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publications

R Stuger, CC van der Weijden, CL Woldringh, NOE Vischer, RJM van Spanning, JL Snoep, HV Westerhoff. Transertion counteracts compaction of E. coli nucleoids by DNA supercoiling. In preparation.

R Stuger, C Forreiter. Uncapped mRNA introduced into tobacco protoplasts can be imported into the nucleus and is trapped by leptomycin B. Plant Cell Rep 23 (2004) 99-103.
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R Stuger, CL Woldringh, CC van der Weijden, NOE Vischer, BM Bakker, RJM van Spanning, JL Snoep, HV Westerhoff. DNA supercoiling is linked to nucleoid compaction. Mol Biol Rep 29 (2002) 79-82 (erratum in Mol Biol Rep 30 (2003) 133).
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R Stuger, S Cunha, CC van der Weijden, PG Huls, NOE Vischer, JL Snoep, CL Woldringh, HV Westerhoff. DNA supercoiling and other factors in E. coli nucleoid compaction. Eur J Biochem 268 (2001) S171.
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C Forreiter, D Löw, R Stuger. Partially denatured proteins are kept in a folding competent state by heat stress granules built from two classes of cytoplasmic small Hsps. Eur J Biochem 268 (2001) S111.
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R Stuger, ACJ Timmers, HA Raué, J van't Riet. Nuclear import of ribosomal proteins: evidence for a novel type of nuclear localization signal. in The ribosome: structure, function, antibiotics and cellular interactions. RA Garrett, SR Douthwaite, A Liljas, AT Matheson, PB Moore, HF Noller (eds). ASM Press, Washington DC (2000) pp 205-214.
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J van't Riet, R Stuger, CA van Beekvelt, ACJ Timmers, HA Raué. Evidence for a consensus NLS for ribosomal proteins in yeast and involvement of the L25 NLS-region in pre-rRNA processing. Abstracts of papers presented at the meeting on dynamic organization of nuclear function. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2000) 210.
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ACJ Timmers, R Stuger, PJ Schaap, J van't Riet, HA Raué. Nuclear and nucleolar localization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomal proteins S22 and S25. FEBS Letters 452 (1999) 335-340.
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R Stuger, S Ranostaj, T Materna, C Forreiter. Messenger RNA-binding properties of nonpolysomal ribonucleoproteins from heat-stressed tomato cells. Plant Physiology 120 (1999) 23-31.
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R Stuger. RNA editing - TUTase & Cox. MSc thesis. University of Amsterdam (1994).
lectures & posters

Condensing chromosomes into nucleoids, and nucleoids into a model. Dutch BioPhysics, the annual Dutch meeting on molecular and cellular biophysics. 3-4 October 2016. Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Poster (R Stuger, HV Westerhoff).

Structural systems biology: the forces that compact and expand bacterial nucleoids. SB@NL 2014 Systems Biology Symposium. 15-16 December 2014, Maastricht, The Netherlands. p. 68-69. Poster (R Stuger, HV Westerhoff).
[abstract on p. 68-69 of biosb.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/SBNL2014_Symposium_Booklet_20141210v2.pdf]

The contribution of DNA supercoiling to nucleoid compaction gets lost in translation. Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology Symposium. 7-8 April 2011, IJmuiden, The Netherlands. Poster (R Stuger, HV Westerhoff).

Missing links in compaction and partitioning of bacterial DNA. Virginia Bioinformatics Institute seminar. 25 May 2005, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. Lecture.

Missing links in disentangling bacterial DNA. Gordon research conference on macromolecular organization and cell function. 15-20 August 2004, Oxford, UK. Poster (R Stuger, CL Woldringh, CC van der Weijden, BM Bakker, RJM van Spanning, HV Westerhoff) and mini-lecture (poster flash).
Missing links in disentangling bacterial DNA. PhD students & young postdocs stage invasion session preceding the Gordon research conference. 14 August 2004. Lecture.

DNA compaction and nucleoid segregation by missing links. Condensed matter seminar. 25 August 2003, Department of Physics, University of Illinois. Chicago, IL, USA. Lecture.

Missing links in bacterial DNA compaction and nucleoid segregation. Gordon research conference on plasmid and chromosome dynamics. 17-22 August 2003, Tilton, NH, USA. Poster (R Stuger, CC van der Weijden, CL Woldringh, NOE Vischer, BM Bakker, RJM van Spanning, HV Westerhoff).

Coupled transcription, translation, and protein translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane expands bacterial nucleoids and may drive chromosome segregation. Meeting of the study group on lipids and biomembranes. 10-11 March 2003, Lunteren, The Netherlands. Poster (R Stuger, CC van der Weijden, CL Woldringh, BM Bakker, RJM van Spanning, HV Westerhoff) and mini-lecture (poster flash).

Nucleoid compaction in E. coli. Second DFG/NWO meeting on cell systems biology. 21-23 November 2002, Berlin, Germany. p 35. Lecture.

