Maziar Heidari

@biophys.mpg.de

Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Biophysics, Biomaterials, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Bioengineering

FUTURE PROJECTS

Non-equilibrium regulation inside biomolecular condensate


Applications Invited

Fatigue and fracture in reversible bond polymer networks


Applications Invited

Dual-resolution simulations of liquids and solids


Applications Invited
822

Scholar Citations

16

Scholar h-index

21

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • O-GlcNAcylation and an importin-β radial gradient keep the FG barrier liquid in live-cell nuclear pores
    M Yu, M Heidari, K Palacio-Rodriguez, H Ruan, S Mingu, AA Hidayat, ...
    bioRxiv, 2025.12. 09.693204 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Dynamic heterogeneity of short semi-crystalline polymer chains during recrystallization
    M Heidari, M Labousse, L Leibler
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 162 (10) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Passage of the HIV capsid cracks the nuclear pore
    JP Kreysing, M Heidari, V Zila, S Cruz-Leon, A Obarska-Kosinska, ...
    Cell 188 (4), 930-943. e21 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 92
  • Refined protein–sugar interactions in the Martini force field
    M Heidari, M Sikora, G Hummer
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 20 (22), 10259-10265 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Refining Martini Force Field Interactions for Accurate Glycoprotein Modeling
    M Heidari, M Sikora, G Hummer
    bioRxiv, 2024.08. 20.608764 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Polymer time crystal: Mechanical activation of reversible bonds by low-amplitude high frequency excitations
    M Heidari, T Gaichies, L Leibler, M Labousse
    Science Advances 10 (21), eadn6107 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • The in-cell liquid-like state of the nuclear pore complex permeability barrier
    M Yu, M Heidari, G Hummer, EA Lemke
    Biophysical Journal 123 (3), 296a , 2024
    2024
  • Modeling the moving parts of the cellular machinery
    G Hummer, FEC Blanc, M Heidari, H Kim, K Palacio-Rodriguez
    Biophysical Journal 123 (3), 335a , 2024
    2024
  • Unwrapping NPT simulations to calculate diffusion coefficients
    JT Bullerjahn, S von Bulow, M Heidari, J Hénin, G Hummer
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 19 (11), 3406-3417 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 39
  • Visualizing the disordered nuclear transport machinery in situ
    M Yu, M Heidari, S Mikhaleva, PS Tan, S Mingu, H Ruan, ...
    Nature 617 (7959), 162-169 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 131
  • Mechanical activation of reversible bonds by low amplitude high frequencies excitations
    M Heidari, T Gaichies, L Leibler, M Labousse
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.08283 , 2023
    2023
  • Unwrapping NPT simulations to calculate diffusion coefficients
    J Tómas Bullerjahn, S von Bülow, M Heidari, J Hénin, G Hummer
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2303.09418 , 2023
    2023
  • A topology framework for macromolecular complexes and condensates
    M Heidari, D Moes, O Schullian, B Scalvini, A Mashaghi
    Nano Research 15 (11), 9809-9817 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 14
  • Deciphering the conformations and dynamics of FG-nucleoporins in situ
    M Yu, M Heidari, S Mikhaleva, PS Tan, S Mingu, H Ruan, ...
    BioRxiv, 2022.07. 07.499201 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Density-functional-theory approach to the Hamiltonian adaptive resolution simulation method
    LA Baptista, RC Dutta, M Sevilla, M Heidari, R Potestio, K Kremer, ...
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33 (18), 184003 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 16
  • Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations in the Hamiltonian Adaptive Resolution Method
    M Heidari, K Kremer, R Potestio, R Cortes-HuertoC
    2021
  • Open-boundary Hamiltonian adaptive resolution. from grand canonical to non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations
    M Heidari, K Kremer, R Golestanian, R Potestio, R Cortes-Huerto
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 152 (19) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 16
  • Circuit topology analysis of polymer folding reactions
    M Heidari, H Schiessel, A Mashaghi
    ACS Central Science 6 (6), 839-847 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 32
  • Ordering of functional groups by confining grafted chains, star polymers, or polymer-stabilized nanoparticles
    M Heidari, M Labousse, L Leibler
    Macromolecules 53 (10), 3907-3913 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 4
  • Steering a solute between coexisting solvation states: calculation of free energy differences in the adaptive resolution method
    M Heidari, R Cortes Huerto, R Potestio, K Kremer
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society 65 , 2020
    2020

