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PhD Thesis: Computer Simulation Studies of Charge Transfer through Biological and Artificial Membrane Channels (pdf) Advisor: Prof. A. Warshel )

PhD Defense presentation: (PPT)

Comments and Reports in Media

Why Can't Protons Move through Water Channel? Bob Eisenberg (New and Notable, Biophysical Journal, 85, 2003)

Blockage in the Cell's Water Way (Chemical and Engineering News, January 26, 2004)

“Faculty of 1000 (Biology)”, F1000 Factor: 3.00 (http://www.f1000biology.com/article/14645061/evaluation)

Publications:

Braun-Sand, S, Burykin, A, Chu, Z. T., and Warshel, A, Realistic Simulations of Proton Transport along the Gramicidin Channel: Demonstrating the Importance of Solvation Effects. J. Phys. Chem. B 109:586-592 (2005). (pdf)

Burykin, A, and Warshel, A, On the Origin of the Electrostatic Barrier for Proton Transport in Aquaporin. FEBS Letters, 570(1-3):41-6 (2004). (COVER PAPER). (pdf)

Burykin, A, and Warshel, A, What Really Prevents Proton Transport through Aquaporin? Charge Self-Energy vs. Proton Wire Proposals. Biophys. J. 85:3696-3706 (2003) (pdf)

Burykin, A, M. Kato, A. Warshel, Exploring the Origin of the Ion Selectivity of the KcsA Potassium Channel. Proteins: Struct., Funct., and Genet., 52:412-426 (2003) (pdf)

Burykin, A, Schutz C. N., Villa J., Warshel A., Simulations of Ion Current in Realistic Models of Ion Channels: The KcsA Potassium Channel. Proteins: Struct., Funct., and Genet. 47:262-280 (2002) (COVER PAPER) (pdf)