Current status: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
[gursky@med-biophd.bu.edu]

Dissertation Title: "X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Electrostatic Effects in Cubic Insulin." June 1991, Science Library, Brandeis University.

Publications with D. L. D. Caspar:

Gursky, O., Li, Y., Badger, J. and Caspar, D. L. D. (1992) "Monovalent Cation Binding to Cubic Insulin Crystals." Biophys. J. 61:604-611.

Gursky, O., Badger, J., Li, Y. and Caspar, D. L. D. (1992) "Conformational Changes in Cubic Insulin Crystals in the pH Range 7-11." Biophys. J. 63:1210-1220.

Badger, J., Kapulsky, A., Gursky, O., Bhyravbhatla, B. and Caspar, D. L. D. (1994) "Structure and Selectivity of a Monovalent Cation Binding Site in Cubic Insulin Crystals." Biophys. J. 66:286-292.

Badger, J., Gursky, O., Li, Y. and Caspar, D. L. D. (1994) "Electrostatic Interactions and Conformational Variability in Cubic Insulin Crystals." In Synchrotron Radiation in Life Sciences, Oxford Univ. Press.

Gursky, O., Fontano, E., Bhyravbhatla, B. and Caspar, D. L. D. (1994) "Stereospecific Dihaloalkane Binding in a pH-Sensitive Cavity in Cubic Insulin Crystals." Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 91:12388-12392.

Gursky, O., Fontano, E., Bhyravbhatla, B. and Caspar, D. L. D. (1997) "Water-linked electrostatic switching in cubic insulin crystals." Biophys J. 72:in preparation.