Gerstman, Bernard

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Professor, Physics , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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gerstman@fiu.edu

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Bernard S. Gerstman is a Professor in Physics and the Biomolecular Sciences Institute, specializing in Theoretical Biophysics.

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Mutation-induced changes in the receptor-binding interface of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant B.1.617.2 and implications for immune evasion
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.08.036 Web of Science: 000687461600001
- 2021
  
  Ebola virus protein VP40 binding to Sec24c for transport to the plasma membrane
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/prot.26221 Web of Science: 000692659700001
- 2021
  
  Cysteine Mutations in the Ebolavirus Matrix Protein VP40 Promote Phosphatidylserine Binding by Increasing the Flexibility of a Lipid-Binding Loop
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/v13071375 Web of Science: 000677080900001
- 2021
  
  Lipid-specific oligomerization of the Marburg virus matrix protein VP40 is regulated by two distinct interfaces for virion assembly
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100796 Web of Science: 000674717300016
- 2020
  
  In-silico identification of the vaccine candidate epitopes against the Lassa virus hemorrhagic fever. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63640-1 Web of Science: 000534024000034
- 2020
  
  A Conserved Tryptophan in the Ebola Virus Matrix Protein C-Terminal Domain Is Required for Efficient Virus-Like Particle Formation. PATHOGENS. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9050402 Web of Science: 000541443700085
- 2020
  
  Mutation of Hydrophobic Residues in the C-Terminal Domain of the Marburg Virus Matrix Protein VP40 Disrupts Trafficking to the Plasma Membrane. VIRUSES-BASEL. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/v12040482 Web of Science: 000539525300124
- 2019
  
  Conformational Flexibility of the Protein-Protein Interfaces of the Ebola Virus VP40 Structural Matrix Filament. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 123:9045-9053.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b04674 Web of Science: 000493865200001
- 2019
  
  Molecular mechanisms of pore formation and membrane disruption by the antimicrobial lantibiotic peptide Mutacin 1140. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 21:12530-12539.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01558b Web of Science: 000478994100046
- 2019
  
  Membrane pore formation and ion selectivity of the Ebola virus delta peptide. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 21:5578-5585.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07323f Web of Science: 000461722800020
- 2019
  
  Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Conformational Conversions in Transformer Proteins
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9161-7_15 Web of Science: 000706398300016
- 2018
  
  Domain rearrangement and denaturation in Ebola virus protein VP40. AIP ADVANCES. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.5063474 Web of Science: 000454615100058
- 2018
  
  Role of K-Loop Cysteine Residues in the Marburg Virus Protein VP24-Human Keap1 Complex. ACS OMEGA. 3.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02386 Web of Science: 000458439900046
- 2018
  
  A cylindrical assembly model and dynamics of the Ebola virus VP40 structural matrix. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28077-7 Web of Science: 000436398100001
- 2018
  
  A cationic, C-terminal patch and structural rearrangements in Ebola virus matrix VP40 protein control its interactions with phosphatidylserine. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 293:3335-3349.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M117.816280 PMID: 29348171 Web of Science: 000426562800025
- 2018
  
  In Silico Investigations of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization in Extracellular Vesicles. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 122:3782-3789.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00169 PMID: 29519123 Web of Science: 000430641900011
- 2017
  
  Cooperative structural transitions in amyloid-like aggregation. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 146.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4979516 PMID: 28390382 Web of Science: 000399073300052
- 2017
  
  Detection of lipid-induced structural changes of the Marburg virus matrix protein VP40 using hydrogen/deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 292:6108-6122.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.758300 PMID: 28167534 Web of Science: 000399538700009
- 2017
  
  Graphene-VP40 interactions and potential disruption of the Ebola virus matrix filaments. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 493:176-181.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.052 PMID: 28917841 Web of Science: 000413134200028
- 2017
  
  Membrane association and localization dynamics of the Ebola virus matrix protein VP40. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES. 1859:2012-2020.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.07.007 PMID: 28711356 Web of Science: 000411419000026
- 2017
  
