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Dr. Soumyo Sen
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2021-2022
Synopsis of Research: Simulations of novel avb3 inhibitors
Current Position and Affiliation: Senior Research Investigator, Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb Research & Development Center (BBRC)-Medicinal Chemistry-CADD, Bangalore, India |
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Dr. Aleksandar Spasic
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2018-2021
Synopsis of Research: Ligand binding and dynamics of beta3 integrins
Current Position and Affiliation: Computational Chemist at WuXi AppTec |
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Dr. Steven Ramsey
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2018-2021
Synopsis of Research: Structure-based drug discovery
Current Position and Affiliation: Computational Chemist at VantAI |
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Dr. João Marcelo Lamim Ribeiro
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2018-2020
Synopsis of Research: Predictions of drug dissociation kinetics from G protein-coupled receptors using machine learning
Current Position and Affiliation: Assistant Professor at St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, USA |
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Dr. Yuchen Zhou
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2018-2020
Synopsis of Research: Binding to and Allosteric Modulation of the mu-opioid receptor by kratom’s alkaloyds
Current Position and Affiliation: Staff Scientist @ Paraza Pharma Inc, Montreal, Quebec |
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Dr. Abhijeet Kapoor
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2015-2020
Synopsis of Research: Dynamic and Kinetic Elements of GPCR Functional Selectivity
Current Position and Affiliation: Bioinformatics Scientist @ National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) |
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Dr. Xiaohu Hu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2017-2019
Synopsis of Research: Thermodynamics and kinetics of monovalent and divalent cation binding to GPCRs
Current Position and Affiliation: Scientist, Schrödinger, New York |
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Dr. Derya Meral
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2015-2018
Synopsis of Research: Thermodynamics and kinetics of activation and dimerization processes of GPCRs
Current Position and Affiliation: Data Scientist at Cadent, Philadelphia, USA |
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Dr. Yi Shang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2013-2017
Synopsis of Research: Computer-aided structural studies of beta3 integrin proteins
Current Position and Affiliation: Software Engineer at Schrödinger |
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Dr. Yibo Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2016-2017
Synopsis of Research: Free energy profiles and kinetics of sodium binding to mu-opioid receptor
Current Position and Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China |
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Dr. Kristen Marino
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2015-2017
Synopsis of Research: Self-association of GPCRs
Current Position and Affiliation: Senior Scientist at LifeMine Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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Dr. Sebastian Schneider
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2013-2016
Synopsis of Research: GPCR ligand binding and kinetics.
Current Position and Affiliation: Associate Principal Scientist, Merck, Boston, MA, USA |
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Dr. Diego Prada-Gracia
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2015-2016
Synopsis of Research: Markov state models analysis of GPCR oligomerization.
Current Position and Affiliation: Investigador en Ciencias Médicas; Unidad de Biología Computacional y Diseño de Fármacos; Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez; México City, México. |
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Dr. Paola Bisignano
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2014-2015
Synopsis of Research: Virtual screening and ligand-based drug discovery
Current Position and Affiliation: Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA |
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Dr. Jennifer M. Johnston
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2009-2014
Synopsis of Research: Investigating enhanced sampling algorithms for GPCR oligomerization.
Current Position and Affiliation: Director, Modeling and Informatics at Merck, New Jersey, USA |
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Dr. Ana Negri
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2009-2013
Synopsis of Research: Computational studies of integrin alphaIIbbeta3.
Current Position and Affiliation: Principal Scientist, Drug Discovery Group, Schrödinger, New York, USA |
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Dr. Mustafa Burak Boz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2012-2013
Synopsis of Research: Self-association of opioid receptors.
Current Position and Affiliations: Senior Intellectual Property Specialist at Hayat Kimya, Turkey |
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Dr. Anna Ivanova
Associate Scientist
Period in the Lab: Summer 2012
Synopsis of Research: GPCR-OKB curation |
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Dr. Ernesto Borrero
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2011-2012
Synopsis of Research: Self-association of GPCRs in flat and vesicle membranes
Current Position and Affiliation: MD Student, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. |
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Dr. Guido Scarabelli
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2011- 2012
Synopsis of Research: Conformational sampling of peptides using adaptive biasing methods
Current Position and Affiliation: Senior Scientist, Schrödinger, Boston, MA |
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Dr. Hao Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2009- 2011
Synopsis of Research: Free-energy calculations of the amyloid precursor protein transmembrane domain.
Current Position and Affiliation: Senior Scientist at Boyalife Wuxi, China |
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Dr. Zheng Li
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2010- 2011
Synopsis of Research: Study of the interaction between 2AR and mGluR2.
Current Position and Affiliation: Postdoctoral Associate, Weill Medical College of Cornell University |
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Dr. Neville Yimnai Forlemu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2009- 2010
Synopsis of Research: Structural Study of the Serotonin-Metabotropic Receptor Complex.
Current Position and Affiliation: Associate Professor at Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, GA |
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Dr. Andrea Bortolato
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2007- 2009
Synopsis of Research: Prediction of Opioid Receptor Dimer Conformation.
Current Position and Affiliation: Principal Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb, New Jersey, USA |
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Dr. Marta Murcia
Instructor
Period in the Lab: 2005-2008
Synopsis of Research: Computational studies of integrin alphaIIbbeta3.
Current Position and Affiliation: Director, Strategic Alliances at Blueprint Medicines, New York, NY |
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Dr. Debashree Bandyopadhyay
Postdoctoral Fellow
Period in the Lab: 2007-2008
Synopsis of Research: Prediction of loop structures of GPCRs.
Current Position and Affiliation: Associate Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India |
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS |
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Sarah Maskri
Visiting PhD Student
Period in the lab: Fall 2021
Synopsis of Research: Targeting ACE2-RBD interface formed by SARS-Cov-2
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Levon Rodriguez
Rotation PhD Student
Period in the lab: Fall 2021
Synopsis of Research: Design of selective mitragynine derivatives
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Stephanie Christie
Graduate Student
Period in the Lab: 2016- 2020
Dissertation Title: Inhibiting the SOX11 Transcription Factor in Mantle Cell Lymphoma |