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Citations
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World Ranking
174
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

J. Andrew McCammon is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

Their work has substantial coverage in several focused subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Plant Science, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases. The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Enzyme Structure and Function

McCammon has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein," 2021, published in Nature Chemistry
  • "Architecture and self-assembly of the jumbo bacteriophage nuclear shell," 2022, published in Nature
  • "Gating mechanism of elongating β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "3D mesh processing using GAMer 2 to enable reaction-diffusion simulations in realistic cellular geometries," 2020, published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein," 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors working alongside McCammon include:

  • Rommie E. Amaro
  • Christian Seitz
  • Wen Ma
  • Surl-Hee Ahn
  • Michael D. Burkart

McCammon's research has been published in various venues, with their most frequent publication platforms being:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • ACS Chemical Biology

Throughout their career, McCammon has been recognized with several honors, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1997)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1980)

Best Publications

  • Electrostatics of nanosystems: Application to microtubules and the ribosome

    Nathan A. Baker;David Sept;Simpson Joseph;Michael J. Holst

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules

    Martin Karplus;J. Andrew McCammon

  • PDB2PQR: an automated pipeline for the setup of Poisson–Boltzmann electrostatics calculations

    Todd J. Dolinsky;Jens E. Nielsen;J. Andrew McCammon;Nathan A. Baker

  • Dynamics of folded proteins

    J A Mccammon;B R Gelin;M Karplus

  • Dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids

    J. Andrew Mccammon;Stephen C. Harvey;Peter G. Wolynes

  • Brownian dynamics with hydrodynamic interactions

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  • Improvements to the APBS biomolecular solvation software suite.

    Elizabeth Jurrus;Dave Engel;Keith Star;Kyle Monson

  • Bio3d: an R package for the comparative analysis of protein structures

    Barry J. Grant;Ana P. C. Rodrigues;Karim M. Elsawy;J. Andrew Mccammon

  • Accelerated molecular dynamics: a promising and efficient simulation method for biomolecules.

    Donald Hamelberg;John Mongan;J. Andrew McCammon

  • Molecular dynamics: survey of methods for simulating the activity of proteins.

    Stewart A. Adcock;J. Andrew McCammon

  • Molecular dynamics simulations and drug discovery

    Jacob D Durrant;J Andrew McCammon

  • The structure of liquid water at an extended hydrophobic surface

    Chyuan‐Yih Lee;J. Andrew McCammon;P. J. Rossky

  • DYNAMICS OF PROTEINS: ELEMENTS AND FUNCTION

    Karplus M;McCammon Ja

  • Electrostatics in biomolecular structure and dynamics

    Malcolm E. Davis;J. Andrew McCammon

  • Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics: Unconstrained Enhanced Sampling and Free Energy Calculation.

    Yinglong Miao;Victoria A. Feher;J. Andrew McCammon

  • Electrostatics and diffusion of molecules in solution: simulations with the University of Houston Brownian dynamics program

    Jeffry D. Madura;James M. Briggs;Rebecca C. Wade;Malcolm E. Davis

  • The internal dynamics of globular proteins.

    Karplus M;McCammon Ja

  • Constant pH molecular dynamics in generalized Born implicit solvent.

    John Mongan;David A. Case;David A. Case;J. Andrew McCammon;J. Andrew McCammon

  • The determinants of pKas in proteins.

    Antosiewicz J;McCammon Ja;Gilson Mk

  • Revisiting free energy calculations: a theoretical connection to MM/PBSA and direct calculation of the association free energy.

    Jessica M.J. Swanson;Richard H. Henchman;J. Andrew McCammon;J. Andrew McCammon

  • Accommodating protein flexibility in computational drug design.

    Heather A. Carlson;J. Andrew McCammon

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Holst
Michael Holst University of California, San Diego
Nathan A. Baker
Nathan A. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Michael D. Burkart
Michael D. Burkart University of California, San Diego
Martin Karplus
Martin Karplus Harvard University
Edward A. Dennis
Edward A. Dennis University of California, San Diego
Joachim Dzubiella
Joachim Dzubiella University of Freiburg
Eric Oldfield
Eric Oldfield University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Steven M. Sine
Steven M. Sine Mayo Clinic
Rebecca C. Wade
Rebecca C. Wade Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
Palmer Taylor
Palmer Taylor University of California, San Diego

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