Mirianas Chachisvilis, PhD
Associate Professor
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute
La Jolla, California
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Education
- California Institute of Technology, Postdoctoral Training, 1997-2000, Chemical Physics
- Lund University Lund Sweden Ph.D. 1996 Chemical Physics
- Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania M.S. 1988 Physics
Experience
- 2008 – Present Associate Professor, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute, La Jolla, CA
- 2004 – 2008 Assistant Professor, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute, La Jolla, CA
- 2001 – 2004 Senior Staff Scientist Genoptix, Inc.San Diego, CA
- 2000 – 2001 Research Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Physics,Lund University, Sweden
- 1997 – 2000 Postdoctoral Scholar, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics and Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
- 1994 – 1996 Graduate Research Assistant Department of Chemical Physics Lund University, Sweden
- 1993 – 1994 Graduate Research Assistant Department of Physical Chemistry Umeå University, Sweden
- 1988 – 1992 Research Assistant Institute of Physics – Academy of Sciences Vilnius, Lithuania
- 1986 – 1988 Research Assistant Physics Department – Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania
Honors and Memberships
- 2002 – Present American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1999 Four year research grant from Swedish Natural Science Research Council
- 1999 Wilhelm Faxes prize awarded by Lund University.
- 1998 – Present American Chemical Society
- 1998 Invitation to chair a session on the chemical reaction dynamics in condensed phase in XIII Informal Conference on Photochemistry, Pasadena, CA.
- 1997 Prize for best Ph.D. thesis in chemistry in Sweden awarded jointly by The Swedish Chemical Society (Kemistsamfundet) and The Swedish Association of Scientists (Sveriges Naturvetareförbund)
- 1996 A three year postdoctoral fellowship from The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education
Selected Publications
M. Chachisvilis, T. Fiebig, A. Douhal, A.H. Zewail
Femtosecond Dynamics of a Hydrogen-Bonded Model Base Pair in the Condensed Phase: Double Proton Transfer in 7-Azaindole
J. Phys. Chem. A, 1998, 102 (4), pp 669–673
M. Chachisvilis, A.H. Zewail
Femtosecond Dynamics of Pyridine in the Condensed Phase: Valence Isomerization by Conical Intersections
J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103 (37), pp 7408–7418
Zhang YL, Tavakoli H, Chachisvilis M.
Apparent PKA Activity Responds to Intermittent Hypoxia in Bone Cells: A Redox Pathway?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2010 May 7, 2010; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01073.2009 (in print)
Y Zhang, JA Frangos and Chachisvilis, M
Mechanotransduction by membrane mediated activation of G protein coupled receptors and G proteins
Cellular Mechanotransduction, eds M. Mofrad and R. Kamm, Cambridge University Press, 2009
Yan-Liang Zhang, John A Frangos & Mirianas Chachisvilis
Mechanical stimulus alters conformation of type 1 parathyroid hormone receptor in bone cells.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology. 2009 Jun; 296(6):C1391-9
Mirianas Chachisvilis, Yan-Liang Zhang & John A Frangos
G protein-coupled receptors sense fluid shear stress in endothelial cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2006 Oct; 103(42):15463-8
Yan-Liang Zhang, John A Frangos & Mirianas Chachisvilis
Laurdan fluorescence senses mechanical strain in the lipid bilayer membrane.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2006 Sep; 347(3):838-41