研究方向：
宋晨研究组从事计算生物物理化学研究：运用多尺度计算模拟，研究离子通道等膜蛋白的微观功能机理，定量理解跨膜信号转导和物质转运过程；利用深度学习等方法，对膜蛋白的性质、结构和功能进行预测；探索膜蛋白的设计与改造等。
代表性科研论文：
1. Kang, K.†; Wang, L. †;Song, C.* ProtRAP: Predicting Lipid Accessibility Together with Solvent Accessibility of Proteins in One Run.J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2023, 63, 1058-1065.
2. Wang, L.; Zhang, J.; Wang, D.;Song, C.* Membrane Contact Probability: An Essential and Predictive Character for the Structural and Functional Studies of Membrane Proteins.PLoS Comput. Biol. 2022, 18, e1009972.
3. Wang, Y.†; Guo, Y.†; Li, G.; Liu, C.; Wang, L.; Zhang, A.; Yan, Z.*;Song, C.* The Push-to-Open Mechanism of the Tethered Mechanosensitive Ion Channel NompC. eLife 2021, 10, e58388.
4. Zhang, A.; Yu, H.; Liu, C.;Song, C.* The Ca2+ Permeation Mechanism of the Ryanodine Receptor Revealed by a Multi-Site Ion Model.Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 922.
5. Zhang, M.; Wang, D.; Kang, Y.; Wu, J.-X.; Yao, F.; Pan, C.; Yan, Z.*;Song, C.*; Chen, L.* Structure of the Mechanosensitive OSCA Channels.Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 2018, 25, 850–858.
6. Köpfer, D. A.†;Song, C.†*; Gruene, T.; Sheldrick, G. M.; Zachariae, U.*; de Groot, B. L.* Ion Permeation in K+ Channels Occurs by Direct Coulomb Knock-On.Science 2014, 346, 352–355.
