Announcing the 2015 Martini Coarse-Graining Workshop

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 09:47

Are you impressed by the interesting science done by using the Martini coarse-grained model, and do you want to hear from the developers about the philosophy, back-ground, current, and future developments of Martini? Moreover, do you want to practice coarse-graining skills under the guidance of Martini experts? The Martini summerschool is the place for you!

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED - WE ARE FULL!

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Thylakoid membrane

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 09:47

The thylakoid membrane of spinach

F.J. van Eerden, D.H. de Jong, A.H. de Vries, T. A. Wassenaar, S.J. Marrink. Characterization of thylakoid lipid membranes from cyanobacteria and higher plants by molecular dynamics simulations. BBA-Biomembranes, 1848:1319–1330, 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.02.025

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PhD Position available

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Last Updated: Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:55

There is a PhD position available at the MD group on Multiscale Modeling of Self-Assembled Molecular Nanotubes. For details see the announcement.

Dry Martini

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Last Updated: Thursday, 11 June 2015 12:30

The Dry Martini paper is outdry-martini

C. Arnarez, J.J. Uusitalo, M.F. Masman, H.I. Ingólfsson, D.H. de Jong, M.N. Melo, X. Periole, A.H. De Vries, S.J. Marrink. Dry Martini, a coarse-grained force field for lipid membrane simulations with implicit solvent. JCTC, 11:260–275, 2015. abstract

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Plasma membrane

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Last Updated: Thursday, 11 June 2015 16:18

plasma membrane TOCPlasma membrane model composed of 60+ lipid types

H.I. Ingólfsson, M.N. Melo, F.J. van Eerden, C. Arnarez, C.A. López, T.A. Wassenaar, X. Periole, A.H. De Vries, D.P. Tieleman, S.J. Marrink. Lipid organization of the plasma membrane. JACS, 136:14554-14559, 2014. doi: 10.1021/ja507832e open access

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Martini in Science

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Last Updated: Saturday, 16 August 2014 09:20

Publication featuring the Martini force field in Science:

"Polyunsaturated phospholipids facilitate membrane deformation and fission by endocytic proteins"

Pinot et al.,  Science 2014, 345:693-697