Dr. Peter G. Vekilov

Presentations

Invited presentations

  1. P.G. Vekilov, Elementary kinetics of crystallization from solution: non-linear optical crystals, proteins and electrocrystallization of silver. Tsukuba Research Consortium, Tsukuba, Japan, December 8, 1992
  2. P.G. Vekilov, M. Ataka and T. Katsura, Interferometric investigation of protein crystal growth. 5-th International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, San Diego, California, USA, August 8-13, 1993.
  3. L.A. Monaco, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Kinetics, morphology and segregation in lysozyme crystallization. 5-th International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, San Diego, California, USA, August 8-13, 1993.
  4. P.G. Vekilov, Lysozyme: a model system for advanced crystal growth studies. Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Colloquium, April 11, 1995.
  5. P.G. Vekilov, Advanced interferometry investigations of lysozyme crystal growth. Colloquium, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 13, 1995.
  6. P.G. Vekilov, Precipitant- and impurity- rich coring in lysozyme crystallization. Colloquium, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 18, 1995.
  7. P.G. Vekilov, Impurities- and salt- rich coring in protein crystals. Seminar, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, November 7, 1995.
  8. P.G. Vekilov, High-resolution interferometry investigations of protein crystals growth. Seminar, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, November 8, 1995.
  9. P.G. Vekilov, Crystallization under mixed transport and interface control – effects of gravity-driven convection. Marshal Space Flight Center, Space Science Laboratory, Material and Crystal Growth Seminar, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, January 31, 1996.
  10. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, New factors for protein crystal perfection on Earth and under reduced gravity. Protein Crystal Growth Conference, Panama City, Florida, USA, April 28-30, 1996.
  11. P.G. Vekilov, J.I.D. Alexander and F. Rosenberger, Nonsteady dynamics of layer growth in the mixed kinetics-bulk transport regime. Tenth American Conference on Crystal Growth, Vail, Colorado, USA, August 3-9, 1996.
  12. P.G. Vekilov, Impurities- and salt- rich coring in protein crystals. Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Colloquium, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA, September 20, 1996.
  13. P.G. Vekilov, System-specific effects of reduced gravity on protein crystal perfection. Japanese-US Workshop on Protein Crystal Growth in Microgravity, Huntsville, AL, USA, December 16-17, 1996.
  14. P.G. Vekilov, System-dependent advantages and disadvantages of reduced gravity for the quality of protein crystals. Structural Biology Seminars, Center for Macromolecular Crystallography, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, May 6, 1997.
  15. P.G. Vekilov, Insight into Transport-Kinetics Coupling Effects in Protein Crystallization from Forced Flow Experiments. Conference SPACEBOUND ’97, Montreal, Canada, May 11-15, 1997.
  16. P.G. Vekilov, Why some protein crystals grow better in space and others don't. Gordon Conference on Gravitational Effects on Physico-Chemical Systems, Henniker, New Hampshire, USA, June 29-July 4, 1997.
  17. P.G. Vekilov, Nonlinear dynamics of layer growth in the mixed kinetics-bulk-transport regime. Gordon Conference on Thin Films and Crystal Growth, Plymouth College, New Hampshire, USA, July 5-10, 1997.
  18. P.G. Vekilov, Coupling between transport in solution and interfacial kinetics. Interdisciplinary Workshop on Phase Transformations Occurring in Solutions of Biological Macromolecules, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 5-7, 1997.
  19. P.G. Vekilov, Convective supply of solute and impurities in protein crystal growth: microgravity relavance. Marshal Space Flight Center, Space Science Laboratory, Material and Crystal Growth Seminar, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, January 14, 1998.
  20. P.G. Vekilov, Nonlinear dynamics of layer growth and consequences for
    protein crystal perfection.     7-th International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, Granada, Spain, May 3-7, 1998.
  21. P.G. Vekilov, Protein crystal growth - microgravity aspects. 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Nagoya, Japan, July 12-19, 1998.
  22. O. Galkin., A. Feeling-Taylor, B.R. Thomas, and P.G. Vekilov, Thermodynamics and kinetics of protein crystallization, Celebration and Exhibit, 50th Anniversary of the National Lung, Blood and Hearth Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 17, 1998
  23. P.G. Vekilov, Step pattern evolution and protein crystallization. Laboratory of Enzymology and Structural Biology, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, December 11, 1998.
  24. P.G. Vekilov, Crystallization processes on three lengthscales, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, December 17, 1998.
  25. P.G. Vekilov, Nonlinear step dynamics in protein crystal growth. 1999 Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 20-26, 1999.
  26. P.G. Vekilov, Protein crystallization processes on various lengthscales, 1999 Tricampus Conference on Materials Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, April 23, 1999
  27. P.G. Vekilov, Protein crystallization beyond the needs of structure studies, 1999 American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting, Buffalo, NY, USA, May 22-26, 1999.
  28. S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, Molecular mechanisms of crystallization and defects formation, 11 American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ACCGE-11), Tucson, AZ, August 1-6, 1999.
  29. P.G. Vekilov, S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, Real time monitoring of ferritin crystal growth with molecular resolution, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Colloquium, Huntsville, AL, USA, November 12, 1996.
  30. P.G. Vekilov, S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, Molecular processes of protein crystallization: why should crystallographers care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Colloquium, Dallas, TX, USA, December 3, 1999.
  31. S .-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, D.N. Petsev, and P.G. Vekilov, Real time in-situ monitoring of molecular processes during growth of protein crystals. 2000 Materials Research S ociety Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, April 24-28 , 2000.
  32. S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, Real time in-situ monitoringof ferritin crystallization with molecular resolution. 8-th International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules Destin, Florida, USA, May 20-26, 2000.

