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Frauke has been elected member of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee!
Frauke has been elected member of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee. The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) is an …

Welcome Christopher!
A warm welcome to Christopher Lance that has just joined the MBM group as an intern. Christopher is …

Nacre in the supercomputer
HITSter Frauke Gräter wins the 2nd PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC Serge Bogaerts, Managing Director of PRACE aisbl is …

Welcome Max!
A warm welcome to Max Simon that has just joined the MBM group as a bachelor student. Max is a …

Flaws in nacre!
New paper on flaws in nacre is out! Flaws weaken a crystal along what macroscopic theories predict, even on the nano-scale, …

Welcome Jana!
A warm welcome to Jana Tünnermann that has just joined the MBM group as an intern. Jana is a master …

Cut it, but not so fast!
Blood clotting is an amazing biological process in which injured blood vessels are plugged by platelets –flowing in our blood stream– …

Welcome Sara!
A warm welcome to Sara Becker that has just joined the MBM group as an intern. Sara is a master …

On YouTube: Floppy keys – how the communication in the cell works
This new Youtube clip was produced by the Cluster of Excellence CellNetworks with researchers from EMBL and HITS. The project was …

Dynamic disorder can explain non-exponential kinetics of fast protein mechanical unfolding
Dr. Bogdan Costescu et al. unfolded a protein in the computer thousands of times – and successfully detected signatures that hint …