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2024

• Mar14: New study on RNA chemical modifications accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem. B (see Publications)

• Mar8: New study on allosteric inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinases accepted for publication in journal Proteins (see Publications)

• Feb26: New study on nanobody based targeting of viral enzymes accepted for publication in journal J. Chem. Inf. Model. (see Publications)

• Feb13: New study on mitochondrial membrane targeting peptides accepted for publication in journal Bioconjugate Chem. (see Publications)

• Feb5: Brunno Rocha successfully defended his doctoral dissertation work on self-assembling biomaterials--Congratulations, Brunno!

• Jan23: Teddy Amissah joins group as a new graduate student--Welcome, Teddy!

• Jan16: Brunno Rocha begins Computational Immunology Co-op at Moderna, Inc., Boston, MA--Congratulations, Brunno!

2023

• Nov21: New study on HIV-1 RNA molecules accepted for publication in journal RNA Biol. (see Publications)

• Nov12: Dr. Shubhandra Tripathi joins Aganitha AI, an in silico drug discovery company (info) 

• Oct30: Borna Fardsadegh joins group as a new graduate student--Welcome, Borna!

• Sep8: Harish awarded university-wide Carpenter Professorship, recognizing outstanding teaching, service, and research

• Aug31: New study on self-assembly in mixtures of colloidal particles accepted for publication in journal J. Chem. Theory Comput. (see Publications)

• Aug21: Our work on protein dynamics and inhibitor binding featured on journal cover (info)

• Aug13-18: Remya presented colloidal self-assembly work at Gordon Research Conference on Soft Condensed Matter Physics, New London, NH

• Jul16-21: Harish presented work on biomolecular inhibitors at Gordon Research Conference on Computer Aided Drug Design, West Dover, VT

• Jul7: New study on ligand discrimination by riboswitches accepted for publication in journal J. Chem. Inf. Model. (see Publications)

• Jun29: New study on the influence of inhibitors on protein dynamics accepted for publication in journal Protein Sci. (see Publications)

• Jun14-17: Lev, Saikat, Shubhandra, and Son present work at NERM 2023, Boston, MA (info)

• May10: Brunno, Jyoti, and Lev win poster presentation awards at 2023 UNH Bioengineering Symposium--Congratulations!

• Apr14: Charlotte Thomas wins 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)--Congratulations, Charlotte!

• Apr12: Brunno presents colloidal self-assembly work at 2023 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring meeting, San Francisco, CA 

• Mar30: Brunno participates in UNH 3 minute (3MT) Thesis Competition!

• Feb21: Brunno Rocha awarded Dissertation Year Fellowship--Congratulations, Brunno!

• Feb18-22: Amit and Shubhandra present their work at 2023 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

• Jan18: New study on viral-RNA/Zinc-finger protein interaction accepted for publication in journal J. Chem. Inf. Model. (see Publications)

• Jan17: New study on self-assembly in lobed patchy colloids accepted for publication in journal ACS App. Bio Mater. (see Publications)

2022

• Dec21: Harish presents a seminar talk in Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

• Dec19: Harish attends CompFlu2022, 16th annual conference on complex fluids, organized by IIT-KGP in Kolkata, India

• Nov15: Brunno presented work on colloidal self-assembly at 2022 AIChE meeting, Phoenix, AZ

• Oct10: Our work on discovery of an inhibitor for a SARS-Cov-2 enzyme highlighted on journal cover (info) 

• Oct6: Amanda Bozzi joins group as an NSF-REU researcher--Welcome, Amanda!

• Oct3: Dr. Jyoti Verma joins group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome, Jyoti!

• Sep12: Charlotte Thomas joins group as an NSF-REU researcher--Welcome, Charlotte!

