Katerina Naydenova

A complete and up-to-date list of my publications can be found on my Google Scholar page.

K Naydenova*, T Mund*, MCJ Yip*, CM Harper, KE Leigh, J Hankinson, KB Boyle, A Heatley, EG Otten, V Lulla, Y Modis & F Randow. ZNFX1, an immunoregulatory RNA helicase and E3 ubiquitin ligase, assembles into pleiomorphic polymers. bioRxiv (2025, preprint).

DB Mihaylov, T Malinauskas, GD Cymes, J Miehling, VT Chang, K Naydenova, C Grosman, AR Aricescu. GABA_A receptor gating imaged on the millisecond timescale. bioRxiv (2025, preprint).

JL Dickerson, K Naydenova, MJ Peet, H Wilson, B Nandy, G McMullan, R Morrison & CJ Russo. Reducing the effects of radiation damage in cryo-EM using liquid helium temperatures. PNAS (2025).

K Naydenova*, K Boyle*, C Pathe*, P Pothukuchi, A Crespillo-Casado, F Scharte, P-M Hammoudi, EG Otten & F Randow. Shigella flexneri evades LPS ubiquitylation through IpaH1.4-mediated degradation of RNF213. NSMB (2025).
 

Y Hooda*, A Sente*, RM Judy*, L Smalinskaitė, S-Y Peak-Chew, K Naydenova, T Malinauskas, SW Hardwick, DY Chirgadze, AR Aricescu & RS Hegde. Mechanism of NACHO-mediated assembly of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels. bioRxiv (2024, preprint).

A Crespillo-Casado*, P Pothukuchi*, K Naydenova, MCJ Yip, JM Young, J Boulanger, V Dharamdasani, C Harper, P-M Hammoudi, EG Otten, K Boyle, M Gogoi, HS Malik & F Randow. Recognition of phylogenetically diverse pathogens through enzymatically amplified recruitment of RNF213. EMBO Reports (2024).
 

G McMullan, K Naydenova, D Mihaylov, K Yamashita, MJ Peet, H Wilson, JL Dickerson, S Chen, G Cannone, Y Lee, KA Hutchings, O Gittins, MA Sobhy, T Wells, MM El-Gomati, J Dalby, M Meffert, C Schulze-Briese, R Henderson & CJ Russo. Structure determination by cryoEM at 100 keV. PNAS (2023).

JL Dickerson, E Leahy, MJ Peet, K Naydenova & CJ Russo. Accurate magnification determination for cryoEM using gold. Ultramicroscopy (2023).
 

CJ Russo, JL Dickerson & K Naydenova. Cryomicroscopy in situ: what is the smallest molecule that can be directly identified without labels in a cell? Faraday Discussions (2022).

K Naydenova, A Kamegawa, MJ Peet, R Henderson, Y Fujiyoshi & CJ Russo. On the reduction in the effects of radiation damage to two-dimensional crystals of organic and biological molecules at liquid-helium temperature. Ultramicroscopy (2022).

K Naydenova & CJ Russo. Integrated wafer-scale manufacturing of electron cryomicroscopy specimen supports. Ultramicroscopy (2022).

A Sente, R Desai, K Naydenova, T Malinauskas, Y Jounaidi, J Miehling, X Zhou, S Masiulis, SW Hardwick, DY Chirgadze, KW Miller & AR Aricescu. Differential assembly diversifies GABA_A receptor structures and signalling. Nature (2022).

P Qian, AT Gardiner, I Šímová, K Naydenova, TI Croll, PJ Jackson, Nupur, M Kloz, P Čubáková, M Kuzma, Y Zeng, P Castro-Hartmann, B van Knippenberg, KN Goldie, D Kaftan, P Hrouzek, J Hájek, J Agirre, CA Siebert, D Bína, K Sader, H Stahlberg, R Sobotka, CJ Russo, T Polívka, CN Hunter & M Koblížek. 2.4 Å structure of the double ring Gemmatimonas phototrophica photosystem. Science Advances (2022).
 

K Naydenova*, KW Muir*, L-F Wu*, Z Zhang, F Coscia, MJ Peet, P Castro-Hartmann, P Qian, K Sader, K Dent, D Kimanius, JD Sutherland, J Löwe, D Barford & CJ Russo. Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the presence of favipiravir-RTP. PNAS (2021).

AT Gardiner*, K Naydenova*, P Castro-Hartmann, TC Nguyen-Phan, CJ Russo, K Sader, CN Hunter, RJ Cogdell & P Qian. The 2.4 Å cryo-EM structure of a heptameric light-harvesting 2 complex reveals two carotenoid energy transfer pathways. Science Advances (2021).
 

K Naydenova, P Jia & CJ Russo. Cryo-EM with sub–1 Å specimen movement. Science (2020).
 

K Naydenova, G McMullan, MJ Peet, Y Lee, PC Edwards, S Chen, E Leahy, S Scotcher, R Henderson & CJ Russo. CryoEM at 100 keV: a demonstration and prospects. IUCrJ (2019).

K Naydenova*, MJ Peet* & CJ Russo. Multifunctional graphene supports for electron cryomicroscopy. PNAS (2019).
 

K Naydenova & CJ Russo. Measuring the effects of particle orientation to improve the efficiency of electron cryomicroscopy. Nature Communications (2017).