Research Experience
| 2012-pres | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computational Biology Center Advisor: John D. Chodera |
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| 2011-2012 | University of Chicago Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry Advisor: Gregory A. Voth |
| 2007-2011 | University of Oxford Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Biochemistry Advisor: Mark S. P. Sansom |
| 2006-2007 | University of Bristol, UK Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Chemistry Advisor: Chris Willis |
| 2005-2006 | GlaxoSmithKline, UK Industrial Placement Student |
Education
| 2007-2011 | University of Oxford D.Phil. in Biochemistry |
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| 2003-2007 | University of Bristol, UK M.Sci. in Chemistry with Industrial Experience |
Publications
- J. L. Baker*, N. Courtemanche*, D. L. Parton*, M. McCullagh, T. D. Pollard, G. A. Voth. Electrostatic Interactions Between the Bni1p Formin FH2 Domain and Actin Influence Actin Filament Nucleation, Structure. (2014) - in press
- D. L. Parton, A. Tek, M. Baaden, M. S. P. Sansom, Formation of Raft-Like Assemblies within Clusters of Influenza Hemagglutinin Observed by MD Simulations, PLoS Comp. Biol. (2013) 9:e1003034. Link
- J. M. Crowet, D. L. Parton, B. Hall, S. Steinhauer, R. Brasseur, L. Lins, M. S. P. Sansom, Multiscale Simulation of the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Fusion Peptide, J. Phys. Chem. B. (2012) 116:13713. Link
- D. L. Parton, E. V. Akhmatskaya, M. S. P. Sansom, Multiscale Simulations of the Antimicrobial Peptide Maculatin 1.1: Water Permeation through Disordered Aggregates, J. Phys. Chem. B. (2012) 116:8485. Link
- D. L. Parton*, J. W. Klingelhoefer*, M. S. P. Sansom, Aggregation of model membrane proteins, modulated by hydrophobic mismatch, membrane curvature and protein class, Biophys. J. (2011) 101:691-699. Link
- P. A. Procopiou, C. Browning, J. M. Buckley, K. L. Clark, L. Fechner, P. M. Gore, A. P. Hancock, S. T. Hodgson, D. S. Holmes, M. Kranz, B. E. Looker, K. M. Morriss, D. L. Parton, L. J. Russell, R. J. Slack, S. L. Sollis, S. Vile, C. J. Watts, The Discovery of Phthalazinone-Based Human H(1) and H(3) Single-Ligand Antagonists Suitable for Intranasal Administration for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis, J. Med. Chem. (2011) 54:2183-2195. Link
- P. J. Bond, D. L. Parton, J. F. Clark, M. S. P. Sansom, Coarse-Grained Simulations of the Membrane-Active Antimicrobial Peptide Maculatin 1.1, Biophys. J. (2008) 95:3802-3815. Link
* Authors contributed equally
Manuscripts in Preparation or Review
- T. Reddy, D. Shorthouse, D. L. Parton, E. Jeffreys, P. W. Folwer, M. Chavent, M. Baaden, M. S. P. Sansom. Coarse-Grained Simulations of a Full-Scale Computational Model of the Human Influenza Virion, (2014) - submitted
- D. L. Parton, J. D. Chodera (2014) - three manuscripts in preparation
Awards and Scholarships
| 2014 | Attended Hacker School - a 3 month programming retreat |
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| 2012 | Full financial support for attendance at PASI Workshop at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 2011-2012 | Research on simulations of influenza virus featured in French national scientific magazine, La Recherche, in Oxford biochemistry magazine, Phenotype, and on the MRC BPoD website (link). |
| 2010 | HPC-Europa2 award, providing funding for a 6-week placement based in the group of Dr Marc Baaden (Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France) |
| 2010 | GSK Award for poster at Oxford Department of Biochemistry Annual Retreat |
| 2007-2011 | Joint CASE Award Studentship from the BBSRC and Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe |
| 2003 | Final-year prize for Physics from Chesham High School |
Teaching
| 2009 | Demonstrator for a workshop on MD simulations and visualization for high-school students, organized by the Sutton Trust Programme, at University of Oxford |
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| 2008-2009 | Tutor in Organic Chemistry, Christ Church College, University of Oxford |
Peer Review
- Biochemistry
- Central European Journal of Mathematics
Selected Talks
| 2013 (invited) | Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK |
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| 2012 (invited) | Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France |
| 2009 | CCPB Conference on Biomolecular Simulation, York, UK |