• Aug31: A study on detection of neurotransmitters by metal-organic-frameworks accepted for publication in journal ACS Nano (see Publications)

• Aug22: Amit and Biswajit present their work on peptide/RNA and peptide/receptor interactions at ACS Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL

• Aug22: Harish promoted to Professor of Chemical Engineering

• Aug9: Our work on viral insulin-like peptides (VILPs) accepted for publication in journal Proteins (see Publications)

• Jul18-22: Led by graduate student Brunno Rocha, we offered a week-long Molecular Visualization Summer Camp (info)

• Jul1: Our group awarded collaborative internal funding through UNH CoRE program to study hub activity in proteins (info)

• Jun29: RNA/peptide recognition work accepted for publication in J. Chem. Inf. Model. (see Publications)

• Jun22: Our work on SARS-CoV2 enzyme inhibitor highlighted in several news outlets (UNH-NEWSROOM) (UNHTODAY) (NEWSBREAK) (NEWSWISE) (EUREKALERT!) (MEDICAL-PRESS)

• Jun17: Work on self-assembly in mixtures of lobed colloidal particles accepted for publication in journal Front. Phys. (see Publications)

• Jun9: Dr. Amit Kumar wins NSCRC Outstanding Poster Award sponsored by Strem Chemicals--Congratulations, Amit!

• Jun6: Dr. Remya Ann Mathews Kalapurakal joins group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Remya!

• May31: Dr. Ana Dreab joins group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Ana!

• May10: Work reporting inhibitory approaches for a key SARS-Cov-2 enzyme accepted for publication in journal Proteins (see Publications)

• Apr29: Son awarded Gail J. Lambert-Edwards Memorial Fellowship from UNH Chemistry--Congratulations, Son!

• Apr28: A manuscript on simulation studies of hormone insulin accepted for publication in journal Front. Endocrinol. (see Publications)

• Apr23: Amit presents his work on RNA/peptide recognition at Virtual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference

• Apr22: Brunno Rocha successfully finishes his PhD candidacy exam--Congratulations, Brunno!

• Apr21: Son Nguyen successfully finishes her PhD prelim progress exam--Congratulations, Son!

• Apr11: Brunno presents his self-assembly work at UNH Graduate Research Conference, Durham, NH

• Apr2: Amit and Biswajit present their work on nucleic acids and peptides at Annual Meeting of the NIH Center for Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research (CIBBR), Concord, NH

• Mar22: Brunno presents his self-assembly work at ACS Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA

• Mar16: Brunno awarded Summer Teaching Assistant Fellowship (STAF) from UNH Graduate School--Congratulations, Brunno! 

• Feb20: Brunno presents his self-assembly work at ACS Polymer Colloids Workshop, San Diego, CA (info)

• Feb19-23: Amit and Biswajit's work presented at 66th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA

• Feb4: Our work on cone-snail peptides highlighted on journal cover (info)

2021

• Dec18: Harish presents a talk on RNA conformational dynamics and interactions at 2021 virtual Indo-US RARE conference

• Dec15-18: Biswajit and Amit present their work at 2021 virtual Indo-US RARE conference (info) 

• Nov18: Our published work on cone snail insulin-like peptides highlighted in NHPR and several news outlets (NHPR) (UNH-TODAY) (SCIENCE-DAILY) (TECHNOLOGY-NETWORKS) (CONWAY-DAILY) (THE-FREE-PRESS-JOURNAL)

• Nov16: Our article on viral RNA/protein interactions highlighted on Biophysical Journal's cover (info) 

• Oct14: A manuscript on binding of designer proteins to viral RNA molecules accepted for publication in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (see Publications) 

• Oct12: A manuscript on venomous insulin-like peptides accepted for publication in journal Proteins (see Publications)

• Oct11: Dr. Shubhandra Tripathi from IIT, Kanpur joins our group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Shubhandra!

• Oct6: A manuscript on recognition of peptides by viral RNA molecules accepted for publication in Biophys. J. (see Publications) 

• Oct4: A manuscript on water dynamics in artificial channels accepted for publication in journal Front. Chem. (see Publications) 

• Sep30: A manuscript on self-assembly in a mixture of lobed patchy particles accepted for publication in journal Front. Phys. (see Publications) 

• Sep15: Dr. Saikat Pal from IIT, Guwahati joins our group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Saikat!

• Jun1: Jackie Desrosiers joins group as a summer undergraduate researcher--Welcome!

