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Collaborative Research: On calculating polar solvation and binding energies for non-rigid — NSF Award to University of Alabama Tus

Electrostatic free energy (EFE) calculations are indispensable for the quantitative analysis of biological processes, as they characterize the polar interactions between charged biomolecules such as proteins, DNA and RNA, and their surrounding ionic solvent environments. As one of the most widely used implicit solvent

Award titleCollaborative Research: On calculating polar solvation and binding energies for non-rigid
Award ID2512104
AwardeeUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
CityTUSCALOOSA
StateAL
Amount obligated$332,241
Principal investigatorShan Zhao
ProgramChem Thry, Mdls & Cmptnl Mthds, MSPA-INTERDISCIPLINARY, MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
Start date09/01/2025
AbstractElectrostatic free energy (EFE) calculations are indispensable for the quantitative analysis of biological processes, as they characterize the polar interactions between charged biomolecules such as proteins, DNA and RNA, and their surrounding ionic solvent environments. As one of the most widely used implicit solvent models, the Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) model computes EFE as the difference between PB energies of biomolecules in two reference states, typically vacuum and solvent. The success of cl
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