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Curriculum vitae
Name:
Magdalena Rother
Date of Birth:
October, 20th, 1983, Poznań, Poland
Nationality:
Polish
Address:
Illstrasse 12, 12161 Berlin, Germany
Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
+49 17630524705 / +48 607158984
Education and Training
2007 - now
PhD student at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Structural
Bioinformatics
(“ModeRNA: a tool for comparative modeling of RNA 3D structure”;
under review)
2005 - 2007
MSc in Biology at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of
Biology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Poznan, Poland
(“Changes of vascular flora nature reserve Krajkowo on the Warta
river during the last 25 years”)
2003 - 2007
BSc in Bioinformatics at the Adam Mickiewicz University,
Faculty of Biology, Poznan, Poland (“Design of a floristic data base”)
2002 - 2005
BSc in Biology at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of
Biology, Poznan, Poland (“Spatial valorization of flora in the
Krajkowo nature reserve”)
Personal Skills and Competences
Languages
Polish: native
English: C1 certificate
German: B1 in progress
Computer
Skills
Python programming
Test Driven Development
MySQL
HTML/CSS
Linux
SVN
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoDraw)
Bioinformatics RNA structure prediction and analysis
Skills
Protein structure prediction
Structure visualization
Biological databases and servers
Soft
Skills
Design of scientific pictures
Teamwork experience
Agile best practices (iterations, code reviews, User Stories)
Learning new things willingly
Awards and Grants
2009
1st prize at Entrepreneurship course Poznań (team award)
2009
Award of the Dean of the Biological Faculty, grant PBWB-03/2009
Personal Interests
Literature
Jogging
Ballroom dancing
Publications
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Cruz, J.A., Blanchet, M.F., Boniecki, M., Bujnicki, J.M., Chen, S.J., Cao, S., Das, R.,
Ding, F., Dokholyan, N.V., Flores, S.C., Huang, L., Lavender, C.A., Lisi, V., Major, F.,
Mikolajczak, K., Patel, D.J., Philips, A., Puton, T., Santalucia, J., Sijenyi, F., Hermann,
T., Rother, K., Rother, M., Serganov, A., Skorupski, M., Soltysinski, T., Sripakdeevong, P., Tuszynska, I., Weeks, K.M., Waldsich, C., Wildauer, M., Leontis, N.B.
and Westhof, E. (2012) RNA-Puzzles: A CASP-like evaluation of RNA threedimensional structure prediction, RNA.
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Rother, K., Rother, M., Boniecki, M., Puton, T., Tomala, K., Lukasz, P. and Bujnicki,
J.M. (2012) Templed-based and template free modeling of RNA 3D structure: Inspirations from protein structure modeling. In Leontis, N.B. and Westhof, E. (eds), RNA
Structure Prediction and Modeling. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.
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Rother, M., Rother, K., Puton, T. and Bujnicki, J.M. (2011) RNA tertiary structure prediction with ModeRNA, Brief Bioinform, 12, 601-613.
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Rother, M., Milanowska, K., Puton, T., Jeleniewicz, J., Rother, K. and Bujnicki, J.M.
(2011) ModeRNA server: an online tool for modeling RNA 3D structures, Bioinformatics, 1, 2441-2442.
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Rother, K., Potrzebowski, W., Puton, T., Rother, M., Wywial, E. and Bujnicki, J.M.
(2011) A toolbox for developing bioinformatics software, Brief Bioinform, 1-14.
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Rother, M., Rother, K., Puton, T. and Bujnicki, J.M. (2011) ModeRNA: a tool for comparative modeling of RNA 3D structure, Nucleic Acids Res, 39, 4007-4022.
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Rother, K., Rother, M., Boniecki, M., Puton, T. and Bujnicki, J.M. (2011) RNA and
protein 3D structure modeling: similarities and differences, J Mol Model, doi:
10.1007/s00894-010-0951-x.
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Rother, K., Rother, M., Pleus, A. and Upmeier zu Belzen, A. (2010) Multi-stage learning aids applied to hands-on software training, Brief Bioinform, 11, 582-586.
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Musielak, M., Rother, K., Puton, T. and Bujnicki, J.M. (2010) ModeRNA builds RNA
3D Models from Template Structures, ERCIM News, 82, 19-20.