Turkan Haliloglu

 

Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering

Director of Polymer Research Center

Education

1982-1987: B. S., Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul.

1987-1989: M. S., Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul. Thesis subject: The Study of Conformational Statistics and Dynamics of Polymer Chains by Using the Rotational Isomeric State Formalism.

1989 -1992: Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul. Thesis Subject: Orientational Dynamics of Polymer Chains.

Research Activities

Post-Doctorate at the University of Akron, Institute of Polymer Science, in collaboration with Dr. W. L. Mattice, 1992-1993

Visiting Scientist at the University of Akron, Institute of Polymer Science, in collaboration with W. L. Mattice, summers of 1994-1999

Visiting Scientist at Danold Danforth Science Center (St Louis, USA), Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, in collaboration with J. Skolnick, summers of 2000, 2001.

Awards

1996 Chemistry Award (nationwide) for Young Scientists from TUBITAK (Turkish National Science and Technology Foundation)

2000 Outstanding Achievement in Research Prize, Bogazici University

2001 Distinguished Young Scientist, Turkish Academy of Sciences


Publications

Kantarci, N, Doruker, P, Haliloglu, T, Cooperative Fluctuations Point to the Dimerization Interface of P53 Core Domain, Journal of Molecular Biology, 2005, submitted.

Ertekin A, Nussinov R, Haliloglu T, "Prediction of putative protein binding site using the fluctuation behavior of residues", Protein Science, 2005, submitted.

Ozer N, Haliloglu T and Schiffer CA, "Substrate Specificity in HIV-1 Protease by a Biased Sequence Search Method", Proteins, 2005, in revision.

Kantarci N, Tamerler C, Sarikaya M, et al. Molecular dynamics simulations on constraint metal binding peptides, Polymer, 46 (12), 4307-4313 (2005).

Konuklar FAS, Aviyente V, Haliloglu T, Influence of Structural Fluctuations on Relationship between the Catalytic Activity and Deamidation Reaction in Triosephosphate Isomerase by Gaussian Network Model (GNM), Proteins, 2005, basimda.

Shental-Bechor D, Kirca S, Ben-Tal N, Haliloglu T, Monte Carlo Studies of Folding, Dynamic and Stability in ?-Helices, Biophysical Journal, 88 (4): 2391-2402 (2005).

Haliloglu T, Keskin O, Ma B, Nussinov R, How similar are protein folding and protein binding nuclei? Examination of fluctuations of energy hot spots and conserved residues, Biophysical Journal, 88, 3, 1552-1559 (2005).

Kessel, A., Haliloglu, T., Ben-Tal, N, 'Interaction of M2d Segment of the Acetylcholine Receptor with Lipid Bilayers: A Continuum Solvent Model Study', Biophysical Journal, 85, 3687-3695 (2003).

Kessel, A., Haliloglu, T., Ben-Tal, N, 'Interaction of Hydrophobic Peptides with Lipid Bilayers: Monte Carlo Simulations with M2d', Biophysical Journal, 85, 3431-3444 (2003).

Haliloglu, T, Kolinski, A, Skolnick, J, 'Use of NMR Residual Dipolar Coupling (RDCs) as Restraints in ab initio Structure Prediction', Biopolymers, 70, 548-562 (2003).

Kurt, N., Halilogu, T, Schiffer, C, "Structure-Based Prediction of Potential Binding and Non-Binding Peptides to HIV-1 Protease", Biophysical Journal, 864-863 (2003).

KOzkan SB, Dalgyn GS, Haliloglu T, Unfolding events of Chymotrypsin Inhibitor 2 (CI2)revealed by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and their consistency from structure-based analysis of conformations, POLYMER 45 (2): 581-595 JAN 15 2004

Kurt, N., Walter, R. P. S., Schiffer, C.A., Haliloglu T., "Vibrational dynamics of unliganded and substrate-bound HIV-1 protease: A structure-based analysis on a variety of conformations from chrystallography and molecular dynamics simulations", Proteins, 51, 409-422, (2003).

