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Protein Structure and Dynamics · Molecular Biology

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h-index71
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Publications209
Citations28,555

Grants

17 total · 4 active

NIH #DP1EB038939

De novo design and engineering of biological error correction

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2025-08-15 → 2030-07-31
PIs
1

NIH #T32GM149436

Molecular Biophysics Training Grant

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2023-07-01 → 2028-06-30
PIs
1

NSF #2419698

Synthetic membrane signaling systems built from de novo protein components

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2024-08-01 → 2027-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

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All Grants

17 total · 4 active

NIH #DP1EB038939

De novo design and engineering of biological error correction

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2025-08-15 → 2030-07-31
PIs
1

NIH #T32GM149436

Molecular Biophysics Training Grant

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2023-07-01 → 2028-06-30
PIs
1

NSF #2419698

Synthetic membrane signaling systems built from de novo protein components

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2024-08-01 → 2027-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

NIH #R35GM145236

Computational design of proteins and protein functions

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2022-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
1

NIH #T32GM008284

Molecular Biophysics Training Grant

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
1988-09-30 → 2023-08-31
PIs
1

NIH #R01GM110089

Computational design of new protein structures and interactions

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2015-05-01 → 2023-04-30
PIs
1

NSF #1615990

Quantifying molecular and cellular constraints on protein function through in vivo fitness assays and computational protein design

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2016-08-01 → 2021-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

NSF #1564692

ABI Innovation: Robotics-inspired modeling & design of proteins

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2016-04-15 → 2020-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

NIH #R01GM117189

Discovery of Protein Network Function

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2016-01-01 → 2019-12-31
PIs
1

NIH #R21EB021453

Computational design of Cas9-based molecular imaging reagents

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-05-10 → 2018-02-28
PIs
2

NSF #1262182

ABI Innovation: Robotics-inspired modeling and design of proteins

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2013-04-01 → 2016-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

NIH #R01GM098101

Integrating computation and genetics to quantify specificity in protein networks

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2011-08-01 → 2015-05-31
PIs
2

NSF #1134127

Design and engineering of light-controlled cadherin

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2011-09-01 → 2014-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

NSF #0744541

CAREER: A Computational Design Approach for Predicting and Reengineering Plasticity and Selectivity in Protein-protein Interfaces

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2008-03-01 → 2014-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

NSF #0849400

RosettaInterface : Advanced Methods and Resources for Characterization and Redesign of Protein-Protein Interactions

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2009-08-01 → 2013-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-San Francisco

NIH #R21EB013389

Computational design of protein-based modular small-molecule biosensors

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2011-04-01 → 2013-03-31
PIs
1

NIH #P41RR001081

PREDICTION AND DESIGN OF PROTEIN INTERACTION SPECIFICITY

Amount
<$100K
Period
2007-08-13 → 2008-06-30
PIs
1

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Abstract 6807 AI-guided design of de novo proteins: From new structures to programmable molecular and cellular functions (Journal of Biological Chemistry)2026-05-01
  2. New preprint: A Hybrid Physics-Deep Learning Framework for Combinatorial De Novo Design of Small-Molecule Binding Proteins2026-04-15
  3. New NIH award: De novo design and engineering of biological error correction2025-08-15

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ORCID: 0000-0002-8494-680X

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