  Plasma membrane association facilitates conformational changes in the Marburg virus protein VP40 dimer. RSC ADVANCES. 7:22741-22748.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c7ra02940c PMID: 28580138 Web of Science: 000400338000016
- 2016
  
  DNA supercoiling, a critical signal regulating the basal expression of the lac operon in Escherichia coli. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/srep19243 PMID: 26763930 Web of Science: 000368157700001
- 2016
  
  Fluorescence from Multiple Chromophore Hydrogen-Bonding States in the Far-Red Protein TagRFP675. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. 7:3046-3051.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01172 PMID: 27447848 Web of Science: 000381236400029
- 2016
  
  Interdomain salt-bridges in the Ebola virus protein VP40 and their role in domain association and plasma membrane localization. PROTEIN SCIENCE. 25:1648-1658.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/pro.2969 PMID: 27328459 Web of Science: 000383619100008
- 2016
  
  The Ebola virus protein VP40 hexamer enhances the clustering of PI(4,5)P-2 lipids in the plasma membrane. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 18:28409-28417.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03776c PMID: 27757455 Web of Science: 000386668200003
- 2015
  
  Ca2+ and Mg2+ modulate conformational dynamics and stability of downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator. PROTEIN SCIENCE. 24:741-751.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/pro.2646 PMID: 25627705 Web of Science: 000353524700016
- 2015
  
  Microfluidics-based selection of red-fluorescent proteins with decreased rates of photobleaching. INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY. 7:263-273.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c4ib00251b PMID: 25477249 Web of Science: 000349668600011
- 2015
  
  Pairwise amino acid secondary structural propensities. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 91.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.042709 PMID: 25974529 Web of Science: 000352850200007
- 2015
  
  Self-assembly dynamics for the transition of a globular aggregate to a fibril network of lysozyme proteins via a coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation. AIP ADVANCES. 5.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4921074 Web of Science: 000362562100005
- 2015
  
  The Role of the Interdomain Interactions on RfaH Dynamics and Conformational Transformation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 119:12750-12759.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b05681 PMID: 26374226 Web of Science: 000362701900003
- 2014
  
  Referee acknowledgment for 2013
- 2014
  
  Hydrogen Bond Flexibility Correlates with Stokes Shift in mPlum Variants. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 118:2940-2948.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jp412371y PMID: 24611679 Web of Science: 000333381800016
- 2014
  
  Molecular Dynamics Investigations of the alpha-Helix to beta-Barrel Conformational Transformation in the RfaH Transcription Factor. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 118:5101-5108.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jp502193v PMID: 24758259 Web of Science: 000336199100013
- 2013
  
  Computational simulations of protein folding to engineer amino acid sequences to encourage desired supersecondary structure formation
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-65-6_12
- 2013
  
  Exploring the Diffusion of Molecular Oxygen in the Red Fluorescent Protein mCherry Using Explicit Oxygen Molecular Dynamics Simulations. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 117:2247-2253.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jp308366y PMID: 23363049 Web of Science: 000315707900003
- 2012
  
  Kinetics of peptide secondary structure conversion during amyloid beta-protein fibrillogenesis. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY. 301:95-102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.02.012 PMID: 22586726 Web of Science: 000303079500010
- 2012
  
  Lattice model simulations of the effects of the position of a peptide trigger segment on helix folding and dimerization. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 137.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4752247 PMID: 22979897 Web of Science: 000309100400057
- 2012
  
  Structural propensities and entropy effects in peptide helix-coil transitions. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 86.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.031915 PMID: 23030952 Web of Science: 000308872700005
- 2011
  
  Free-energy landscapes and thermodynamic parameters of complex molecules from nonequilibrium simulation trajectories. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 83.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061905 PMID: 21797401 Web of Science: 000291437200003
- 2010
  
