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Overview

Mounir Tarek is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized areas, including:

  • Microbial Inactivation Methods
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Mounir Tarek has published multiple papers in notable journals and venues. Some recent publications include:

  • Lipid composition of the cancer cell membrane, 2020, Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
  • Two-stage electro-mechanical coupling of a KV channel in voltage-dependent activation, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Molecular dynamics simulations of the effects of lipid oxidation on the permeability of cell membranes, 2021, Bioelectrochemistry
  • Oxidative Effects during Irreversible Electroporation of Melanoma Cells-In Vitro Study, 2020, Molecules
  • New insights on the role of ROS in the mechanisms of sonoporation-mediated gene delivery, 2020, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mounir Tarek include:

  • Julita Kulbacka
  • Wojciech Szlasa
  • Jolanta Saczko
  • Vitalij Novickij
  • Olga Michel

The majority of Mounir Tarek's publications have appeared in journals such as Bioelectrochemistry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecules, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes.

Best Publications

  • Membrane Electroporation and Electropermeabilization: Mechanisms and Models

    Tadej Kotnik;Lea Rems;Mounir Tarek;Damijan Miklavčič

  • Membrane Electroporation: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    Mounir Tarek

  • Role of protein-water hydrogen bond dynamics in the protein dynamical transition.

    M. Tarek;M. Tarek;D. J. Tobias

  • Cell membrane electroporation- Part 1: The phenomenon

    T. Kotnik;P. Kramar;G. Pucihar;D. Miklavcic

  • Lipid composition of the cancer cell membrane

    Wojciech Szlasa;Iga Zendran;Aleksandra Zalesińska;Mounir Tarek

  • The Dynamics of Protein Hydration Water: A Quantitative Comparison of Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Neutron-scattering Experiments

    Mounir Tarek;Douglas J. Tobias

  • Membrane Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics: a Perspective from Experiments and Theory

    Zoe Cournia;Toby W. Allen;Toby W. Allen;Ioan Andricioaei;Bruno Antonny

  • An emerging consensus on voltage-dependent gating from computational modeling and molecular dynamics simulations.

    Ernesto Vargas;Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy;Fatemeh Khalili-Araghi;William A. Catterall

  • Intermediate states of the Kv1.2 voltage sensor from atomistic molecular dynamics simulations

    Lucie Delemotte;Mounir Tarek;Michael L. Klein;Cristiano Amaral

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lipid Membrane Electroporation

    Lucie Delemotte;Mounir Tarek

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Tetradecyltrimethylammonium Bromide Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface

    Mounir Tarek;Douglas J. Tobias;Michael L. Klein

  • Distribution of halothane in a dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer from molecular dynamics calculations.

    Laure Koubi;Mounir Tarek;Mounir Tarek;Michael L. Klein;Daphna Scharf

  • Molecular Dynamics Study of a Lipid−DNA Complex

    Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay;Mounir Tarek;Michael L. Klein

  • Modeling membranes under a transmembrane potential.

    Lucie Delemotte;François Dehez;Werner Treptow;Mounir Tarek

  • Effects of Anesthetics on the Structure of a Phospholipid Bilayer: Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Halothane in the Hydrated Liquid Crystal Phase of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine

    Kechuan Tu;Kechuan Tu;Mounir Tarek;Mounir Tarek;Michael L. Klein;Daphna Scharf

  • Single-particle and collective dynamics of protein hydration water: a molecular dynamics study.

    M. Tarek;D. J. Tobias

  • Molecular Dynamics Investigation of an Oriented Cyclic Peptide Nanotube in DMPC Bilayers

    Mounir Tarek;Bernard Maigret;Christophe Chipot

  • Environment of the Gating Charges in the Kv1.2 Shaker Potassium Channel

    Werner Treptow;Mounir Tarek

  • Surfactant Aggregation at a Hydrophobic Surface

    Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay;John C. Shelley;Mounir Tarek;Preston B. Moore

  • Domain-domain interactions determine the gating, permeation, pharmacology, and subunit modulation of the IKs ion channel.

    Mark A Zaydman;Marina A Kasimova;Kelli McFarland;Zachary Beller

  • Transport of siRNA through lipid membranes driven by nanosecond electric pulses: an experimental and computational study.

    Marie Breton;Marie Breton;Marie Breton;Lucie Delemotte;Aude Silve;Aude Silve;Aude Silve;Lluis M. Mir;Lluis M. Mir;Lluis M. Mir

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Klein
Michael L. Klein Temple University
Douglas J. Tobias
Douglas J. Tobias University of California, Irvine
Damijan Miklavčič
Damijan Miklavčič University of Ljubljana
Christophe Chipot
Christophe Chipot University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lluis M. Mir
Lluis M. Mir Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David Fedida
David Fedida University of British Columbia
Ayache Bouakaz
Ayache Bouakaz François Rabelais University
Alberto Bianco
Alberto Bianco University of Strasbourg
Eduardo Perozo
Eduardo Perozo University of Chicago
Kostas Kostarelos
Kostas Kostarelos University of Manchester

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