Dhruv Satanur

Phage therapy modeling, Maryland Initiative Against Superbugs

Tiwary Lab, University of Maryland, Dr. Pratyush Tiwary

Undergraduate Researcher, Fall 2026 to Present

Undergraduate researcher leading a phage modeling project in the Tiwary Lab, part of the Maryland Initiative Against Superbugs.

The question

How can a gripper protein be designed to help fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

What I did

Leading a phage modeling project that uses AlphaFold2-RAVE to design a gripper protein to help fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Methods and tools

AlphaFold2-RAVE.