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Barry Honig is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Systems Biology, and Medicine at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He serves as a Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and directs the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. His interdisciplinary research integrates computational, structural, and experimental approaches to study fundamental principles of molecular recognition, focusing on neuronal development, protein interactions, and cell adhesion systems.
Honig's research centers on deciphering physical mechanisms underlying biological processes. Key interests include:
- Structural and energetic basis of protein-protein interactions
- Cadherin/protocadherin-mediated neuronal recognition and brain wiring
- Computational methods for protein interaction prediction
- Biophysical modeling of cell adhesion and signaling
- Systems biology approaches to cancer and viral infection
Recent publications demonstrate strong emphasis on neural circuit formation, protein engineering, and computational biophysics, with recurring themes of molecular recognition specificity, adhesion complex dynamics, and machine-learning-enhanced structural analysis. Article keywords frequently involve neuronal self-recognition, free energy calculations, and proteome-scale interaction mapping.
Major scientific honors include:
- National Academy of Sciences Member (2004)
- Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics (2007)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (2007)
- Christian B. Anfinsen Award (2012)
- DeLano Award in Computational Biosciences (2012)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Emeritus (2000-2019)
Honig leads an interdisciplinary laboratory combining theoretical and experimental approaches to study molecular recognition. The lab develops computational tools widely used in structural biology and maintains collaborations across biochemistry, neuroscience, and biophysics disciplines.
