Physics of Proteins IV: Ligand Binding & Protein-Protein Interactions

Presentations

• Orthogonal space sampling of protein functional dynamics

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Wei Yang

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Wei Yang

    • Florida State University

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• Dynamin Optimizes Protein-Membrane Interactions for Fission

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Russell Spencer

    • University of Göttingen

  Authors

  • Russell Spencer

    • University of Göttingen

  • Marcus Müller

    • University of Gottingen

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• Biophysical Priors Enhance Protein–Protein Binding ΔΔG Prediction

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Dianzhuo Wang

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Dianzhuo Wang

    • Harvard University

  • Jonathan Feldman

  • Antoine Maechler

  • Eugene Shakhnovich

    • Harvard University

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• Macromolecular structure modeling for cryo-EM using deep learning

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Daisuke Kihara

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Daisuke Kihara

    • Purdue University

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• Mechanistic Insights into Substrate Selectivity and Binding Routes to Laccase for Efficient Wastewater Treatment

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Publication: 1. Biswas, A. and Radhakrishna, M., 2025. Exploring Catechol Binding to Laccase with Insights into Enzyme Dynamics for Biosensing Applications. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 129(15), pp.3761-3775.
  2. Biswas, A. and Radhakrishna, M. Mechanistic insights into substrate selectivity and binding routes to laccase for efficient wastewater treatment (under preparation).

  Presenters

  • Anushka Biswas

    • Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar

  Authors

  • Anushka Biswas

    • Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar

  • Mithun Radhakrishna

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• Analysis of P12 Binding Behavior at the N-Terminal of αC Domain and Central E Domain of Fibrinogen Structure

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Katelyn Deng

    • Connecting Waters Charter School East Bay

  Authors

  • Katelyn Deng

    • Connecting Waters Charter School East Bay

  • Audrey Huang

    • Woodbridge High School

  • Nabila Jaman Tripti

  • Bernard Essuman

  • Yuefan Deng

  • Miriam Rafailovich

    • Stonybook University

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• Evaluating The Global Performace of Protein-Ligand Docking Prediction

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Andres Cordoba

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Andres Cordoba

    • Yale University

  • Naomi Brandt

    • Yale University

  • Jake Sumner

  • Corey O'Hern

    • Yale University

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• Discovering protein-binding peptides via in silico screening: From methodology to application

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Publication: Xu et al. In silico screening of protein-binding peptides with an application to developing peptide inhibitors against antibiotic resistance. PNAS Nexus, 2024, 3, pgae541. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae541

  Presenters

  • Xiaoqin Zou

    • University of Missouri

  Authors

  • Xu Xianjin

  • Wei-Ling Kao

  • Fabio Gallazzi

  • Hongmin Sun

  • Xiao Heng

  • Xiaoqin Zou

    • University of Missouri

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