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Tomasz Róg is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology. Other areas of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Spectroscopy, Language and Linguistics, and Biomaterials.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Róg has published research in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Cell
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Tomasz Róg are:

  • "Antidepressant drugs act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors," published in Cell, 2021
  • "Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB," published in Nature Neuroscience, 2023
  • "Mechanistic Understanding From Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Pharmaceutical Research 1: Drug Delivery," published in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2020
  • "Syndecan-4 tunes cell mechanics by activating the kindlin-integrin-RhoA pathway," published in Nature Materials, 2020
  • "Mechanistic Understanding from Molecular Dynamics in Pharmaceutical Research 2: Lipid Membrane in Drug Design," published in Pharmaceuticals, 2021

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Tomasz Róg include:

  • Ilpo Vattulainen
  • Mykhailo Girych
  • Giray Enkavi
  • Waldemar Kulig
  • Alex Bunker

Best Publications

  • Molecular lipidomics of exosomes released by PC-3 prostate cancer cells.

    Alicia Llorente;Tore Skotland;Tore Skotland;Tuulia Sylvänne;Dimple Kauhanen

  • Ordering effects of cholesterol and its analogues

    Tomasz Róg;Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Mikko Karttunen

  • Antidepressant drugs act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors

    Plinio C. Casarotto;Mykhailo Girych;Senem M. Fred;Vera Kovaleva

  • Phosphatidylethanolamine-Phosphatidylglycerol Bilayer as a Model of the Inner Bacterial Membrane

    Krzysztof Murzyn;Tomasz Róg;Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula

  • Multiscale Simulations of Biological Membranes: The Challenge To Understand Biological Phenomena in a Living Substance.

    Giray Enkavi;Matti Javanainen;Matti Javanainen;Waldemar Kulig;Tomasz Róg

  • Association of Lipidome Remodeling in the Adipocyte Membrane with Acquired Obesity in Humans

    Kirsi H. Pietiläinen;Tomasz Róg;Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso;Sam Virtue

  • Cholesterol effects on the phosphatidylcholine bilayer polar region: a molecular simulation study.

    Tomasz Róg;Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula

  • nMoldyn: a program package for a neutron scattering oriented analysis of molecular dynamics simulations.

    Tomasz Róg;Tomasz Róg;Krzysztof Murzyn;Krzysztof Murzyn;Konrad Hinsen;Gerald R. Kneller

  • Cholesterol level affects surface charge of lipid membranes in saline solution.

    Aniket Magarkar;Vivek Dhawan;Paraskevi Kallinteri;Tapani Viitala

  • Cholesterol modulates glycolipid conformation and receptor activity

    Daniel Lingwood;Beth Binnington;Tomasz Róg;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Atomic-Scale Structure and Electrostatics of Anionic Palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylglycerol Lipid Bilayers with Na+ Counterions

    Wei Zhao;Tomasz Róg;Tomasz Róg;Andrey A. Gurtovenko;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Cholesterol, sphingolipids, and glycolipids: what do we know about their role in raft-like membranes?

    Tomasz Róg;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Effects of Phospholipid Unsaturation on the Membrane/Water Interface: A Molecular Simulation Study

    Krzysztof Murzyn;Tomasz Róg;Grzegorz Jezierski;Yuji Takaoka

  • N-Glycosylation as determinant of epidermal growth factor receptor conformation in membranes

    Karol Kaszuba;Michal Grzybek;Adam Orlowski;Reinis Danne

  • Cholesterol oxidation products and their biological importance.

    Waldemar Kulig;Waldemar Kulig;Lukasz Cwiklik;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Tomasz Rog

  • Analysis of twisting of cellulose nanofibrils in atomistic molecular dynamics simulations

    Sami Paavilainen;Tomasz Róg;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Interplay of Unsaturated Phospholipids and Cholesterol in Membranes: Effect of the Double-Bond Position

    Hector Martinez-Seara;Tomasz Róg;Tomasz Róg;Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Lateral diffusion in lipid membranes through collective flows.

    Emma Falck;Tomasz Róg;Mikko Karttunen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Refined OPLS all-atom force field for saturated phosphatidylcholine bilayers at full hydration.

    Arkadiusz Maciejewski;Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula;Oana Cramariuc;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Significance of sterol structural specificity. Desmosterol cannot replace cholesterol in lipid rafts.

    S. Saara Vainio;M. Maurice Jansen;M. Koivusalo;T. Tomasz Róg

  • Lateral sorting in model membranes by cholesterol-mediated hydrophobic matching

    Hermann-Josef Kaiser;Adam Orłowski;Tomasz Róg;Thomas K. M. Nyholm

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikko Karttunen
Mikko Karttunen University of Western Ontario
Pavel Jungwirth
Pavel Jungwirth Czech Academy of Sciences
Pekka T. Männistö
Pekka T. Männistö University of Helsinki
Eero Castrén
Eero Castrén University of Helsinki
Martin Hof
Martin Hof Czech Academy of Sciences
Matej Orešič
Matej Orešič Örebro University
Kirsten Sandvig
Kirsten Sandvig Oslo University Hospital
Sari E. Lauri
Sari E. Lauri University of Helsinki
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen University of Helsinki
Clive R. Bramham
Clive R. Bramham University of Bergen

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