Kurt, N., Haliloglu, T., "Distribution of Cooperative Interactions in Barnase at Different Time Windows by Coarse-grained simulations",Polymer, 43, 403-408 (2002).

Kurt, N, Haliloglu, T., "Conformational Dynamics of Subtilisin-Chymotrypsin Inhibitor 2 Complex by Coarse-Grained Simulations", Journal of Biomolecular Stucture and Dynamics, 18 (5), 713-731, (2001).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Jernigan, R. L., "Collective dynamics of class I MHC/peptide complexes and binding to T cell receptors", Biophys. J., 78, 34A ( 2000).

Jang, J. J., Haliloglu, T., von Meerwall, E. D., and Mattice W. L., "Effect of Vinyl Content on Self-Diffusion in Polybutadiene Melts", Macromolecules, 33 (11),4271-4277 (2000).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L.,"Simulation of Rotational Isomeric State Models for Polypropylene Melts in a High Coordination Lattice", Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 15, No:4 (1999).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., "Structure-Based Characterization of Protein Dynamics. Results for Hen Lysozyme in Comparison with X-ray Diffraction and NMR Relaxation Data", Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics, 37, 654-667 (1999).

Kurt, N., Haliloglu, T., "Conformational Dynamics of Chymotrypsin Inhibitor 2 by Coarse-Grained Simulations", Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics,37,454-464(1999).

Haliloglu, T., "Conformational Dynamics of Cytochrome c by Coarse-Grained Simulations, Polymer Preprints, 81, 155 (1999).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L.,"Detection of the onset of demixing in simulations of polypropylene melts in which the chains differ only in stereochemical composition", J. Chem. Phys., 111(9), 4327-4333 (1999).

Haliloglu, T.,"Coarse-Grained Simulations of Conformational Dynamics of Proteins", Theoretical and Computational Polymer Science, 9/3-4, 255-260 (1999).

Haliloglu, T.,"Characterization of Internal Motions of Escherichia coli Ribonuclease H by Monte Carlo Simulation", Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics, 34, 533-539 (1999).

Haliloglu, T.,Cho, J., Mattice, W. L., "Simulation of Rotational Isomeric State Chains with Asymmetric Torsional Potential Energy Functions on a High Coordination Lattice in Bulk State", Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 7, 613-617 (1998).

Haliloglu, T., Cho, J., Mattice, W. L.,"Simulation of Rotational Isomeric State Models for Polypropylene Melts on a High Coordination Lattice", Polymer Preprints, 78, 259-260 (1998).

Atilgan, A., Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., "Correlated Fluctuations in Polymer Networks', Theoretical and Computational Polymer Science",8, 55-59(1998).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., "Mapping of Rotational Isomeric State Chains with Asymmetric Torsional Potential Energy Functions on a High Coordination Lattice. Application to Polyproplylene", J. Chem. Phys.,108, 6989-6995 (1998).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar,I.,"Coarse-Grained Simulations of Conformational Dynamics of Proteins: Application to Apomyoglobin ", Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics, 31, 271-281 (1998).

Bahar, I., Erman, B., Haliloglu, T., Jernigan, R. L., "Coarse-Grained Simulations of Collective Motions in Protein. T4 Lysozyme", Biochemistry, 36, 3512-3513 (1997).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., 'Relative Contributions of Coupled Rotations and Small Amplitude Torsion to Conformational Relaxation in Polymers, Polymer Preprints, 213, 292-COMP (1997).

Haliloglu. T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., "Gaussian Dynamics of Folded Proteins",Pysical Review Letters, 79, 3090-3093 (1997).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., "Conformational Transitions of End-Adsorbed triblock Copolymers in a nonselective Solvent", Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 6, 667-677 (1997).

Bahar, I., Doruker, P., Erman, B., Haliloglu, T., Kim, Eung-Gun, Mattice, W. L., Monnerie, L., Rapold, R. F., " Three aproaches that may permit more efficient simulation of the dynamics of atomistic models of polymers", Trends in Polymer Science, 5, 155-160 (1997).

