Dr Maria Julia Maristany | Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Research Associate

Publications

Mapping chromatin structure at base-pair resolution unveils a unified model of cis-regulatory element interactions.

H Li, JLT Dalgleish, G Lister, MJ Maristany, J Huertas, AM Dopico-Fernandez, JC Hamley, N Denny, G Bloye, W Zhang, L Hentges, R Doll, Y Wei, M Maresca, E Dimitrova, L Pytowski, EAJ Tunnacliffe, M Kassouf, D Higgs, E de Wit, RJ Klose, L Schermelleh, R Collepardo-Guevara, TA Milne, JOJ Davies

Cell

(2025)

188

7175

(doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.013)

Differential stability and dynamics of DNA-based and RNA-based coacervates affect non-enzymatic RNA chemistry

KK Nakashima, FZ Mihoubi, JS Saraya, KO Russell, F Rahmatova, JD Robinson, MJ Maristany, J Huertas, R Rubio-Sánchez, R Collepardo-Guevara, DK O’Flaherty, C Bonfio

Nature Communications

(2025)

16

9296

(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64335-9)

Oct4 clusters promote DNA accessibility by enhancing chromatin plasticity

J Huertas, MJ Maristany, R Collepardo-Guevara

(2025)

(doi: 10.1101/2025.10.20.683403)

An electrostatic repulsion model of centromere organisation

C Bell, L Chen, MJ Maristany, C Blaukopf, H Zhou, J Huertas, JI Perez Lopez, CCH Langer, TL Steinacker, N Schütte, LK Doolittle, JR Espinosa, S Redding, R Collepardo-Guevara, MK Rosen, DW Gerlich

bioRxiv

(2025)

2025.09.01.673455

(doi: 10.1101/2025.09.01.673455)

Nucleosome spacing can fine-tune higher-order chromatin assembly.

L Chen, MJ Maristany, SE Farr, J Luo, BA Gibson, LK Doolittle, JR Espinosa, J Huertas, S Redding, R Collepardo-Guevara, MK Rosen

Nature communications

(2025)

16

6315

(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61482-x)

Cold-induced nucleosome dynamics linked to silencing of Arabidopsis FLC

M Montez, D Zhu, J Huertas, MJ Maristany, B Rutjens, M Nielsen, R Collepardo-Guevara, C Dean

Nature Communications

(2025)

16

5550

(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60735-z)

Cold-induced nucleosome dynamics linked to silencing of Arabidopsis FLC

M Montez, D Zhu, JH Martin, MJ Maristany, B Rutjens, M Nielsen, R Collepardo-Guevara, C Dean

(2025)

(doi: 10.1101/2025.02.17.638618)

BPS2025 - Multi-scale structural mechanisms of chromatin phase separation

H Zhou, MJ Maristany, JH Martin, KO Russell, JH Hwang, R Yao, JR Espinosa, J Hutchings, E Villa, R Collepardo-Guevara, MK Rosen

Biophysical Journal

(2025)

124

352A

(doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.11.1921)

Histone variants modulate chromatin phase transitions by altering nucleosome stability and chromatin structure

JI Perez-Lopez, MJ Maristany, JH Martin, R Collepardo-Guevara

Biophysical Journal

(2025)

124

353a

(doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.11.1923)

Nucleosome spacing can fine-tune higher-order chromatin assembly

MJ Maristany, L Chen, S Farr, B Gibson, L Doolittle, S Redding, JR Espinosa, JH Martin, R Collepardo-Guevara, MK Rosen

BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

(2025)

124

197A