Dong presented his work: A Dynamic Mechanically Stabilized Membrane Reservoir Mediates Fast Endocytosis at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2023 held by the Biophysical Society (BPS).
Cristina presented her work: Synaptotagmin is not only a Calcium Sensor, but also Exerts Entropic Forces that Drive Membrane Fusion at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2023 held by the Biophysical Society (BPS).
Cristina was also invited as one of the co-chairs of the platform: Exocytosis and Endocytosis.
Congratulations Dong and Cristina!
Rui developed a mathematical model to understand how exocytosis is driven and regulated by biophysical forces. He also used molecular dynamics simulations to investigate how the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusion intermediate captures the host cell membrane.
Congratulations Rui!
Tianyi presented her work: Contractile Actomyosin Cables and Pulling Forces from Adjacent Tissue Cooperate to Drive Drosophila Germ-band Extension at the Cell Bio 2022 conference held by the American society of Cell Biology (ASCB).
Congratulations, Tianyi!
Dong An and Hongkang Zhu present Microsymposium talks at the annual ASCB meeting, Washington DC.
Congratulations, Dong and Hongkang!
Ioana-Cristina Butu has joined our group as a PhD researcher.
Welcome, Cristina!
Hongkang presented his work on the physical mechanisms of Drosophila gastrulation in the Emerging Researcher Seminar Series held by the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB).
Congratulations, Hongkang!
Zeeshan Khan has joined our group as a REU undergraduate researcher.
Welcome, Zeeshan!
Stephanie Morales has joined our group as an undergraduate researcher.
Welcome, Stephanie!
Ioana-Cristina Butu has joined our group as a MS researcher.
Welcome, Cristina!
Chelsea Mikal joined the O’Shaughnessy group this summer and worked on computational modeling of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as her summer project. She made a video to present the project https://vimeo.com/586723204.
Microsoft Azure will continue supporting the O’Shaughnessy group with high-performance computing resources till May 31st 2022. This is a continuation of the award from the COVID-19 HPC Consortium for investigating the mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry mediated by the spike protein.
Yamini Ananth has joined our group as an undergraduate researcher.
Welcome, Yamini!
In the O'Shaughnessy and Simunovic research groups a team of undergrad and MS students used modeling tools and designed organoid experiments to study the SARS CoV-2 virus.