University Professor

Rosana is the Professor of Computational and Molecular Biophysics at the Departments of Chemistry and Genetics, and a Winton Advanced Research Fellow in the Department of Physics. Her group develops multiscale modelling approaches to investigate the physicochemical driving forces that govern DNA packaging inside cells, membraneless compartamentalization via liquid-liquid phase behaviour of biomolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, and chromatin), chromatin structure, epigenetic phenomena, and the relationship between the structure of the genome and gene expression regulation. 

Professor Collepardo discusses her research

Publications

Electrostatic control of chromatin compaction safeguards against apoptotic DNA release.
MFD Spicer, S Wijma, N Schütte, J Huertas, MJ Maristany, JI Pérez López, L Chen, M Alaabo, MK Rosen, R Collepardo-Guevara, DW Gerlich
The EMBO Journal
(2026)
RNA Synthesis and Degradation Regulate Biomolecular Condensates through Nonequilibrium Feedback
I Sanchez-Burgos, AR Tejedor, A Ocana, JR Espinosa, R Collepardo-Guevara
ACS Central Science
(2026)
PepSpace: An Automated, Physics-Driven Directed Evolution Platform for the De Novo Design of Specific Peptide Binders and Condensate Modulators
J Oller-Iscar, AR Tejedor, A Feito, M Velasco-Estevez, A Ocaña, R Collepardo-Guevara, JR Espinosa
(2026)
Molecular simulations of chromatin-associated biomolecular condensates.
MJ Maristany, K Russell, I Perez Lopez, J Huertas, R Collepardo-Guevara
Curr Opin Struct Biol
(2026)
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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
Sci Adv
(2026)
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Compositional control of FUS condensate ageing through aggregation-prone interaction networks
E Pedraza, Ó Rebato, A Feito, F Gámez, P Llombart, AR Tejedor, R Collepardo-Guevara, JR Espinosa
(2026)
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)
hexABC seeking the physical code of DNA
F Battistini, M Wieczór, A Hospital, M Pasi, JP Arcón, I Serrano-Chacón, A Sala, S Deb, A García-Doñate, M Burman, EW Chan, L Chang, G da Rosa, JR Espinosa, GL Hoang, KA Hossain, M Jurkowski, R Poupon, R Sharma, R Sun, TC Bishop, P Carloni, TE Cheatham, R Collepardo-Guevara, J Czub, PD Dans, SA Harris, C Laughton, R Galindo-Murillo, JH Maddocks, A Noy, A Pérez, D Petkevičiūtė-Gerlach, M Orozco
Nature Communications
(2026)
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Near-atomistic simulations reveal the molecular principles that control chromatin structure and phase separation
K Russell, R Collepardo Guevara
Nature Communications
(2026)
Single-molecule nucleosome spacing coordinates chromatin fiber interactions.
K Zhang, MJ Maristany, J Huertas, R Collepardo-Guevara, V Ramani
(2026)

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