• May19: Our article on viral RNA dynamics in journal Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. highlighted on journal cover (info) 

• Apr28: Maria Seneres, McNair Scholar, presented her undergraduate research work on peptide self-assembly at UNH URC

• Apr24: A manuscript on lobed-particle designs for porous self assemblies accepted for publication in JOM (see Publications) 

• Apr22: A manuscript on transport in light-driven ion pumps accepted for publication in BBA-Biomembranes (see Publications) 

• Apr15: Lev Levintov successfully defended his PhD thesis work on dynamics and interactions in nucleic acids--Congratulations, Lev! 

• Mar31: A manuscript on conformational dynamics in viral RNA molecules accepted for publication in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  (see Publications) 

• Mar30: Our published work on signaling pathways for allosteric drugs highlighted in a UNH news story (UNH-TODAY)  (see Publications) 

• Mar7: A manuscript on self assembly of lobed patchy particles accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem. B (see Publications) 

• Feb8: Dr. Arpita Srivastava from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Arpita!

• Feb5: A manuscript on base flipping in RNA molecules accepted for publication in J. Chem. Theory Comput. (see Publications) 

• Jan6: Dr. Amit Kumar from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Amit!

2020

• Dec17: Our work on viral RNA/inhibitor interactions highlighted by US Supercomputing Centers (XSEDE) (SDSC) (UCSD)

• Dec14: A manuscript on allosteric pathways in signaling proteins accepted for publication in Biophys. J. (see Publications) 

• Nov11: Our collaborative work on phosphodiesterase enzymes highlighted in a UNH news story (UNH-TODAY) (see Publications) 

• Nov10: Yong Liu successfully defended his PhD thesis on studies of small molecule transport and binding--Congratulations! 

• Nov1: Dr. Biswajit Gorai from Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Biswajit!

• Sep15: Harish wins NIH Outstanding Investigator (MIRA) Award (UNH-TODAY) (UNH-NEWSROOM) (UNION-LEADER) (NHBR) (SEACOASTONLINE)

• Aug31: A manuscript on allosteric communication in phosphodiesterase enzymes accepted for publication in journal J. Mol. Biol. (see Publications) 

• Aug18: A manuscript on self-assembly of patchy particles accepted for publication in journal Soft Matter (see Publications) 

• Aug5: A manuscript on the role of entropy in colloidal self-assembly accepted for publication in journal Entropy (see Publications)

• Jun18: A manuscript on ligand recognition in RNA accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (see Publications) (UNH-NEWS) (UNH-TODAY) (EUREKA-ALERT) (NEWS-WISE) (FOSTERS.COM) (SEACOASTONLINE) (GRANITE-GEEK) (NEWS-MED-LIFESCI)

• May18: Maria Seneres joins lab as a McNair Scholar--Welcome!

• May18: John Moynihan joins lab as a summer undergraduate/REU researcher--Welcome!

• May18: Jacob Andrzejczyk joins lab as a PhD student--Welcome!

• May12: Our group awarded collaborative internal funding through UNH CoRE program to study COVID-19 related proteins (info)

• Mar2: A manuscript on DNA-templated nanoassemblies accepted for publication in journal Chemistry of Materials (see Publications) 

• Feb5: Our article in journal Soft Matter highlighted on journal cover (info) 

• Jan21: John Moynihan and Patrick Lawton join lab as undergraduate researchers--Welcome!

• Jan17: Yong and Harish present work on protein/inhibitor interactions at the Annual Meeting of the NIH Center for Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research (CIBBR) at UNH

2019 

• Dec16: Harish presents an invited talk at the ACS POLY Division's Next Generation Smart Materials workshop (info)

• Dec2: A manuscript on self-assembly of lobed particles accepted for publication in journal Soft Matter (see Publications) 

• Nov10-15: Lev and Yong presented their work at 2019 AIChE meeting, Orlando, FL

• Nov9: Sanjib, Lev, and Yong presented posters at Molecular Biophysics Symposium at Northeastern University, Boston, MA (info)

