{"id":249,"date":"2020-08-22T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montelionelab.wordpress.com\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:00:59","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu\/index.php\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light\" style=\"min-height:192px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-4565 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/decorative-1-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:80% 41%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"80% 41%\" 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wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-03627597 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-background-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu\/index.php\/services\/\" title=\"learn.wordpress.com\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Highlights<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-background-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu\/index.php\/our-software-2\/\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Software<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-background-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu\/index.php\/publications\/\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Publications<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-749adb30 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-color:#9ea2a2;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>Structural Biology<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The biomedical themes in the Montelione lab include structure-function studies of proteins and complexes involved in cancer biology, neurobiology, and infectious disease.  Current focus areas include integral membrane drug transporters of pathogenic bacteria, protein complexes associated with  gene integration, DNA damage repair, virus-host interactions, and antivirals targeting SARS CoV2 virus. In addressing these complex systems the lab uses integrative methods combining NMR, crystallography, SAXS, and molecular modeling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-749adb30 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-color:#9ea2a2;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>Methods Development<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Montelione lab has made key contributions in computational NMR methods development, including the development of software for automated analysis of protein resonance assignments, automated analysis of 3D structures, and for protein NMR model quality assessment.  The lab\u2019s current methods-development focus involves combining contact and distance predictions from bioinformatics together with sparse NMR data to determine the 3D structures of challenging proteins, including membrane proteins.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-749adb30 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nesg.org\/\" style=\"border-color:#9ea2a2;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NESG Structural Genomics<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Montelione served as Director of the NIH Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG) (2000 \u2013 2016), which developed a successful high-throughput pipeline for protein sample and 3D structure production. The NESG program involved extensive efforts in new technology development for protein sample production, NMR, X-ray crystallography, and structural bioinformatics. More than 1,300 structures were determined by the NESG team. The platform is now being used to enable the structural biology projects funded in the lab, including collaborative efforts in de novo protein design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center\">Additional Resources and Helpful Links for Researchers<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-e4eacc68 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu\/databases\/nmrdata\/index.html\" style=\"border-color:#9ea2a2;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NMR \/ Xray Pairs<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu\/rdc_database_150\/index.htm\" style=\"border-color:#9ea2a2;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>RDC&#8217;S of 150 Proteins<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nesg.org\" style=\"border-color:#9ea2a2;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NESG.org<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/alphafold\/\" style=\"border-color:#9ea2a2;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-radius:10px;background-color:#d6001c;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Online AlphaFold Training Resources<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biomedical themes in the Montelione lab include structure-function studies of proteins and complexes involved in cancer biology, neurobiology, and infectious disease. 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