Another project that we are working on now is to understand the deformations and rupture of lipid vesicles in fluid flow. The pore formation and rupture of lipid vesicles cannot be captured by continuum scale models. Thus, we are working on coupling the coarse-grained models of lipid vesicles with the fluctuating Lattice-Boltzmann method to study the effects of hydrodynamics on the pore formation and rupture process. In addition, the development of coarse-grained models of biomolecular structures is challenging. We are working on the applications of novel data-driven approaches such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) and autoencoders in coarse-graining of biomolecular structures. Finally, with the emerging of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we joined the scientific efforts in virtual screening of chemical compounds that can inhibit the binding of virus receptor-binding domain (RBD) and host cell receptors, Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). This project aims to find chemical compounds that are able to target the early stages of infection and destabilize the meta-stable, pre-fusion ACE2-RBD complex. Our focus is on structure-based screening, all-atomistic molecular dynamics, and structural analysis of the ACE2-RBD complex targeted by small chemical compounds.