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Invited Review
- B. Z. Lu, Y. C. Zhou, Michael J. Holst, and J. A. McCammon.
Recent progress in numerical methods for the Poisson-Boltzmann
equation in biophysical applications.
Commun. in Comput. Phys., 3(5):973-1009, 2008.
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link to the Journal webpage .
Research Articles
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B. Z. Lu and J. A. McCammon.
Molecular surface-free continuum model for electrodiffusion processes.
Chem. Phys. Lett., 451(4-6):282-286, 2008.
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Y. C. Zhou, B. Z. Lu, Gary A. Huber, Michael J. Holst, and
J. A. McCammon.
Continuum simulations of acetylcholine consumption by
acetylcholinesterase: A Poisson-Nernst-Planck approach.
J. Phys. Chem. B, 112(2):270-275, 2008.
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B. Z. Lu, Y. C. Zhou, Gary A. Huber, Stephen D. Bond, Michael J. Holst, and
J. Andrew McCammon.
Electrodiffusion: A continuum modeling framework for biomolecular
systems with realistic spatiotemporal resolution.
J. Chem. Phys., 127(13):135102, 2007.
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Also selected for October 15, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. link
(* A solver for Poisson-Nernst-Planck, Poisson-Boltzmann, Smoluchowski equations, and realistic spatiotemporal diffusion-reaction problem; hybrid FEM/BEM, surface and volume mesh generation; a bunch of examples )
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B. Z. Lu, X. L. Cheng, and J. A. McCammon.
"New-Version-Fast-Multipole Method" Accelerated Electrostatic
Calculations in Biomolecular Systems.
J. Comput. Phys., 226(2):1348-1366, 2007.
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(* FMM BEM, technical details )
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B. Z. Lu and J. A. McCammon.
Improved boundary element methods for Poisson-Boltzmann
electrostatic potential and force calculations.
J. Chem. Theory. Comput., 3(3):1134-1142, 2007.
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(** A "node patch" boundary element method --- the third low order BEM, mesh geometry correction, force calculation )
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B. Z. Lu, X. L. Cheng, J. F. Huang, and J. A. McCammon.
Order N algorithm for computation of electrostatic interactions in
biomolecular systems.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 103(51):19314-19319, 2006.
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( * Fast multipole, well-conditioned boundary integral equations,
multidomains )
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T. J. Hou, K. Chen, W. McLaughlin, B. Z. Lu, and W. Wang.
Computational analysis and prediction of the Binding Motif and
Protein Interacting Partners of the Abl SH3 domain.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2(1):e1, 2006.
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T. J. Hou, W. McLaughlin, B. Z. Lu, K. Chen, and W. Wang.
Prediction of Binding Affinities between the Human Amphiphysin-1 SH3
Domain and Its Peptide Ligands Using Homology Modeling, Molecular dynamics
and Molecular Field Analysis.
J. Proteome research, 5(1):32-43, 2006.
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X. L. Cheng, B. Z. Lu, B. Grant, R. Law, and J. A. McCammon.
Channel opening motion of \alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
as suggested by normal mode analysis.
J. Mol. Biol., 355(2):310-324, 2006.
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( * nAChR, normal model analysis, channel gating )
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M. U. Ung, B. Z. Lu*, and J. A. McCammon.
E230Q mutation of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein
kinase affects local structure and the binding of peptide inhibitor.
Biopolymers, 81(6):428-439, 2006.
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( * PKA, E230Q mutation effect, peptide binding )
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B. Z. Lu, X. L. Cheng, T. J. Hou, and J. A. McCammon.
Calculation of the Maxwell stress tensor and the
Poisson-Boltzmann force on a solvated molecular surface using hypersingular boundary integrals.
J. Chem. Phys., 123(8):084904, 2005.
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Also selected for the September 15, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. link
( * Maxwell stress tensor, strong singular and hypersingular integrals,
BEM, PB force and torque )
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B. Z. Lu, D. Q. Zhang, and J. A. McCammon.
Computation of electrostatic forces between solvated molecules
determined by the Poisson-Boltzmann equation using a boundary element method. J. Chem. Phys., 122(21):214102, 2005.
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Also selected for the June 1, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. link
( * A set of boundary integral equations
derived from energy variation principle for calculations of the PB forces
between biomolecules )
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B. Z. Lu, C. F. Wong, and J. A. McCammon.
Release of ADP from the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A: A
molecular dynamics simulation study.
Protein Sci., 14(1):159-168, 2005.
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B. Z. Lu and C. F. Wong.
Direct calculation of entropy loss due to reduced translational and
rotational motions upon molecular binding.
Biopolymers, 79:277-285, 2005.
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( * Entropy calculation, formulations, entropy loss of bound water molecules and ATP )
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Y. H. Yu, B. Z. Lu*, J. G. Han, and P. F. Zhang.
Scoring the protein-protein docked structures based on the balance
and tightness of binding.
J. Comput. Aided Mol. Des, 18(4):251-260, 2004.
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J. G. Han, Z. Y. Ren, and B. Z. Lu.
Geometries and stabilities of re-doped si-n (n=1-12) clusters: a
density functional investigation.
J. Phys. Chem. A, 108(23):5100-5110, 2004.
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B. Z. Lu, B. H. Wang, W. Z. Chen, and C. X. Wang.
A new computational approach for real protein folding prediction.
Protein Eng., 16(9):659-663, 2003.
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( * Relative entropy, protein folding )
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Y. H. Yu, C. H. Li, B. Z. Lu, W. Z. Chen, and C. X. Wang.
