Brannigan Lab
@branniganlab.bsky.social
Molecular simulation of proteins, membranes, and small molecules, in the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology at Rutgers-Camden. PI: Grace Brannigan
http://branniganlab.org
http://branniganlab.org
Our PhD student Lindsey Riggs presented a poster about the Blobulator toolkit at the MidAtlantic Bioinformatics Conference last week! Well done👏🏻! Check out the Blobulator web tool here 😁: blobulator.branniganlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Our PhD student Lindsey Riggs presented a poster about the Blobulator toolkit at the MidAtlantic Bioinformatics Conference last week! Well done👏🏻! Check out the Blobulator web tool here 😁: blobulator.branniganlab.org
⚠️Do you run coarse-grained membrane simulations with restraints on the absolute positions of any molecules? We found a common setting combination that causes metastable membrane distortions! Read our paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SARS-CoV E protein couples asymmetric leaflet thickness and curvature deformations
The Envelope protein (E protein) of SARS-CoVs 1 and 2 has been implicated in the viral budding process and maintaining the spherical shape of the viru…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
⚠️Do you run coarse-grained membrane simulations with restraints on the absolute positions of any molecules? We found a common setting combination that causes metastable membrane distortions! Read our paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations, Ezry, for publishing a preprint, “Absolute Binding Affinity of a Phospholipid for a Membrane Protein: Alchemical Free Energy Calculations at Atomistic Resolution” at @chemrxiv.org. Give it a read😁! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Absolute Binding Affinity of a Phospholipid for a Membrane Protein: Alchemical Free Energy Calculations at Atomistic Resolution
Specific lipid binding is a likely mechanism by which phospholipids may modulate the conformational ensembles of membrane proteins. An absolute binding affinity is the natural quantitative descriptor ...
chemrxiv.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Congratulations, Ezry, for publishing a preprint, “Absolute Binding Affinity of a Phospholipid for a Membrane Protein: Alchemical Free Energy Calculations at Atomistic Resolution” at @chemrxiv.org. Give it a read😁! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Congratulations to Ryan Lamb for successfully defending his Master's thesis!🥳🎉🎓 Ryan studied properties of hydrophobic clusters on tertiary interactions in peptides and developed an awesome VMD GUI for blobulating proteins! We are so proud of you, and we wish you luck in your future endeavors! 😄
September 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Congratulations to Ryan Lamb for successfully defending his Master's thesis!🥳🎉🎓 Ryan studied properties of hydrophobic clusters on tertiary interactions in peptides and developed an awesome VMD GUI for blobulating proteins! We are so proud of you, and we wish you luck in your future endeavors! 😄
The lab took a field trip to see @reginasalzer.bsky.social’s horses this week! A beautiful day in PA to celebrate Regina’s birthday! 🐴🎉🥳
June 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The lab took a field trip to see @reginasalzer.bsky.social’s horses this week! A beautiful day in PA to celebrate Regina’s birthday! 🐴🎉🥳
And more poster presentations about intrinsically disordered proteins and peptides by Lindsey and Ryan!
March 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
And more poster presentations about intrinsically disordered proteins and peptides by Lindsey and Ryan!
In addition to wonderful talks by our lab, we also gave poster presentations about lipid membranes by Jahmal, Jesse, and Regina.
March 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In addition to wonderful talks by our lab, we also gave poster presentations about lipid membranes by Jahmal, Jesse, and Regina.
Recently, at the Biophysical Society conference in LA, two of our talented PhD students, Ezry and Connor, delivered excellent talks on their research. Congratulations—we are so proud of you both!
March 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Recently, at the Biophysical Society conference in LA, two of our talented PhD students, Ezry and Connor, delivered excellent talks on their research. Congratulations—we are so proud of you both!
Last month, our lab member Jesse Sandberg presented a wonderful flash talk on our lab’s research at the Camden Aquarium during the annual CCIB retreat. Well done, Jesse! 🐟🐡🫧
January 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Last month, our lab member Jesse Sandberg presented a wonderful flash talk on our lab’s research at the Camden Aquarium during the annual CCIB retreat. Well done, Jesse! 🐟🐡🫧