Curriculum Vitae

Education

Postdoctoral Training at the University of California, San Diego, (USA), under the supervision of Prof. J. Andrew McCammon (since 2005).

PhD. Doctorate Degree in Chemistry from the University of York and the Marie Curie Research Institute, England (2000-2004).

MRes. Masters Degree in Bioinformatics from the University of York, England (1999-2000).

BSc(Hons). Bachelors Degree in Biochemistry from Queen's University, Belfast, N.Ireland (1996-1999).

Recent Publications

Automated function prediction.
Friedberg, Rodrigues, Grant, Godzik (2007) BMC Bioinformatics ?, invited
(in preparation).

Active site-dependent reconfiguration of a tubulin binding subdomain in kinesin.
Grant, McCammon, Caves, Cross (2007) Journal of Molecular Biology ?, Submitted.
( Abstract | PubMed | PDF )

Bio3D: An R package for the comparative analysis of protein structures.
Grant, Rodrigues, ElSawy, McCammon, Caves, (2006) Bioinformatics 22, 2695-2696
( Abstract | PubMed | PDF )

Targeted Molecular Dynamics Study of C-Loop Closure and Channel Gating in Nicotinic Receptors.
Cheng X, Wang H, Grant B, Sine SM, McCammon JA (2006) PLoS Comput Biol 2, No. 9.
( Abstract | PubMed | PDF )

sgTarget: a target selection resource for structural genomics.
Rodrigues AP, Grant BJ, Hubbard RE (2006) Nucleic Acids Res 34, No. Web Server issue.
( Abstract | PubMed | PDF )

Channel Opening Motion of [alpha]7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor as Suggested by Normal Mode Analysis
Cheng X, Lu B, Grant B, Law RJ, Mccammon AJ (2006) Journal of Molecular Biology 355, No. 2. 310-324.
( Abstract | PubMed | PDF )

Professional Activities

Member of the American Society for Cell Biology, Biophysical Society and International Society for Computational Biology.

One of the editors of a forthcoming special issue on Automated Function Prediction, to be published in BMC Bioinformatics in 2007.

Referee for Biopolymers, Journal of Structural Biology, BMC Bioinformatics and Proteins.

Scientific Committee Member for "Automated Function Prediction" Conference, San Diego (USA, 2006).

Referee for "Automated Function Prediction" SIG at ISMB, Detroit (USA, 2005).

Awards and Fellowships

World Universities Network Global Exchange Program Award (4 month visit, UCSD San Diego, USA, 2002).

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Travel Bursary (1 month visit, Washington University St. Louis, USA, 2002).

Marie Curie Research Institute and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Predoctoral Fellowships, (2000-2004).

Kathleen Mary Stott Award nominee for meritorious performance in research, (2003).

BBSRC Masters in Research Studentship, (1999-2000).

Teaching Experience

Developed and co-supervised a number of postgraduate masters student research projects, University of York, UK, (2001-2004)

Co-supervised an undergraduate research project, University of California, San Diego, USA, (2006)

Co-authored a Collaborative Computational Project for Biomolecular Simulation training workshop on the analysis of biomolecular simulation data. University of Nottingham, UK, (2006).

Teaching Assistant for a number of courses at the University of York including:

  • Structural Bioinformatics, for postgraduate students (2000-2003);
  • Biomolecular Structure, for postgraduate students (2000-2003);
  • Computational Chemistry, for postgraduate students (2000-2003);
  • Chemical Equilibria, for Chemistry undergraduates (2002);
  • Bioinformatics on the World Wide Web, for Biology undergraduates (2002).

Invited Oral Presentations

3DSIG at Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, Glasgow (UK, 2004).

Godzik Lab Group Meeting. Burnham Research Institute, San Diego USA, (2005 and 2006).

Biochemistry and Structural Biology Seminar, Department of Biology, University of York UK, (2003).

Frontiers in Chemical Biology: Biomolecular Dynamics and Force Generation, Royal Society of Chemistry Conference. Manchester UK, (2003).

Cytoskeleton Club Seminar. Washington University, St. Louis USA, (2002).

McCammon Group Meeting. University of California, San Diego, USA, (2002).

Milligan Lab Group Meeting. The Scripps Institute, San Diego USA, (2002).

Molecular Modelling and Dynamics Conference, University of Nottingham, UK, (2002).

Molecular Motors Workshop. Marie Curie Research Institute, Surrey UK, (2002).

Young Modellers Forum, MGMS/RCS MMG, London, UK, (2001).

Conferences and Workshops

Metagenomics Conference. La Jolla, USA, (2006).

Automated Function Prediction Conference. La Jolla, USA, (2006).

Open Problems in Bioinformatics Symposium. La Jolla, USA, (2006).

Celebrating a Decade of Genome Sequencing Meeting. La Jolla, USA, (2005).

RNA: Beyond the Central Dogma, Deans Symposium. La Jolla, USA, (2005).

ISMB Conference. Glasgow, UK, (2004).

Computational Chemistry and Physics in the Life Sciences Royal Society of Chemistry/Institute of Physics Conference. London UK, (2003).

American Cell Biology Conference. San Francisco USA, (2002, 2006).

Nanotechnology Conference. Oxford UK, (2002).

Molecular Motors Workshop. MCRI Surrey UK, (2002).

Structural Genomics CCP4 Workshop. York UK, (2002).

BBSRC Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme. Nottingham UK, (2001).

Nanobiology Conference. Atlanta USA, (2001).

Molecular Motors Workshop. Warrick UK, (2001).

Molecular Modelling and Dynamics Conference. Southampton UK, (2001).

Molecular Simulation Summer School. Manchester UK, (2001).

BioSimGrid Group Meeting. York, UK, (2003).

GRID Simulation Group Meeting. Nottingham, UK, (2002).

Accelrys, Inc Workshop series: Structure-based Drug Design, Molecular Mechanics and Molecular Dynamics and Introduction to Life Sciences Modelling. York, UK, (2001).

Contact Details

Dr. Barry J. Grant
Postdoctoral Associate
University of California, San Diego
Room 4202 Urey Hall
9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
bgrant.at.mccammon.ucsd.edu