Andrei Manolescu - Electrostatic Charging of Biomolecules and Related Effects
Fyrirlesturinn verður haldinn fimmtudaginn 19. nóvember kl. 13:00 í húsnæði Háskólans í Reykjavík, Kringlunni 1 (gamla Mbl húsinu) í stofu K-5.
Andrei Manolescu
Associate Profesesor, Reykjavik University
Abstract
The molecules with biological role (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids) are usually electrically charged macromolecules. In the living cells they are functioning in solutions in the presence of many species of ions. A macromolecule is surrounded by many counterions and the resulting complex may have a completely different behavior than the bare macromolecule. For example negatively charged macromolecules may actually attract each other. This is one possible explanation of the recognition properties of DNA and proteins which is has a crucial biological role. The purpose of this talk is exploratory. I will not give a comprehensive overview and I will not show original results.
Instead I will discuss some examples of electrostatic phenomena in biomolecules. My intention is to evaluate together with the participants at the Computational Center of Materials and Devices the possibilities to include such a subject in our future research projects.
