Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Dr Maria Julia Maristany

Research Associate

Publications

Capsid stabilization reprograms the nuclear fate of the HIV genome
T Mourer, M Harastani, C Cuche, JI Perez-Lopez, S Tornambe, S Tachon, G Corre, MJ Maristany, J-Y Tinevez, A Gazi, V Poletti, R Collepardo-Guevara, A Sartori-Rupp, F Di Nunzio
Science advances
(2026)
12
(doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aef9469)
A Spectrum of Free Energy Landscape Topologies Encodes Chromatin Polymorphism and Phase Separation
Y Chen, J Huertas, MJ Maristany, K Russell, M Zhang, SE Farr, JR Espinosa, R Collepardo-Guevara
(2026)
(doi: 10.64898/2026.06.19.733383)
Single-molecule nucleosome spacing coordinates chromatin fiber interactions.
K Zhang, MJ Maristany, J Huertas, R Collepardo-Guevara, V Ramani
(2026)
(doi: 10.64898/2026.06.02.729033)
Pushing the experimental resolution boundary in chromatin fibre organisation using multiscale simulations.
J Huertas, MJ Maristany, JI Perez-Lopez, R Collepardo-Guevara
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
(2026)
98
(doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2026.102464)
Electrostatic control of chromatin compaction safeguards against apoptotic DNA release
MFD Spicer, S Wijma, N Schütte, J Huertas, MJ Maristany, JIP López, L Chen, M Alaabo, MK Rosen, R Collepardo-Guevara, DW Gerlich
(2026)
(doi: 10.64898/2026.02.23.707452)
A Goldilocks zone of DNA flexibility defines stable yet plastic nucleosomes, tuned by histone chemistry
JI Perez-Lopez, MJ Maristany, SE Farr, J Huertas, R Collepardo-Guevara
(2026)
(doi: 10.64898/2026.02.16.706184)
BPS2026 – Molecular determinants of material properties in biomolecular condensates
PY Chew, MJ Maristany, JH Martin, R Collepardo-Guevara
Biophysical Journal
(2026)
125
(doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2025.11.361)
BPS2026 – Nucleosome stability is controlled by histone composition and fine-tuned by DNA sequence
JI Perez-Lopez, MJ Maristany, JH Martin, R Collepardo-Guevara
Biophysical Journal
(2026)
125
(doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2025.11.1823)
BPS2026 – Multi-scale simulations and cryo-ET structures of chromatin condensates rationalize phase separation
JH Martin, H Zhou, MJ Maristany, KO Russell, MK Rosen, R Collepardo-Guevara
Biophysical Journal
(2026)
125
(doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2025.11.2226)
BPS2026 – An electrostatic repulsion model of centromere organization
MJ Maristany, L Chen, C Bell, JH Martin, H Zhou, JI Perez-Lopez, JR Espinosa, S Redding, R Collepardo-Guevara, MK Rosen, D Gerlich
Biophysical Journal
(2026)
125
(doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2025.11.541)

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Robinson College
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
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