A new method to select the near-native conformations from the docked
structures.
Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin. (in Chinese), 19(8):757-761, 2003.
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B. Z. Lu, C. X. Wang, and B. H. Wang.
A new minimization method for real protein folding prediction.
Chin. J. Chem. Phys. (in Chinese), 16(2):117-121, 2003.
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W. Y. Wang, B. Z. Lu, W. Z. Chen, and C. X. Wang.
Study on the stability of insulin hexamer in solution by molecular
dynamics simulations.
Acta Chim. Sin. (in Chinese), 60(12):2129-2134, 2002.
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W. Y. Wang, B. Z. Lu, W. Z. Chen, and C. X. Wang.
The study on the flexibility of insulin hexamer in solution by
molecular dynamics simulations.
Acta Biophysica Sinica (in Chinese), (19):35-40, 2003.
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B. Z. Lu, W. Z. Chen, C. X. Wang, and X. J. Xu.
Protein molecular dynamics with electrostatic force entirely
determined by a single Poisson-Boltzmann calculation.
Proteins, 48(3):497-504, 2002.
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( * Finite difference Poisson-Boltzmann molecular dynamics simulation )
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X. H. Ma, C. H. Li, B. Z. Lu, W. Z. Chen, C. X. Wang,
and X. J. Xu.
Salt and pH-dependent properties of native and mutant insulin.
Chin. Sci. Bull., 47(6):464-466, 2002.
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B. Z. Lu, C. X. Wang, W. Z. Chen, S. Z. Wan, and Y. Y. Shi.
A stochastic dynamics simulation study associated with hydration
force and friction memory effect.
J. Phys. Chem. B, 104(29):6877-6883, 2000.
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( * Generalized Langevin dynamics, friction memory, boundary element method Poisson-Boltzmann force )
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B. Z. Lu, W. Z. Chen, and C. X. Wang.
The generalized Langevin dynamics associated with boundary element
method.
Chinese Science Bulletin, 45:1482-1486, 2000.
Talks
- "Fully-continuum diffusion -- Poisson-Nernst-Planck Equation"
(scheduled) at the 2008 CTBP Summer School, Coarse-Grained
Physical Modeling of Biological Systems: Advanced Theory and Methods,
San Diego, CA, August 11-15, 2008.
Weblink: http://ctbp.ucsd.edu/summer_school08/apply2008.html.
- Dept. of Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry, University of California at Irvine, 4/25/08.
- Informal Seminars on Mathematics and Biochemistry-Biophysics,
"Boundary integral methods for electrostatics in biomolecules. Part I: An overview",
4/8/08, Spring quarter, 2008; And "Electrodiffusion", 10/2/07, Summer and Fall quarter, 2007.
Department of Mathematics, UCSD.
- "Some developments, improvements, and applications in
biomolecular modeling techniques",
Dec. 11, 2007, at the Institute of Computational Mathematics and
Scientific/Engineering Computations, Beijing.
- "Discrete and Continuum molecular modeling",
Dec. 17, 2007, at the Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
- "Toward more efficient and accurate continuum modeling",
Dec. 22, 2007, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing.
- Cyberinfrastructure and multiscale modeling approaches ,
NBCR (National Biomedical Computation Resource)
Summer Institute 2006, La Jolla, California,
August 7-11 August, 2006, weblink: http://nbcr.net/si/2006/contact.php
(Instructor).
- "Electrostatics, density distribution, and diffusion - A continuum
modeling frame with realistic spatiotemporal resolution"
on March 7, 2007 at the Biophysical Society 51st Annual Meeting .
Baltimore, Maryland, MD, March 3-7, 2007.
- "Accelerating computations to order N for
electrostatic interactions of biomolecular systems"
on Sep. 11, 2006 at the 232nd ACS National Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006.
- "Molecular Simulations of Protein Kinase A:
Release of ADP from the catalytic subunit of PKA: A MD simulation study"
on July 12, 2005 at ICAM Frontiers of Science Symposium:
Signal Transduction and Protein Phosphorylation, UC San Diego, CA.
- "A new minimization method for real protein folding prediction,"
presented on May. 30, 2002 at the Seventh Symposium on Life Science
at Home and Abroad, the Academy of military medical sciences,
Beijing, China.
- "Dynamics simulation for protein-protein interaction"
at Proceedings of Chinese Biomedical Engineering 2001 (CBME), Wuhan, China.
Poster Presentations
- ``Finite element Poisson-Nernst-Planck approach for electrodiffusion
and reaction processes in biomolecular systems"
(to be attending) on January 4-8, 2008 at the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing,
session ``Multiscale Modeling and Simulation: from Molecules to
Cells to Organisms", The Big Island of Hawaii, January 4-8, 2008.
- ``A calculation method of Poisson-Boltzmann forces between
solvated macromolecules" on Biophysical Society 50th Annual Meeting,
February 18-22, 2006, Salt Lake city, Utah.
- ``Rate constant calculation of ligand binding with
solvation force determined by boundary elementary method" on Mar. 13, 2005
at the 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA
- ``Effect of E230Q to the synergistic binding of ATP and PKI to
the catalytic subunit of PKA" on July 30, 2005 at
19th Annual Symposium of The Protein Society:
The Integration of the Cellular Protein Machinery: Complexes to Networks,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Others (published in my notebook, disappeared journal, or somewhere in
an old mountain and forest you may not reach :) )
"Quantum theory and the philosophy of art", (in Chinese) 1999, (might printed in 2002).
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Ben-Zhuo Lu
2007-10-13