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Research Overview
The focus of our research group is to develop and utilize computational and experimental techniques
to solve problems in structural biophysics.
Current areas of investigation include:
- Determination of residue-specific binding interactions between antimicrobial peptides and viral proteins, micelles, and ion channels using protein-protein docking, longscale MD simulations, DSC, SPR, and isotope enhanced FTIR
- Reactive biomolecular force field development
- Mixed QM/MM simulations of membrane protein-lipid interactions
- MD simulations of non-adiabatic chemical processes using time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT)
Undergraduate and graduate students in the group have the opportunity to work on stimulating projects within a collaborative team environment while expanding their knowledge base of structural biology, biochemistry, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, advanced mathematics, and computer programming/computational biology. Additionally, students are encouraged to hone their oral presentation and technical writing skills by presenting the results of their research at major scientific conferences prior to publication. We maintain active collaborations with experimental biophysicists, synthetic chemists, and cell biologists at Caltech, UCLA and UCF, and earnestly invite correspondence to discuss projects of mutual interest.
Copyright 2009, S.M. Dutz, The Sharma Group Please
note that any views or opinions
presented on this web site are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent those of the University.
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