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November 2021

Our lab receives the Seed Grant from the Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC) at Tufts! This is a collaborative project with Prof. James Murphy in the Department of Mathematics at Tufts.

October 2021

Jovan Damjanovic wins the ACS COMP Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award for Graduate Students! Congratulations, Jovan!

October 2021

Our paper “Structure prediction of cyclic peptides by molecular dynamics + machine learning” is published in Chem. Sci.

September 2021

Our paper “N-amination converts amyloidogenic tau peptides into soluble antagonists of cellular seeding” with the Del Valle Lab in the Department of Chemistry at University of Notre Dame is published in ACS Chem. Neurosci.

September 2021

Our paper “CATBOSS: Cluster analysis of trajectories based on segment splitting” with the Murphy Lab at Tufts Mathematics is published in J. Chem. Inf. Model.

August 2021

Our paper “Stapled beta-hairpins using 4-mercaptoproline” with the Kritzer Lab at Tufts Chemistry is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.

May 2021

Our paper “Genetically-enco “Genetically-encoded discovery of proteolytically stable bicyclic inhibitors for morphogen NODAL” with the Derda Lab in the Department of Chemistry and the Alberta Glycomics Centre at the University of Alberta is published in Chem. Sci.

May 2021

Jovan Damjanovic is selected as a 2021 GIFT teaching fellow. Congratulations, Jovan!

March 2021

Marc Descoteaux is selected as a 2021 Summer Scholar. Congratulations, Marc!

March 2021

Our paper “Visualizing and understanding ordered surface phases during the Ullmann coupling reaction” with the Sykes Lab at Tufts Chemistry is published in J. Phys. Chem. C.

January 2021

Marc Descoteaux joins the group. Welcome, Marc!

December 2020

Our review “Elucidating solution structures of cyclic peptides using molecular dynamics simulations” is published in Chem. Rev.

December 2020

Our paper “Cyclic peptides: Backbone rigidification and capability of mimicking motifs at protein–protein interfaces” is published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

September 2020

Dr. Jennifer Mortensen joins the group. Welcome, Jennifer!

July 2020

Our lab receives the Dreyfus Program for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences & Engineering Award! This is a collaborative project with Prof. James Murphy in the Department of Mathematics at Tufts.

March 2020

Kevin Schult is named a 2020—2021 Beckman Scholar. Congratulations, Kevin!

November 2019

Stephanie Kearing joins the group. Welcome, Steph!

November 2019

Our paper “The antimalarial chloroquine reduces the burden of persistent atrial fibrillation” with the Noujaim Lab at USF is published in Front. Pharmacol.

November 2019

The YSL Lab at the Molecular Biophysics in the Northeast 2019 meeting!