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Biological molecules as protectors against cellular damage caused by environmental extremes: The role of protectant-water interactions
Measuring, modelling, and dissecting the cellular mechanical response
Polymersome and worm-like micelle formulations for targetable drug and oligonucleotide delivery
Single molecule study on lipid vesicles and proteins by confocal microscopy
Soft matter systems simulated by molecular methods
The effects of disruption of cytoskeleton polymers on the rheological properties of cultured mammalian cells in the cortical and perinuclear regions
Studies of intermolecular and intramolecular coupling using dual frequency 2D IR photon echo spectroscopy
Interfacial characteristics of a gas bubble immersed in a surfactant and protein laden fluid: Experimentation and modeling
Structural and functional studies on the retinoblastoma and p300/CBP tumor suppressor proteins and their regulation by viral oncoproteins
Sketching nature's energy function: Designing helices that target transmembrane proteins and creating software for further design
Nanoscale particle binding in silico: HIV docking and multivalent recruitment under flow
De novo design and characterization of a family of metalloporphyrin proteins: The porphyrin assemblers
Diversity in molecular recognition of phospholipids by PH domains: An examination of three unusual PH domain-phospholipid interactions
Understanding the folding mechanisms of small model proteins
Controlling the morphology of F-actin cytoskeleton: A simulation study
Lipid organization in biomimetic model systems - oligomerization, domain formation, and diffusivity
Spectroscopic studies of the early events in membrane-mediated and cofactor-induced protein folding kinetics
Structural and biochemical studies of site-specific recombinases
Studies of synthetic protein models designed for biomolecular materials applications and model ion channels via molecular dynamics simulations
Molecular recognition and catalysis in sortase A from Staphylococcus aureus
Pellino proteins contain a non-canonical FHA domain that mediates the interaction with IRAK1
The regional cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption with proton detected 17O MRI during precision 17O2 inhalation
Cross-talk between bacterial two-component circuits
Rational design and characterization of beta-peptides, a non-natural peptidomimetic scaffold
Rotating frame magnetic resonance imaging techniques
Modeling the bioenergetics of protein-mediated membrane deformation
Probabilistic computational protein design: Advances in methodology and the incorporation of non-biological molecular components
Single-molecule biophysical assays with electrokinetics
Structure and mechanics of proteins from single molecules to cells
Optimization of multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, for resolution and sensitivity, through application of radial sampling
Shortest geometric paths analysis in structural biology
Structural studies of large integral membrane proteins in reverse micelles by solution nuclear magnetic resonance
Spectroscopic and x-ray scattering studies of the interaction of a volatile general anesthetic with ion channel proteins
A new approach to understanding biological control of quinone electrochemistry
New fluorescence methods for protein folding and conformational studies
Deconvoluting the engineering and assembly instructions for Complex III activity
A new approach to understanding biological control of quinone electrochemistry
Interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic cues in cell-fate decisions
Single Molecule Studies of Myosin-Ib
Structure-based mechanism of proton transport through the influenza A M2 protein
Structure-based design of inhibitors targeting influenza A virus M2 proton channel (A/M2)
A study of molecular adsorption and transport at cell membrane and biologically relevant surfaces by Second Harmonic Generation
Single molecule investigations of DNA looping using the tethered particle method and translocation by acto-myosin using polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy
Using structural bioinformatics to model and design membrane proteins
On the nature of the hydrogen bond and biomolecular solvation
Identification of cell migratory cues by control of microenvironmental adhesion
Folding and Assembly of Cytoskeletal Proteins Under Force - From Single Molecule Studies of Dystrophin to Studies of Intact Cells
Examining the coupling of the mechanical and chemical functions of myosin family members using single molecule and bulk solution techniques
Indirect detection of axonal architecture with Q-space imaging
Unveiling the Molecular Mechanisms Regulating the Activation of the ErbB Family Receptors at Atomic Resolution through Molecular Modeling and Simulations
Diffusionless transformations in DNA-mediated alloys of nano-colloids
Structural and biochemical studies of the SMN oligomerization domain: A novel glycine zipper
Protein design and material design at the nano-bio interface
Structural studies of acetylpolyamine amidohydrolase
Entropic elasticity of polymers and their networks
On the folding and conformation of peptides and the development of novel methods for their study
Interplay of ethanol and cholesterol in the neutrophil membrane: Effects on membrane and cell mechanics and neutrophil adhesion
The structural proteomics of S-nitrosylation: From global identification to elucidating protein function through structural bioinformatics
Single-molecule diffusion as a probe of the structure and function of biological systems
Inhaled Oxygen as a Quantitative Intravascular MRI Contrast Agent
Engineering an artificial, multifunctional oxidoreductase protein maquette
The integrin equilibrium: Balancing protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions
Probing DNA-induced colloidal interactions and dynamics with scanning-line optical tweezers
Protein hydrogen exchange, dynamics, and function
Efficient neural population codes
Using structural bioinformatics to understand and design protein structures and interactions
The induction, decay and diffusion of a bacterial tetracycline efflux pump
PHoQ: Structural and mechanistic investigations into an important bacterial sensor kinase
Matrix elasticity drives cytoskeletal polarization and guides stem cell migration
Endothelial cell assembly, migration, and force generation in engineered microenvironments