Contributed presentations

  1. P.G. Vekilov, Yu.G. Kuznetsov and A.A. Chernov, Elementary processes of dissolution; (101) ADP face. 10-th International Conference on Crystal Growth, San Diego, California, USA, August 16-21, 1992.
  2. P.G. Vekilov, Yu.G. Kuznetsov and A.A. Chernov, Interstep interaction in solution growth; (101) ADP face. 10-th International Conference on Crystal Growth, San Diego, California, USA, August 16-21, 1992.
  3. P.G. Vekilov and Yu.G. Kuznetsov, Varying dislocation growth source activity: (101) ADP face. 10-th International Conference on Crystal Growth, San Diego, California, USA, August 16-21, 1992.
  4. P.G. Vekilov and Chr. Nanev, Step kinetics and dislocation source activity in electrocrystallization of cubic silver faces. 10-th International Conference on Crystal Growth, San Diego, California, USA, August 16-21, 1992.
  5. P.G. Vekilov, Yu.G. Kuznetsov and A.A. Chernov, Free surface energy and Burgers vectors of the growth sources on (101) ADP face. 10-th International Conference on Crystal Growth, San Diego, California, USA, August 16-21, 1992.
  6. P.G. Vekilov, M. Ataka and T. Katsura, Growth kinetics of protein crystals investigated by laser Michelson interferometry. Conference Protein Crystal Growth in Microgravity, Panama City, Florida, USA, April 24-26, 1993.
  7. P.G. Vekilov, Dislocation sources activity in solution growth and dissolution of crystals. 7-th Annual Alabama Materials Research Conference, Normal, Alabama, USA, September 22-23, 1993.
  8. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco and Franz Rosenberger, Impurity effects on the growth kinetics of tetragonal lysozyme. Gordon Conference on Crystal Growth, Andover, New Hampshire, USA, June 23-July 1, 1994.
  9. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco and Franz Rosenberger, Repartitioning of precipitant ions in lysozyme crystallization: salt coring in protein crystals. Gordon Conference on Crystal Growth, Andover, New Hampshire, USA, June 23-July 1, 1994.
  10. P. G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Impurities, growth layer sources and kinetics fluctuation in the growth of lysozyme crystals. Conference Protein Crystal Growth, Panama City, Florida, USA, April 21-24, 1995.
  11. H. Lin, P.G. Vekilov, F. Rosenberger and J.I.D. Alexander, Interaction between bulk transport and surface kinetics in protein crystal growth. Conference Protein Crystal Growth, Panama City, Florida, USA, April 21-24, 1995.
  12. V. Stojanoff, D.P. Siddons, L.A. Monaco, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, X-ray topography of tetragonal lysozyme crystals. Conference Protein Crystal Growth, Panama City, Florida, USA, April 21-24, 1995.
  13. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco and F. Rosenberger, Lysozyme: a model system for advanced crystal growth studies. XI International Conference on Crystal Growth, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 18-23, 1995.
  14. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco and F. Rosenberger, Salt-rich coring in lysozyme crystals. XI International Conference on Crystal Growth, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 18-23, 1995.
  15. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, High-resolution in-situ interferometric studies of lysozyme crystals growth. AIAA 1995 Space Programs and Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL, USA, September 26-28, 1995.