• Oct27-30: Sanjib presented his work on porous self-assembly at 26th NSF EPSCoR National Conference, Columbia, SC (info)

• Oct24: Our article in journal Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. highlighted on journal cover (info) 

• Oct11: Harish presented a seminar talk in Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, MA

• Sep14: A manuscript relating protein dynamics to inhibitor potency accepted for publication in journal Mol. Pharmacol. (see Publications)

• Sep10: NIH Center for Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research (CIBBR) at UNH awarded a pilot research project grant to our group for studies of protein/inhibitor interactions

• Aug28: Mohammadjavad Mohammadi (Ph.D. 2019) joins Drexel University as a postdoctoral researcher--Congratulations!

• Aug19: Brunno Carvalho Rocha joins group as a new PhD student--Welcome!

• Aug19: Harish promoted to Associate Professor with tenure

• Aug16: Harish presents an invited talk at the 2019 Northeast Regional IDeA Conference (NERIC) (info)

• Aug15: A manuscript on artificial water channels accepted for publication in journal Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (see Publications)

• Aug2: Jacob presents his summer research work on machine learning methods at summer undergraduate research symposium

• Jun11-12: Harish serves as a reviewer on the Molecular and Integrative Signal Transduction (MIST) NIH study section

• Jun9: A manuscript on advanced simulation methods for studying rare events accepted for publication in journal Molecular Simulation (see Publications)

• Jun3: Jacob Andrzejczyk joins lab as a summer undergraduate/REU researcher--Welcome!

• May18: Mohammadjavad Mohammadi (PhD 2019) and Michelle Chen (BS 2019) graduate--Congratulations!

• May14: Harish appointed as a faculty of the Integrated Applied Mathematics (IAM) program at UNH

• May8: Lev, Michelle, Mohammadjavad, Sanjib, and Yong present posters at 2019 UNH Bioengineering Symposium 

• Apr24: Michelle presents a poster on Molecular Visualization at Annual UNH Undergraduate Research Conference

• Apr18: Harish presents a talk on overview of NSF-funded NH-BioMade center at UNH Research Computing Day

• Apr18: Mohammadjavad Mohammadi successfully defended his PhD thesis on studies of Protein/Inhibitor interactions--Congratulations!

• Apr1: Lev, Mohammadjavad, and Yong present at Annual UNH Graduate Research Conference

• Apr1: Harish presents a talk at ACS Spring meeting symposium on Sampling Conformations and Pathways in Biomolecular Systems

• Mar20: A manuscript on inhibitor/enzyme interactions accepted for publication in journal PLoS ONE (see Publications) (UNH-NEWS) (CONCORD-MONITOR) (NEWS-WISE) (FOSTERS.COM) (PHYS.ORG)

• Mar19: Harish, Lev, Michelle, and Sanjib present a Molecular Visualization Workshop co-sponsored by NSF, NH-INBRE, and NIH-COBRE

• Jan19: Our article in journal Proteins highlighted on journal cover (info)

• Jan7: Harish is highlighted alongside other College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) faculty in a news story related to the newly established NH-BioMade Center (info)

• Jan2: Harish presented a seminar talk in Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India (info)

2018       

• Dec16-21: Harish presented an invited talk at the 4th NMR Meets Biology meeting, Khajuraho, India (info)

• Dec11: Harish presented a seminar talk at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad, India (info)

• Dec6-9: Harish presented an invited talk at a conference on complex fluids, CompFlu, held in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India (info)

• Nov29: A manuscript on inhibitor interactions with a regulatory signaling protein accepted for publication in Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics (see Publications)

• Nov8: Lev Levintov successfully finishes his PhD Candidacy exam--Congratulations!

• Nov1: A manuscript on gas diffusion in enzymes accepted for publication in Journal of Chemical Physics (see Publications)

• Nov1: Dr. Sanjib Paul from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher--Welcome Sanjib!

