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Molecular Modeling of Biophysical Processes I - Molecular Binding and Protein Structure and Dynamics


Description:
Please describe the theme and purpose of this session.

Sponsor:
Bioengineering


Chair:
Sheldon Park
Postdoc
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: sjpark6@buffalo.edu

Co-Chair:
Yiannis Kaznessis
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
421 Washington Ave. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone Number: 612-624-4197
Fax Number: 612-626-7246
Email: yiannis@umn.edu


Papers:
Experimental and Computational Comparison of the Surface Hydrophobicity of Viruses and Model Proteins
Caryn L. Heldt, Michigan Technological University; Amna Zahid, Michigan Technological University; K. Saagar Vijayaragavan, Michigan Technological University
Ligand Modulated Conformational Landscape of G-Protein Coupled Receptors
Diwakar Shukla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Morgan Lawrenz, Stanford University; Vijay Pande, Stanford University
Sequence Specific Recognition of Cancer Drug-DNA Adducts by HMGB1a Repair Protein
Robert M. Elder, University of Colorado at Boulder; Arthi Jayaraman, University of Colorado at Boulder
Exploring the Functional Conformational Transitions in Proteins Using Atomistic Simulations and Elastic Network Models
Harish Vashisth, University of Michigan; Charles L. Brooks III, University of Michigan
Recovery of Chromosome Structural Ensembles From Contact Probabilities
Dario Meluzzi, University of California, San Diego; Gaurav Arya, University of California, San Diego
Identification of Novel Intein Inhibitors with Relevance to Tuberculosis
C. Seth Pearson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Brian Callahan, University at Albany; Georges Belfort, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Marlene Belfort, University at Albany
Predicting and Evaluating Protein Binding Motifs in the Chlorosomes of Green Sulfur Bacteria
Sándor Á. Kovács, Washington University in St. Louis; Cynthia S. Lo, Washington University in St. Louis