Publications

This complete list of publications together with their corresponding citations record is available on my ResearcherID profile


  1. M. Katava, G. Stirnemann, M. Zanatta, S. Capaccioli, M. Pachetti, K. L. Ngai, F. Sterpone and A. Paciaroni Critical Structural Fluctuations of Proteins at the Thermal Unfolding: Challenging the Lindemann Criterion, in revision (June 2017)

  2. G. Stirnemann and F. Sterpone Protein Adaptation to High Temperatures Does Not Necessary Require Enhanced Mechanical Stability, under review (May 2017)

  3. A. Beedle, M. Mora, S. Lynham, G. Stirnemann and S. Garcia-Manyes, Tailoring Protein Nanomechanics with Chemical Reactivity ,  Nat. Commun. in press (to appear online on June 6th, 2017)

  4. M. Katava, M. Kalimeri, G. Stirnemann and F. Sterpone Stability and Function at High Temperature. What Makes a Thermophilic GTPase Different from Its Mesophilic Homologue, J. Phys. Chem. B 120, 2721-30 (2016)


  5. S. Xiao, F. Figge, G. Stirnemann, D. Laage, and J. A. McGuire Orientational Dynamics of Water at an Extended Hydrophobic Interface, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 5551–60 (2016)

  6. G. Stirnemann and F. Sterpone Recovering Protein Thermal Stability Using All-Atom Hamiltonian Replica-Exchange Simulations in Explicit Solvent, J. Chem. Theo. Chem. 11, 5573-7 (2015)

  7. J. Mondal, D. Halverson, I. T. S. Li, G. Stirnemann, G. C. Walker and B. J. Berne, How Osmolytes Influence Hydrophobic Polymer Conformations: A Unified View from Experiment and Theory, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 9270-5 (2015)

  8. A. Beedle, A. Lezamiz, G. Stirnemann and S. Garcia-Manyes, The Mechanochemistry of Copper Reports on the Directionality of Unfolding in Model Cupredoxin Proteins, Nat. Commun. 6, 7894 (2015)

  9. J. Valle-Orero, E. C. Eckels, G. Stirnemann, I. Popa, R. Berkovich and J. M. Fernandez, The Elastic Free Energy of a Tandem Modular Protein under Force, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 460, 434-8 (2015)

  10. G. Stirnemann, S-g Kang, R. Zhou and B. J. Berne. How Force Unfolding Differs from Chemical Denaturation, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111, 3413-8 (2014)

  11. G. Stirnemann, E. Wernersson, P. Jungwirth and D. Laage. Mechanisms of Acceleration and Retardation of Water Dynamics by Ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 11824-31 (2013)

  12. J. Mondal, G. Stirnemann and B. J. Berne. When Does Trimethylamine N-Oxide Fold a Polymer Chain and Urea Unfold It?, J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 8723-32 (2013)

  13. G. Stirnemann, D. Giganti, J. M. Fernandez and B. J. Berne. Elasticity, Structure and Relaxation of Extended Proteins under Force, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 3847-52 (2013)

  14. R. Berkovich, R. I. Hermans, I. Popa, G. Stirnemann, S. Garcia-Manyes, B. J. Berne and J. M. Fernandez. Rate Limit of Protein Elastic Response is Tether Dependent, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109, 14416-21 (2012)

  15. G. Stirnemann and D. Laage. Communication: On the Origin of the Non-Arrhenius Behavior in Water Reorientation Dynamics, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 031101 (2012)

  16. D. Laage, G. Stirnemann and J. T. Hynes. Water Jump Reorientation and Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy , J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 234, 75-82 (2012)

  17. F. Sterpone, G. Stirnemann and D. Laage. Communication: Magnitude and Molecular Origin of Water Slowdown Next to a Protein, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 4116-9 (2012)

  18. D. Laage, G. Stirnemann, F. Sterpone and J. T. Hynes. Water Jump Reorientation: From Theoretical Prediction to Experimental Observation, Acc. Chem. Res. 45, 53-62 (2012)

  19. A. A. Vartia, K. R. Mitchell-Koch, G. Stirnemann, D. Laage and W. H. Thompson. On the Reorientation and Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics of Alcohols, J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 12173-8 (2011)

  20. G. Stirnemann, F. Sterpone and D. Laage. Dynamics of Water in Concentrated Solutions of Amphiphiles: Key Roles of Local Structure and Aggregation, J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 3254-62 (2011)

  21. D. Laage, G. Stirnemann, F. Sterpone, R. Rey and J. T. Hynes. Reorientation and Allied Dynamics in Water and Aqueous Solutions, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 62, 395-416 (2011)

  22. J. Boisson, G. Stirnemann, D. Laage and J. T. Hynes. Water Reorientation Dynamics in the First Hydration Shells of F- and I-, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 19895-901 (2011)

  23. G. Stirnemann, S. R. V. Castrillon, J. T. Hynes, P. J. Rossky, P. G. Debenedetti and D. Laage. Non-Monotonic Dependence of Water Reorientation Dynamics on Surface Hydrophilicity: Competing Effects of the Hydration Structure and Hydrogen-Bond Strength, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 19911-7 (2011)

  24. D. Laage, G. Stirnemann and J. T. Hynes. Water Reorientation in the Hydration Shells of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Solutes, Science China Phys. Mech. & Ast. 53, 1068-72 (2010)

  25. G. Stirnemann and D. Laage, Direct Evidence of Angular Jumps During Water Reorientation Through Two-Dimensional Infrared Anisotropy, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 1511-5 (2010)

  26. G. Stirnemann, J. T. Hynes and D. Laage. Water Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in Aqueous Solutions of Amphiphiles, J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 3052-9 (2010)

  27. F. Sterpone, G. Stirnemann, J. T. Hynes and D. Laage. Water Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics around Amino Acids: The Key Role of Hydrophilic Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor Groups, J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 2083-9 (2010)

  28. G. Stirnemann, P. J. Rossky, J. T. Hynes and D. Laage. Water Reorientation, Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics and 2D-IR Spectroscopy Next to an Extended Hydrophobic Surface, Faraday Discuss. 146, 263-81 (2010)

  29. D. Laage, G. Stirnemann and J. T. Hynes. Why Water Reorientation Slows without Iceberg Formation around Hydrophobic Solutes, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 2428-35 (2009)

  30. F. Cailliez, G. Stirnemann, A. Boutin, I. Demachy and A. H. Fuchs. Does Water Condense in Hydrophobic Cavities? A Molecular Simulation Study of Hydration in Heterogeneous Nanopores, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 10435-45 (2008)