Jean-Francois Gibrat

Jean-Francois Gibrat is senior scientist at the French National Institute of Agriculture Research. His research focuses on the relationship between protein sequences and their 3D structure and function, and includes protein sec-ondary-structure prediction, molecular dynamics, normal mode analysis, comparison of protein 3D structures, molecular modeling, and fold recognition methods. He received his PhD in physical chemistry from the Paris 6 University. Contact him at MIG—INRA Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy en Josas Cedex, France; jean-francois.gibrat@jouy.inra.fr.