People & Contributors
PapayaDB was developed within the GAG Computational Group at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, as a curated computational resource for cathepsin–glycosaminoglycan interaction data.
Institutional background
PapayaDB is associated with the GAG Computational Group, a research group focused on computational approaches to protein–glycosaminoglycan interactions. The project is hosted at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Poland.
GAG Computational Group
Computational analysis of glycosaminoglycans and GAG-containing biomolecular systems.
University of Gdańsk
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Poland.
Core PapayaDB team
Marta Pągielska
Marta leads the development of PapayaDB, including database implementation, website development, data organization and visualization of simulation outputs. Her work also includes preparation and processing of molecular simulation datasets used in the database.
Sergey A. Samsonov
Sergey initiated the PapayaDB concept and supervises the scientific direction of the project. He provides methodological guidance, consultation and overall supervision of the cathepsin–GAG interaction database.
Simulation contributors
Selected molecular simulation datasets included in PapayaDB were generated with contributions from researchers involved in computational modeling and simulation work.
Hanna Mahilevich
Contributed to the generation of molecular simulation datasets included in PapayaDB.
Krzysztof Bojarski
Contributed to the generation of molecular simulation datasets included in PapayaDB.
Scientific consultation
We gratefully acknowledge Prof. Sylvie Ricard-Blum from the University of Lyon, France, for scientific consultation and valuable discussions related to glycosaminoglycan biology and protein–GAG interactions. We are thankful also to Fabien Lecaille from University of Tours, France, for providing his expertize in cathepsin field.
Funding
PapayaDB development and the underlying cathepsin–glycosaminoglycan simulation datasets were supported by the National Science Centre, Poland.
National Science Centre, Poland
This work was supported by National Science Centre, Poland grants:
- UMO-2018/30/E/ST4/00037
- UMO-2023/49/B/ST4/00041