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Dr. Xu serves on chemistry dept graduate admissions committee
To provide his opinion on the graduate applicants for fall 2012. |
Dr. Xu invited to give a talk at the 2012 American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting
He will be presenting a new computer aided drug discovery tool in the "Progress for Disease Therapeutics" symposium at the 67th ACS Northwest Meeting held at the Boise convention center, June 26th. |
Dr. Xu presents at the BSU Biomedical Research Networking Meeting April 25, ILC 203 from 2:30 - 4:00pm
The talk is titled "Accelerating biomedical discovery with advanced molecular simulation". |
Rance Shaw and Andy Coombs, the first two graduating seniors from the Xu lab
Rance and Andy have successfully presented their seminar seminars and submitted their final research reports. Congrats to both of them! |
Dr. Xu Presents at the INBRE Network Lunch on Monday April 16th at the NNU Boise Campus
Dr. Xu showcases the simulation capacities of his lab and the highlights of the most recent research advancements in his lab. |
Garrett Mathews, a TVMSC high school research intern at the Xu Lab, Accpeted by Warren Collegein University of California, San Diego
Congrats Garrett! UCSD is one of the best place for cutting-edge computational chemistry. Way to go! |
Symposium Lecture and Banquet in Honor of Prof. McCammon
Prof. McCammon is a world renowned computational and theoretical chemist, a member of US National Academy of Science and Dr. Xu postdoc advisor at UC San Diego Photos from this banquet dinner on Sunday, March 25, 2012 Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM |
Dr. Xu's GPU MD Manuscript Accepted by the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, a Prestigious ACS Publication.
This paper describes the implementation and validation of AMBER GPU MD code "Routine microsecond molecular dynamics simulations with AMBER on GPUs - Part I: Generalized Born". This is a major advancement for the popular AMBER MD code and the work is expected to have significant impact on the biomolecular modeling community. |
Nicolas Sawaya, Dr. Xu's former student at UCSD, Accepted by 5 Top Graduates Schools (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Caltech and Stanford)
There's no doubt that Nico's prior research work, under the guidance of Dr. Xu, played a critical role in his successful graduate school applications. Wow, what an achievement! Congratulations, Nico! Dr. Xu met with Nico in San Diego during the ACS meeting. Nico has decided to go to Harvard. |
Nilab MohammadMousa Joins the Xu Lab
Nilab is a computer science major and chemistry minor. She will be co-advised by Dr. Xu and Dr. Alark Joshi to work on a novel GPU-Accelerated molecular docking program as a result of a recent research collaboration initiative between the two labs. Welcome, Nilab! |
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