• Oct29-30: Lev Levintov presented work on nucleic acids at the 2018 AIChE meeting in Pittsburgh, PA

• Oct20: Mohammadjavad presents work on small-molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions at the 2018 NESS Symposium of University of Connecticut 

• Oct15: Lev and Michelle present an annual NSF-sponsored workshop on Molecular Visualization at the Fall-18 conference of NH Science Teachers Association (NHSTA)

• Sep28: Congratulations to Dr. Hossein Mohammadiarani (Ph.D. 2018) for joining as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Connecticut

• Sep17: A manuscript on simulation methods for resolving H/D exchange in proteins accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry (see Publications)

• Sep15: Harish and a collaborative NH team awarded an NSF grant for creating the New Hampshire Center for Multiscale Modeling and Manufacturing of Biomaterials: NH-BioMade (info) (UNHToday) (NSF-news) (NH-EPSCoR) (Dartmouth-news) (NHBR) (Telegraph)

• Aug22: Harish awarded a pilot research project grant from the NIH Center for Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research (CIBBR) at UNH (info)

• Aug19-23: Mohammadjavad, Lev, Yong, and Ryan presented posters/talks at Fall 2018 ACS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

• Aug15: Harish presented work on biomimetic water channels at Gordon Research Conference on Membranes, New London, NH (info)

• Aug10: Harish and collaborators awarded an NSF grant for acquisition of a high-field NMR spectrometer to study biomolecular structure and dynamics (info) (UNH Today)

• Jul15-20: Harish presented group's research work and an NSF-supported workshop on enhanced sampling simulation methods at the triennial FOMMS-2018 meeting (info)

• Jun25-27: Harish presented work on biomimetic water channels at a Royal Society of Chemistry meeting on Artificial Water Channels in Glasgow, UK (info)

• Jun26-28: Lev and Mohammadjavad present posters at the 78th Physical Electronics Conference (PEC-2018) in Durham, NH (info)

• May18: Michelle Chen, Evan Redfearn, and Michael Beck join lab as summer undergraduate/REU researchers

• May9: A manuscript on artificial water-channel biomimetic membranes accepted for publication in Nature Communications (see Publications)

• May8: Mohammadjavad Mohammadi wins the best graduate student poster award at 2018 UNH Bioengineering Symposium

• May8: Lev, Mohammadjavad, Yong, and Altai present posters at 2018 UNH Bioengineering Symposium (info)

• April19: Yong Liu successfully finishes his PhD Candidacy exam--Congratulations!

• Apr18: Altai Perry, an undergraduate researcher in our lab, presents research at the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) at UNH (info)

• Apr17: Harish awarded NSF REU funding to provide research experiences to undergraduate students during Summer-2018

• Apr15: Mohammadjavad presents research at Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference (NSCRC), Northeastern University (info)

• Apr13: A manuscript on interatomic potentials for biomimetic membranes accepted for publication in Faraday Discuss. (see Publications)

• Apr9-10: Mohammadjavad, Lev, and Yong, current graduate students in the group present research at annual UNH Graduate Research Conference (info)

• Feb20: A manuscript on the role of differential protein dynamics in inhibitor binding accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (see Publications)

• Jan5: Harish presented a seminar talk in the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India (info)

2017

• Dec18-20: Harish presented an invited talk at a conference on complex fluids, CompFlu, held in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India (info)

• Dec14 : Mohammadjavad attends a workshop on Anton supercomputer at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

• Dec7-10: Harish presented an invited talk at Indo/US meeting on RARE event simulations held in Agra, India (info)

• Nov 30: Our computational grant on Anton highlighted in "Tech Tidbits" of New Hampshire Business Review (info)

• Nov 26: Hossein's internship experience at UCSD and computational work highlighted in a UNH news story (UNH Today)

• Nov 14: Harish gives an invited public presentation on 3D visualization alongside speakers on 3D gaming and 3D building design in a Portsmouth Music Hall event on The Art of 3D Modeling (info)

• Nov 1: Yong Liu joins our group as a new PhD student--Welcome!

