Project Grant 2153744
- This $221,000 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at the University of Texas at Dallas to develop a control theoretic framework for modeling protein folding and unfolding pathways. The goal is to enable accurate in silico prediction of protein conformational dynamics with applications in computer-aided drug design, nano-machine control, and treatment of protein misfolding diseases. The researchers will apply optimization-based nonlinear control methods to guide protein...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $357,033 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2026 to support research on protein manipulation and engineering using an electronic biochemical approach. The project aims to develop a single-molecule manipulation technique to study the dynamics of protein-protein interactions, which is critical for understanding the causes of diseases related to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $710,128 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (SUNY) to conduct collaborative research on the "Energy Landscapes of Designed Cold Unfolding Proteins." The research aims to enhance understanding of the distinct three-dimensional shapes that proteins can adopt at extreme cold temperatures and high...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) in the amount of $100,000 will support collaborative research to develop deep learning-based "consistency models" that can simulate protein dynamics over long time scales. The goal is to overcome the limitations of current molecular dynamics simulation methods, which are constrained by the need for tiny time steps, in order to unlock new insights into protein behavior and...
- This $500,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Northwestern University to develop de novo designed proteins as mechano-responsive junctions in protein-polymer networks. The key objectives are to: (i) synthesize and computationally simulate de novo designed proteins and their respective protein-polymer networks, and (ii) develop techniques for mechanical characterization...
- This Project Grant award of $1,500,000 from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to elucidate the design principles for de novo designed proteins as mechano-responsive junctions in protein-polymer networks. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) Development of de novo designed proteins that can be readily transformed into junctions within polymer networks. (2) Investigation of the use of de novo...
- This $795,135 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of Illinois on protein dynamics under extreme environmental conditions. The four-year award beginning June 1, 2022 will fund three related subprojects investigating how proteins adapt to enable organism survival in stressful environments like heat, pressure and dehydration. The research will study intrinsically disordered protein structure and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $420,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new high-throughput technologies for characterizing the 3-dimensional structures of proteins and RNA. Specifically, the funding will support Professor Brandon Ruotolo and his research team in expanding the capabilities of Collision Induced Unfolding (CIU) - an approach that uses...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $500,000 Project Grant titled "TOPICS IN PROTEIN AND RNA FOLDING AND DYNAMICS" to the University of Texas at Austin under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This 4-year grant will support Professor Devarajan Thirumalai's research on the computational modeling of protein and RNA interactions and dynamics. Key focus areas include developing new methods to simulate intrinsically disordered...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $637,370 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Borotto's research group at the University of Nevada, Reno. This 5-year grant, effective from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030, aims to characterize the processes driving gas-phase protein folding. The project will develop a novel laser-based technique to assess rapid protein folding pathways, which will improve capabilities to rapidly analyze...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $276,578 will fund research at the University of Michigan-Dearborn to develop a control theoretic framework for guided protein folding and unfolding pathways. The research aims to advance computationally efficient and numerically stable algorithms to accurately predict protein conformational dynamics under the NSF Engineering Directorate's CFDA 47.041 program. Key products include a non-iterative quadratic programming control scheme over hyper-ellipsoids to encode entropy-loss constraints for large-scale protein folding simulations. A variable-step-size numerical integration algorithm is expected to reduce computation time required for large force vector field calculations at each integration step. A control theoretic approach for systematically investigating protein unfolding pathways will also be developed. Ground truth data and validation will leverage all-atom molecular dynamics simulations and experimental unfolding data. Broader impacts include sonification of pathway data and engagement of undergraduate and high school students in related coursework and research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $10.0k | 3/23/23 | ||
| Not listed | $266.6k | 4/20/22 |