DNA Interactions with Drugs and Other Small Ligands

The author graduated in Physics from the Federal University of Ceará (2001), Master in Physics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2004) and PhD in Physics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2008). Since 2008 he has been a professor in the Physics Department at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) in Brazil. He has experience in the field of Experimental Physics, with an emphasis on "Biological Physics", "Optics Applied to Biological Systems" and "Optical Manipulation of Microsystems". He coordinates the Biological Physics Laboratory at UFV, implemented by the researcher at this institution. Website: http://www.lfb.ufv.br. In addition. he is currently the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Physics at UFV. He has published more than 50 research articles since 2004 in the fields of “DNA-ligand interactions” and “Optical trapping and manipulation of microsystems”.

1. Introduction
2. Interactions in soft matter systems
3. Polymers and biopolymers
4. DNA ligands
5. Experimental techniques
6. Single molecule force spectroscopy of DNA-ligand complexes