• Oct 31: Harish awarded a second computational grant on Anton supercomputer for large-scale simulation studies of signaling receptors (info)

• Oct29-Nov3:  Harish and graduate students (Mohammadjavad and Hossein) attended and presented talks/posters at the 2017 AIChE meeting in Minneapolis, MN

• Oct25: Harish presented an invited talk in the Trout Group@MIT Chemical Engineering

• Oct24: Congratulations to Hossein Mohammadiarani for successfully defending his PhD thesis on studies of Signaling and Regulatory Proteins!

• Oct13: Harish presented a seminar talk at the Penn Institute for Computational Sciences (PICS) of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

• Oct4:  Mohammadjavad's first manuscript on ligand diffusion in enzymes published in J. Phys. Chem. B (see Publications)

• Oct3:   Harish presented a seminar talk in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

• Sep20-23: Vince Shaw, a collaborating PhD student from the Neubig Lab at Michigan State University, visited us and participated in discussions on protein dynamics and drug discovery

• Sep15: Harish presented a seminar talk in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio University, Athens, OH

• Sep6: Hossein Mohammadiarani, a PhD student in our lab, finished an NSF-sponsored Internship in data science with Prof. Ruben Abagyan in Skaggs School of Pharmacy at UCSD, La Jolla, CA

• Aug20-24: Harish presented two talks and a poster at ACS Fall Meeting in DC (info)

• Jun26: Two school teachers start summer work in our lab under NSF funded program Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RETE)

• Jun23: Rhiannon Jacobs and Lev Levintov--first-year PhD students in our lab--successfully completed PhD Qualifying exam--Congratulations!

• Jun11-16: Harish attended and presented work on protein-protein interactions at the Gordon Conference on Computational Aspects of Biomolecular NMR (info)

• May22: Michael Beck and Altai Perry, NSF supported REU undergraduate researchers, start summer work in our lab

• May13: Harish and Rhiannon present the third NSF-sponsored workshop on Visuospatial Thinking at the Spring conference of NH Science Teachers Association (NHSTA) at Coe-Brown Academy

• May12: Harish and a team of UNH collaborators from College of Life Sciences will be awarded a Pilot Research Partnership grant via UNH's CoRE Initiative to study photoreceptor signaling (info)

• May12: Congratulations to Ryan Barden for successfully defending his MS thesis on studies of biomimetic membranes!

• May10: Rhiannon Jacobs wins the best graduate student poster award at 2017 UNH Bioengineering Symposium

• May10: Hossein, Mohammadjavad, Rhiannon, and Ryan present posters at 2017 UNH Bioengineering Symposium (info)

• Apr20:  Michael Beck, an undergraduate researcher in our lab, presents a poster on RNA/protein interactions at the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) at UNH (info)

• Apr13 : Mohammadjavad presents research at  ISPE's Boston Area Chapter Meeting (info)

• Apr10-11 : Ryan, Rhiannon, Mohammadjavad, and Hossein present research at annual UNH Graduate Research Conference (info)

• Apr9   : A new manuscript on kinetics of ligand binding accepted for publication in Curr. Top. Med. Chem. (see Publications)

• Apr8   : Mohammadjavad presents research at Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference, Cambridge, MA (info)

• Mar31 : Harish awarded REU funding via NSF CAREER grant to support two undergraduate students during Summer-2017

• Mar2-3, 13-14, 22-24 : Harish serves as a panelist on three NSF grant review panels (ENG and MPS Directorates) in DC

• Feb14 : Hossein presents his research on dynamics of RGS proteins at 2017 Biophysical Society Meeting in New Orleans, LA (abstract)

• Feb1   : Michael Beck is working again as an undergraduate researcher in our lab this Spring

• Jan24 : Harish serves as a panelist on an NSF grant review panel in DC

• Jan7   : Hossein's paper on structural models of insulin-mimetic peptides accepted for publication in J. Comput. Chem. (see Publications)

• Jan1   : We welcome Lev Levintov as a new PhD student in our group!

