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Kin Lam

I come from a small, crowded but vibrant city: Hong Kong. I became fascinated in science since I was in high school. Attempting to explore how the world works, I studied Physics for my degree. Now I am also interested in appling my training in Physics to study biological system quantitatively, so as to elucidate some of the 'mystories' of life. In particular, I am eager to figure out how our brains work in both system and molecular levels.
In my leisure time, I enjoy watching soccer matches and playing Go.

Home Department: Physics

Office Address: 3109 Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Office Phone: (217) 244-3667

Email Address: kinlam2@ks.uiuc.edu

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Education

• M.Sc. in Physics, 2016
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.Sc. in Physics, 2012
  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Research Interests

• Neuroscience
  e.g. molecular properties of ion channels, study of neural model and network systems

• Lipid-Protein Interactions
  

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VMD Plugins Development

• VMD Clustering Tool
  VMD clustering tool is a GUI plugin for performing clustering analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories using VMD. This is a modified version of a plugin developed by Luis Gracia at Weill Cornell Medical College. I added a few new features to faciliate the use. For installation guide, see my github page.

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Publications

• Main-chain mutagenesis reveals intrahelical coupling in an ion channel voltage-sensor.
  D. T. Infield, K. Matulef, J. D. Galpin, K. Lam, E. Tajkhorshid, C. A. Ahern, and F. I. Valiyaveetil (2018). Nature Communications, In Press.

Pre-TCBG

• Rich spectrum of neural field dynamics in the presence of short-term synaptic depression
  H Wang, K Lam, CCA Fung, KYM Wong, S Wu (2015). Physical Review E 92 (3), 032908
• Resolution enhancement in neural networks with dynamical synapses
  CCA Fung, H Wang, K Lam, KYM Wong, S Wu (2013). Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 7

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Presentations

• Cy3/Cy5 Fluorophore-Lipid Interactions and Their Effects on Membrane Protein Dynamics
  Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2018, Feb 2018, S.F., CA (Poster)
• Computational Modeling of Sodium Channel Inactivation
  Beckman Institute Graduate Student Seminar, May 2016, Urbana, Illinois (Talk)
Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2016, Feb. 2016, L.A., CA (Poster)
• Molecular Basis of Neuronal Singaling
  2015 Annual Meeting of the International Physics of Living Systems, July 2015, Arlington, VA (Poster)
Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2015, Feb. 2015, Baltimore, MD (Poster) CPLC / Biophysics Student/Postdoc Symposium, Nov. 2014, Urbana, Illinois (Talk)
• Molecular Basis of the Hodgin-Huxley Equation of Neuronal Signaling
  Membrane Protein Structural Dynamics Consortium Annual Meeting 2014, May 2014, Urbana, Illinois (Talk)

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