Pivoting During Proofreading
- BPS2026 – Diamond-blackfan anemia-associated mutations in ribosomal protein uL18 alter its N- and C-terminal structural dynamics
- BPS2026 – Regulation of the KCNQ4 channel via the interplay between phosphorylation, calmodulin, and PIP2
- BPS2026 – Regulation of the KCNQ4 channel via the interplay between phosphorylation, calmodulin, and PIP2
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