George Pieczenik
Associate Professor

Theory of genotypic selection. nucleotide sequence analysis. combinatorial phage display. identification and characterization of non-pathogenic strains of HIV. temporal analysis of the land color phenomena

My research goals have been to identify nucleotide sequence constraints that can explain the evolution of the genetic code. genome structure. relationships between phenotypes and genotype and viral pathogenesis.

A new research goal is de-convoluting the temporal components involved in perceiving Land Color and understanding this relationship to other perceptual phenomena with complementary components.

Selected Publications

Pieczenik G. (2008) Why do white horses eat more than black horses? Biopolymers. 90(3):240.

Pieczenik G, Garrisi J, Cohen J. (2006) Inhibition of human spermatozoa-zona pellucida binding by a combinatorially derived peptide from a synthetic target. Reprod Biomed Online. 13(3):361-7.

Pieczenik G. (2006) A positive-selection function for microRNA: an adaptor hypothesis revisited. Reprod Biomed Online. 12(3):292-7.

Malter HE. Cohen J. Pieczenik G. (2005) Combinatorial peptide library binding of mammalian spermatozoa identifies a ligand (HIPRT) in the axin protein: putative identification of a sperm surface axin binding protein and intriguing developmental implications. Reprod Biomed Online. 10(3):355-62.

Pieczenik G. (2003) Are the universes of antibodies and antigens symmetrical? Reprod Biomed Online. 6(2):154-6.

Pieczenik. G. (1994). The theory of genotypic selection: predicting the direction of evolution as a consequence of G:U base pairing and the existence of non-pathogenic strains of HIV-1. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 32:879-887.

Scolaro. M.. Durham. R.. and Pieczenik. G. (1991). Potential molecular competitor for HIV. The Lancet 337:731.

Pieczenik. G. (1980). Predicting coding function from nucleotide sequence. or survival of "fitness of tRNA". Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S. 77:3539-43.

Crick. F.H.C.. Brenner. S.. Klug. A. and Pieczenik. G. (1976). A speculation on the origin of protein synthesis. Origin of Life 7:389-97.