Haliloglu, T., Stevenson, D., Mattice, W. L., "Adsorption of Triblocks in nonselective solvent", J. Chem. Phys., 106, 3365-3369 (1997).

Haliloglu, T. , Bahar, I., Erman, B. Mattice, W. L., "Relative Contributions of Coupled Rotations and Small Amplitude Torsions to Conformational Relaxation in Polymers", Macromolecules, 29, 8942-8947 (1996).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., "Monte Carlo Simulation of Self-Assembly in Macromolecular Systems", in NATO ASI , vol. 327,p.167-196, 1996, ed: S. Webber, Kluwer.

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., "The response of a single Grafted Chain to Shear Flow. A Brownian Dynamics Simulation Study", J. Chem. Phys., 105, 2919-2926 (1996).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., Mattice, W. L., "Mechanisms of the Exchange of Diblock Copolymers between Micelles at Dynamic Equilibrium", Macromolecules, 29, 4764-4771 (1996).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., Kim E. -G., "A Dynamic Rotational Isomeric State Approach for Extension of the Time Scale of the Local Dynamics Observed in Fully Atomostic Molecular Dynamics Simulations", J. Chem. Phys., 104, 4828-4834 (1996).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., R The Molecular Dynamics of Poly (1,4 trans-butadieneS, Macromolecular Symposia, 101, 435-442 (1995).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman B., "Dependence of Segmental Orientation on Polymer Conformational Characteristics", Polymer, 36, 4131-4134 (1995).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., The Roles of c and N on the Dynamics of the Exchange of Chains between Micelles Formed by Diblock Copolymers in Selective Solvents at Concentrations Slightly Above the Critical Micelle Concentration" , Computational Polymer Science, 5, 65-70 ( 1995).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., "Exchange of Chains between Micelles formed by Diblock Copolymers", ACS Polym. Prepr., 35 (1), 572-573 (1994).

Bahar, I., Erman, B., Haliloglu, T., "Role of Structural Heterogeneities on Segmental Orientation in Deformed Chains: Applications to Alternating Copolymers", Macromolecules, 27, 1703-1709 (1994).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., Monte Carlo Lattice Simulation of the Interchange of Chains between Micelles of Diblock CopolymersS, Journal of Chemical Engineering Science, 49, 2851-2857 (1994).

Haliloglu, T., Balaji, R., Mattice, W. L., Mobility of Free Ends and Junction Points in a Lamellar Block CopolymerS, Macromolecules, 27, 1473-1476 (1994).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L., Monte Carlo Lattice Simulation of the Exchange Chains between Micelles of Diblock Copolymerss, ACS Polym. Prepr., 34 (2), 460-461 (1993).

Haliloglu, T., Mattice, W. L. , Analysis of Orientation Auto- and Cross-Correlation Functions for Polyethylene in Inclusion Complex with PerhydrotriphenyleneS, Macromolecules, 26, 3137-3142 (1993).

Haliloglu, T., Erman, B., Bahar, I., " Orientational Mobility in Uniaxially Deformed Polymer Chains: A Brownian Dynamics Simulation Study", Polymer, 34, 440-442 (1993).

Haliloglu, T., Erman, B., Bahar, I., " Time Dependent Probability Distribution Functions for Orientational Motions of Segments in Polymer Chains",J. Chem. Phys., 97, 4438-4444 (1992).

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., " Orientational and Conformational Correlations in Deformed Polymer Chains with Fixed End-to-End Separation: A Brownian Dynamics Simulation Study", J. Chem. Phys., 97, 4428-4437 (1992)

Haliloglu, T., Bahar, I., Erman, B., "Segmental Orientation in Polyoxyethylene Chains", Computational Polymer Science, 1, 151-156 (1991).

Erman, B., Haliloglu, T., Bahar I., and Mark, James E., "Segmental Orientation in Uniaxially Deformed Networks", Macromolecules, 24, 901-907 (1991).

Last Updated: 15-November-2005