Katherine A. Olsen
Graduate Student 1999-2006
olsenk@u.washington.edu
Chemistry Instructor; Pierce College in Puyallup
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2006
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Thesis: NMR studies reveal the kinetics and thermodynamics of hairpin formation
M.S. Chemistry, 2002
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
B.A. Chemistry, 1999
Willamette University, Salem, OR
Publications
NH Andersen, KA Olsen, RM Fesinmeyer, X Tan, FM Hudson, L Eidenschink, SR Farazi Minimization and Optimization of Designed beta-Hairpin Folds Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 2006 6101-6110.
RM Fesinmeyer, FM Hudson, KA Olsen, GWN White, A Euser, NH Andersen Chemical Shifts Provide Fold Populations and Register of β Hairpins and β Sheets Journal of Biomolecular NMR 33 2005 213-231.
KA Olsen, RM Fesinmeyer, JM Stewart, NH Andersen Hairpin Folding Rates Reflect Mutations Within and Remote from the Turn Region Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 102 2005 15483-15487.
RB Dyer, SJ Maness, S Franzen, RM Fesinmeyer, KA Olsen, NH Andersen Hairpin Folding Dynamics: The Cold-Denatured State Is Predisposed for Rapid Refolding Biochemistry 44 2005 10406-10415.