Bente Vestergaard MSc, PhD

Dr.Vestergaard is currently Associate Professor at University Of Copenhagen. She has received Msc, PhD degrees from Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research interests are Protein structure, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), protein fibrillation, structural analysis of complex protein solutions, protein conformational and colloidal stability. She is specialized in Structural Biology, particularly biomacromolecular solution small angle X-ray scattering (bioSAXS).

Her publications are as follows:
Bacterial polypeptide release factor RF2 is structurally distinct from eukaryotic eRF1. Vestergaard, B., Van, L.B., Andersen, G.R., Nyborg, J., Buckingham, R.H., Kjeldgaard, M. (2001). Molecular Cell 8, 1375-82.
A cryo-electron microscopic study of ribosome-bound termination factor RF2. Rawat, U.B.S., Zavialov, A.V., Sengupta, J., Valle, M., Grasucci, R.A., Linde J., Vestergaard, B., Ehrenberg, M. and van Frank, J. (2003) Nature, 421, 87-90.
Structure of the E. coli ribosomal termination complex with release factor 2. Klaholz, B.P., Pape, T., Zavialov, A.V., Myasnikov, A.G., Orlova, E.V., Vestergaard, B., Ehrenberg, M. and van Heel, M. (2003) Nature, 421, 90-94.
The SAXS Solution Structure of RF1 Differs from Its Crystal Structure and Is Similar to Its Ribosome Bound Cryo-EM Structure. (2005) Vestergaard, B., Sanyal, S.; Roessle, M.; Mora, L.; Buckingham, R.H.; Kastrup, J.S.; Gajhede, M.; Svergun, D.I.; Ehrenberg, M. Molecular Cell (2005) 20: 929-38.
A helical structural nucleus is the primary elongating unit of insulin amyloid fibrils. Vestergaard, B., Groenning, M., Roessle, M., Kastrup, J.S., van de Weert, M., Flink, J.M., Frokjaer, S., Gajhede, M., Svergun, D.I. (2007) PLoS Biology, 5(5):e134.