Mortaza Derakhshani-Molayousefi Data-verified

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Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

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5 h-index 17 pubs 75 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Mortaza Derakhshani-Molayousefi's research utilizes molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the structural and dynamic properties of various molecular systems. His work includes studies on the mesoscopic assembly of reverse micelles, specifically focusing on the amorphous shapes and how these assemblies are more than the sum of their parts. He also examines the influence of cholesterol on the conformational changes of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 and its effects on lipid bilayers. Derakhshani-Molayousefi's recent publications also delve into lipid-protein interactions and nucleotide binding in multidrug resistance proteins, exploring how these factors modulate transport cycles and optimize drug delivery systems through coarse-grained simulations. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 4, with 17 total publications and 68 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 17
  • Citations: 75

Selected Publications

  • BPS2025 - Exploring lipid-protein interactions and nucleotide binding in multidrug resistance protein 1: Insights from molecular dynamics and free energy perturbation simulations (2025)
  • BPS2025 - Optimizing liposomal drug delivery systems through cholesterol dynamics: Insights from coarse-grained simulations (2025)
  • Shape of AOT Reverse Micelles: The Mesoscopic Assembly Is More Than the Sum of the Parts (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cholesterol Dependence of the Conformational Changes in Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The effect of cholesterol concentration on planar and spherical lipid bilayers (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Structural effects of ALS-associated mutations on profilin (2023)
  • Cholesterol dependence on the conformational changes of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGLuR1) (2023)
  • How to Characterize Amorphous Shapes: The Tale of a Reverse Micelle (2022)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterizing the roles of chemo-mechanical couplings in the differential behavior of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein (2022)
  • Structural dynamics of prefusion spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants (2022)
  • How to Characterize Amorphous Shapes: The Tale of a Reverse Micelle (2021)
  • How to Characterize Amorphous Shapes: The Tale of a Reverse Micelle (2021)

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