Dr. Francisco Torrens

University of Valencia, Spain

Email: Francisco.Torrens@uv.es

Qualifications

1990 Ph.D., Universitat de València

1987 M.Sc., Universitat de València

1984 B.Sc., Universitat de València

Publications (selected)

1. M. Rivera-Borroto, Y. Marrero-Ponce, A. Meneses-Marcel, J. A. Escario, A. Gómez Barrio, V. J. Arán, M. A. Martins Alho, D. Montero Pereira, J. J. Nogal, F. Torrens, F. Ibarra-Velarde, Y. Vera Montenegro, A. Huesca-Guillén, N. Rivera and C. Vogel, Discovery of novel trichomonacidals using LDA-driven QSAR models and bond-based bilinear indices as molecular descriptors, QSAR Comb. Sci., 28, 9-26 (2009).
2. J. A. Castillo-Garit, Y. Marrero-Ponce, F. Torrens, R. García-Domenech and J. E. Rodríguez-Borges, Applications of bond-based 3D-chiral quadratic indices in QSAR studies related to central chirality codification, QSAR Comb. Sci., 28, 1465-1477 (2009).
3. F. Torrens and G. Castellano, Resonance in interacting induced-dipole polarizing force fields: Application to force-field derivatives, Algorithms, 2, 437-447 (2009).
4. F. Torrens, G. Castellano, A. Campos and C. Abad, Binding of water-soluble, globular proteins to anionic model membranes, J. Mol. Struct., 924-926, 274-284 (2009).
5. Y. Marrero-Ponce, S. E. Ortega-Broche, Y. Echeverría Díaz, Y. J. Alvarado, N. Cubillan, G. Casas Cardoso, F. Torrens and F. Pérez-Giménez, Nucleotide’s bilinear indices: Novel bio‑macromolecular descriptors for bioinformatics studies of nucleic acids. I. Prediction of paromomycin’s affinity constant with ‑RNA packaging regionYHIV‑1 , J. Theor. Biol., 259, 229-241 (2009).
6. L. M. León, M. Laza, V. Puchol, F. Torrens, C. Abad and A. Campos, Dynamic mechanical measurements of epoxy matrix-silica nanocomposites II, Polym. Polym. Compos., 17, 313-324 (2009).
7. F. Torrens and G. Castellano, Comparative analysis of the electrostatics of the binding of cationic proteins to vesicles: Asymmetric location of anionic phospholipids, Anal. Chim. Acta, 654, 2-10 (2009).
8. L. M. León, J. M. Laza, F. Torrens, V. Puchol, C. Abad and A. Campos, Incorporation of silica nanospherical particles in epoxy–amine crosslinked materials II. Dynamic mechanical measurements of epoxy matrix-silica nanocomposites, Polym. Polym. Compos., 17, 397-406 (2009).
9. F. Torrens and G. Castellano, Topological charge-transfer indices: From small molecules to proteins, Curr. Proteomics, 6, 204-213 (2009).
10. F. Torrens and G. Castellano, Periodic classification of human immunodeficiency virus inhibitors, in: Biomedical Data and Applications, Eds. A. S. Sidhu, T. Dillon and M. Bellgard, Stud. Comput. Intelligence No. 224, Springer, Berlin, 2009, pp. 1-65.
11. F. Torrens and G. Castellano, Classification of complex molecules, in: Foundations of Computational Intelligence Vol. 5, Eds. A.‑E. Hassanien and A. Abraham, Stud. Comput. Intelligence No. 205, Springer, Berlin, 2009, pp. 243-315.