Competed for Hopkins at the US Croquet Association Collegiate Championship this weekend. Had a lot of fun and ended up placing top 10 with my teammate Clark which placed Hopkins 4th in the nation. BTW also passed my GBO and I am officially a PhD candidate now!

I was testing DeepSeek's knowledge and it was interesting to see that it can hallucinate Chinese characters. However, it seems that using this Chinese character (完整=complete / intact) translated into English would provide a reasonable statement.

Clathrin is an Intrinsic Driver of Membrane Fission https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.05.709932v1

Transforming macromolecular structures into simulations of self-assembly https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.27.702082v1

A membrane-driven biochemical oscillator tunable by the volume to surface area ratio https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688573v1

This is a rather unfortunate change that seems to have come as a surprise to just about everyone. FYI for students and PIs who were looking to apply for the NSF GRFP

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

Check out this cool manuscript I was a part of!

Evaluation of De Novo Deep Learning Models on the Protein-Sugar Interactome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.02.673778v1

Does protein dimerization always help targeting and dwell time on DNA? Not for a population! Dwell time is especially sensitive to spacing between DNA targets. Nonspecific binding and facilitated (1D) diffusion also play a key role. Super proud of Mankun Sang’s work! doi.org/10.1101/2025...