SOAR Student Profiles

Foram Patel

Foram Patel

  • SOAR Position: Member; Alumni
  • Major: Computer Science
  • Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Joshua L. Phillips

Current Focus: Validating the 1GB1 folding pathway using Greedy-Proximal A*

Project Description

This project is a validation study for the application of the greedy-proximal A* (GPA*) algorithm on the complex and fast-folding 1GB1 protein. Once this is validated, the approach may be applied to even larger proteins and across a broader spectrum of biological systems. We seek to compare computational folding paths of 1GB1, a tiny protein that is a mix of the primary structural components that make up most protein sys