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A new way to calculate conformational entropies!
Our joint paper with Ulf and Richard got accepted on how to calculate conformational entropies of complex molecules from molecular forces, …
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FAK allosteric network helps interpreting FRET measurements!
Jing’s allosteric network of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) when binding PIP2 helped to interpret recent FRET results in FAK activation …
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Welcome Katra!
Dr. Katra Kolsek joins us as a postdoc to work on disulfides in the von Willebrand factor. Welcome!
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Welcome Ana!
We are happy that Ana Herrera Rodriguez joins us as a PhD student to work on silk assembly under flow. Welcome!
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Mechanosensing ability of Focal Adhesion Kinase
Mechanosensing plays a decisive role at focal adhesions (Fas), sites at which external forces are integrated into cellular signaling pathways, thereby …
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Composite Materials
Polymeric materials show outstanding mechanical properties and have attracted a great deal of scientific interest. By means of all-atom molecular dynamics, …
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Focal Adhesion Kinase is a mechanosensor!
MD simulations of a FAK fragment containing the catalytic and FERM domains in different protein system are carried out to compare …
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Proteins under shear flow
Shear flow, as it occurs for example in blood vessel, is an alternative way of subjecting proteins to forces for signalling …
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Extremely elastic proteins
The ultimate properties of proteins with respect to their ability to be force-reactive, are coarsely described by their capacity to withstand …
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Interaction between intrinsically disordered proteins and structured partners
On the line of maturing new understanding of the factors regulating the correct dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins in solution, one …