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Paul Robustelli

@paulrobustelli.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College Computational Biophysics / Disordered Proteins / Molecular Recognition

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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Robustelli laboratory is hiring a Postbaccalaureate Fellow to work in the group for 1 year with a focus on either experimental or computational biophysics! apply.interfolio.com/184353 This position is ideal for students seeking experience before applying to a PhD program.
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Happy holidays from our molecular biophysics lab to yours!
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I have failed to teach my son anything about entropy or times arrow and hereby withdraw my application for tenure.
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Our manuscript on using the knot theory descriptor writhe to build kinetic models of IDP dynamics is now out in JCTC pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... We think this approach establishes a new state-of-the-art for building markov state models of IDP dynamics.
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Characterizing Structural and Kinetic Ensembles of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Using Writhe
The biological functions of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are governed by the conformational states they adopt in solution and the kinetics of transitions between these states. We apply wri...
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Proud to share our manuscript: "How small molecules stabilize oligomers of a phase-separating disordered protein" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by Jiaqi Zhu and Tommy Sisk, in collaboration with @borjaml.bsky.social , Stase Bielskute-Garcia & @xsalvatella1.bsky.social
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Does anyone else think saying "this paper isn't a good fit for our journal" is quite a bit less silly than saying that a paper isn't a "striking advance" / "sufficiently timeless" / etc. ?. Who is this goofy form letter language for exactly?
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Happy to have contributed a few sections on NMR to this very practical and comprehensive community review on benchmarking force fields against experimental data.
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Today Writhe, our favorite knot theory descriptor for characterizing IDP dynamics, is the star of the lab pumpkin for the annual department carving contest. If you can make sense of the design— I’ll buy you a coffee, bao bun, or wheatgrass shot at the next conference. No substitutions.
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Fun day at @dartmouthchem.bsky.social serving buldak ramen and explaining the biophysics and structural biology of heat and capsaicin activation of the ion channels to celebrate @acs.org #NationalChemistryWeek.
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Our work developing a maximum entropy reweighting method to refine all-atom ensembles of IDPs with extensive NMR and SAXS datasets is now out in @natcomms.nature.com: rdcu.be/eKlK7 Led by @dartmouthchem.bsky.social graduate student Kaushilk Borthakur in collaboration with @bonomimax.bsky.social
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Determining accurate conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins at atomic resolution
Nature Communications - This study demonstrates how to combine molecular dynamics computer simulations with experimental biophysical data to determine accurate atomic-resolution ensembles of...
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Excited to share a new preprint: "Monomer binding modes of small molecules that modulate the kinetics of hIAPP amyloid formation" by graduate student Michelle Garcia together with post-doc Korey Reid. Paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Code + Ensembles: github.com/paulrobustel...
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Want to run and analyze MD simulations of a disordered protein? Check out our step-by-step guide (+ tutorial with code) for preparing, running and analyzing replica exchange solute tempering (REST2) simulations of IDPs with @gromacs.bsky.social and @plumed.org on arxiv! arxiv.org/abs/2505.01860
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Performing all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins with replica exchange solute tempering
All-atom molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations are a valuable tool for characterizing the conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). IDP conformational ensembles are ...
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Presenting one of my favorite manuscripts I've ever worked on: "Characterizing structural and kinetic ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins using writhe" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by Tommy Sisk, with a generative modeling component done in collaboration with @smnlssn.bsky.social
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Thanks to my hosts @bonomimax.bsky.social, @xsalvatella1.bsky.social, @fabferrage.bsky.social, @rcrehuet.bsky.social & Gabi Heller for a wonderful sabbatical science tour of Barcelona, Paris and London! Until next time!
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
As an American who’s immigrant grandfather grew up in a New Jersey home with a dirt floor, I can’t quite explain the feeling I have when I walk past the pantheon to spend the afternoon discussing magnetic resonance with Parisian intellectuals. Thanks @fabferrage.bsky.social for a great visit!
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Proud to share: "Ensemble docking for intrinsically disordered proteins" from Dartmouth undergrad Anjali Dhar 24' and grad student Tommy Sisk. We present ensemble docking strategies for IDPs that, remarkably, seem to work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Code: github.com/paulrobustel...
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
One note about the DiffDock *preprint* fracas: it seems like two of the main issues at hand i) experienced researchers insisting on addition controls to justify claims ii) objections to overly combative language and potentially misleading comparisons are things that peer reviewed journals...
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I’m looking for examples of the largest conformational changes that have been captured in ensemble docking or flexible docking approaches. Can anyone point me to some good examples?
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I'm excited to share a new manuscript with Jiaqi Zhu characterizing the conformational ensembles of covalent adducts formed by a disordered protein and small molecule drugs: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Code + Ensembles: github.com/paulrobustel...
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Paul Robustelli @paulrobustelli.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Hello Bluesky. I'm a little late to the new platform party because I was busy integrating a new #compchem scholar into our group.
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