Dhanushka Weerakoon

PhD student

Research

Dhanushka studies the action of antimicrobial peptides on the two membranes of E. coli. With a particular focus on accurate representation of the membrane components. She is supervised jointly by Syma Khalid (Oxford) and Peter Bond (A*STAR).

Publication list

• Khalid S, Brandner AF, Juraschko N, Newman KE, Pedebos C, Prakaash D, Smith IPS, Waller C, Weerakoon D. (2023), "Computational microbiology of bacteria: Advancements in molecular dynamics simulations", Structure, DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.09.012
• Weerakoon D, Petrov K, Pedebos C, Khalid S (2021). “Polymyxin B1 within the E. coli cell envelope: insights from molecular dynamics simulations”. Biophysical Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-021-00869-8

Contact details

School of Chemistry
University of Southampton
Highfield Campus
Southampton
SO17 1 BJ
U.K.

E-mail: D.Weerakoon@soton.ac.uk