Nicolas G. Papageorgiou

 

Assistant Professor, Aix-MArseille 1 University
Born the 12 Mars 1965 at Volos, Greece
French and Greek Citizen

Laboratory
Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques
AFMB - ESIL UMR CNRS 6098, Case 932
163 av. de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, cedex 9, France
tel +33(0)4 91 82 86 38
e-mail nicolas.papageorgiou@afmb.univ-mrs.fr

Research
During 1995 - 2006 my research has been focused on the physics and chemistry of organic molecular films. Namely, ultra thin phthalocyanine films deposited under ultra high vacuum conditions on semiconductor surfaces, especially III-V as the InAs and InSb. Since 2006, I oriented my researches towards structural virology and in particular towards the structural studies and bio-physics of proteins and enzymatic complexes implicated in the replication of emerging viruses.  The structural results are used in the domain of antiviral "drug design".

Main Techniques : Synchrotron Radiation X Ray Diffraction on single crystals and Powders, Small Angle X Ray Scattering (SAXS), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)