Deniz Akpinaroglu
Graduate Student

I'm interested in designing small-molecule binding proteins with deep learning.

NSF GRFP Fellow

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering, UC Merced

Publications

1. Akpinaroglu, D., Ruffolo, J. A., Mahajan, S. P., & Gray, J. J. (2021). Improved antibody structure prediction by deep learning of side chain conformations. BioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.22.461349v1
2. Pickett, M. A., Sallee, M. D., Naturale, V. F., Akpinaroglu, D., Lee, J., Shen, K., & Feldman, J. L. (2021). Separable mechanisms drive local and global polarity establishment in the C. elegans intestinal epithelium. bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.01.466827v1