Issue 44 | January 2021
BioExcel NEWSLETTER
Dear reader,

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the face-to-face BioExcel Summer School on Biomolecular Simulations, 12 - 17 June 2022 in Sardinia, Italy. The school is intended for primarily PhD and post-docs using biomolecular modelling and simulation. The summer school is supported by Sardegna Ricerche and is subject to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

Michelle Mendonca
Digital Strategy Officer
BioExcel School on Biomolecular Simulations, 12 - 17 June

Applications open for face-to-face BioExcel Summer School on Biomolecular Simulations

The BioExcel summer school will include sessions on molecular dynamics simulations, biomolecular docking, free energy calculations and more. Through hands-on practicals, participants will train on BioExcel tools such as GROMACS, HADDOCK, PMX and CP2K. Applications close on 7 March.
Separation of Concerns in BCO RO-Crate.

Packaging research artefacts with RO-Crate

In this paper RO-Crate is introduced - an open, community-driven, and lightweight approach to packaging research artefacts along with their metadata in a machine readable manner.
 The interface definition used by DeepRank.

DeepRank: a deep learning framework for data mining 3D protein-protein interfaces

DeepRank is a deep learning framework for data mining protein-protein interfaces. This paper demonstrates its performance on two challenges: the classification of biological versus crystallographic PPIs, and the ranking of docking models.
The letters AI surrounded by a circle against a black background

AI for drug discovery: what’s the hold up?

This blog highlights the drug discovery process and what needs to change for AI to start to benefit future drug discovery pipelines.
Scheme of Lysine and Lys-derivative structures

Molecular basis of Arginine and Lysine DNA sequence-dependent thermo-stability modulation

Researchers have used a variety of theoretical and experimental techniques to study the role of four basic amino acids–Arginine, Lysine, Ornithine and L-2,4-Diaminobutyric acid–on the structure, flexibility and sequence-dependent stability of DNA.

Watch: CHARMM Force Field Development History, Features and Implementation in GROMACS

Youtube thumbnail of CHARMM Force Field Development History, Features and Implementation in GROMACS Webinar
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