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Protein Structure and Dynamics · Molecular Biology

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h-index68
i10-index236
Publications513
Citations23,715

Grants

8 total · 3 active

NSF #2602473

Collaborative Research: FET: Towards protein folding dynamics - pioneering computational directions for predicting 3D structures of intermediates along a protein folding pathway

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2026-07-15 → 2029-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

NSF #2343612

FET: Small: Deep transformers for inferring gene regulatory networks from omics data

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2024-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

NSF #2308699

Deep transformers for integrating protein sequence, structure and interaction data to predict function

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

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All Grants

8 total · 3 active

NSF #2602473

Collaborative Research: FET: Towards protein folding dynamics - pioneering computational directions for predicting 3D structures of intermediates along a protein folding pathway

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2026-07-15 → 2029-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

NSF #2343612

FET: Small: Deep transformers for inferring gene regulatory networks from omics data

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2024-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

NSF #2308699

Deep transformers for integrating protein sequence, structure and interaction data to predict function

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

NIH #R01GM146340

Deep learning methods for automated and accurate reconstruction of protein structures from cryo-EM image data

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2022-09-20 → 2026-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA

NIH #R01GM093123

Distance-based ab initio protein structure prediction

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2010-06-01 → 2024-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA

NSF #1759934

ABI Innovation: Deep learning methods for protein bioinformatics

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2018-07-01 → 2023-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

NSF #1763246

III: Medium: Collaborative Research: Guiding Exploration of Protein Structure Spaces with Deep Learning

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2018-07-01 → 2023-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

NSF #1149224

CAREER: Analysis, Construction and Visualization of 3D Genome Structures

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2012-06-01 → 2019-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Missouri-Columbia

Recent Public Signals

  1. New NSF award: Collaborative Research: FET: Towards protein folding dynamics - pioneering computational directions for predicting 3D structures of intermediates along a protein folding pathway2026-07-15
  2. New paper: GRNFormer: accurate gene regulatory network inference using graph transformer (Bioinformatics)2026-03-23
  3. New preprint: ETSAM: Effectively Segmenting Cell Membranes in cryo-Electron Tomograms2025-11-26

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  • Publications as of 2026-07-09
  • Grants as of 2026-09-03

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