Assoc ProfessorNicolae-Viorel Buchete

- Theoretical and computational biological physics, chemical physics, and nanoscience.
- Statistical mechanics and molecular dynamics of biomolecular systems.
- Systems biology and structural bioinformatics.
- Multiscale modeling of biomolecules and complex fluids.

Research Webpage News: Sep. 08, 2017: Congratulations to Brajesh Narayan for succesfully defending his Computational Phsyics MSc thesis! Sep. 04, 2016: Congratulations to Sarah McCartan, for succesfully defending her Computational Phsyics MSc thesis, and for winning a PhD scholarship! July 11-13, 2016: Applications are invited to attend our CECAM Worshop " Multiscale modeling of biomolecular aggregation and protein-membrane interactions in amyloid diseases " to be held at CECAM-Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland !!! Nov. 12, 2015: Congratulations to Aoife Crowe for succesfully defending her Research MSc thesis ! Sep. 22, 2015: Congratulations to Colm Herbert and Bikramjit Bhattacharjee for succesfully defending their MSc thesis! Colm was also succesful in winning a PhD scholarship! June 5, 2015: Not only that Cathy has succesfully defended her PhD viva, but also her latest paper "Structure and dynamics of the fibronectin-III domains of Aplysia californica cell adhesion molecules" got the cover in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. ( 17 , 9634-9643 (2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4CP05307A. Moreover her other paper "Conformational dynamics and aggregation behavior of piezoelectric diphenylalanine peptides in an external electric field" published in Biophys. Chem. ( 196 , 16-24 (2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpc.2014.08.009 ) made it to the list of most downloaded papers for this journal. Big congratulation Dr. Kelly!!! June 3-6, 2014: Applications are invited to attend our CECAM + CECAM.IE Tutorial " Advances in Biomolecular Modelling and Simulations using CHARMM " to be held at the University College Dublin !!! [ more info ] New for 2014: No Registration Fee!!! Please apply early! June 5-8, 2012: CECAM Tutorial " Advances in Biomolecular Modelling and Simulations using CHARMM " to be held at the University College Dublin !!! [ more info ] January 2012: Certificate of Appreciation from the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS). June 2011: (Post)graduate scholarships may become available during June/July 2011 for students in Nano-Bio Physics and Simulation Science in the UCD School of Physics. Candidates are strongly encouraged to submit via e-mail their CV and a brief statement of research interests , as soon as possible ! Particular attention will be given to applicants with a Physics background interested in computational/theoretical research projects in systems biology , structural bioinformatics and/or atomistic and coarse-grained modeling of proteins and nucleic acids . March 2011: American Institute of Physics : listed in the Top 20 JCP Reviewers for 2010 ! January 2011: Our group joins the UCD Complex & Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL) . The lab is relocated to the 3rd floor of the CASL Building. Please come and visit us ! April 30 - May2, 2009: Applications are invited to attend our ACAM-CECAM workshop " Frontiers in Bio-molecular Aggregation: Experiments, Applications and Simulations " to be held at the Univ. College Dublin, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research !!! [ more info ] The Biological Physicist: a newsletter of the American Physical Society The Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research The newsletter of the COMP Division of the American Chemical Society