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Roivant Discovery Announces 2021 Open Science Fellows
Drs. Gregory Bowman, Alex Dickson and Paul Robustelli selected as fellows due to shared focus on understanding the structures and dynamics of biological
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nDrs. Gregory Bowman, Alex Dickson and Paul Robustelli selected as fellows due to shared focus on understanding the structures and dynamics of biological systems at atomic resolution\n\n NEW YORK & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nRoivant Discovery, the drug discovery engine for Roivant Sciences (Nasdaq: ROIV), today announced that Dr. Gregory R. Bowman, Dr. Alex Dickson and Dr. Paul Robustelli have been appointed as 2021 Open Science Fellows. The Roivant Discovery Open Science Fellows program integrates cutting-edge research from leading academicians with the advanced computational physics research at Roivant Discovery.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211029005255/en/Alex Dickson, Ph.D., Roivant Discovery 2021 Open Science Fellow\nThese three researchers were chosen due to their efforts to advance the understanding of structures and dynamics of biological systems at atomic resolution. Their research interests all relate to unraveling the molecular mechanisms associated with human diseases. Specific research areas include long-timescale simulations using weighted ensemble algorithms, the integration of biophysical data with molecular dynamics, and the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to model the conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins at atomic resolution.\n\n“Open science is critical to our culture at Roivant Discovery. The 2021 Open Science Fellows were carefully selected from academic researchers with established leadership in their field who promote the open science ethos,” said Woody Sherman, Ph.D., chief computational scientist, Roivant Sciences. “We are proud to be working with these world-class scientists and look forward to advancing the field of predictive sciences in drug discovery.”\n\nAbout the 2021 Roivant Discovery Open Science Fellows\n\nGregory R. Bowman, Ph.D. is an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Washington University in St. Louis, where his research group develops new ways to interpret genetic variation and combat global health threats by understanding and exploiting protein dynamics using a combination of biophysical experiments, machine learning, physics-based simulations, and the world’s largest distributed computer. Dr. Bowman’s group is particularly intereste...