SABANCI UNIVERSITY Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Research interets : Biological Physics and Systems ScienceResearch interets : Biological Physics and Systems ScienceResearch interets : Biological Physics and Systems ScienceResearch interets : Biological Physics and Systems Science

Last Update: 18/06/2009 

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Ali Rana ATILGAN

Recent Publications:

Atilgan, C., Aykut, A. O., and Atilgan, A. R., “How a Vicinal Layer of Solvent Molecules Modulates the Dynamics of Proteins,” Biophysical Journal, Vol. 93, 2008, pp. 79 - 89.

Atilgan, A. R., Turgut, D., and Atilgan, C., “Screened Non-bonded Interactions in Native Proteins Manipulate Optimal Paths for Robust Residue Communication,” Biophysical Journal, Vol. 92, 2007, pp. 3052 - 3062. 


Recent Talks:

Atilgan, A. R. and Atilgan, C., “A Coarsened Network Model Reveals Allosteric Machinery,” Biophysical Society 53rd Annual Meeting, 27-Plat, Boston, MA, Feb 28 - Mar 4, 2009. Abstract published in Biophysical Journal, Vol. 96, Issue 3, Supplement 1, 2009, pp. 5a - 6a.

Atilgan, A. R. and Atilgan, C., “Three-dimensional Lattice-based Network Models Portray the Properties of Folded Proteins,” XXI Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics - Statistical Mechanics of Molecular Biophysics, Invited Talk, 2-6 June 2008, Sitges, Barcelona. 


Awards:


Outstanding Achievement in Education Prize, awarded by the Bogazici University, 1999.

Outstanding Achievement in Research Prize, awarded by the Bogazici University, 1998.

Young Scientist Encouragement Prize (nationwide), given by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 1995.

Jefferson Goblet Paper Award (nationwide, first place) given by the American  Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1989.


 

Education:

Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, September 1989, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, June 1987, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, June 1984, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul.

Academic Experience:

February 2006 - Present. School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul.
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August 1993 - February 2006. Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul.

May 1991 - August 1993, Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul.

September 1989 - March 1991, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.


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