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Visualizing the disordered nuclear transport machinery in situ
    M Yu, M Heidari, S Mikhaleva, PS Tan, S Mingu, H Ruan, ...
    Nature 617 (7959), 162-169 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 131
  • Passage of the HIV capsid cracks the nuclear pore
    JP Kreysing, M Heidari, V Zila, S Cruz-Leon, A Obarska-Kosinska, ...
    Cell 188 (4), 930-943. e21 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 92
  • Cell-imprinted substrates act as an artificial niche for skin regeneration
    O Mashinchian, S Bonakdar, H Taghinejad, V Satarifard, M Heidari, ...
    ACS applied materials & interfaces 6 (15), 13280-13292 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 91
  • Development of a virtual cell model to predict cell response to substrate topography
    T Heydari, M Heidari, O Mashinchian, M Wojcik, K Xu, MJ Dalby, ...
    ACS nano 11 (9), 9084-9092 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 55
  • Combined experimental and theoretical investigation of heating rate on growth of iron oxide nanoparticles
    H Sharifi Dehsari, M Heidari, A Halda Ribeiro, W Tremel, G Jakob, ...
    Chemistry of Materials 29 (22), 9648-9656 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 47
  • Fluctuations, finite-size effects and the thermodynamic limit in computer simulations: Revisiting the spatial block analysis method
    M Heidari, K Kremer, R Potestio, R Cortes-Huerto
    Entropy 20 (4), 222 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 40
  • Unwrapping NPT simulations to calculate diffusion coefficients
    JT Bullerjahn, S von Bulow, M Heidari, J Hénin, G Hummer
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 19 (11), 3406-3417 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 39
  • Spatially resolved thermodynamic integration: An efficient method to compute chemical potentials of dense fluids
    M Heidari, K Kremer, R Cortes Huerto, R Potestio
    Journal of chemical theory and computation 14 (7), 3409-3417 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 38
  • Circuit topology analysis of polymer folding reactions
    M Heidari, H Schiessel, A Mashaghi
    ACS Central Science 6 (6), 839-847 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 32
  • Accurate and general treatment of electrostatic interaction in Hamiltonian adaptive resolution simulations
    M Heidari, R Cortes-Huerto, D Donadio, R Potestio
    The European Physical Journal Special Topics 225 (8), 1505–1526 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 29
  • Finite-size integral equations in the theory of liquids and the thermodynamic limit in computer simulations
    M Heidari, K Kremer, R Potestio, R Cortes-Huerto
    Molecular Physics 116 (21-22), 3301-3310 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 26
  • Topology of polymer chains under nanoscale confinement
    V Satarifard, M Heidari, S Mashaghi, SJ Tans, MR Ejtehadi, A Mashaghi
    Nanoscale 9 (33), 12170-12177 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 22
  • Cooperation within von Willebrand factors enhances adsorption mechanism
    M Heidari, M Mehrbod, MR Ejtehadi, MRK Mofrad
    Journal of The Royal Society Interface 12 (109) , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 18
  • Topology of internally constrained polymer chains
    M Heidari, V Satarifard, SJ Tans, MR Ejtehadi, S Mashaghi, A Mashaghi
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, 18389-18393 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 17
  • Density-functional-theory approach to the Hamiltonian adaptive resolution simulation method
    LA Baptista, RC Dutta, M Sevilla, M Heidari, R Potestio, K Kremer, ...
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33 (18), 184003 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 16
  • Open-boundary Hamiltonian adaptive resolution. from grand canonical to non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations
    M Heidari, K Kremer, R Golestanian, R Potestio, R Cortes-Huerto
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 152 (19) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 16
  • Confinement dynamics of a semiflexible chain inside nano-spheres
    A Fathizadeh, M Heidari, B Eslami-Mossallam, MR Ejtehadi
    The Journal of chemical physics 139 (4) , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 15
  • A topology framework for macromolecular complexes and condensates
    M Heidari, D Moes, O Schullian, B Scalvini, A Mashaghi
    Nano Research 15 (11), 9809-9817 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 14
  • Concurrent coupling of realistic and ideal models of liquids and solids in Hamiltonian adaptive resolution simulations
    M Heidari, R Cortes-Huerto, K Kremer, R Potestio
    The European Physical Journal E 41 (5), 64 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 12
  • Tackling the limitations of copolymeric small interfering RNA delivery agents by a combined experimental–computational approach
    I Tabujew, M Heidari, C Freidel, M Helm, L Tebbe, U Wolfrum, ...
    Biomacromolecules 20 (12), 4389-4406 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11