Dr. Faruck Morcos

Dr. Faruck Morcos is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (affiliate) and member of the Center for Systems Biology at UT Dallas. Dr. Morcos directs the Evolutionary Information Lab which focuses on solving problems at the interface between biology, computation, information theory and biological physics. Morcos lab develops methods to extract and analyze biological information from sequence and genomic data to create models for molecular evolution, protein structure, function, and design as well as to characterize bimolecular interactions. Recently, Morcos Lab works on machine learning approaches to study protein sequence space;  as well as predict the effects of mutations in protein families to design chimeric repressors,  biosensors and to discover sequence variants  that could restore the effect of deleterious mutations in disease related proteins

Come have a lunch with us and meet two ACS editors in another edition of ACS on Campus: Lori Ferrins – Topic Editor, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry; and Carolina Horta – Associate Editor, ACS Omega. The event will be part of 11th BrazMedChem and 9th BCNP programs. We will discuss valuable tips on how to prepare your manuscript in an efffective way as well as what our editors expect about an impactful paper. In addition, we will talk about Open Access and its impact on the visibility and democratization of scientific knowledge. The ACS on Campus will be held on Oct 25 at 12 PM (local time). All attendees will recieve a lunch box and a certificate. Register here: cvent.me/4K1qLP #ACSonCampus