Zhexin (Jason) Xiang Bldg 12A, Room 2051 12 South Drive MSC 5624 Bethesda, MD 20892-5624 xiangz@mail.nih.gov Office: 301-402-1670 My research interest is to combine computational biophysics (e.g. all-atom force field, solvation model,etc) and bioinformatics (e.g. genome-wide sequence and structure analysis) to better understand the relationship between protein sequence, structure and function. A major goal of my research is to develop effective computational methods for protein structure prediction and apply these tools to aid in protein interaction network mapping, protein function prediction, and rational drug design. Publications Background Favorite Journal Software Developed Jackal -- Protein structure modeling package. Scap -- Protein Side chain prediction or mutation. Loopy -- Protein loop conformation prediction or segment mutation Nest -- Comparative protein strucutre modeling. Bingo -- Graphics environment for sequence analysis and structure modeling. Jackal's performance at the 5th Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP5) and CASP6