Yessica Gomez, PhD

Asst Adjunct Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 502-2874
513 Parnassus Avenue, MSB, Rm 945B
UCSF Box 3122
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

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What I do

As the first teaching faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, my primary responsibilities are teaching pharmacy students and directing the first year Respiratory Theme integrated core course.  I also serve as the department liaison to the PharmD program and promote better integration of research faculty in the PharmD curriculum.

Professional background

Degrees

PhD, Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, 2023
BS, Biochemistry, California State University Long Beach, 2016
BA, Physics, California State University Long Beach, 2016

Research keywords

  • RNA Folding
  • Solanum tuberosum
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Artificial Membranes
  • Cell Membrane
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Pressure
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • alpha-Synuclein
  • Viral RNA
  • Frameshifting, Ribosomal
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters

Publications

Gomez YK, Natale AM, Lincoff J, Wolgemuth CW, Rosenberg JM, Grabe M. Taking the Monte-Carlo gamble: How not to buckle under the pressure! J Comput Chem. 2022 03 05; 43(6):431-434.
Newberry RW, Arhar T, Costello J, Hartoularos GC, Maxwell AM, Naing ZZC, Pittman M, Reddy NR, Schwarz DMC, Wassarman DR, Wu TS, Barrero D, Caggiano C, Catching A, Cavazos TB, Estes LS, Faust B, Fink EA, Goldman MA, Gomez YK, Gordon MG, Gunsalus LM, Hoppe N, Jaime-Garza M, Johnson MC, Jones MG, Kung AF, Lopez KE, Lumpe J, Martyn C, McCarthy EE, Miller-Vedam LE, Navarro EJ, Palar A, Pellegrino J, Saylor W, Stephens CA, Strickland J, Torosyan H, Wankowicz SA, Wong DR, Wong G, Redding S, Chow ED, DeGrado WF, Kampmann M. Robust Sequence Determinants of α-Synuclein Toxicity in Yeast Implicate Membrane Binding. ACS Chem Biol. 2020 08 21; 15(8):2137-2153.
Guerriero CJ, Gomez YK, Daskivich GJ, Reutter KR, Augustine AA, Weiberth KF, Nakatsukasa K, Grabe M, Brodsky JL. Harmonizing Experimental Data with Modeling to Predict Membrane Protein Insertion in Yeast. Biophys J. 2019 08 20; 117(4):668-678.
Q Nguyen KK, Gomez YK, Bakhom M, Radcliffe A, La P, Rochelle D, Lee JW, Sorin EJ. Ensemble simulations: folding, unfolding and misfolding of a high-efficiency frameshifting RNA pseudoknot. Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 05 05; 45(8):4893-4904.