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Mara Prentiss

Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics; Harvard College Professor

Harvard University

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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Physics

Mara Prentiss is currently serving as a Harvard Faculty Of Arts And Sciences Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics; Harvard College Professor at Harvard University.

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Harvard University

Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics; Harvard College Professor

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applied physics materials science physics atomic physics biophysics photonics condensed matter physics particle physics structural biology nanotechnology laser science microfabrication optical engineering interferometry self-assembly optical metrology fabrication techniques nucleic acids genome biology structural molecular biology guided-wave optic protein science surface nanotechnology beam optics optical trapping chromosome biology cold atoms atom optics wave optics soft lithography additive manufacturing condensed matter biomolecular structure optical communications dna nanotechnology nanolithography method cytogenetics neutral atoms self-assembled monolayers strand exchange magnetic guide material chemistry atomic spectroscopy electronic materials genome instability molecular recognition particle technology optical physics semiconductor nanostructures structural bioinformatics ferromagnetism neutral atom lithography double-stranded dna homologous recombination atomic beam polymer testing light science raman spectroscopy respiratory medicine interface science precision engineering optical testing nanometrology magnetic fields vacuum device electron-beam lithography disease transmission direct observation dna analysis biomolecular interactions rna biology bose-einstein condensate three-dimensional self-assembly phase diagram nanostructure fabrication atp hydrolysis

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Collective Interactions Along Recombinase-Bound D-Loops Could Speed Repair of Double-Strand Breaks by Destabilizing Flanking Homoduplex Tails. Nucleic Acids Research (2026)

Direct Evidence and Quantification of Homologous Recognition Between Dna Duplexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026)

Mechanical Response of the Reca Nucleoprotein Filament to Increasing D-Loop Length. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)

Bps2025 - Investigating the Mechanosensitivity of Reca Nucleoprotein Filaments: Influence of Dna Length in Recombination. Biophysical Journal (2025)

Crossover Interference Mediates Multiscale Patterning Along Meiotic Chromosomes. Nature Communications (2025)

geneticschromatincell divisionhereditydevelopmental biologygenetic recombinationplo biology

Detection and Quantification of Counterion-Mediated Homologous Recognition in Double-Stranded Dna. ChemRxiv (2025)

During Recombinase-Mediated Homology Recognition Recq Helicases Inhibit Formation of Toxic Long-Lived D-Loops That Could Promote Genomic Instability. Nucleic Acids Research (2025)

Plasticity and Co-Factor-Dependent Structural Changes in the Reca Nucleoprotein Filament Studied by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering (Saxs) Measurements and Molecular Modeling. Molecules (2025)

Hop2-Mnd1 Functions as a Dna Sequence Fidelity Switch in Dmc1-Mediated Dna Recombination. Nature Communications (2024)

Jo-Ching PengHao-Yen ChangYuting Liang SunMara PrentissHung-Wen LiPeter Chi

geneticsmolecular biologygenetic recombination

Insight Into Reca-Mediated Repair of Double Strand Breaks is Provided by Probing How Contiguous Heterology Affects Recombination. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2024)

Claudia DanilowiczJonathan FuMara Prentiss

biologydna repairreca-mediated repairbiological chemistrychromosomal rearrangementsdouble strand breaksbiochemistrymolecular biologygenetic recombination

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Mara Prentiss

Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics; Harvard College Professor

Harvard University

Affiliations

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Physics

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Mara Prentiss

Harvard University

Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics; Harvard College Professor

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Collective Interactions Along Recombinase-Bound D-Loops Could Speed Repair of Double-Strand Breaks by Destabilizing Flanking Homoduplex Tails. Nucleic Acids Research (2026)

Direct Evidence and Quantification of Homologous Recognition Between Dna Duplexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026)

Mechanical Response of the Reca Nucleoprotein Filament to Increasing D-Loop Length. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)

Bps2025 - Investigating the Mechanosensitivity of Reca Nucleoprotein Filaments: Influence of Dna Length in Recombination. Biophysical Journal (2025)

Crossover Interference Mediates Multiscale Patterning Along Meiotic Chromosomes. Nature Communications (2025)

geneticschromatincell divisionhereditydevelopmental biologygenetic recombinationplo biology

Detection and Quantification of Counterion-Mediated Homologous Recognition in Double-Stranded Dna. ChemRxiv (2025)

During Recombinase-Mediated Homology Recognition Recq Helicases Inhibit Formation of Toxic Long-Lived D-Loops That Could Promote Genomic Instability. Nucleic Acids Research (2025)

Plasticity and Co-Factor-Dependent Structural Changes in the Reca Nucleoprotein Filament Studied by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering (Saxs) Measurements and Molecular Modeling. Molecules (2025)

Hop2-Mnd1 Functions as a Dna Sequence Fidelity Switch in Dmc1-Mediated Dna Recombination. Nature Communications (2024)

Jo-Ching PengHao-Yen ChangYuting Liang SunMara PrentissHung-Wen LiPeter Chi

geneticsmolecular biologygenetic recombination

Insight Into Reca-Mediated Repair of Double Strand Breaks is Provided by Probing How Contiguous Heterology Affects Recombination. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2024)

Claudia DanilowiczJonathan FuMara Prentiss

biologydna repairreca-mediated repairbiological chemistrychromosomal rearrangementsdouble strand breaksbiochemistrymolecular biologygenetic recombination

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