Agnes Noy Email Address

Maternity Leave EMBO Fellow and Beatriu De Pinos Fellow

Outstanding teaching and research in a beautiful and historic European city. York is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive UK Universities.

I am a scientist with a multi-disciplinary trajectory in molecular modelling between biochemistry and biophysics. My interests spans computational chemistry and biology, synthetic biology, genomics and bioinformatics, high performance computing and software development. My research is centred in developing novel computational tools to understand and predict how global mechanical properties of complex macromolecules such as DNA and RNA are built on the basis of their atomic fluctuations. Skills: • Analysis of complex data, identification of trends and development of new approaches to ensure work is ahead of rival groups. The main achievement is a strong publication record with 15 peer-reviewed journal publications, including 9 as a first-author. • Experience leading research projects: secure funding, define goals, set priorities, meet deadlines and ensure junior team-members meet agreed objectives. • Track record of forging strategic partnerships with teams of both computational and experimental scientists. • High level interpersonal, written and public speaking skills through teaching, supervision, research papers and conference presentations. Technical skills: • Molecular modelling of nucleic acids and proteins; advanced simulation techniques such as Umbrella Sampling, WHAM and targeted MD; modelling (GROMACS, AMBER, NAMD, CHARMM) and visualisation (VMD, rasmol, jmol) software. • Gaussian and Dalton quantum chemistry software for molecular force-field development • Statistical approaches: analysis of extensive data sets by multivariate techniques like Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis. • High performance computing: management of supercomputing resources; benchmarking of modelling software. • IT skills: administration of LINUX-based PCs and laptops; programming in Fortran, C++, Python, Perl, R, MATLAB, Latex and bash.