Dr. Apolinario D. Nazarea is recognized for his significant contributions in biophysics and molecular biology. Among his contributions are his theories on nonlinear reactive systems, the “Nazarea Model” in membrane biophysics (model of effect of radiation on the conduction current facilitated by channel proteins), his findings and concepts on the recurring patterns of oligonucleotides of tRNA and rRNA and his predictive studies using X-ray crystallographic data to locate epitopes for the design of better and more effective vaccines.
Birthdate: 11 October 1940
Educational Background:
- Postdoctoral: Faculte des Science - Free University of Brussels - 1973
- Ph. D. (Theoretical Biology/Biophysics) - University of Chicago - 1971
- M.A. (Economics), - University of the Philippines - 1968
- B.S. (S.T./Phys., Chem.) - University of the Philippines - 1962
Research Interest:
- Fluctuation Theory as applied to macromolecules in solution
- Models on the effect of microwave radiation on the conduction current facilitated by channel proterins in phospolipid membranes
- Theory of critical focal size in phospolipid membranes
- The use of computer assisted design of molecular polysequences in terms of spectral methods
- The detection of an invariant length modularity shared by tRNAs and rRNAs and the evolutionary implications of such invariance
- Architectronics of DNA/RNA probes
- Prediction of epitope markers on protein antigens using Debye Waller crystallographic data and its use in the design of completely synthetic subunit vaccines
Honors and Awards Received:
- 1988 - Elected Fellows from the Philippines - International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- 1990 - Academician - National Academyo of Science and Technology
