Contact Information

Jané Kondev
Abelson 301
(781) 736-2812
kondev@brandeis.edu

Jané Kondev

Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995

jané kondevJané Kondev is a condensed matter theorist whose interests range from classic problems in statistical physics, such as the glass transition and mechanical properties of polymers, to problems in biology such as regulation of gene expression and DNA packing in viruses. A common theme that unites most of the research done in the Kondev group is the affect of confinement and constraints on the equilibrium structure and dynamics of fluctuating lines and surfaces.

Sample of Current Projects
  • Slow dynamics in dimer and related models; structural glass transition.
  • Statistical physics of semiflexible polymers such as DNA and actin.
  • Transcriptional regulation of gene expression.
  • Chromosome diffusion in the cell nucleus.

CV and list of publications 

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Recent Ph.D. Students

Joshua Martin (2008) "Polymer Models of Chromatin" Present Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept. of Health, NY

Ercan Kamber (2008) "Statistical Physics at Crowding and Confinement" Present Position: Director of HPC Engineering at RAID, MA

Ashok Prasad (2006) "Macromolecules in Flatland" Present Position: Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Colorado State University, CO


Sample of Recent Publications


Daniel Reeves, Tristan Ursell, Pierre Sens, Jane Kondev, and Rob Phillips. "Membrane mechanics as a probe of ion-channel gating mechanisms." Physical Review E 78. (2008): 041901.

Prasad, Ashok, Kondev, Jané and Stone, Howard. "Drift in supported membranes." Physics of Fluids 19. (2008): 113103. Rob Phillips, Jané Kondev, and Julie Theriot. Physical Biology of the Cell. Garland Science, 2008

Sanchez, Alvaro and Kondev, Jané. "Transcriptional control of noise in gene expression." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105. 13 (2008): 5081.

Bintu Lacramioara, Nicolas E. Buchler, Hernan G. Garcia, Ulrich Gerland, Terrence Hwa, Jane Kondev and Rob Phillips. "Transcriptional regulation by the numbers: applications." Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 15. (2005): 125-135.