  Stabilization of Native and Non-native Structures by Salt Bridges in a Lattice Model of the GCN4 Leucine Dimer. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 114:796-803.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jp909872a PMID: 20038147 Web of Science: 000273405000015
- 2008
  
  Lattice model simulation of interchain protein interactions and the folding dynamics and dimerization of the GCN4 Leucine zipper. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 128.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.2831513 PMID: 18248013 Web of Science: 000252821200094
- 2008
  
  The trigger sequence in the GCN4 leucine zipper: alpha-helical propensity and multistate dynamics of folding and dimerization. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 129.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.3006421 PMID: 19045375 Web of Science: 000260777400053
- 2007
  
  Acoustical resonant absorption of pulsed laser radiation by a spherical absorber. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. 102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.2822247 Web of Science: 000251987600026
- 2007
  
  Sampling of states for estimating the folding funnel entropy and energy landscape of a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 127.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.2757172 PMID: 17718634 Web of Science: 000248905300035
- 2007
  
  The emergence of chaos in a laser irradiated spherical absorber. CHAOS. 17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.2407262 PMID: 17411237 Web of Science: 000245317300001
- 2006
  
  Removal of kinetic traps and enhanced protein folding by strategic substitution of amino acids in a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide. BIOPOLYMERS. 81:167-178.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/bip.20388 PMID: 16215990 Web of Science: 000235041200003
- 2005
  
  Biophysical effects of pulsed lasers in the retina and other tissues containing strongly absorbing particles: shockwave and explosive bubble generation. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/1.2139970 PMID: 16409094 Web of Science: 000234859400031
- 2005
  
  Self-organization in protein folding and the hydrophobic interaction. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 123.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.1990110 PMID: 16108687 Web of Science: 000231168700071
- 2004
  
  Excluded volume entropic effects on protein unfolding times and intermediary stability. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 120.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.1637032 Web of Science: 000188498400046
- 2003
  
  Finite size scaling of structural transitions in a simulated protein with secondary and tertiary structure. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 119.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.1579673 Web of Science: 000183842500058
- 2000
  
  Bubble dynamics and shock waves generated by laser absorption of a photoacoustic sphere. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. 88.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.1288507 Web of Science: 000088796500029
- 1999
  
  Activated rate processes and a specific biochemical mechanism for explaining delayed laser induced thermal damage to the retina. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS. 4.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/1.429936 Web of Science: 000082189400010
- 1999
  
  Photoacoustic generation for a spherical absorber with impedance mismatch with the surrounding media. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 59.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.5772 Web of Science: 000080382900041
- 1999
  
  Contributory presentations/posters
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/bf02989373
- 1998
  
  Structural information content and lyapunov exponent calculation in protein unfolding
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19981115)36:15<2761::AID-POLB10>3.0.CO;2-5
- 1996
  
  Melanin granule model for laser-induced thermal damage in the retina. BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY. 58.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0092-8240(95)00360-6 Web of Science: A1996UN90300006
- 1996
  
  Laser induced bubble formation in the retina. LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE. 18.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:1<10::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-U Web of Science: A1996TM76300002
- 1995
  
  ELECTRONIC PARAMAGNETISM IN BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 63.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1119/1.18015 Web of Science: A1995TG79400011
- 1995
  
  CONTROL OF LONG-TIME DEPENDENCE OF CO BINDING TO HEME SYSTEMS BY INHOMOGENEOUS SPREAD IN ELECTRONIC PREFACTOR. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.468909 Web of Science: A1995QC35400015
- 1992
  
  NONADIABATIC ELECTRONIC SPIN TRANSITION IN LIGAND-HEME PROTEIN-BINDING KINETICS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE HEME FE MOLECULAR ENVIRONMENT. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 96.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.462475 Web of Science: A1992GY24900041
- 1991
  
  CORRELATED DISTRIBUTIONS IN G AND A TENSORS AT A BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE LOW-SYMMETRY CUPRIC SITE. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 44.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.44.5257 Web of Science: A1991GM06000054
- 1991
  
  TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED STUDIES OF MOLECULAR-DIFFUSION IN MYOGLOBIN. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 66.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2673 Web of Science: A1991FM03600033
- 1989
  
  HYPERFINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LINEAR-ELECTRIC-FIELD EFFECT IN LOW-SYMMETRY CUPRIC SITES. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 39.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.39.5903 Web of Science: A1989U881800053
- 1989
  
  Enhancement of ligand binding to myoglobin by far-infrared excitation from a free-electron laser
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.6.001050
- 1988
  
  CO BINDING TO HEMOGLOBIN - SPIN-TUNNELING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE, FE ELECTRONIC STATES, AND ELECTRONIC EFFECTS ON NONADIABATIC DYNAMICS. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 88.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.454461 Web of Science: A1988N555800024
- 1988
  
  LINEAR ELECTRIC-FIELD EFFECT ON G-VALUES OF LOW-SYMMETRY CUPRIC SITES. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 37.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.37.2151 Web of Science: A1988M525800035
- 1986
  
  Redox-insensitive molecular force constants
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.451117
- 1985
  
  Magnetic circular dichroism of low symmetry cupric sites
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.448494
- 1983
  
  Creationism still again
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.2915565
- 1981
  
  Hemoglobin-carbon monoxide binding rate. Low temperature magneto-optical detection of spin-tunneling
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(81)84803-5
- 1981
  
  Investigation of spin tunneling in carbon monoxide recombination with hemoglobin
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.1636
- Hybrid atomic orbital model of low-symmetry cupric sites
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0162-0134(91)84215-u
- Lipid II Binding and Transmembrane Properties of Various Antimicrobial Lanthipeptides
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00666 Web of Science: 000730568600001
- Referee acknowledgment for 2014
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4908041
- Referee acknowledgment for 2017
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.5032191
- Structural and Dynamical Differences in the Spike Protein RBD in the SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.1.7 and B.1.351
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01626 Web of Science: 000672740600004
Book
- 2020
  
  Preface
- 2020
  
  The physics of cancer: Research advances
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1142/11915
Book Chapter
- 2008
  
  Self-Organizing Dynamics in Protein Folding. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PROTEIN FOLDING, PT B. 1-37.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6603(08)00401-7 PMID: 19121698 Web of Science: 000263621700001
Conference
- 2007
  
  Investigating the nanoparticle transition from bulk behavior to discrete atom/finite size behavior using laser induced pressure generation
- 1998
  
  Parameter sensitivity of the Thompson granular retinal damage model. 146-155.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.308160
- 1996
  
  Gruneisen equation of state for melanosomes irradiated by subnanosecond laser pulses. 449-459.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.239606
- 1994
  
  A working theory and experiments on photomechanical disruption of melanosomes to explain the threshold for minimal visible retinal lesions for sub-ns laser pulses.. 54-65.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.182967
Correction
- 2008
  
  Lattice model simulation of interchain protein interactions and the folding dynamics and dimerization of the GCN4 Leucine zipper (vol 128, art no 045106, 2008). JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.2898870 Web of Science: 000254537200086
Editorial Material
- 2015
  
  Preface to Special Topic: Amyloid Aggregation: Characterization, Function and Molecular Mechanisms. AIP ADVANCES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4932621 Web of Science: 000362562100001
- 2012
  
  Preface: Physics of Cancer. AIP ADVANCES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.3699622 Web of Science: 000302225400002
Meeting Abstract
- 2020
  
  Calculating the Binding Free Energy Difference between Conformational Changes of AT-Rich DNA Sequences. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 218A-218A.
  Web of Science: 000513023201340
- 2020
  
  Computational Study of the Molecular Details of Ebola Virus Matrix Protein VP40 and Human Sec24C Protein Interaction. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 506A-506A.
  Web of Science: 000513023203272
- 2020
  
