Victor I. Danilov

Name: Victor I. Danilov Position: Head of the Quantum Biophysics Group Department: Department of Molecular and Quantum Biophysics Institution: Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Kiev E-mail: vid@ipnet.kiev.ua

Fields of interest:

• Semi-empirical and Non-empirical Studies of Biomolecules Monte Carlo
• Simulations of Biomolecules
• The properties of the DNA excited states; the nature of DNA stability
• The point mechanisms of the protein-nucleic acids recognition; mechanism of pyrimidine bases photodimerization

Recent publications:

V.I. Danilov, T. van Mourik, V.I. Poltev:
Modeling of the ‘hydration shell’ of uracil and thymine in small water clusters by DFT and MP2 methods,
Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 429, (2006), pp. 255-260.

V.I. Danilov, V.V. Dailidonis, D.M. Hovorun, N. Kurita, Y. Murayama, T. Natsume, A.I. Potopalsky, L.A. Zaika:
Berberine alkaloid: Quantum chemical study of different forms by the DFT and MP2 methods,
Chem. Phys.Lett., Vol. 430, (2006), pp. 409-413.

T. van Mourik, V.I. Danilov, E. Gonzalez, A. Deriabina, V.I. Poltev:
Indication of water droplet formation in hydrated clusters of cytosine and adenine: An electronic structure study using B3LYP, LMP2 and PM6,
Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 445, (2007), pp. 303-308.

V.I. Poltev, V.M. Anisimov, V.I. Danilov, A. Deriabina, E. Gonzalez, A. Jurkiewicz, A. Leś, N. Polteva:
DFT Study of B-like Conformations of Deoxydinucleoside Monophosphates Containing Gua and/or Cyt and their Complexes with Na+ Cation,
J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., Vol. 25, (2008), pp. 563-572.

V.I. Danilov, T. van Mourik:
The Quantum Chemical Study of the Planar and Stacked Associates of the Adenine and Thymine Bases of DNA by PM6 Method: The Nature of the Base Stacking,
Molecular Physics (in press).