The formation dynamics of these two-dimensional arrays are being explored using EPR, TEM, AFM and biochemical and chemical analysis. Norbert Scherer Biological processes are inherently dynamic in both space and time. Understanding the motions associated with reaction or macromolecular interactions are important for developing insight into biological signaling and transport. This research requires the development and application of new spectroscopic and spatially-temporally correlated methods. In proteins these chromophores can be natural cofactors or even particular vibrations of the macromolecule.
Interfaces are essential structures in biological systems.
The dynamics and local fluctuations of membranes are being explored by a variety of techniques including surface sensitive coherence spectroscopies. My research efforts involve the large-scale simulation of physical phenomenon including applications in both the physical and biological sciences. Areas of active research in the physical sciences include simulation of fluid flow. Applications of this basic research to blood flow are being studied. Recent molecular dynamics simulations have indicated novel behavior of the active site of an enzyme involved in neuro-transmission, and the work has implications in the effectiveness of pharmaceuticals being used for Alzheimer's disease.