Group News
Welcome to our new lab at Purdue.
September, 2022We have set up our new lab in the RHPH building. We have two spatial rooms as office/conference rooms and a small room for VR.
DeepGreen GPU Cluster Available
July 31, 2019The Li group participated at the opening ceremony of the NSF-funded GPU cluster Deep Green. Jonathon and Dillon shared their excitement about the new research capacity with press NBC5.
Virtual Reality for Molecular Modeling in the Li Group
December, 2018We are introducing the VR technology into our teaching, learning, and research.
We receive an NIH R01 award
September 7, 2018We receive a 5-year support from NIH (1R01GM129431-01) to study the structure, mechanism, and regulation of PACAP/VIP GPCR subtypes, in collaboration with Dr Victor May (Neuroscience, UVM) and Dr Matthias Brewer (Synthetic Chemistry, UVM).
Jianing and Jonathon at the CBSB18 workshop in Shenzhen
May, 2018Jianing and Jonathon presented the peptide and GPCR projects at the CBSB18 workshop in Shenzhen, China. They also visited XtalPi and the University of Hongkong.
The 1st Green Mountain Biophysics Symposium
March 9, 2018We have successfully organized the first Green Mountain Biophysics Symposium at the Davis Center at UVM. With over 80 students and 20 faculty members at the Symposium, we had two keynote talks and a very nice poster section.
The Li Group Visited McGill University
November 20, 2017We visited the Sleiman group and organized a one-day syposium about modeling and experimental research of DNA nanotech. Dillon, Kyle, and Jonathon presented their research.
We receive the Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grant from ACS Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF)
June, 2017We receive funding support from ACS PRF to invent a new integrated multiscale approach to simulate amorphous porous polymer networks.
We moved into the new Discovery building. Fairwell to the Cook Physical Science Building!
May 26, 2017Now the Li group is located in Discovery W327.
Jianing at the Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Chemistry Grodon Research Conference
May 21-26, 2017It was a nice week in Les Diablerets Switzerland. A lot of interesting talks and delicious food.
Xiaochuan has been selected for the CBSB2017 Outstanding Young Researcher Award
May 18, 2016Congratulations to Xiaochuan!
The Li group met with the visiting Burack speaker Dr Peter Agre (2003 Chemistry Nobel laureate)
April 12, 2016We had the wonderful opportunity to meet Dr Agre and introduced our research in protein mutliscale modeling.
Jianing was selected as a Top 10 Reviwer of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
September 22, 2016In celebration of Peer Review Week, with the theme of Recognition for Review, PCCP editors selected ten reviewers for their significant contributions to the journal in 2016. Jianing and nine other researchers have been selected.
Jianing at the Biomimicry and ACS Meetings in Summer
August 30, 2016In the summer of 2016, Jianing attended the 1st Annual National Biomimicry Summit and Education Forum (BSEF) in Cleveland, and presented our studies of peptide self-assembly at the 252st American Chemical Society Meeting in Philadelphia.
Chenyi Presented GPCR Study at the Neuroscience, Behavior and Health Research Forum
January 23, 2016The Neuroscience, Behavior and Health Research (NBH) Forum was held on Jan 22 - 23 at the Davis Center at the University of Vermont. Chenyi presented our recent progress of the GPCR study with the title "Microsecond MD simulations to reveal dynamics and mechanisms of a Class B GPCR".
Chenyi and Dave Attended PSC Anton Workshop
December 3, 2015Chenyi and Dave have attended the Anton training workshop on December 2 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Welcome New Group Members
December, 2015Warmest welcome to our new group members Xiaochuan Zhao, Claire Brooks, and Dr Jiyuan Liu. Xiaochuan, with a master degree in computational chemistry, is a graduate student starting in 2015. Claire from the CMB program will work in our group during her second rotation for three months. Jiyuan, an experienced researcher in applied computational biochemistry, will join us in January 2016.
Dave Recieved NIH F32 Postdoc Fellowship
November, 2015Congratulations to Dave!
Chenyi Received CBSB15 Outstanding Young Researcher Award
May 17, 2015Chenyi has been selected as an outstanding young researcher from the CBSB15 workshop. She presented her current progress in the GPCR project during the workshop in OKC, OK. Congratulations to Chenyi!.
Joint Proposal Funded by the UVM REACH Seed Grant
February, 2015Our joint proposal “Design, synthesis and evaluation of small molecule receptor antagonists: a cross-college approach to novel PTSD therapeutics”, in collaboration with Professors Victor May and Matthias Brewer, is funded by the 2015-16 UVM REACH seed grant.
