Topical Advisory Panel for section 'Molecular Biophysics'
- Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics Section
- Molecular Biology Section
- Biochemistry Section
- Molecular Plant Sciences Section
- Molecular Oncology Section
- Molecular Neurobiology Section
- Molecular Immunology Section
- Materials Science Section
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics Section
- Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
- Molecular Pharmacology Section
- Bioactives and Nutraceuticals Section
- Molecular Microbiology Section
- Molecular Biophysics Section
- Molecular Toxicology Section
- Macromolecules Section
- Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Section
- Molecular Informatics Section
- Molecular Nanoscience Section
- Molecular Recognition Section
- Physical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Section
- Bioinorganic Chemistry Section
- Green Chemistry Section
Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.
Members
Scientific Director of the Laboratory of Radiation Molecular Biology, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia
Interests: radiation damage and DNA repair; pathways to preserving mitochondrial DNA; mitochondrial dysfunction; radiation mutagenesis; anti-mutagenesis; anti-carcinogenesis; extracellular circulating DNA; NUMT pseudogenes; free radicals and antioxidants; radioprotectors und radiomitigators; aging and geroprotectors
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Interests: radiation damage and DNA repair; pathways to preserving mitochondrial DNA; mitochondrial dysfunction; radiation mutagenesis; anti-mutagenesis; anti-carcinogenesis; extracellular circulating DNA; NUMT pseudogenes; free radicals and antioxidants; radioprotectors und radiomitigators; aging and geroprotectors
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Ilse Katz Inst Nanoscale Sci & Technol, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
Interests: mitotic-spindle; kinesin-related motor proteins; cell-cycle; cancer; microtubule; cytoskeleton
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Interests: mitotic-spindle; kinesin-related motor proteins; cell-cycle; cancer; microtubule; cytoskeleton
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1. Department Biotechnology, University of Verona Strada Le Grazie 15, I-37134 Verona, Italy 2. IAS-5/INM-9: Computational Biomedicine, Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM), Forschungszentrum Jülich D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Interests: apply, create and maintain web-accessible databases of experimental and computational data, for understanding the structure/function of proteins expressed in the nervous system in its normal function and in neurological disorders; structural neuroinformatics; development of multiscale approaches aimed at gaining insights into the structure/function of receptors of neurobiological interest; bridging in silico molecular description of synaptic receptors with a systems biology level description of the signaling mechanisms
Interests: apply, create and maintain web-accessible databases of experimental and computational data, for understanding the structure/function of proteins expressed in the nervous system in its normal function and in neurological disorders; structural neuroinformatics; development of multiscale approaches aimed at gaining insights into the structure/function of receptors of neurobiological interest; bridging in silico molecular description of synaptic receptors with a systems biology level description of the signaling mechanisms
Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Bioinformatics, Institut de Neurociències and Unitat de Bioestadística, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Interests: GPCR; opioid receptors; dopamine signaling; agonist efficacy; biased agonism; receptor oligomerization; allosteric modulation; molecular modeling; molecular dynamics; mathematical modeling
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Interests: GPCR; opioid receptors; dopamine signaling; agonist efficacy; biased agonism; receptor oligomerization; allosteric modulation; molecular modeling; molecular dynamics; mathematical modeling
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Dipartimento Neurosci Biomed & Movimento, Università degli Studi di Verona, I-37134 Verona, Italy
Interests: investigations of protein structure and function and oligomerization; pancreatic-type Ribonucleases (RNase A, BS-RNase, Onconase) covalent or non-covalent oligomerization through 3D domain swapping; antitumor activity of covalent or domain-swapped RNase oligomers, in vitro and in mice; studies of the mechanism(s) of RNases oligomerization; investigations on the in vitro alpha-synuclein aggregation
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Interests: investigations of protein structure and function and oligomerization; pancreatic-type Ribonucleases (RNase A, BS-RNase, Onconase) covalent or non-covalent oligomerization through 3D domain swapping; antitumor activity of covalent or domain-swapped RNase oligomers, in vitro and in mice; studies of the mechanism(s) of RNases oligomerization; investigations on the in vitro alpha-synuclein aggregation
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Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Milano, Via L. Mangiagalli 25, Milano, Italy
Interests: drug design; peptides; peptidomimetics; molecular dynamics simulations; MM-GBSA; binding free energy
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Interests: drug design; peptides; peptidomimetics; molecular dynamics simulations; MM-GBSA; binding free energy
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Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Interests: voltage and ligand gated ion channel structure and function; channelopathies; signaling transduction; G-protein coupled receptors structure and function; epilepsy and metabolism; variants and pathogenic mutations
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Interests: voltage and ligand gated ion channel structure and function; channelopathies; signaling transduction; G-protein coupled receptors structure and function; epilepsy and metabolism; variants and pathogenic mutations
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Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
Interests: proteins; molecular structure; thermodynamics; drug design; chemoinformatics
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Interests: proteins; molecular structure; thermodynamics; drug design; chemoinformatics
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CNRS UMR5549, CerCo, TMBI, CHU Purpan, Pavillon Baudot, 31059 Toulouse, France
Interests: cancer therapies; chemoresistance; microdomains; cell signaling
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Interests: cancer therapies; chemoresistance; microdomains; cell signaling
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Protein Design and Machine Learning Department, Zenith AI, Belfast BT1 6FB, UK
Interests: deep learning; protein and molecular design; Bayesian modelling and estimation
Interests: deep learning; protein and molecular design; Bayesian modelling and estimation
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov 410049, Russia
Interests: development and applications of molecular spectroscopy techniques in microbiogy; FTIR and Raman biospectroscopy; mossbauer spectroscopy in life sciences
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Interests: development and applications of molecular spectroscopy techniques in microbiogy; FTIR and Raman biospectroscopy; mossbauer spectroscopy in life sciences
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biology Consortium, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: single-molecule biophysics; computational biology; molecular motors; macromolecular assemblies; sensory transduction
