Invited by Dr. Chen SONG, Dr. Xin YI delivered a wonderful CQB seminar entitled “Elasticity and shape effects on the cell-nanomaterial interaction” on May 27. Dr. Xin YI is a principal investigator from College of Engineering, Peking University, and shares common interests on membranes with us.
Prof. Yuji Sugita Visited Us
Invited by Dr. Chen SONG, Prof. Yuji SUGITA, from the Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory of RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan), visited us on May 22-24. He gave us a talk entitled “Machine Learning approach to link single-molecule FRET and MD simulations for understanding protein folding dynamics” on May 23, and had extensive discussions with us.

Dermcidin Paper Online
We studied the effect of the lipid bilayer composition on the orientation and conductance of the antimicrobial dermcidin channel. It was a collaborative project with the Sansom and de Groot group. The paper is now online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.03.033

Spring Retreat – Counter Strike
Housewarming Party
BPS Annual Meeting
Moved to new building
Visiting Victor Chang
Visiting ANU
Prof. Jie ZHENG visited us
Prof. Jie ZHENG from UC Davis visited our group on 13 Jan 2019, after the CQB annual meeting. We discussed and exchanged interesting thoughts on TRPV1 gating.