• Jan1   : Harish awarded an XSEDE computational research grant for studying protein and RNA based drug discovery (info)

 2016

• Dec 9  : Harish serves again on the undergraduate Goldwater Scholarship selection committee

• Nov30 : Hossein attends a workshop on Anton supercomputer at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

• Nov17 : Harish attended and presented a talk on Rhiannon's RNA work at the AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA

• Nov1   : Harish awarded a computational grant on Anton supercomputer for large-scale simulation studies of the insulin receptor (UNH Today)

• Oct31  : Rhiannon presents the second NSF-sponsored workshop on Visuospatial Thinking at the Fall conference of NH Science Teachers Association, NHSTA

• Oct27  : Harish presents a seminar talk in College of Pharmacy at the University of New England

• Oct14  : Hossein presents a poster on drug discovery for RGS proteins at the 2016 NESS Symposium of University of Connecticut

• Oct4    : Mohammadjavad successfully finishes his PhD Candidacy exam--Congratulations!

• Sep23 : Harish receives AIChE Honor Roll Award a second time for services as the advisor of the UNH AIChE Student Chapter from 2013-2016

• Sep9   : Harish presents a seminar talk in Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Delaware

• Aug29 : Sri Padamati and Michael Beck are undergraduate researchers in our lab this Fall

• Aug3-4: Rhiannon awarded a travel fellowship to participate in an NSF sponsored Visualization workshop held jointly at Purdue University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (info)

• Jul25  : Harish presents a seminar talk in Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee (India)

• Jun13 : Kate Verfaillie, a pre-service teacher, starts summer work in our lab under NSF program Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RETE)

• Jun7   : Hossein's first paper on structural models of receptor transmembrane domains accepted for publication in Front. Endocrinol. (see Publications)

• May23: Michael Beck (undergraduate researcher) and Mohammadjavad Mohammadi (graduate student) start summer work in our lab

• May21: Congratulations to Rhiannon Jacobs and Ryan Barden on graduation!

• May10: Rhiannon Jacobs successfully finishes work as a McNair Scholar and will be continuing in our group as a graduate student

• May3:   Our collaborator Prof. Rick Neubig (Chairman, Pharmacology&Toxicology, Michigan State University) presents 2016 Sam Smith Lectureship in Molecular Medicine at UNH (info)

• Apr29:  Harish presents work on RGS proteins at "Sailing the Protein Seas" Symposium of Brown University (info)

• Apr22:  UNH ChemE Car team and AIChE student chapter members advised by Harish attend regional AIChE meeting at UMASS, Amherst (info)

• Apr20:  Rhiannon Jacobs and Ryan Barden present posters at the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) at UNH (info)

• Apr2:    Harish and Rhiannon Jacobs present the first NSF-sponsored workshop on Visuospatial Thinking at the Spring conference of NH Science Teachers Association, NHSTA (info)

• Mar29: Harish serves as a panelist again on an NSF review panel (MPS Directorate) in DC

• Mar24: Harish presents a talk at the first UNH Research Computing Day (info)

• Mar22: Harish attends a comprehensive one day NIH-INBRE grant writing seminar at Dartmouth College

• Mar16: Harish presents a talk at ACS Spring Meeting symposium "Adventures in Simulating Biomolecules" organized in honor of Prof. Charles L. Brooks III's 60th birthday (info)

• Mar15: UNH Chem-E-Car team advised by Harish awarded Hamel Center's Research Presentation Grant for regional AIChE meeting at UMASS, Amherst (info)

• Mar10: Rhiannon presents her research on RNA structure & Dynamics at McNair Conference at the University of Maryland (info)

• Feb28: Hossein presents his research on membrane-peptide folding at 2016 Biophysical Society Meeting in Los Angeles, CA (conference abstract)

• Feb8:   Harish serves as a panelist on an NSF grant review panel (ENG Directorate) in DC

• Jan22: Harish wins NSF CAREER Award to study RNA dynamics and interfacial interactions (info) (UNH Today) (UNH ChemEng) (Drexel CBE) (NSF News) (NSF Tumblr)

• Jan18: Ryan Barden (Senior, Chemical Eng.) and Cape Carson (Senior, MCBS) join lab as new undergraduate researchers--Welcome!

• Jan15: Harish serves as a reviewer for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) program

 2015

• Nov19 : Congratulations to Tyler Mulligan for successfully defending his MS thesis on studies of nucleoprotein complexes!

