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Rudolf Podgornik is affiliated with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans several fields within physics, chemistry, and molecular biology, focusing on topics related to molecular interactions, viral mechanisms, and biophysical chemistry.

The scientist's main fields of study include Physics and Astronomy and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of focus encompass Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Key topics in their research activity include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Protein Structure and Dynamics, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, Material Dynamics and Properties, and Micro and Nano Robotics.

Major publication venues where Rudolf Podgornik frequently publishes are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical review. E
  • Physical Review Research

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • W. Y. Ching
  • Bahaa Jawad
  • Puja Adhikari
  • Anže Božič
  • Fangfu Ye

Selected recent papers demonstrate a focus on molecular interactions relevant to SARS-CoV-2 and related biophysical phenomena:

  • "Key Interacting Residues between RBD of SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2 Receptor: Combination of Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Density Functional Calculation" (2021, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling)
  • "On Virus Growth and Form" (2020, Physics Reports)
  • "Binding Interactions between Receptor-Binding Domain of Spike Protein and Human Angiotensin Converting Enzyme-2 in Omicron Variant" (2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters)
  • "Intra- and Intermolecular Atomic-Scale Interactions in the Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Implication for ACE2 Receptor Binding" (2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • "Topology in Soft and Biological Matter" (2024, Physics Reports)

Best Publications

  • Long Range Interactions in Nanoscale Science.

    Roger H. French;V. Adrian Parsegian;Rudolf Podgornik;Rick F. Rajter

  • The Structure of DNA−Liposome Complexes

    Danilo D. Lasic;Helmut Strey;Mark C. A. Stuart;Rudolf Podgornik

  • Materials perspective on Casimir and van der Waals interactions

    L. M. Woods;D. A. R. Dalvit;Alexandre Tkatchenko;Alexandre Tkatchenko;P. Rodriguez-Lopez

  • Electrostatic effects in soft matter and biophysics

    Christian Holm;Patrick Kékicheff;Rudolf Podgornik

  • Electrostatic correlation forces between surfaces with surface specific ionic interactions

    Rudi Podgornik

  • Perspective: Coulomb fluids—Weak coupling, strong coupling, in between and beyond

    Ali Naji;Matej Kanduč;Jan Forsman;Rudolf Podgornik

  • Book Review: An Introduction to Chaos in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics Cambridge. J. R. Dorfman, Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics 14, Cambridge University 1999

    Rudi Podgornik

  • Beyond standard Poisson-Boltzmann theory: ion-specific interactions in aqueous solutions

    Dan Ben-Yaakov;David Andelman;Daniel Harries;Rudi Podgornik

  • Dielectric decrement as a source of ion-specific effects

    Dan Ben-Yaakov;David Andelman;Rudi Podgornik

  • The action of interhelical forces on the organization of DNA double helixes: fluctuation-enhanced decay of electrostatic double-layer and hydration forces

    Rudi Podgornik;Donald C. Rau;V. Adrian Parsegian

  • Equation of State for DNA Liquid Crystals: Fluctuation Enhanced Electrostatic Double Layer Repulsion

    H. H. Strey;V. A. Parsegian;R. Podgornik

  • Charge-Fluctuation Forces between Rodlike Polyelectrolytes: Pairwise Summability Reexamined

    R. Podgornik;V. A. Parsegian

  • Parametrization of direct and soft steric-undulatory forces between DNA double helical polyelectrolytes in solutions of several different anions and cations

    R. Podgornik;D.C. Rau;V.A. Parsegian

  • DNA-DNA INTERACTIONS

    Helmut H Strey;Rudi Podgornik;Donald C Rau;V Adrian Parsegian

  • Principles of condensed matter physics

    Rudolf Podgornik

  • Ion-specific hydration effects: Extending the Poisson-Boltzmann theory

    Dan Ben-Yaakov;David Andelman;Rudi Podgornik;Daniel Harries

  • Osmotic Properties of Poly(Ethylene Glycols): Quantitative Features of Brush and Bulk Scaling Laws

    Per Lyngs Hansen;Per Lyngs Hansen;Joel A. Cohen;Joel A. Cohen;Rudi Podgornik;Rudi Podgornik;V. Adrian Parsegian

  • Key Interacting Residues between RBD of SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2 Receptor: Combination of Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Density Functional Calculation.

    Bahaa Jawad;Puja Adhikari;Rudolf Podgornik;Wai-Yim Ching

  • Energies and pressures in viruses: contribution of nonspecific electrostatic interactions

    Antonio Šiber;Anže Lošdorfer Božič;Rudolf Podgornik;Rudolf Podgornik;Rudolf Podgornik

  • On virus growth and form

    Roya Zandi;Bogdan Dragnea;Alex Travesset;Rudolf Podgornik

  • Thermal-mechanical fluctuations of fluid membranes in confined geometries: The case of soft confinement

    Rudi Podgornik;V. Adrian Parsegian

  • Equation of state for polymer liquid crystals: Theory and experiment

    H. H. Strey;V. A. Parsegian;R. Podgornik

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger H. French
Roger H. French Case Western Reserve University
Wai-Yim Ching
Wai-Yim Ching University of Missouri–Kansas City
Nicole F. Steinmetz
Nicole F. Steinmetz University of California, San Diego
David Andelman
David Andelman Tel Aviv University
Murugappan Muthukumar
Murugappan Muthukumar University of Massachusetts Amherst
Donald C. Rau
Donald C. Rau National Institutes of Health
Alexandre Tkatchenko
Alexandre Tkatchenko University of Luxembourg
Zdravko Kutnjak
Zdravko Kutnjak Jožef Stefan Institute
Slobodan Žumer
Slobodan Žumer University of Ljubljana
Sergey M. Bezrukov
Sergey M. Bezrukov National Institutes of Health

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