Christina Bergonzo (she/her)

NIST

Contact

Email: christina.bergonzo@nist.gov

Call: (240) 314-6333

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, Stony Brook University, August 2012
  • B.S. in Chemistry, Manhattan College, May 2006

Profile

Dr. Bergonzo develops and applies molecular dynamics simulations to study biomolecular structure prediction. Current work focuses on extending molecular dynamics force fields to address chemical modifications to biotherapeutic RNA, and combining simulation with new experimental data, including small and wide angle X-ray scattering and NMR. 

https://www.nist.gov/people/christina-bergonzo

Publications
2023
Effects of glycans and hinge on dynamics in the IgG1 Fc.
Divalent ions as mediators of carbonylation in cardiac myosin binding protein C.
Contributions from ClpS surface residues in modulating N-terminal peptide binding and their implications for NAAB development.
2022
Conformational dynamics of the hepatitis B virus pre-genomic RNA on multiple time scales: implications for viral replication.
Conformational Heterogeneity of UCAAUC RNA Oligonucleotide from Molecular Dynamics Simulations, SAXS, and NMR experiments.
prepareforleap: An automated tool for fast PDB-to-parameter generation.
2021
HDX-MS and MD Simulations Provide Evidence for Stabilization of the IgG1-FcγRIa (CD64a) Immune Complex Through Intermolecular Glycoprotein Bonds.
2020
Using All-Atom Potentials to Refine RNA Structure Predictions of SARS-CoV-2 Stem Loops.
A single amino acid substitution alters ClpS2 binding specificity.
2019
Characterization of the internal translation initiation region in monoclonal antibodies expressed in Escherichia coli.
Accuracy of MD solvent models in RNA structure refinement assessed via liquid-crystal NMR and spin relaxation data.
Structural insights into DNA-stabilized silver clusters.
Maximizing accuracy of RNA structure in refinement against residual dipolar couplings.
2017
Mg2+ Binding Promotes SLV as a Scaffold in Varkud Satellite Ribozyme SLI-SLV Kissing Loop Junction.
Investigating the ion dependence of the first unfolding step of GTPase-Associating Center ribosomal RNA.
DNA Deformation-Coupled Recognition of 8-Oxoguanine: Conformational Kinetic Gating in Human DNA Glycosylase.
2016
Divalent Ion Dependent Conformational Changes in an RNA Stem-Loop Observed by Molecular Dynamics.
2015
Improved Force Field Parameters Lead to a Better Description of RNA Structure.
A dynamic checkpoint in oxidative lesion discrimination by formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase.
Stem-Loop V of Varkud Satellite RNA Exhibits Characteristics of the Mg(2+) Bound Structure in the Presence of Monovalent Ions.