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Régis Pomès Associate Professor

Ph.D., Houston, 1993

Hospital for Sick Children, Research Institute, Room 3405
416-813-5686
pomes@sickkids.ca

Theoretical Methods Applied to the Structure, Function and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules
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Research Synopsis
 
Theoretical biophysics; statistical mechanics of liquids; computer modelization of biomolecular systems using molecular dynamics, free energy calculations, and quantum calculation techniques.

Studies of the structure, function, and dynamics of biological macromolecules, and more particularly problems of conformational isomerization, hydration, ligand binding, and ion transport.
 


Selected Publications

T. Rodinger, P.L. Howell, and R. Pomès, “Absolute Free Energy Calculations by Thermodynamic Integration in Four Spatial Dimensions,” J. Chem. Phys. 123: 34104 (2005).

T. Rodinger and R. Pomès, “Enhancing the Accuracy, the Efficiency, and the Scope of Free Energy Simulations,” Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 15:164-170 (2005). (Review)

N. Chakrabarti, B. Roux, and R. Pomès, “Structural Determinants of Proton Blockage in Aquaporins,” J. Mol. Biol. 343:493-510 (2004).

N. Chakrabarti, E. Tajkhorshid, B. Roux, and R. Pomès, “Molecular Basis of Proton Blockage in Aquaporins,” Structure 12:65-74 (2004).

C.H. Yu and R. Pomès, ‘'Functional Dynamics of Ion Channels: Modulation of Proton Movement by Conformational Switches,'' J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 125:13890 –13894 (2003).

C.H. Yu, S. Cukierman, and R. Pomès, “Theoretical Study of the Structure and Dynamic Fluctuations of Dioxolane-Linked Gramicidin Channels,” Biophys. J. 84: 816-831 (2003).

   
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