Peer-reviewed Articles

  • [17] Cecilia Ansalone, Gyrid Nygaard, Richard I. Ainsworth, Rizi Ai, Deepa Hammaker, Narayanan Perumal, Ken Weichert, Frances Tung, Lalitha Kodandapani, Michael Sauder, Elisabeth Mertsching, Robert Benschop, Wei Wang, David Boyle and Gary S. Firestein.

    Caspase-8 Variant G Regulates Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocyte Aggressive Behavior.

    ACR Open Rheumatology xx, (x) xxxx-xxxx (2021).

    Copyright © 2021 - American College of Rheumatology.
  • [16] Sergio R. Hernandez, Richard I. Ainsworth, and Nora H. de Leeuw.

    A molecular dynamics study of the effect of water diffusion into bio-active phosphate-based glass surfaces on their dissolution behaviour.

    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 548, 120332 (2020).


    Copyright © 2020 - Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors.
  • [13] Rizi Ai, Teresina Laragione, Deepa Hammaker, David L. Boyle, Andre Wildberg, Keisuke Maeshima, Emmanuele Palescandolo, Vinod Krishna, David Pocalyko, John W. Whitaker, Yuchen Bai, Sunil Nagpal, Kurtis E. Bachman, Richard I. Ainsworth, Mengchi Wang, Bo Ding, Percio S. Gulko, Wei Wang, and Gary S. Firestein.
    Comprehensive epigenetic landscape of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes.
    Nature Communications 9, 1921 (2018).

    Copyright © 2018 - Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature.
  • [11] Kai Zhang, Nan Li, Richard I. Ainsworth, and Wei Wang.

    Systematic identification of protein combinations mediating chromatin looping.


    Nature Communications 7, 12249 (2016).


    Copyright © 2016 - Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature.
  • [10] Sergio R. Hernandez, Richard I. Ainsworth, and Nora H. de Leeuw.

    Molecular dynamics simulations of bio-active phosphate-based glass surfaces.

    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 451, 131-137 (2016).
    Special Issue - Structure, dynamics and applications of non-crystalline solids and disordered materials.

    Copyright © 2016 - Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors.
  • [9] Nan Li, Richard I. Ainsworth, Meixin Wu, Bo Ding, and Wei Wang.

    MIEC-SVM: Automated Pipeline for Protein Peptide/ligand Interaction Prediction.


    Bioinformatics 32, (6) 940-942 (2016).


    Copyright © 2016 - Oxford University Press.
  • [8] Jamieson K. Christie, Richard I. Ainsworth, and Nora H. de Leeuw.

    Investigating structural features which control the dissolution of bioactive phosphate glasses: Beyond the network connectivity.

    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 432, (Part A) 31-34 (2016).
    Special Issue - Glasses in Healthcare.

    Copyright © 2016 - Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors.
  • [5] Jamieson K. Christie, Richard I. Ainsworth and Nora H. de Leeuw.

    Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of structural changes associated with the incorporation of fluorine in bioactive phosphate glasses.

    Biomaterials 35, (24) 6164-6171 (2014).


    Copyright © 2014 - Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors.
  • [2] Richard I. Ainsworth*, Devis Di Tommaso, Jamieson K. Christie, and Nora H. de Leeuw.

    Polarizable force field development and molecular dynamics study of phosphate-based glasses.

    The Journal of Chemical Physics 137, 234502 (2012).


    Copyright © 2012 - American Institute of Physics.
  • [1] Richard I. Ainsworth*, Devis Di Tommaso, and Nora H. de Leeuw.

    A density functional theory study of structural, mechanical and electronic properties of crystalline phosphorus pentoxide.

    The Journal of Chemical Physics 135, 234513 (2011).


    Copyright © 2011 - American Institute of Physics.