DNA supercoiling by gyrase is linked to nucleoid compaction. 10th Meeting of the international study group of biothermokinetics (BTK). 7-10 September 2002, Arcachon (Bordeaux), France. Lecture and poster (R Stuger, CL Woldringh, CC van der Weijden, NOE Vischer, BM Bakker, RJM van Spanning, JL Snoep, HV Westerhoff). Mini-paper in Mol Biol Rep 29 (2002) 79-82 (erratum in Mol Biol Rep 30 (2003) 133).
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DNA compaction without nucleosomes. Young BTK (preceding the BTK). 7 September 2002. Lecture.

DNA compression format of bacteria. Gordon research conference on macromolecular organization and cell function. 4-9 August 2002, Oxford, UK. Poster (R Stuger, CL Woldringh, CC van der Weijden, NOE Vischer, BM Bakker, RJM van Spanning, JL Snoep, HV Westerhoff) and mini-lecture (poster flash).
DNA compression format of bacteria. PhD students & young postdocs stage invasion session preceding the Gordon research conference. 3 August 2002. Lecture.

Compaction of bacterial nucleoids by supercoiling, macromolecular crowding, and DNA-binding proteins. DNA in chromatin: at the frontiers of biology, biophysics and genomics. 23-29 March 2002, Arcachon (Bordeaux), France. pp 121-122. Lecture.

DNA supercoiling and other features of nucleoid architecture. First DFG/NWO meeting on entering the living cell. 28-30 September 2001, Egmond, The Netherlands. Poster (R Stuger, CC van der Weijden, NOE Vischer, JL Snoep, CL Woldringh, HV Westerhoff) and mini-lecture (poster flash).

DNA supercoiling and other factors in E. coli nucleoid compaction. 27th FEBS meeting. 30 June-5 July 2001, Lisboa, Portugal. Poster (R Stuger, S Cunha, CC van der Weijden, PG Huls, NOE Vischer, JL Snoep, CL Woldringh, HV Westerhoff). abstract in Eur J Biochem 268 (2001) S171.
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Partially denatured proteins are kept in a folding competent state by heat stress granules built from two classes of cytoplasmic small Hsps. 27th FEBS meeting. 30 June-5 July 2001, Lisboa, Portugal. Poster (C Forreiter, D Löw, R Stuger). abstract in Eur J Biochem 268 (2001) S111.
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Nucleoid compaction by DNA supercoiling. Into the living cell and beyond. Fall symposium of the Netherlands Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 17 November 2000, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Poster (R Stuger, CC van der Weijden, PG Huls, NOE Vischer, CL Woldringh, JL Snoep, HV Westerhoff)

Evidence for a consensus NLS for ribosomal proteins in yeast and involvement of the L25 NLS region in pre-rRNA processing. Cold Spring Harbor meeting on dynamic organization of nuclear function. 13-17 September 2000, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. p 210. Poster (J van't Riet, R Stuger, CA van Beekvelt, ACJ Timmers, HA Raué).

How to control an ATPase that affects DNA structure and gene expression: homeostatic control around essential ATPases. 11th European bioenergetics conference (EBEC). 9-14 September 2000, Brighton, UK. Poster (HV Westerhoff, JL Snoep, CC van der Weijden, S Koefoed, R Stuger, HW Andersen, PR Jensen).
[abstract on www.researchgate.net/publication/241752383_How_to_control_an_ATPase_that_affects_DNA_structure_and_gene_expression_homeostatic_control_around_essential_ATPases]

How big is E. coli's nucleoid? EMBO workshop on cell cycle and nucleoid organization in bacteria. 2-6 September 2000, Texel, The Netherlands. p 45. Poster (R Stuger, PG Huls, CC van der Weijden, NOE Vischer, JL Snoep, CL Woldringh, HV Westerhoff).

Linking supercoiling to nucleoid structure. Gordon research conference on macromolecular organization and cell function. 6-11 August 2000, Oxford, UK. Poster (R Stuger, PG Huls, CC van der Weijden, NOE Vischer, JL Snoep, CL Woldringh, HV Westerhoff) and mini-lecture (poster flash).

Twisting DNA into nucleoids. Biocenter Amsterdam symposium visualizing cellular processes. 8 June 2000, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Lecture.

Nucle(ol)ar import of ribosomal proteins. The ribosome: structure, function, antibiotics and cellular interactions. 13-17 June 1999, Helsingør, Danmark. p 76. Poster (J van't Riet, R Stuger, ACJ Timmers, CA van Beekvelt, HA Raué).

The nuclear localization signals of yeast ribosomal proteins. ECBO European congress of cell biology. 8-11 May 1999, Bologna, Italy. pp 175-176. Poster (J van't Riet, ACJ Timmers, R Stuger, PJ Schaap, HA Raué).

Silent RNAs during stress. Third DFG priority program on molecular cell biology of the heat stress response. 26-28 September 1997, Goslar, Germany. Lecture.

RNA editing in trypanosomes. Graduate college seminar series protein structures, dynamics and function. 2 June 1996, Frankfurt, Germany. DFG grant contest lecture.
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