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  <subtitle>Theoretical biophysics research group at the Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-11-05T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
  <author><name>Davit Potoyan</name></author>
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    <title>Published in Nature Communications: A Language Model-Informed Minimalistic Design of Functional Coacervate Vesicles</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-78912-z"/>
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    <updated>2026-11-05T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Published in &lt;em&gt;Nature Communications&lt;/em&gt;: A Language Model-Informed Minimalistic Design of Functional Coacervate Vesicles&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>New preprint: Temperature-responsive contacts in TRPV1 concentrate in the cytoplasmic coupling domains</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.09.757870"/>
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    <updated>2026-10-15T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;New preprint: Temperature-responsive contacts in TRPV1 concentrate in the cytoplasmic coupling domains&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Published in iScience: β Motifs and Molecular Flux Promote Fibril Growth at Condensate Interfaces</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.117855"/>
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    <updated>2026-10-14T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Published in &lt;em&gt;iScience&lt;/em&gt;: β Motifs and Molecular Flux Promote Fibril Growth at Condensate Interfaces&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Published in PNAS: A Structure-Aware Generative AI Framework for Revealing Functional Relationships in Protein Families</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2536965123"/>
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    <updated>2026-10-02T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Published in &lt;em&gt;PNAS&lt;/em&gt;: A Structure-Aware Generative AI Framework for Revealing Functional Relationships in Protein Families&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7511848946256773120/&quot;&gt;LinkedIn post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Davit joined Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics as an Editor.</title>
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    <updated>2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Davit joined &lt;em&gt;Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics&lt;/em&gt; as an Editor.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Accepted in iScience: β Motifs and Molecular Flux Promote Fibril Growth at Condensate Interfaces</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.117855"/>
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    <updated>2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Accepted in &lt;em&gt;iScience&lt;/em&gt;: β Motifs and Molecular Flux Promote Fibril Growth at Condensate Interfaces&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Published in PNAS: Integrating NMR and contact-response analysis reveals the allosteric network driving domain closure in Enzyme I</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2612191123"/>
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    <updated>2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Published in &lt;em&gt;PNAS&lt;/em&gt;: Integrating NMR and contact-response analysis reveals the allosteric network driving domain closure in Enzyme I&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>New preprint: Coevolution-informed Bayesian optimization for sample-efficient protein design</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.06.743295"/>
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    <updated>2026-08-06T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;New preprint: Coevolution-informed Bayesian optimization for sample-efficient protein design&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Davit joined Biophysical Journal as an Editor.</title>
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    <updated>2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Davit joined &lt;em&gt;Biophysical Journal&lt;/em&gt; as an Editor.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>New preprint: Synthetic Biomolecular Condensates as Tunable Microtubule Assembly Hubs</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.01.722010"/>
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    <updated>2026-05-01T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;New preprint: Synthetic Biomolecular Condensates as Tunable Microtubule Assembly Hubs&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Davit gave an invited talk at the FASEB conference on Phase Transitions in Cellular Signaling and Disease in Melbourne, FL.</title>
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    <updated>2026-02-01T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Davit gave an invited talk at the FASEB conference on Phase Transitions in Cellular Signaling and Disease in Melbourne, FL.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>New preprint: 3D genome architecture regulates the traffic of transcription factors throughout human chromosomes</title>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.06.698019"/>
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    <updated>2026-01-06T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;New preprint: 3D genome architecture regulates the traffic of transcription factors throughout human chromosomes&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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