The Liang Group
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Texas Tech University
April 24th, 2025
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Unraveling the functional mechanisms and design principles of photoactive biomolecular systems through multiscale simulations" at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
April 18th, 2025
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Unraveling the functional mechanisms and design principles of photoactive biomolecular systems through multiscale simulations" at University of Nevada, Reno, NV
April 15th, 2025
Dr. Pauf Neupane joined our research group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Pauf!
April 3rd, 2025
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Atomic-Level Free Energy Landscape Reveals Cooperative Symport Mechanism of Melibiose Transporter" at CMPR XVI Annual Symposium, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
March 3rd, 2025
Our paper titled "Unraveling Solvent and Substituent Effects in the Photodynamics of Light-Dependent Microtubule Inhibitors for Cancer Phototherapy." is published in J. Comput. Chem. Cheers!
February 27th, 2025
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Unraveling the functional mechanisms and design principles of photoactive biomolecular systems through multiscale simulations" at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
January 29th, 2025
Our paper titled "Enantiopure Turbo Chirality Targets in Tri-Propeller Blades: Design, Asymmetric Synthesis, and Computational Analysis" is published in Molecules. Cheers!
January 3rd, 2025
Dr. Ruibin Liang won the Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, the highest level of award for research excellence at Texas Tech University. Congratulations!
December 19th, 2024
Our paper titled "Discovery of Staircase Chirality through the Design of Unnatural Amino Acid Derivatives" is published in Research. Cheers!
October 22nd, 2024
Dr. Ruibin Liang won a poster award in the Laboratory Heads category at the Welch Foundation Conference 2024. Congratulations.
October 21st, 2024
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Development of Multiscale Simulation Approaches for the Characterization of Photochemical Reactivities in Biomolecules" at ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Waco, TX
September 20th, 2024
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Development of Multiscale Simulation Approaches for the Characterization of Photochemical Reactivities in Biomolecules" at University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
September 19th, 2024
Our paper titled "Amino Turbo Chirality and Its Asymmetric Control." is published in Research. Cheers!
September 6th, 2024
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Development of Multiscale Simulation Approaches for the Characterization of Photochemical Reactivities in Biomolecules" at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
August 22, 2024
Laleh Khalvati joined our research group as a graduate student. Welcome, Laleh!
July 19th, 2024
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Understanding the Multifaceted Mechanism of Compound I Formation and Reactivity in Unspecific Peroxygenases through Multiscale Simulations" at Telluride Workshop on Proton Transfer in Biology, Telluride, CO
May 22, 2024
Our paper titled "Development of Parallel On-the-Fly Crystal Algorithm for Global Exploration of Conical Intersection Seam Space." is published in J. Chem. Theory Comput. (PDF) Cheers!
May 22, 2024
Dr. Devendra Kambham joined our research group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Devendra!
May 21, 2024
Dr. Mohammad Khavani joined our research group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Mohammad!
May 12, 2024
Our graduate student, Amirhossein Bakhtiiari, received the 2024 Ming Sun Family Graduate Research Award from Texas Tech University. Congratulations!
May 8, 2024
Our graduate student, Abel Egbemhenghe, has graduated with a M.S. degree. Congratulations!
March 19, 2024
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Understanding the photochemical reactions in biomolecules through multiscale simulations" at the ACS Spring 2024, Orleans, LA
February 29, 2024
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Understanding the Multifaceted Mechanism of Compound I Formation in Unspecific Peroxygenases through Multiscale Simulations" at 8th International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, Boston, MA
November 29, 2023
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Multiscale simulations reveal the coupling between photochemistry and protein-ligand interactions in photopharmacology" at 4th International Conference on Photopharmacology, Hong Kong
November 15, 2023
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Multiscale simulations reveal the coupling between photochemistry and protein-ligand interactions in photopharmacology" at ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK
September 14, 2023
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Multiscale simulations reveal the coupling between photochemistry and protein-ligand interactions in photopharmacology" at Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Lubbock, TX
September 5, 2023
We received funding from the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA, R35) from the NIH. Cheers!
August 24, 2023
Chia Farshadfar joined our research group as a graduate student. Welcome, Chia!
August 22, 2023
Our paper titled "On the Simulation of Thermal Isomerization of Molecular Photoswitches in Biological Systems." is published in J. Chem. Theory Comput. (PDF) Cheers!
May 12, 2023
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "The coupling between photochemistry and protein-ligand interactions in photopharmacology" at New York University Shanghai.
January 1, 2023
Dr. Ankit Pandey joined our research group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Ankit!
November 15, 2022
Dr. Gustavo J. Costa joined our research group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Gustavo!
October 31, 2022
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "The coupling between photochemistry and protein-ligand interactions in photopharmacology" at Texas State University.
August 24, 2022
Abel Egbemhenghe joined our research group as a graduate student. Welcome, Abel!
July 1, 2022
Dr. Vincent Spata joined our research group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Vincent!
June 23, 2022
Our paper titled "Multiscale simulation unravels the light-regulated reversible inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase by phototrexate." is published in J. Chem. Phys. (PDF). Cheers!
April 21, 2022
Our paper titled "Molecular basis for the cation selectivity of Salmonella typhimurium melibiose permease." is published in J. Mol. Biol. This work is a result of a successful collaboration with Dr. Guan Lan's group at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). Cheers!
April 4, 2022
We received a research grant from the Welch Foundation, a prestigious award in Texas recognizing the research investigator's scientific contributions. Congratulations!
March 27, 2022
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave a poster presentation titled "Effects of enzyme-ligand interactions on the photoisomerization of a light-regulated chemotherapeutic drug" at Gordon Research Conference on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction, Ventura, CA, United States.
March 17, 2022
Our paper titled "Effects of enzyme-ligand interactions on the photoisomerization of a light-regulated chemotherapeutic drug" is published in J. Phys. Chem. B (PDF). Cheers!
February 26, 2022
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Effects of enzyme-ligand interactions on the photoisomerization of a light-regulated chemotherapeutic drug" at the 6th International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, San Francisco, California
January 13, 2022
Amirhossein Bakhtiiari joined our research group as a graduate student. Welcome, Amirhossein!
November 5, 2021
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "Towards understanding photoactive biomolecular systems through multiscale simulation" at Purdue University, Department of Chemistry
November 2, 2021
Our paper titled "Protein confinement fine-tunes aggregation-induced emission in human serum albumin" is published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. Cheers!
October 28, 2021
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave an invited talk titled "First-principles non-adiabatic dynamics simulation of the molecular photoswitches in solution and protein" at Center for Membrane Protein Research 13th Annual Virtual Symposium in Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
August 25, 2021
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave a talk titled "First-principles non-adiabatic dynamics simulation of azobenzene photodynamics in solutions" at the ACS Fall 2021
August 22, 2021
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave a talk titled "Light activation mechanism of channelrhodopsin 2" at the ACS Fall 2021
June 15, 2021
Dr. Ruibin Liang gave a talk titled "Light-activation of Channelrhodopsin 2" at the CT4OPTO Workshop on “Principles of Light-Induced Charge Transfer for Optogenetics”
April 21, 2021Our first paper titled "First-Principles Nonadiabatic Dynamics Simulation of Azobenzene Photodynamics in Solutions" is published on J. Chem. Theory Comput (PDF). Cheers!
August 24, 2020
Dr. Ruibin Liang started as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech University. The Liang group opened for business.