Gascon Lab Research Group at UCONN

QM/MM Treatment of Protein Active Sites

Electronic structure calculations are necessary to properly describe protein chromophores and bound ligands

Vision Proteins

Molecular detail of the photo-isomerization mechanism in the first vision event in rhodopsins

Gold Nanoclusters

Computational modeling and characterization of monolayer protected gold clusters

Polarization Effects in Protein Electrostatics

QM/MM methods aid the calculation of Stark shifts in the active site of proteins

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We are interested in understanding structural and dynamical properties of biomolecules, in the context of proteins and biomaterials. For that, we use a variety of tools mainly based on a Quantum Mechanical description.

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Dual Modifications of α-Galactosylceramide Synergize to Promote Activation of Human Invariant Natural Killer T Cells and Stimulate Anti-tumor Immunity

Divya Chennamadhavuni, Noemi Alejandra Saavedra-Avila, Leandro J Carreño, Matthew J Guberman-Pfeffer, Pooja Arora, Tang Yongqing, Hui-Fern Koay, Dale I Godfrey, Santosh Keshipeddy, Stewart K Richardson, Srinivasan Sundararaj, Jae Ho Lo, Xiangshu Wen, José A Gascón, Weiming Yuan, Jamie Rossjohn, Jérôme Le Nours, Steven A Porcelli, Amy R Howell
Cell Chem. Biol. 2018 25:1-14

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