• Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Michael Grabe

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Brown University & UC Berkeley

    Aside from research, I enjoy visiting Bay Area parks, walking my dogs, and playing strategic board games.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Frank Marcoline

    ASSOCIATE SPECIALIST

    MIT

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    James Lincoff

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    Northwestern & UC Berkeley

    I study the membrane remodeling activity of ESCRT-III proteins and membrane mechanical response to extreme curvature. Outside of lab I play ultimate frisbee, the piano, and with words.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Eric Sefah

    VISITING FELLOW

    University of Ghana & West Virginia University

    I love listening to music and trying out new cooking recipes.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Niek van Hilten

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    Radboud University & Leiden University

    I use coarse-grained MD simulations to understand protein-membrane interactions, mainly in relation to membrane curvature and lipid scrambling. In my free time, I like to bike, run and hike.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Yessica Gomez

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    Cal State Long Beach

    I work on oligomerization of VDAC in the outer mitochondrial membrane and the transport cycle of vesicular glutamate transporter. Outside of lab, I enjoy gardening and trying new stationery.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Christina Stephens

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    Williams & Mary

    My primary work focuses on probing the mechanisms of TMEM16 scramblases using plain molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and enhanced sampling methods like Weighted Ensemble MD simulations. I currently serve as a diversity and outreach officer for UCSF BE-STEM. My favorite activities include playing tennis, painting, and taking long walks/hikes.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Matthew Smith

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Yale

    I am Biophysics PhD student co-advised by Michael Grabe and Brian Shoichet. I am using MD to improve computational drug discovery, particularly when modeling protein conformational landscapes for Flexible Receptor DOCK and discovering selective ligands. He is currently working with the T4 lysozyme and SARS-CoV-2 NSP3 macrodomain as model systems. When I’m not doing research, I enjoy playing Nintendo Switch, my guitar, and taking walks around the city.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Lisa Zheng

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    UC Berkeley

    I’m interested in using MD to understand membrane transporter mechanisms. Outside of lab, I like podcasts, hikes, statistical mechanics, and cats.

  • Michael Grabe lab membrane protein simulation biophysics science UCSF San Francisco California

    Jonathan Borowsky

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    Washington University in St. Louis

    I run weighted-ensemble molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the mechanism of ATP/ADP transport and proton gradient uncoupling by AAC1 in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Outside of the lab, I enjoy going for walks and playing board and tabletop games.

Alumni

  • Chitaranjan Mahapatra

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • David Argudo

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Current: Assistant Professor, Gavilan College

  • Jianmin Sun

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Joshua Adelman

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Current: Industry

  • Paola Bisignano

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Current: Staff Scientist, LLNL

  • Pushkar Pendse

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Current: Researcher, Biocon

  • Sara Capponi

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, IBM Almaden

  • Seungho Choe

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Current: Faculty, DGIST Korea

  • Keith Callenberg

    Graduate Student

    Current: Research Scientist, University of Pittsburgh

  • Neville Bethel

    Graduate Student

    Current: Post-Doctoral Fellow Baker Lab, U.W.

  • Om Choudhary

    Graduate Student

    Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

  • Cole Helsell

    Graduate Student

  • Andrew Natale

    Graduate Student

  • Ying Sheng

    Graduate Student

    Current: Graduate Student, CMU

  • Alan Ghazarians

    Undergraduate

  • Ambika Ramesh

    Undergraduate

  • Amy Dale

    Undergraduate

    Current: Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon

  • Apeksha Singh

    Undergraduate, UC Berkeley

    Current: MD/PhD Student, UCLA

  • Benjamin Hsieh

    Undergraduate, UC Berkeley

    Current: Medical Student, National Taiwan U

  • Gabriel DeForest

    Undergraduate

    Current: Software Engineer

  • Haziq Siddiqi

    Undergraduate, Johns Hopkins

    Current: Harvard Medical School

  • Kevin Patel

    Undergraduate

    Current: Medical Student, Drexel

  • Kristianna Ricchio

    Undergraduate

  • Libere Ndacaylsaba

    Undergraduate

    Current: Graduate, USC

  • Maxwell Tucker

    Research Associate

    Current: Graduate Student, UCSF

  • Meghan Daly

    Undergraduate

    Current: Physician, Cornell

  • Naomi Latorraca

    Undergraduate

    Current: Miller Fellow, UC Berkeley

  • Nwamaka Onyeozili

    Undergraduate

    Current: Physician

  • Russ Hoburg

    Undergraduate

  • Shalini Gupta

    Undergraduate

    Current: Graduate Student MIT

  • Shayaan Abdullah

    Undergraduate, UC Berkeley

    Current: Industry

  • Siyu Xiao

    Undergraduate

  • Sola Morakinyo

    Undergraduate

  • Tae-Hun Lee

    Undergraduate

    Current: Teach for America

  • Gregory Wier

    Rotation Student

  • Karen Hecht

    Rotation Student

    Current: Research Scientist

  • Joseph Marte

    Summer Student

    Current: Graduate Student, U Michigan

  • Magnus Tangherlini

    Summer Student

  • Kayla Ortiz

    Summer Student

  • Amy Van E

    Summer Student

  • Carlos Dawson

    High School Student

  • Chiara Blake

    High School Student

  • Somazea Lewis

    High School Student

  • Ce'Aysia Alberti

    High School Student

  • Atzin Perez

    High School Student