Interests: single-molecule biophysics; computational biology; molecular motors; macromolecular assemblies; sensory transduction
Department of Complex Systems, Institute of Physical Chemistry, PAS, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: soft condensed matter physics; ionic liquids, energy storage, supercapacitors; phase transitions, critical Casimir forces; colloids; biophysics, diffusion in crowded environments; simulations
Interests: soft condensed matter physics; ionic liquids, energy storage, supercapacitors; phase transitions, critical Casimir forces; colloids; biophysics, diffusion in crowded environments; simulations
Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Interests: bioinformatics; therapy resistance in cancer; neuroendocrine lung; prostate cancers
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Interests: bioinformatics; therapy resistance in cancer; neuroendocrine lung; prostate cancers
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Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (UMR 8214) CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
Interests: nanomedicine; cancer therapy; radiation
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Interests: nanomedicine; cancer therapy; radiation
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Dipartimento Farm Sci Farmaco, Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, I-70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; matrix metalloproteinases; fatty acid amide hydrolase
Interests: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; matrix metalloproteinases; fatty acid amide hydrolase
Biological Research Centre, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
Interests: photosynthesis; biophysics; light-harvesting; ultrafast spectroscopy
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Interests: photosynthesis; biophysics; light-harvesting; ultrafast spectroscopy
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LTB Lasertechnik Berlin, Am Studio 2c, 12483 Berlin, Germany
Interests: biomolecules; pi-electronic systems; melanin; melanomagenesis; laser spectroscopy; fluorescence diagnostics of tumors
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Interests: biomolecules; pi-electronic systems; melanin; melanomagenesis; laser spectroscopy; fluorescence diagnostics of tumors
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Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: nanotoxicology; cell biophysics; cell mechanics; molecular biology
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Interests: nanotoxicology; cell biophysics; cell mechanics; molecular biology
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Laboratory of ncRNA Complex Diseases, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences (DECBS), University of Study of Firenze, 50139 Florence, Italy
Interests: microRNAs; ncRNAs; lncRNAs; transcription factors; gene regulatory networks; bistability and oscillatory gene expression; feedback and feed-forward loops; complex inherited neuroendocrine tumors; stem-cell differentiation; epigenetic modulation of phenotypic plasticity; ribozymes; RNA nanoparticles; RNA therapeutics
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Interests: microRNAs; ncRNAs; lncRNAs; transcription factors; gene regulatory networks; bistability and oscillatory gene expression; feedback and feed-forward loops; complex inherited neuroendocrine tumors; stem-cell differentiation; epigenetic modulation of phenotypic plasticity; ribozymes; RNA nanoparticles; RNA therapeutics
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SyNaBi Team, TIMC-IMAG, CNRS, INP, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
Interests: ion channels; membrane transport; lipid bilayer membranes; patch-clamp; electrophysiology; nanobiotechnology; bioinspired medical devices; biotechnology; bioengineering
Interests: ion channels; membrane transport; lipid bilayer membranes; patch-clamp; electrophysiology; nanobiotechnology; bioinspired medical devices; biotechnology; bioengineering
FP-I3ID (Instituto de Investigação, Inovação e Desenvolvimento Fernando Pessoa), FP-BHS (Biomedical and Health Sciences), Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
Interests: liposomes; membrane interactions; topical vehicles
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Interests: liposomes; membrane interactions; topical vehicles
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Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: protein folding; protein-membrane interaction; protein structure-to-function relationship; protein fluorescence
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Interests: protein folding; protein-membrane interaction; protein structure-to-function relationship; protein fluorescence
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Glycoscience Centre of Research Excellence, The University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Interests: computational glycosciences; structure and dynamics of glycans; homology modeling; docking; molecular dynamics simulation, replica-exchange molecular dynamics; binding free-energy prediction; Linear Interaction Energy (LIE) approach; umbrella sampling; free-energy perturbation (FEP); GPU computing
Interests: computational glycosciences; structure and dynamics of glycans; homology modeling; docking; molecular dynamics simulation, replica-exchange molecular dynamics; binding free-energy prediction; Linear Interaction Energy (LIE) approach; umbrella sampling; free-energy perturbation (FEP); GPU computing
Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Interests: protein structure and function; structural biology of membrane proteins; chromatin remodelers; viruses including SARS-CoV-2
Interests: protein structure and function; structural biology of membrane proteins; chromatin remodelers; viruses including SARS-CoV-2
1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
2. Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: data science; drug discovery; deep learning; computational chemistry; structural biology; protein–protein complexes; modeling; GPCRs; functional selectivity
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2. Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: data science; drug discovery; deep learning; computational chemistry; structural biology; protein–protein complexes; modeling; GPCRs; functional selectivity
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Research Insititute for Micorobial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Interests: structural biology; glycobiology; biochemistry
Interests: structural biology; glycobiology; biochemistry
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Universita degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Interests: electroanalytical methods; chromatographic techniques; mass spectrometry; food science
Interests: electroanalytical methods; chromatographic techniques; mass spectrometry; food science
1. Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “C. Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: chromatin structure and function; histone modifications; histone demethylases inhibitors
2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: chromatin structure and function; histone modifications; histone demethylases inhibitors
Department of Life and Environmental, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: vibrational spectroscopy; FTIR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; chemometrics; spectropathology
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Interests: vibrational spectroscopy; FTIR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; chemometrics; spectropathology
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