Mauro takes an independent research fellow posisiton in the department of physics at Georgetown University, starting on April 1, 2022. Congratulations and best of luck to Mauro!
Guang Shi's paper reporting a rigorous method to get 3D structures for Chromosomes from Hi-C data (a great paper!) has been accepted for publication in Physical Review X.
The citation reads, "Professor Thirumalai has been a pioneer in advancing our understanding of biomolecular actions, particularly protein and RNA folding, and the basis for how molecular motors convert energy to motion. Professor Thirumalai, one of the top theorists in delineating the principles of protein and RNA folding, is unique in driving and interpreting experiments, and collaborating with experimentalist colleagues. He was the first to quantify the heterogeneity and bumpiness of protein folding landscapes, through the definition of a glass temperature and its ratio with the folding Read more about Dave Thirumalai was awarded the Hand Neurath award by the Protein Society in 2019
Naoto Hori has accepted a Nottingham Research Fellow position in the School of Pharmacy at Nottingham University in the United Kingdom starting March 2020.
A chemist at the University of Texas at Austin has been awarded the top prize for chemical physics, given biennially by the American Physical Society. Devarajan Thirumalai received the Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics for his groundbreaking work in developing "analytical and computational approaches to soft-matter systems" and applying these approaches to "the transitional behavior of supercooled fluids and glasses, folding dynamics
For years, scientists have looked at human chromosomes, and the DNA they carried, poring over the genetic code that makes up every cell for clues about everything from our eye color to congenital diseases. In a new study, however, scientists have demonstrated the movement of chromosomes within cells also may play a role in human traits and health.
