Cristiano Dias

Ph.D.; McGill University, Canada; ; 2007

M.S.; Universite de Montreal, Canada; ; 2001

B.S.; Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil; ; 1998

https://diascristiano.wixsite.com/cris

PHYS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

PHYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

PHYS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

PHYS 111 - PHYSICS I

PHYS 490 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

PHYS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

PHYS 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

1) Freshman Physics Courses (e.g., Phys. 111)
2) Biophysics courses (e.g., BioPhysics 350).
3) Graduate level "Statistical Mechanics".

In our lab, we study non-equilibrium phenomena using atomistic and statistical mechanics models to understand biological systems. Our recent focus has been in protein self-assembly in solution and on the surface of lipid membranes. A better understanding of self-assembly and how it leads to the formation of supramolecular structures is allowing us to design better biomaterials. Our study on membrane damage due to the self-assembly of proteins is improving our understanding of amyloid toxicity in diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. These studies are being carried out in collaboration with experimentalist and theoreticians. These interdisciplinary topics lie at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology, and material science.

Yang, Yanxing , & Distaffen, Hannah , & Jalali, Sharareh , & Nieuwkoop, Andrew, & Nilsson, Bradley, & Dias, Cristiano (2022). Atomic Insights into Amyloid-Induced Membrane Damage. ACS Chem. Neurosci., 13, 2766–2777.

Jeong, Young, & Dias, Cristiano, & Diekman, Casey, & Brochon, Helen, & Kim, , & Kaur, Manpreet, & Kim, Yong-Sung, & Jang, Hye-In, & Kim, Yong (2019). Magnesium regulates the circadian oscillator in cyanobacteria. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 34(4), 380-390.

Jeong, Young, & Dias, Cristiano, & Diekman, Casey, & Brochon, Helene, & Kim, Pyonghwa, & Kaur, Manpreet, & Kim, Yong-Sung, & Jang, Hye-In, & Kim, Yong (2019). Magnesium regulates the circadian oscillator in cyanobacteria. . Journal of Biological Rhythms, 34(4), 380-390.

Dias, Cristiano, & Jampani, Srinivasa , & Mahmoudinobar, Farbod , & Su, Zhaoqian (2015). Thermodynamics of Aβ16–21 dissociation from a fibril: Enthalpy, entropy, and volumetric properties. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 83, 1963–1972.

Dias, Cristiano, & Su, Zhaoqian (2014). Driving beta-strands into fibrils. J. Phys. Chem. B, 118, 10830.