Brier, Troy A.

Fundamental behaviors emerge from simulations of a living minimal cell

Thornburg, Z. R., Bianchi, D. M., Brier, T. A., Gilbert, B. R., Earnest, E. E., Melo, M. C. R., Safronova, N., Sáenz, J. P., Cook, A. T., Wise, K. S., et al. (2022) · Cell

Lipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorLipid metabolism and biosynthesis

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Molecular dynamics simulation of an entire cell

Stevens, J. A., Grünewald, F., van Tilburg, P. A. M., König, M., Gilbert, B. R., Brier, T. A., Thornburg, Z. R., Luthey-Schulten, Z., & Marrink, S. J. (2023) · Frontiers in Chemistry

Protein Structure and DynamicsAdvanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions

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Bringing the genetically minimal cell to life on a computer in 4D

Thornburg, Z. R., Maytin, A., Kwon, J., Brier, T. A., Gilbert, B. R., Fu, E., Gao, Y.-L., Quenneville, J., Wu, T., Li, H., et al. (2026) · Cell

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Bringing the Genetically Minimal Cell to Life on a Computer in 4D

Thornburg, Z. R., Maytin, A., Kwon, J., Brier, T. A., Gilbert, B. R., Fu, E., Gao, Y.-L., Quenneville, J., Wu, T., Li, H., et al. (2025) · Cell

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Kinetic modeling of the genetic information processes in a minimal cell

Thornburg, Z. R., Melo, M. C. R., Bianchi, D., Brier, T. A., Crotty, C., Breuer, M., Smith, H. O., Hutchison, C. A., Glass, J. I., & Luthey-Schulten, Z. (2019) · Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionGene Regulatory Network Analysis

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Dynamics of chromosome organization in a minimal bacterial cell

Gilbert, B. R., Thornburg, Z. R., Brier, T. A., Stevens, J. A., Grünewald, F., Stone, J. E., Marrink, S. J., & Luthey-Schulten, Z. (2023) · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Genomics and Chromatin DynamicsBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

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