Theoretical and Computational Biological Physics
Part of the Biological Physics Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics
Welcome...
...to the web pages of the group of Theoretical and Computational Biological Physics, established at the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon in Fall 2007!
from left to right: Venky, Cem, Zun-Jing, Markus, Tristan, Patrick, Mingyang
In our research we use theoretical and computational tools to understand the behavior of a variety of biological systems. We are particularly interested in biological membranes and proteins. Our main tools are coarse grained molecular simulations, continuum theory and statistical physics.
Feel free to browse our pages and have a look at the scientific things we're doing here!
Colleagues and friends with similar research interests (for sure incomplete!): Denis Andrienko, Michael Bachmann, Marcia Barbosa, Frank Brown, Cecilia Clementi, Roland Faller, Bill Gelbart, Jemal Guven, Christian Holm, Zoya Ignatova, Andreas Janshoff, Mikko Karttunen, Kurt Kremer, Martin Müller, Christine Peter, Manoj Puthenveedu, Helmut Schiessel, Ulrich Schwarz, Pierre Sens, Amadeu Sum, Emmanuel Trizac
News and Events...
7/2/12: Cem Yolcu successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Yolcu! [more]
11/4/11: Deserno acts as opponent on Ph.D. defense of Erik G. Brandt, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Congratulations, Dr. Brandt!
10/17-21/11: Deserno, Hu, and Diggins present at CECAM conference "Coarse-Grained Biomolecular Modeling" in Lausanne, Switzerland.
9/21/11: Markus Deserno gives the Biophysics Colloquium at Cornell.
9/12/11: Robert S. Cantor (Dartmouth College) gives the Departmental Colloquium about "Synaptic Neurotransmission and Anesthesia: a Complex Response from a Simple Stimulus".
4/25/11: it's Dr. Tristan Bereau! Many congratulations!
3/14/11: Rob Phillips, Caltech, gives the Departmental Colloquium on "Transcriptional Regulation by the Numbers".
Profs. Lösche, Linstedt, and Deserno organize a workshop on the Biological and Biophysical Basis of Membrane Dynamics and Organization at the Mellon Institute, November 05/06. [more].
Prof. Deserno co-organizes a workshop on "Multiscale modeling of lipid bilayers under equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions" in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 27–29, 2010. [more]
Profs. Lösche and Deserno co-organize a workshop on Self-Assembly in Biology and Materials Science in Huatulco, Mexico, June 8–12, 2010. [more]
Tristan Bereau wins the 2010 Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Graduate Fellowship. [more]
Prof. Deserno teaches on the International Workshop on Coarse-Grained Biomolecular Modeling, to be held in Levi, Finland, March 7–12, 2010. [more]
Tristan Bereau wins a Student Travel Award to the 2010 annual meeting of the Biophysical Society in San Francisco.
Prof. Deserno group received NSF CDI grant to cyber-engineer functional nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. [more]
Tristan Bereau wins Guy C. Berry Research Award [more]
Looking for a postdoc, PhD position or under-graduate research project or similar? Have a look at our announcements!
Funding:
