时 间：2024年10月24日（星期四）10：00-11：00
地 点：滨海校区中院逸夫楼报告厅
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主讲题目：From Kibbutz Fishponds to the Nobel Prize
主 讲 人
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Arieh Warshel
主讲人简介：
Arieh Warshel, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biology at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He was awarded a Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his groundbreaking research in theoretical chemistry. Dr. Warshel holds the Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry at USC, where he has served on the faculty since 1976.
Dr. Warshel is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has pioneered computer simulations of the functions of biological molecules, and has authored over 500 peer-reviewed articles, including the book, Computer Modeling of Chemical Reactions in Enzymes and Solutions (Wiley Professional, 1991). He co-developed computer programs for molecular simulations which have been used extensively in different applications including the development of new pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Warshel and his colleagues have pioneered key approaches for simulating the functions of biological molecules, including introducing molecular dynamics in biology; developing the quantum-mechanical/molecular-mechanical (QM/MM) approach; introducing simulations of enzymatic reactions; pioneering microscopic simulations of electron transfer and proton transfer in solutions and in proteins; pioneering microscopic modeling of electrostatic effects in macromolecules; and introducing simulations of protein folding. In addition, Dr. Warshel and his collaborators recently elucidated the structure-based origin of the vectorial action of molecular machines.
Dr. Warshel is an honorary member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and has recived numerous awards include the American Chemical Society’s Tolman Medal, the RSC’s Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award, and the Biophysical Society’s Founders Award.
生物工程学院
2024年10月12日