• Nov8   : Harish attended and presented a talk at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT

• Oct10  : Hossein presents a poster at the NESS Symposium of University of Connecticut

• Oct2    : Hossein, Tyler, and Rhiannon present posters at the 2015 UNH Bioengineering Symposium (info)

• Oct1    : Harish awarded AIChE Honor Roll Award for services as the advisor of the UNH AIChE Student Chapter

• Sep 15:Harish presented a seminar talk in Department of Chemistry at UNH (info)

• Aug20: Harish presented a talk on peptide folding simulations at the American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Boston

• Aug10: Harish and Rick Neubig awarded NSF grant to study small-molecule inhibitors of RGS proteins (info)

• Aug5  : Rhiannon, Brunno, and Jay finish their summer work and presented research at various meetings, conferences, and symposia

• Jul16  : Harish presented a poster at the sixth triennial FOMMS conference in Welches, OR (info)

• Jun29 : Jay Derick starts simulation work on enzymes in our lab under NSF program Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RETE)

• Jun1   : Two undergraduates, Rhiannon Jacobs (a McNair Scholar) and Brunno Carvalho Rocha (via Brazil Scientific Mobility Program), start summer work in our lab

• Apr22 : Rhiannon and Greg present posters at the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) at UNH (info)

• Apr10 : Harish presented a seminar talk in Pharmacology&Toxicology at Michigan State University (info)

• Apr9   : Rhiannon awarded 2015 McNair Summer Fellowship to work on understanding RNA dynamics

• Apr1   : Hossein awarded Summer Teaching Assistant Fellowship (STAF) from UNH Graduate School

• Mar28: Hossein and Harish presented research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting in Boston

• Mar19: Harish awarded Summer Faculty Fellowship from UNH Graduate School for peptide folding work

• Mar8  : Rhiannon presented a poster at the AIChE regional meeting (at MIT/Northeastern University) in Boston 

• Mar6  : Rhiannon and the UNH ChemE Car team advised by Harish awarded Hamel Center's Research Presentation Grants for regional AIChE meeting in Boston

• Feb23: Harish presented a seminar talk in Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences (MCBS) at UNH (info)

• Feb16: Harish is now serving on the Editorial Board of journal Frontiers in Endocrinology

• Feb11: Paper on computational studies of the insulin receptor family published in Membranes (see publications)

 2014   

• Harish serves again on the undergraduate Goldwater Scholarship selection committee

• Rhiannon accepted to participate in McNair Scholars Program

• Rhiannon wins the best undergraduate poster award at the 2014 UNH Bioengineering Symposium

• Hossein, Tyler, Rhiannon presented posters at the 2014 UNH Bioengineering Symposium

• Paper on a new insulin/insulin-receptor complex published in Membranes (see publications)

• Daniel Brandow joins our group as an undergraduate researcher

• Lilia Vinskus, Lily Zemelko, and Noah Raz, seniors from the Pinkerton Academy, join our group

• Harish is serving as the Associate Guest Editor for journal Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (info)

• Harish awarded funds by the Provost's office to organize the first UNH Bioengineering Symposium on Oct 10, 2014 (info)

• Greg Samuel finished summer work in lab under NSF program Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RETE)

• Harish attends NSF Day workshop at Cold Spring Harbor, NY

• Rhiannon presented posters at the AIChE regional meeting at UCONN and UNH Undergraduate Research Conference

• Rhiannon and the UNH ChemE Car team (advised by Harish) receive Research Presentation Grants for regional AIChE meeting at UCONN

• Harish presented a seminar talk in Chemical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island

• Paper on collective variable methods published in Chemical Reviews (see publications)

• Welcome New Students: Hossein and Tyler (graduate students), Rhiannon and Lindsay (undergraduate students)

• 2013

• Harish elected as UNH Research&Engagement Academy Faculty Scholar (info)

• Harish serves on the undergraduate Goldwater Scholarship selection committee

• Paper on RGS proteins published in ACS Chemical Biology (see publications)

• Harish awarded an XSEDE startup computational grant