Protein Structure and Diseases

Rossen Donev received his PhD degree in 1999 from the Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He did postdoctoral training at Imperial Cancer Research Fund, UK (renamed after the merger with Cancer Research Campaign to Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute) and Cardiff University. In 2007 he was awarded a New Investigator Grant Award from the Medical Research Council (UK) to establish himself as an independent Principle Investigator. In 2010 Dr. Donev was appointed Senior Lecturer at Swansea University. In 2016 Dr. Donev joined MicroPharm Ltd (UK) where currently he is Head of Research. He has published more than 60 research papers, chaired scientific meetings and given invited plenary talks. Rossen Donev has consulted on projects related to development of treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer therapies. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology and on editorial board of several other journals. His research interests include signaling pathways involved in neuropsychiatric disorders and tumor escape from the immune system, and development of therapeutic strategies for their treatment. More recently he has focused on development of immunotherapeutics for non-systemic applications.

• Graphical representation and mathematical characterization of protein sequences and applications to viral proteinsAmbarnil Ghosh and Ashesh NandyStructural, thermodynamic and mechanistical studies in uroporphyrinogen III synthase. Molecular basis of congenital erythropoietic porphyriaArola Fortian, David Castaño, Esperanza Gonzalez, Ana Laín, Juan M. Falcon-Perez and Oscar MilletRole of Fibrin Structure in Thrombosis and Vascular DiseaseAmy L. Cilia La Corte, Helen Philippou and Robert A. S. AriënsStructural, Dynamic, and Functional Aspects of Helix Association in Membranes: a Computational ViewAnton A. Polyansky, Pavel E. Volynsky, Roman G. EfremovProteins MOVE! Protein dynamics and long-range allostery in cell signalingZimei Bu and David J. E. CallawayStructural diversity of class I MHC like molecules and its implications in binding specificitiesMd. Imtaiyaz Hassan and Faizan Ahmad