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EGWOLF, Bernhard

EGWOLF, Bernhard

Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

  • Doctor of Natural Sciences(Dr. rer. nat., equivalent to Ph.D. degree) in Physics(Magna cumLaude),Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, 2004
  • University Diploma in Physics(equivalent to M.Sc. Degree), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, 1998

Research Highlights

  • Development of programs for computer simulations of proteins and for analysing simulation data
  • Computational studies on the ion selectivity of α-hemolysin and KcsA ion channel proteins
  • Computational design of nanoparticles with special optical properties

Research Interests

  • Theoretical and Computational Biophysics
  • Epidemiological Models
  • Computer Simulations of Ion Channel Proteins
  • Calculation of Entropies from High-Dimensional Simulation Data
  • Molecular Docking of Drug Molecules

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

  • Computation Methods
  • Fundamentals of Computing 2
  • Instrumentation II
  • Mathematical Modelling
  • Mechanics
  • Theoretical Mechanics

Major Recognitions

  • Research Fellowship (2 years post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago, U.S.A.), German Research Foundation, 2007

Professional Activities

  • Member– German Physical Society

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

  • K.I. Lee, S. Jo, H. Rui,B.Egwolf, B. Roux, R.W. Pastor, and W. Im (2012). Web interface for Brownian dynamics simulation of ion transport and its applications to beta barrel pores.J.Comput. Chem. 33, 331-339.
  • W. Sandtner,B.Egwolf, F. Khalili-Araghi, J.E. Sanchez-Rodriguez, B. Roux, F. Bezanilla, and M. Holmgren (2011). Ouabain binding site in a functioning Na+/K+ ATPase.J.Biol. Chem. 286, 38177-38183.
  • B. Roux, S. Berneche,B.Egwolf, B. Lev, S.Y. Noskov, C.N. Rowley, and H. Yu (2011). Ion selectivity in channels and transporters.J. Gen. Physiol. 137, 415-426.
  • B.Egwolfand B. Roux (2010). Ion selectivity of the KcsA channel: A perspective from multi-ion free energy landscapes.J. Mol. Biol. 401, 831-842.
  • B.Egwolf, Y. Luo, D.E. Walters, and B. Roux (2010). Ion selectivity of α-hemolysin with β-cyclodextrin adapter: II. Multi-ion effects studied with grand canonical Monte Carlo/Brownian dynamics simulations.J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 2901-2909.
  • Y. Luo,B.Egwolf, D.E. Walters, and B. Roux (2010). Ion selectivity of α-hemolysin with β-cyclodextrin adapter: I. Single ion potential of mean force and diffusion coefficient.J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 952-958.
  • B.Egwolfand P. Tavan (2004). Continuum description of ionic and dielectric shielding for moleculardynamics simulations of proteins in solution.J. Chem. Phys. 120, 2056-2068.
  • G. Mathias,B.Egwolf, M. Nonella, and P. Tavan (2003). A fast multipole method combined with a reaction field for long-range electrostatics in molecular dynamics simulations: The effects of truncation on the properties of water.J. Chem. Phys.118, 10847-10860.