Mounir Tarek, PhD
Tarek’s lab investigates various aspects of the function of voltage-gated channels involved in the propagation of the nervous impulse. They do so at a molecular level using atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with the aim of contributing to the design of drugs that will modulate their activity. They build on their expertise to conceive in silico kinetic models of the function of selected channels, in order to retrieve current/voltage relationships that are characteristic of VGC function and can predict or be compared directly to electrophysiology recordings.
Our Lab uses proprietary cutting-edge technology that merges artificial intelligence with computational biophysics to explore and reveal all possible conformations of Potassium Channels at the atomistic scale.
M. Tarek is a distinguished Director of Research 1st Class at CNRS. He earned his PhD in Physics from the University of Paris in 1994. Tarek has extensive international experience, having served as an associate researcher at CEA Saclay, the University of Pennsylvania, and the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) in Washington DC, USA.
Specializing in molecular modeling with state-of-the-art computational techniques, Tarek joined CNRS in 2001. With over 25 years of experience in molecular modeling and computational biophysics, he is recognized globally for his contributions to the field.