  Ion Selective Pentameric Pore Formation by Ebola Virus Delta Peptide. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 586A-587A.
  Web of Science: 000513023203666
- 2020
  
  Lassa Virus Epitope-Allele Complexes Identified through Computational Modeling. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 305A-305A.
  Web of Science: 000513023202030
- 2019
  
  Computational Study of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization in Extracellular Vesicles. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 572A-572A.
  Web of Science: 000460779802874
- 2019
  
  Dynamics of the Protein Interfaces of the Ebola Virus VP40 Structural Matrix Filament. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 472A-472A.
  Web of Science: 000460779802370
- 2019
  
  Molecular Basis of the Marburg Virus Protein VP24 Interactions with Human Keap1. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 182A-182A.
  Web of Science: 000460779800901
- 2019
  
  Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Enzyme Conformational Changes. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 186A-186A.
  Web of Science: 000460779800921
- 2018
  
  Potential Disruption of Ebola Virus Matrix by Graphene Nano-Sheets. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL.
  Web of Science: 000430439600337
- 2018
  
  A Cylindrical Assembly Model and Dynamics of the Ebola Virus VP40. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 64A-64A.
  Web of Science: 000429315800331
- 2018
  
  Conformational Changes in Marburg Virus VP40 upon Plasma Membrane Association. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 459A-459A.
  Web of Science: 000430563200066
- 2017
  
  Pi(4,5)P-2 Clustering by the Ebola Virus Matrix Protein VP40. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 326A-326A.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.11.1765 Web of Science: 000402375600611
- 2017
  
  Plasma membrane localization dynamics of the filovirus matrix protein VP40. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS. S211-S211.
  Web of Science: 000416406201256
- 2017
  
  Temperature Dependent Pair-Wise Amino Acid Structural Propensity in cc beta and Implications for alpha to beta Secondary Structural Conversion. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 191A-191A.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.11.1059 Web of Science: 000402328000944
- 2016
  
  Interdomain Interactions and the Mechanism of Structural Transformation in RfaH. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 378A-378A.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.2040 Web of Science: 000375142200330
- 2016
  
  On the Origin of the Extended Stoke's Shifts in Fluorescent Proteins. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 377A-378A.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.2039 Web of Science: 000375142200329
- 2015
  
  Hydrogen Bond Flexibility and Water Dynamics in the Far Red Fluorescent Protein TagRFP675. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 469A-469A.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.2562 Web of Science: 000362849400778
- 2014
  
  Temperature Dependence of the Protein-Chromophore Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in the Far-Red Fluorescent Protein Mplum. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 649A-649A.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.3592 Web of Science: 000337000403623
Other Scholarly Work
- 2015
  
  Erratum: Pairwise amino acid secondary structural propensities (Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics (2015) 91 (042709))
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.049902
- 1996
  
  Erratum: Melanin granule model for laser-induced thermal damage in the retina (Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (1996) 58 (513-553). 809-810.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0092-8240(96)00054-7
Proceedings Paper
- 2007
  
  Analyzing chaos in the pressure generated by laser absorption by microparticles. COMPLEX DYNAMICS AND FLUCTUATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL PHOTONICS IV.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.696482 Web of Science: 000246520100011
- 2007
  
  Investigating the nanoparticle transition from bulk behavior to discrete atom/finite size behavior using laser induced pressure generation. Nanoscience and Technology, Pts 1 and 2. 1025-1028.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.121-123.1025 Web of Science: 000244739900240
- 2007
  
  Using laser induced shock waves to investigate the nanoparticle tranistion from bulk behavior to discrete atom/finite size behavior. SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2007, PTS 1 AND 2. 703-706.
  Web of Science: 000252158500167
- 2006
  
  Chaos in the pressure generated by laser absorption by microparticles. OPTICAL INTERACTIONS WITH TISSUE AND CELLS XVII.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.644846 Web of Science: 000237158300004
- 2006
  
