Xavier Siebert's (Old) Homepage

*NEW* Contact info (as of 2007)

T  : (++33)-(0)4-38.78.01.58

F  : (++33)-(0)4-38.78.54.94

E  : xavier.siebert _AT_ ibs.fr

W : http://mem.ibs.fr/XS

Research Interests (click here for details)

Methodological developments for structural biophysics (X-ray crystallography / Electron Microscopy) : UROX (with Jorge Navaza)
Structural studies (X-ray crystallography) of peptidylglygine amidating monooxygenase (with Mario Amzel, Sean Prigge, Ninian Blackburn, Betty Eipper and Richard Mains)
Statistical mechanics of macromolecular association (with Mario Amzel)
Water structure and hydrophobic effects (with Gerhard Hummer)

Curriculum Vitae [ps] [pdf]

PhD Thesis [pdf] (you will need a password for this, just ask me)

Publications

• Trapani S., Siebert X., Navaza J. "The concept of resolution in the domain of rotations.", Acta Cryst. A. (2007) Mar;63(Pt 2):126-30
• Siebert X., Eipper B.A., Mains R.E., Prigge S.T., Blackburn N.J. and Amzel L.M. ``The catalytic copper of Peptidylglycine alpha-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase also plays a critical structural role.'', Biophysical  Journal (2005);89(5):3312-9.
  
Amzel L.M., Siebert X, Armstong A.A. and Pabon G. "Thermodynamic Calculations in Biological Systems.", Biophysical Chemistry (2005), 117:137-152.
Siebert X. and Amzel L. M. "Loss of translational entropy in molecular associations.", Proteins (2004),54(1):104-15.
Siebert X. and Hummer G. "Hydrophobicity maps of the N-peptide coiled coil of HIV-1 gp41.", Biochemistry (2002), 41(9):2956-61