Institute of High Performance Computing

• Directors
• Computing Science (CS)
• Electronics & Photonics (EP)
• Engineering Mechanics (EM)
• Fluid Dynamics (FD)
• Material Science & Engineering (MSE)
• IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

Material Science & Engineering (MSE)

Dr. Jernej ZIDAR

• Title: Scientist
• Tel: 6419 1239
• Email: zidarj@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

Research Interests:

• protein aggregation
• molecular dynamics within lipid bilayers
• transition metal ion binding to biological molecules

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Biochemistry, 2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• PhD in Biomedicine, 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Published Journals/ Articles:

Journals

• Zidar, J.; Merzel, F.; Hodošček, M.; Rebolj, K.; Sepčić, K.; Maček, P.; Janežič, D. , Liquid-Ordered Phase Formation in Cholesterol/Sphingomyelin Bilayers: All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113 (48), 15795-15802.
• Zidar, J.; Merzel, F., Probing Amyloid-Beta Fibril Stability by Increasing Ionic Strengths. J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115 (9), 2075-2081.
• Stare, J.; Mavri, J.; Grdadolnik, J.; Zidar, J.; Maksić, Z. B.; Vianello, R., Hydrogen Bond Dynamics of Histamine Monocation in Aqueous Solution: Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics and Vibrational Spectroscopy Study. J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115 (19), 5999-6010.

Conferences

• Zidar, J.; Merzel, F.; Hodošček, M.; Janežič, D. Redistribution of lipids inside the membrane - a prelude to formation of lipid rafts?. In: Regional biophysics conference 2009 : February 10-14, 2009, Linz, Austria
• Zidar, J.; Tratar-Pirc, E.; Hodošček, M. Binding modes of metal ions to hyaluronate. In: Gaspari, Z. (ed.). 4th Central European Conference, Dobogoko, Hungary, September 8-11, 2008. Chemistry towards biology : book of abstracts. Budapest: Hungarian Chemical Society, 2008
• Zidar, J.; Merzel, F.; Sepčić, K.; Hodošček, M.; Rebolj, K.; Maček, P.; Janežič, D. A molecular dynamics study of structural organization in the Sphingomyelin - cholesterol bilayer : [poster presented at 6th EBSA & British Biophysical Society Congress, 14-18 July 2007, London, UK]. Eur. Biophys. J., 2007, vol. 36, suppl. 1, pp. S128.