James Losey Data-verified

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-03-16

postdoc

7 h-index 19 pubs 122 cited

Biography and Research Information

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James Losey's research focuses on computational studies of protein dynamics, particularly in the context of viral infections and protein engineering. He investigates the conformational changes of viral spike proteins, such as those found in SARS-CoV-2, using molecular dynamics simulations and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) techniques. His work also extends to developing computational approaches for designing recombinant proteins and understanding the embeddability problem in transition rate estimation. Losey has published on topics including secondary structure in intrinsically disordered protein regions and the computational elucidation of fusion protein effects on nanoparticle synthesis. He has a collaborative network within the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with multiple shared publications with researchers including Mahmoud Moradi and Vivek Govind Kumar. His work has resulted in 19 publications and 122 citations, with an h-index of 7.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 19
  • Citations: 122

Selected Publications

  • Simulating Freely Diffusing Single-Molecule FRET Data with Consideration of Protein Conformational Dynamics (2026)
  • BPS2025 - Along-the-path Markov models for state transition in a major facilitator superfamily transporter (2025)
  • Transition rate estimation from along-the-path, unbiased, molecular dynamics simulations of a major facilitator superfamily transporter (2024)
  • Addressing the Embeddability Problem in Transition Rate Estimation (2023)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Developing a rational approach to designing recombinant proteins for peptide-directed nanoparticle synthesis (2022)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Simulating freely-diffusing single-molecule FRET data with consideration of protein conformational dynamics (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Prefusion spike protein conformational changes are slower in SARS-CoV-2 than in SARS-CoV-1 (2022)
    26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Addressing the embeddability problem in transition rate estimation from Markov state models (2022)
  • Transient local secondary structure in the intrinsically disordered C-term of the Albino3 insertase (2021)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Computational Elucidation of Recombinant Fusion Protein Effect on Peptide-Directed Nanoparticles (2021)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrating Molecular Dynamics and smFRET Data to Study the Conformational Ensemble of the C-Terminus of Albino3 Protein (2021)
  • Differential Dynamic Behavior of Prefusion Spike Glycoproteins of Sars Coronaviruses 1 and 2 (2021)
  • Simulating freely-diffusing single-molecule FRET data with consideration of protein conformational dynamics (2021)

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