Dastvan Lab

New Preprint from the group! This study reveals that proton-coupled switching enables chemically distinct substrates to drive MsSpns transport in opposite directions. Congratulations to Samantha Gies and Kevin Jagessar for spearheading the work. biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

A great way to start 2026 ✨ Excited to see our cover design idea featured in the first issue of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. Grateful for the wonderful collaboration with the team! @slusom nature.com/nsmb/volumes/3…

The new travel ban is far more expansive than the one in 2017, yet the political response this time around has been muted to the point of silence. A Republican congresswoman seems to be the loudest voice raising concerns. The cynic in me can't help wondering whether this is payback for immigrant communities not delivering the turnout some Dem politicians expected in 2020. My speculations aside, the impact is very real. The U.S. visa process was already a grueling, dehumanizing maze even in the best of times. International scholars and students now face even more uncertainty about something as basic as freedom to move or change jobs. What’s heartbreaking is how normalized this has become. A century ago, simply landing at Ellis Island meant a chance to start a life by signing your name in a book. Today, the path to "legal entry" is a labyrinth of paperwork, shifting rules, and a political climate where people's lives can be upended overnight depending on who's in office. We should not accept this volatility as the price of wanting to study, work, or build a life in this country. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

the globe, all deeply grateful for their dedication, excellence, and love for the motherland. Thank you, dear Sadaf and Sepehr, for hosting us. (2/2)

I am extremely privileged and honored to visit my lovely Professor Elahe Elahi (University of Tehran) and Professor Siavash Shahshahani (Sharif University of Technology) in Saint Louis. Both have mentored generations of students and scientists who are now scattered across (1/2)

Fathom is finally here! Thank you @NIH/NIGMS, High Q Technologies! Looking forward to exciting discoveries!

Absolutely thrilled to receive it!! linkedin.com/posts/highqtec…

The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group is pleased to announce the 63rd "Hands-on" Workshop on Computational Biophysics (tcbg.illinois.edu/Training/Works…) to be held August 4-8, 2025 at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

Excited to share our pre-print about a non-canonical cGAS-STING pathway in aging. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Incredible work from Liang Feng's lab tackling the challenging MW limit of cryo-EM 🔬 and providing deep insights into🍬 metabolic processes. #cryoEM #Metabolism #transporter doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

@Mchaourablab @VUBasicSciences @VanderbiltCSB @GoogleDeepMind Very promising! Combined with the new high sensitivity instrumentations it significantly increases the capabilities of the field.

Happy to share our latest on using Alphafold2 with experimental distance restraints to model protein conformations. @VUBasicSciences @VanderbiltCSB @GoogleDeepMind #alphafold biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our latest work on ABC transporters: A transporter that process that move a large polypeptide. nature.com/articles/s4146…

@amrit_venkatesh @NIH @NIGMS @HighQEPR @SLUbiochem It’s because of integrating quantum sensing technologies.

We are thrilled to have received a $1.74 million high-end instrumentation grant from @NIH and @NIGMS to acquire the world’s first quantum-enabled Pulse EPR spectrometer from @HighQEPR. @SLUbiochem

Join our team at Case Western Reserve University! #CWRUSOM #cryoEM #Ionchannels nature.com/naturecareers/…

@EPR_ESR @rockymtnconf Congratulations to Songi Han @songihanlab and organizers for organizing such a fantastic and historic RMC @rockymtnconf @EPR_ESR. Looking forward to the next one!

This week we are @rockymtnconf #EPR. Great atmosphere, talks, science and friendship. IES Medals awarded to Professors Hiroshi Hirata and Christiane Timmel, congratulations!

@renaemryan1 @GordonConf @DrSusieLIngram1 @madamscientist @GallivantLab @SitteHarald @JavitchLab @Khoshbouei_lab @zfreyberg Congratulations to Renae and Susie for organizing such a fantastic GRC on #MembraneTransportProteins. Looking forward to the next one in Italy! @GordonConf @renaemryan1 @DrSusieLIngram1

Last day of a fantastic week of science and networking at the #MembraneTransportProteins @GordonConf Huge thanks to my superstar co-chair @DrSusieLIngram1 Love this supportive community including our past, present and future chairs👇@madamscientist