The aim of the European Network in Computational Protein Design (CuPiD) is to establish a European research community that will advance computational protein design beyond the current state of the art. Protein design is largely an academic endeavour, but we aim to make protein-design methods more accessible to enable and speed up the delivery of functional de novo proteins for real-life applications in biotechnology, healthcare and materials.
To effect this change, the Network exchanges and develops ideas, methods and expertise in computational protein design. We bring together researchers with a range of expertise and experiences in protein design, including in computation (e.g., bioinformatics, computational protein design, minimalistic and rational design, and dynamics) and experiment (e.g., directed evolution, biophysical characterisation, and structural biology).
Funded by BBSRC, CuPiD is led by Prof Dek Woolfson (University of Bristol) with support from Prof Birte Höcker (University of Bayreuth), and Prof Lynne Regan (University of Edinburgh).
