Piia Bartos
Senior Researcher
Computer-aided drug design with simulations of small noncoding-RNA molecules and understanding th...
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
I am a pharmaceutical chemist with my research interests now in short non-coding RNA sequences and how to mimic their function using synthetic drugs. My background is in Pharmacy, and I defended my Doctoral thesis in drug design of sirtuins in autumn 2015 in UEF. After my dissertation, I left to study molecular dynamics methods and enzyme engineering to Brno, Czech Republic. I can use all the basic tools of computational drug design, including docking and molecular dynamics simulations and up to some simple quantum chemistry calculations.
Research groups
Keywords
															anti-cancer drugs
															chemistry
															computational chemistry
															computer aided drug design
															docking
															drug
															drug design
															drug development
															drug targeting
															enzyme
															ligand binding simulations
															molecular docking
															molecular dynamics
															molecular dynamics simulations
															molecular modeling
															molecular targets
															non-coding RNA
															pharmaceutical chemistry
															pharmacy
													
										Publications
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Lääkkeen vaikutuskohteen tietokonemalleista apua yksilöidyn syöpälääkkeen valintaan
Bartos, Piia; Kuittinen, Outi; Poso, Antti, 2024, Duodecim, 140, 20, 1703-9. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review - 
																							
																									
Solid-State NMR Validation of OPLS4: Structure of PC-Lipid Bilayers and Its Modulation by Dehydration
Kurki, Milla; Nesterenko, Alexey M; Alsaker, Nicolai E; M Ferreira, Tiago; Kyllönen, Sami; Poso, Antti; Bartos, Piia; Miettinen, Markus S, 2024, Journal of physical chemistry b, 128, 50, 12483-12492. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research - 
																							
																									
Targeting ocular tissues with intravenously administered aptamers selected by in vivo SELEX
Korhonen, Sonja; Stenberg, Katja; Seemab, Umair; Bartos, Piia; Mäkiniemi, Katariina; Kjems, Jørgen; Dupont, Daniel Miotto; Subrizi, Astrid, 2024, Molecular therapy nucleic acids, 35, 4, 102352. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research - 
																							
																									
Direct pathway cloning and expression of the radiosumin biosynthetic gene cluster
Ouyang, Xiaodan; D'Agostino, Paul M; Wahlsten, Matti; Delbaje, Endrews; Jokela, Jouni; Permi, Perttu; Gaiani, Greta; Poso, Antti; Bartos, Piia; Gulder, Tobias AM; Koistinen, Hannu; Fewer, David P, 2023, Organic and biomolecular chemistry, 21, 23, 4893-4908. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research - 
																							
																									
RNA-protein complexes and force field polarizability
Baltrukevich, Hanna; Bartos, Piia, 2023, Frontiers in chemistry, 11, 1217506. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research - 
																							
																									
Structure of POPC Lipid Bilayers in OPLS3e Force Field
Kurki, Milla; Poso, Antti; Bartos, Piia; Miettinen, Markus S, 2022, Journal of chemical information and modeling, 62, 24, 6462–6474. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research - 
																							
																									
Transcription and Translation Inhibitors in Cancer Treatment
Laham-Karam, Nihay; Pinto, Gaspar; Poso, Antti; Kokkonen, Piia, 2020, Frontiers in chemistry, 8, 276. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review - 
																							
																									
Studying sirtuin inhibitors with in silico and in vitro approaches
Kokkonen Piia, 2015, Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Health Sciences. G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) - 
																							
																									
Virtual screening approach of sirtuin inhibitors results in two new scaffolds
Kokkonen Piia, Kokkola Tarja, Suuronen Tiina, Poso Antti, Jarho Elina, Lahtela-Kakkonen Maija, 2015, European journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 76, 27-32. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research - 
																							
																									
Quantitative insights for the design of substrate-based SIRT1 inhibitors
Kokkonen Piia, Mellini Paolo, Nyrhilä Olli, Rahnasto-Rilla Minna, Suuronen Tiina, Kiviranta Päivi, Huhtiniemi Tero, Poso Antti, Jarho Elina, Lahtela-Kakkonen Maija, 2014, European journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 59, 12-19. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research 
