Dr. Sergiy Perepelytsya

• Physics of biological macromolecules
• Role of the ion-hydration environment in the structure and dynamics of the DNA double helix
• Study of the specific properties of the interaction of organic and inorganic counterions with DNA wi

• Electrostatic mechanisms of DNA macromolecule condensation in biological systems.
• The structure and dynamics of the ionic atmosphere of DNA.
• DNA dynamics under conditions of dense packing of the virus capsid.
• Structure and dynamics of a DNA-RNA hybrid: a molecular dynamics study

• Methods in Molecular Biophysics
• Computer simulation of biological macromolecules
• Biophysics of macromolecules

• Zdorevskyi O.O., Perepelytsya S.M. Dynamics of K+ counterions around DNA double helix in the external electric field: a molecular dynamics study. Eur. Phys. J. E 43: 77, (2020). doi: 10.1140/epje/i202
• Perepelytsya S., Uličný J., Laaksonen A., Mocci F. Pattern preferences of DNA nucleotide motifs by polyamines putrescine2+, spermidine3+ and spermine4+. Nucleic Acids Research. 47, 6084 (2019).
• Perepelytsya S. Hydration of counterions interacting with DNA double helix: a molecular dynamics study. J. Molecular Modeling, 24, 171 (2018).
• Perepelytsya S.M., Glibitskiy G.M., Volkov S.N. Texture formation in DNA films with alkali metal chlorides. Biopolymers. 99, 508-516 (2013).
• Perepelytsya S.M., Volkov S.N. Conformational vibrations of ionic lattice in DNA: Manifestation in the low-frequency Raman spectra. J. Mol. Liq. 164, 113-119 (2011).
• Perepelytsya S.M., Volkov S.N.. Intensities of DNA ion-phosphate modes in low-frequency Raman spectra. Eur. Phys. J. E 31, 201-205 (2010).
• Perepelytsya S.M., Volkov S.N. Counterion vibrations in the DNA low-frequency spectra. Eur. Phys. J. E 24, 261-269 (2007).
• Bulavin L.A., Volkov S.N., Kutuvy S.Yu., Perepelytsya S.M.. Observation of the DNA ion-phosphate vibrations. Reports of National Academy of Science of Ukraine 11, 69-73 (2007).