  Resonant absorption in nanometer gold spherical particles. OPTICAL INTERACTIONS WITH TISSUE AND CELLS XVII.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.644815 Web of Science: 000237158300003
- 2005
  
  Response to pulsed radiation by a spherical solid absorber immersed in a transparent fluid. COMPLEX DYNAMICS AND FLUCTUATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL PHOTONICS II. 101-109.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.589364 Web of Science: 000229364200012
- 2005
  
  Stress confinement, shock wave formation and laser induced damage. Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XVI. 209-215.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.589469 Web of Science: 000229361500024
- 2004
  
  Ab-initio calculations for shock wave and bubble production with Gaussian temporal laser pulses. LASER INTERACTION WITH TISSUE AND CELLS XV.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.527878 Web of Science: 000223056000028
- 2004
  
  Modeling laser generated shock damage and thermo-mechanical chaos in nanoparticles.. SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PROPERTIES OF ENERGETIC/REACTIVE NANOMATERIALS.
  Web of Science: 000189504700028
- 2001
  
  Laser induced retinal shock waves and bubbles and their dependencies on the thermo-mechanical properties of melanosomes. LASER-TISSUE INTERACTION XII: PHOTOCHEMICAL, PHOTOTHERMAL, AND PHOTOMECHANICAL.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.434699 Web of Science: 000171276900019
- 2000
  
  Shock wave generation and bubble formation in the retina by lasers. LASER-TISSUE INTERACTION XI: PHOTOCHEMICAL, PHOTOTHERMAL, AND PHOTOMECHANICAL.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.388041 Web of Science: 000088674300019
- 2000
  
  Theoretical modeling of laser induced explosive pressure generation and vaporization in pigmented cells. LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE IN OPTICAL MATERIALS: 1999.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.379340 Web of Science: 000086446600006
- 1999
  
  Modeling of pressure generation by lasers in melanosomes; How to avoid stress confinement and blow up a melanosome. LASER-TISSUE INTERACTION X: PHOTOCHEMICAL, PHOTOTHERMAL, AND PHOTOMECHANICAL, PROCEEDINGS OF.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.350044 Web of Science: 000081436500007
- 1998
  
  Pressure generation in melanosomes by sub-nanosecond laser pulses. LASER-TISSUE INTERACTION IX. PROCEEDINGS OF.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.308161 Web of Science: 000074238700021
- 1997
  
  Nanosecond laser pulses: From retinal damage to refined surgical treatment of congenital nevi and melanoma. LASER-TISSUE INTERACTION VIII, PROCEEDINGS OF.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.275474 Web of Science: A1997BJ12Q00020
- 1995
  
  LASER INDUCED BUBBLE FORMATION IN THE RETINA. LASER-TISSUE INTERACTION VI, PROCEEDINGS OF.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.209929 Web of Science: A1995BD32D00006
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chaired theses and dissertations

GC, Jeevan, Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Structural Conversions in Transformer Proteins 2017
Steckmann, Timothy Michael, Rate Kinetics and Molecular Dynamics of the Structural Transitions in Amyloidogenic Proteins 2016
Regmi, Chola K, Structural Flexibility and Oxygen Diffusion Pathways in Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins 2014
Bhandari, Yuba R, Pressure Induced Structural Changes and Gas Diffusion Pathways in Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins 2013
Chapagain, Prem P., The thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of protein folding 2005

research interests

Theoretical Biophysics
Non-Linear Dynamics and Protein Folding
Protein Aggregation
Laser Effects on Biological Tissue and Material Science

teaching activities

IDH1001-U09: Honors Seminar I Fall Term 2019
IDH1002-U09: Honors Seminar II: The Origin of Ideas and the Idea of Origins Spring Term 2019
IDH1002-U10: Honors Seminar II: The Origin of Ideas and the Idea of Origins Spring Term 2019
PHY2065-U01: Problem Solving in Physics without Calculus I Spring Term 2019

full name

Bernard Gerstman

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-529X (confirmed)

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