U.S.-Korea Cooperative Research on Development of Empirical Potential Functions for Protein Folding

小行星9306345 该奖项提供资金，允许哈罗德博士。Scheraga，康奈尔大学化学系，与韩国科学技术高级研究院（KAIST）化学系Mu Shik Jhon教授和韩国宋实大学化学系Kyoung Tai No博士合作开展为期36个月的合作研究计划，开发蛋白质折叠的经验势函数。 该理论研究旨在阐明多肽链折叠成蛋白质天然构象的能量和机制。 虽然目前的潜在功能，开发的合作者，是足够准确的几个应用程序，合作者将开发新的和更好的潜在功能，将有更大的适用性。 这项研究对于更好地理解蛋白质的结构和性质具有重要意义。 合作者是该提案领域备受尊敬的研究人员。 该项目与美国的目标有关-韩国合作科学计划，旨在通过科学信息，思想，技能和技术的交流以及通过互利问题的合作来提高美国和韩国科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。 韩国对该项目的参与得到了韩国科学和工程基金会的支持。 这个项目增加了一个国际合作的层面，PI的研究下，美国国家科学基金会资助号DMB-9015815。 ***

9306345 Scheraga This award provides funds to permit Dr. Harold A. Scheraga, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, to pursue with Professor Mu Shik Jhon, Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Dr. Kyoung Tai No, Department of Chemistry, Soong-Sil University, Korea, for 36 months, a program of cooperative research on the development of empirical potential functions for protein folding. This theoretical research is designed to elucidate the energies and mechanism of the folding of a polypeptide chain into the native conformation of a protein. While current potential functions, developed by the collaborators, are sufficiently accurate for several applications, the collaborators will develop new and better potential functions which will have greater applicability. This research is important for developing a better understanding of the structure and properties of proteins. The collaborators are highly respected researchers in the field of the proposal. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. Korean participation in the project is supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). This project adds an international cooperative dimension to the PI's research under NSF Grant No. DMB-9015815. ***