Lucy R. Forrest, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator

Computational Structural Biology Section


Building 35, Room 3D991
35 Convent Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-3761


Research Topics






Selected Publications

  1. Leone V, Waclawska I, Kossmann K, Koshy C, Sharma M, Prisner TF, Ziegler C, Endeward B, Forrest LR. Interpretation of spectroscopic data using molecular simulations for the secondary active transporter BetP. J Gen Physiol. 2019;151(3):381-394.

  2. Adhikary S, Deredge DJ, Nagarajan A, Forrest LR, Wintrode PL, Singh SK. Conformational dynamics of a neurotransmitter:sodium symporter in a lipid bilayer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(10):E1786-E1795.

  3. Mulligan C, Fenollar-Ferrer C, Fitzgerald GA, Vergara-Jaque A, Kaufmann D, Li Y, Forrest LR, Mindell JA. The bacterial dicarboxylate transporter VcINDY uses a two-domain elevator-type mechanism. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2016;23(3):256-63.

  4. Forrest LR. Structural Symmetry in Membrane Proteins. Annu Rev Biophys. 2015;44:311-37.

  5. Fenollar-Ferrer C, Patti M, Knöpfel T, Werner A, Forster IC, Forrest LR. Structural fold and binding sites of the human Na⁺-phosphate cotransporter NaPi-II. Biophys J. 2014;106(6):1268-79.

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