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Simcha Srebnik
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Research
Latest papers
Sliding-before-breaking governs deformation in chitinous extracellular matrices reinforced by strong, fatigue-resistant chitin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
Molecular origin of anisotropic shear elastoplasticity in chitin.
Science advances · 2026
Advanced coarse-grained model for fast simulation of nascent polypeptide chain dynamics within the ribosome.
Biophysical journal · 2026
Latest funding
- $47,000
Biophysical models of translation, folding, and misfolding of proteins
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $508,892
Charging into the Future (CITF): Training in Polyelectrolyte Biosystems for Tomorrowès Health Challenges
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $250,000
Developing Artificial Trees for Extreme-Weather-Resilient Cities
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
12 publications.
Sliding-before-breaking governs deformation in chitinous extracellular matrices reinforced by strong, fatigue-resistant chitin.
Wan Z, Zhou C, Perez M, Qiu JW, Shen Z, Lu X, Wu J, Cui S, Yu Y, Niu X, Bi R, Smith JC, Srebnik S, Rojas OJ
Molecular origin of anisotropic shear elastoplasticity in chitin.
Wan Z, Lu Y, Yu Y, Niu X, Zhou C, Lu X, Yan Y, Smith JC, Srebnik S, Rojas OJ
Advanced coarse-grained model for fast simulation of nascent polypeptide chain dynamics within the ribosome.
Yu S, Kushner A, Teasell E, Zhao W, Srebnik S, Dao Duc K
Nanopolysaccharide Builder: A User-Friendly Tool for Atomistic Models of Polysaccharide-Based Nanostructures.
Wan Z, Yu Y, Bautista GFM, Srebnik S, Smith JC, Rojas OJ
Interaction between the Polyelectrolytes Unfractionated Heparin and Universal Heparin Reversal Agents.
Saini HK, Creagh AL, La CC, Lim DTE, Kizhakkedathu JN, Haynes CA, Srebnik S, Straus SK, Ballauff M
3D Printed Cellulose Nanofiber Aerogel Scaffold with Hierarchical Porous Structures for Fast Solar-Driven Atmospheric Water Harvesting.
Zhu P, Yu Z, Sun H, Zheng D, Zheng Y, Qian Y, Wei Y, Lee J, Srebnik S, Chen W, Chen G, Jiang F
Geometric differences in the ribosome exit tunnel impact the escape of small nascent proteins.
Yu S, Srebnik S, Dao Duc K
Competing Effects of Hydration and Cation Complexation in Single-Chain Alginate.
Li ZJ, Srebnik S, Rojas OJ
United-Atom Molecular Dynamics Study of the Mechanical and Thermomechanical Properties of an Industrial Epoxy.
Maicas R, Yungerman I, Weber YB, Srebnik S
Revisiting Cation Complexation and Hydrogen Bonding of Single-Chain Polyguluronate Alginate.
Li ZJ, Srebnik S, Rojas OJ
Biophysical models of translation, folding, and misfolding of proteins
Principal investigators: Srebnik, Simcha
Keywords: polyelectrolytes; protein folding; cotranslational folding; protein misfolding; amyloid beta protein; molecular simulation
Charging into the Future (CITF): Training in Polyelectrolyte Biosystems for Tomorrowès Health Challenges
Principal investigators: Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran N
Keywords: biomaterials; biomedical applications; drug delivery; material innovation for biology; nanomedicinie; polycations and polyanions; polyelectrolytes; protein binding; theoretical chemistry; therapeutics
Developing Artificial Trees for Extreme-Weather-Resilient Cities
Principal investigators: Lee, Jongho
Keywords: Extreme weather capillary pressure molecular dynamics simulation porous media flow artificial tree flood control urban heat island green infrastructure evapotranspiration
Developing new algorithms and concepts towards understanding protein folding, misfolding, and aggregation
Principal investigators: Srebnik, Simcha
Keywords: coarse-grained model; molecular simulation; protein aggregation; protein folding; protein misfolding; protein misfolding disease; secondary structure; tertiary structure prediction
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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