  16. H. Lin, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Modeling mass transport and surface kinetics of protein crystals growth. AIAA 1995 Space Programs and Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL, USA, September 26-28, 1995.
  17. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Impurities, growth layer sources and kinetics fluctuations in the growth of lysozyme crystals. VI International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, Hiroshima, Japan, November 12-17, 1995.
  18. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco, B.R. Thomas, V. Stojanoff and F. Rosenberger, Impurities- and salt-rich coring in lysozyme crystals. VI International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, Hiroshima, Japan, November 12-17, 1995.
  19. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Transport-kinetics coupling effects in protein crystallization studied by forced flow experiments. American Physical Society March Meeting, Kansas City, MO, USA, March 17-21, 1997.
  20. H. Lin, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Simulation of the interplay between diffusive nutrient transport and nonlinear crystal growth kinetics. Conference SPACEBOUND ’97, Montreal, Canada, May 11-15, 1997.
  21. A.R. Feeling-Taylor, P.G. Vekilov, B.R. Thomas, F. Rosenberger, R.E. Hirsch and R. Nagel, Solubility and crystallization of a mutated hemoglobin, Hb C, 7-th International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, Granada, Spain, May 3-7, 1998.
  22. H. Lin, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Intrinsic kinetic instabilities in protein crystal growth: numerical modelling. 7-th International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, Granada, Spain, May 3-7, 1998.
  23. D.C. Carter, K. Lim, J.X. Ho, B.S. Wright, P.D. Twigg, T.Y. Miller, J. Chapman, K. Keeling, J. Ruble, P.G. Vekilov, F. Rosenberger, B.R. Thomas and A.A. Chernov, Size and quality of protein crystals. 7-th International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules, Granada, Spain, May 3-7, 1998.
  24. P.G. Vekilov,Dynamics of nonuniform step trains in protein crystal growth. 12-th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Jerusalem, Israel, July 26-31, 1998.
  25. A.A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov, S.R. Coriell, B.T. Murray and G.B. McFadden. Step Bunching: Influence of Impurities and Solution Flow. NASA Materials Science Conference, Huntsville, AL, USA July 15-18, 1998.
  26. P.G. Vekilov, Control of step train stability in protein crystallization, The East Regional Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, September 27-30, 1998
  27. S.-T. Yau, H. Lin and P.G. Vekilov, Surface structures in protein crystallization resulting from molecular, capillary and transport processes. Gordon Conference on Thin Films and Crystal Growth Mechanisms, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA, June 20 - 25, 1999.
  28. P.G. Vekilov, S.-T. Yau and H. Lin, Variations of impurity incorporation and step bunching dynamics in response to changes in transport conditions. Gordon Conference on Gravitational Effects in Physicochemical Systems, Henniker, New Hampshire, USA, June 26 - July 2, 1999.
  29. P.G. Vekilov and S.-T. Yau, Self-assembly of biological mac romolecules into crystals: real time, in-situ monitoring with molecular resolution, International Conference on Molecular Structural Biology, Vienna, Austria, Sept 5-11, 1999.