CCR affiliate publishes Nature paper

Dr. Liqun Zhang, a computational scientist in URI’s Department of Chemical Engineering and affiliate of the Center for Computational Research (CCR), recently published a paper in Nature Chemistry titled: “Interaction and dynamics of chemokine receptor CXCR4 binding with CXCL12 and hBD-3”.

The paper is open access and available here: Read the full publication

Dr. Zhang’s research explores molecular interactions that have critical implications for immune system response and therapeutic development. Her work relies heavily on URI’s high-performance computing infrastructure—specifically, the Unity cluster at MGHPCC and on-campus URI HPC environments—supported by ITS Research Computing.

This achievement highlights how URI’s computational resources empower groundbreaking scientific research with global reach.