Profile
Priscila da Silva Figueiredo Celestino Gomes is an Associate Professor in computational biophysics. She investigates how structure, dynamics and mechanical forces govern biomolecular recognition, particularly in proteins involved in infectious diseases.
Education and experience
She holds a joint PhD in life sciences and biophysics from the École normale supérieure de Cachan and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Strasbourg, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Auburn University. Her international career connects drug discovery, bioinformatics, biomolecular modelling and the study of bacterial adhesin mechanostability.
Research and teaching
Her research combines structure prediction, molecular docking, virtual screening and molecular simulations to investigate infection mechanisms and guide the identification of therapeutic targets. Within the Master’s programme in Health Engineering, she teaches biophysics, scientific communication, molecular docking and artificial intelligence.
Areas of expertise
- Computational biophysics
- Structural biology
- Protein structure prediction
- Molecular docking
- Molecular dynamics
- Protein mechanobiology
- Infectious-disease bioinformatics
- Team
- Team 3 “Engineering for Health”
- Position
- Associate Professor
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Research affiliations
Publications
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Ultrastrong Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to human skin: Calcium as a key regulator of noncovalent interactions
Constance Chantraine; Priscila S. F. C. Gomes; Marion Mathelié-Guinlet; Diego E. B. Gomes; Zhiyong Zheng; Julianne Clowry; Mary B. Turley; Alan D. Irvine; Joan A. Geoghegan; Rafael C. Bernardi; Yves F. Dufrêne
Single-molecule force stability of the SARS-CoV-2–ACE2 interface in variants-of-concern
Magnus S. Bauer; Sophia Gruber; Adina Hausch; Marcelo C. R. Melo; Priscila S. F. C. Gomes; Thomas Nicolaus; Lukas F. Milles; Hermann E. Gaub; Rafael C. Bernardi; Jan Lipfert
May the force be with you: The role of hyper-mechanostability of the bone sialoprotein binding protein during early stages of Staphylococci infections
Priscila S. F. C. Gomes; Meredith Forrester; Margaret Pace; Diego E. B. Gomes; Rafael C. Bernardi
Deciphering molecular mechanisms stabilizing the reovirus-binding complex
Rita Dos Santos Natividade; Melanie Koehler; Priscila S. F. C. Gomes; Joshua D. Simpson; Sydni Caet Smith; Diego E. B. Gomes; Juliette de Lhoneux; Jinsung Yang; Ankita Ray; Terence S. Dermody; Rafael C. Bernardi; Kristen M. Ogden; David Alsteens
A tethered ligand assay to probe SARS-CoV-2:ACE2 interactions
Magnus S. Bauer; Sophia Gruber; Adina Hausch; Priscila S. F. C. Gomes; Lukas F. Milles; Thomas Nicolaus; Leonard C. Schendel; Pilar López Navajas; Erik Procko; Daniel Lietha; Marcelo C. R. Melo; Rafael C. Bernardi; Hermann E. Gaub; Jan Lipfert
Protein structure prediction in the era of AI: Challenges and limitations when applying to in silico force spectroscopy
Priscila S. F. C. Gomes; Diego E. B. Gomes; Rafael C. Bernardi