Jian Zhang
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Nanjing University
China
Biography
Nanjing University Ph. D in Physics, 2002 Nanjing University B. S. in Theoretical Physics, 1996 Appointments: Associate Professor, 2005-Present Institute of Biophysics and Department of Physics, Nanjing University Visiting Scholar, 2007-2009 Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Postdoctoral fellow, 2002-2004 Institute of Biophysics, Nanjing University
Research Interest
Protein dynamics and allosteric mechanisms Conformational sampling & optimizing algorithms Coarse-grained model of proteins and their simulations High performance computing and all-atom simulations of proteins
Publications
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Zhang, J; Li, WF; Wang, J, et al. Protein Folding Simulations: From Coarse-Grained Model to All-Atom Model IUBMB LIFE, 61:627-643 (2009)
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Wu L, Li WF, Liu F, Zhang J, Wang J, Wang W Understanding protein folding cooperativity based on topological consideration JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 131:065105 (2009)
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Zhang, J; Dundas, J; Lin, M, Chen R, Wang W, Liang J Prediction of geometrically feasible three-dimensional structures of pseudoknotted RNA through free energy estimation RNA-A PUBLICATION OF THE RNA SOCIETY, 15: 2248-2263 (2009)
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Zuo, GH; Li, WF; Zhang, J, Wang J, Wang W. Folding of a Small RNA Hairpin Based on Simulation with Replica Exchange Molecular JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 17: 5835-5839 (2010)
