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Christian Schwantes

Previously: Stanford University
Verified email at stanford.edu
Cited by 4455

[PDF][PDF] MDTraj: a modern open library for the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories

…, C Klein, JM Swails, CX Hernández, CR Schwantes… - Biophysical journal, 2015 - cell.com
As molecular dynamics (MD) simulations continue to evolve into powerful computational
tools for studying complex biomolecular systems, the necessity of flexible and easy-to-use …

Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus

…, JB Walke, MH Becker, CR Schwantes… - The ISME …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Emerging infectious diseases threaten human and wildlife populations. Altered ecological
interactions between mutualistic microbes and hosts can result in disease, but an …

Improvements in Markov state model construction reveal many non-native interactions in the folding of NTL9

CR Schwantes, VS Pande - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Markov State Models (MSMs) provide an automated framework to investigate the dynamical
properties of high-dimensional molecular simulations. These models can provide a human-…

Amphibian Chemical Defense: Antifungal Metabolites of the Microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the Salamander Plethodon cinereus

RM Brucker, RN Harris, CR Schwantes… - Journal of chemical …, 2008 - Springer
Disease has spurred declines in global amphibian populations. In particular, the fungal
pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has decimated amphibian diversity in some areas …

[PDF][PDF] MSMBuilder: statistical models for biomolecular dynamics

…, BE Husic, P Eastman, CR Schwantes… - Biophysical journal, 2017 - cell.com
MSMBuilder is a software package for building statistical models of high-dimensional time-series
data. It is designed with a particular focus on the analysis of atomistic simulations of …

The bacterially produced metabolite violacein is associated with survival of amphibians infected with a lethal fungus

MH Becker, RM Brucker, CR Schwantes… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The disease chytridiomycosis, which is caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis, is associated with recent declines in amphibian populations. Susceptibility to this …

Modeling molecular kinetics with tICA and the kernel trick

CR Schwantes, VS Pande - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The allure of a molecular dynamics simulation is that, given a sufficiently accurate force field,
it can provide an atomic-level view of many interesting phenomena in biology. However, …

Towards a better understanding of the use of probiotics for preventing chytridiomycosis in Panamanian golden frogs

MH Becker, RN Harris, KPC Minbiole, CR Schwantes… - Ecohealth, 2011 - Springer
Populations of native Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) have collapsed due to a
recent chytridiomycosis epidemic. Reintroduction efforts from captive assurance colonies are …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Markov models for long-timescale biomolecular dynamics

CR Schwantes, RT McGibbon… - The Journal of chemical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
CR Schwantes and RT McGibbon contributed equally to this work. … CR Schwantes, RT
McGibbon, VS Pande; Perspective: Markov models for long-timescale biomolecular dynamics. J. …

Bicephalic amphiphile architecture affects antibacterial activity

…, KL Simmons, RW Davis, CR Schwantes… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
A series of cationic amphiphiles, each with an aromatic core, was prepared and investigated
for antimicrobial properties. The synthesized amphiphiles in this study are bicephalic (…