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UC Davis Biophysics Graduate Group's page for program news, opportunities, and bragging. Bluesky🦋: @UCD-BPH.bsky.social
Davis, CA
Joined October 2018
This week in Biophysics! 📢 BPH alum and now postdoc Dr. Brandon Harris joins us for BPH 290 to talk about Targeting the TRPV1 Ion Channel Through de novo Protein Design . 📅 Thu, Nov 20 | 3:10 pm 📍 Tupper 2135 + Zoom Come join us! 🔬✨
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🧬This Week in Biophysics! Join us for our first rotation seminar featuring Malik Hassan and his rotation advisor Dr. Arthur Charles-Orszag. 📍 Tupper 2135 Come support our rotation students and learn about the exciting research in the Biophysics Grad Group!
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TOMORROW! ✨ Virtual Recruitment Event • 10am–12pm PT Bring your questions—we’ve got answers! Register: https://t.co/ca4D6GTrkd
#UCDavis #Biophysics #GradSchool
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📢This week in Biophysics! Join us for the BPH 290 Seminar Series: 🧬 Dr. Charlotte Smith will present: Sex-specific atrial electrophysiological remodeling and arrhythmia susceptibility in aging 🗓 Thursday, Oct 23 | 3:10–4 PM 📍 Tupper Hall 2135 or via Zoom
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We had such a wonderful time at the Biophysics Graduate Group Fall Lunch Social! 🍂🍃🐮 Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy the food, sunshine, and great company, and to our amazing coordinator Alyssa for making it all happen! #UCDavisBiophysics #FallSocial
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📢 Reminder! Our Biophysics Graduate Group Virtual Recruitment Event is coming up soon! 🎉 🗓 October 24th, 2025 🕙 10am–12pm Pacific // 1–3pm Eastern 💻 Learn about cutting-edge research, training opportunities, and life at UC Davis! 👉 Sign up here: https://t.co/ca4D6GTrkd
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📢This week in Biophysics! Join us for the BPH 290 Seminar Series: 🧬 Native and Hypertrophic Cardiac Myosins in the Ultra-Fast Optical Trap 👨🏫 Dr. Yale Goldman, UC Davis 🗓 Thursday, Oct 16 | 3:10–4 PM 📍 Tupper Hall 2135 or via Zoom
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📢 Join us for the Biophysics Graduate Group Fall Social! 🍂🍃 🗓 Friday, Oct 17 | 12:30–1:30 PM 📍 Carolee Shields Gazebo☀️(or Tupper 2135 if rain🌧️) Enjoy lunch, meet fellow biophysicists, and celebrate the new quarter! 👉 RSVP: https://t.co/NiVhkvS7wp
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This week in #Biophysics! 🧬 Join us this Thursday (Oct 7) for the Biophysics BPH 290 Seminar! Dr. Shirley Ahn will present “Bridging timescales between simulations and biological and catalytic processes.” 📍 Tupper Hall 2135 | 🕒 3:10–4 PM | 💻 via Zoom
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📢Interested in a PhD in Biophysics?📢 Join our Virtual Recruitment Event to meet UC Davis students & faculty, explore cutting-edge research, and learn about our supportive community!🧫🧬 ‼️Register here:‼️ https://t.co/ca4D6GTrkd
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Fantastic representation of our graduate group at the @BiophysicalSoc meeting in LA this week! Great science, discussions, and connections at #BPS2025! @ucd_physiology @PTXatUCD @bps_students @UCDavisHealth @UCDavisGrad
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Interested in a PhD in Biophysics? We are excited to announce our Virtual Recruitment Event, a great opportunity to speak with current students and faculty and learn about our graduate community and the cutting-edge research at UC Davis. Register here: https://t.co/Isv7BiFKxY
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
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An excellent session of physiology talks on the first day of #PMB retreat. A ton of great science presented and questions asked!
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New paper‼️—An artificial intelligence accelerated virtual screening platform for drug discovery—Congratulations @vyy_sf Lab!! @NatureComms
nature.com
Nature Communications - The authors in this work introduce RosettaVS, an AI-accelerated open-source drug discovery platform. They apply this tool to multi-billion compound libraries, where it was...
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Diego Lopez Mateos representing @UCD_BPH and @bps_students at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (this year focussing on #physics)
Diego Lopez Mateos and Margaret Berrens (our 2024 UC Lindau Fellows representing UC Davis) at the prestigious 73rd @lindaunobel Meeting in Physics. Young scientists from across the globe annually learning and collaborating with Nobel Laureates. Interested? https://t.co/ZyILt4zrPa
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Excited to share our review in Physiology entitled "Harnessing Deep Learning Methods for Voltage-Gated Ion Channel Drug Discovery" https://t.co/mRO6QA1HIH
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journals.physiology.org
Voltage-gated ion channels (VGICs) are pivotal in regulating electrical activity in excitable cells and are critical pharmaceutical targets for treating many diseases including cardiac arrhythmia and...
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📢 Postdoc alert!!! Hey Twitter community, we are excited to announce two postdoctoral positions available in computational cardiac electrophysiology. Please, help us spread the word by sharing this post! #Postdoc #Research #CardiacElectrophysiology #ScienceJobs
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Interested in exploring ion channel - ligand interactions ? - dive into our collaborative study on advantages and limitations of using RosettaLigand and GALigandDock methods @bps_students @UCD_BPH @sackyarov @ucd_physiology @UCDAVISPharmac1 @UCDavisHealth
https://t.co/aQS0rVKGH0
frontiersin.org
Ion channels are critical drug targets for a range of pathologies, such as epilepsy, pain, itch, autoimmunity, and cardiac arrhythmias. To develop effective ...
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Congratulations to Dr. Diego Lopez Mateos! Grateful for your incredible creativity, passion, inspiration, and love for science and teaching! Your future is bright! @bps_students @UCD_BPH @sackyarov @ucd_physiology @UCDavisGrad
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