On 23-24 October 2024, the partners within the MSCA-funded doctoral network MeChaNiSM met with the scientific advisors Bengt Nordén, Mark Williams and Mattijs de Groot as well as with the innovation advisor Bo Norrman for the kick-off meeting that was held at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden. We have discussed and planned for the different training activities and network events for the years to come. Fredrik Westerlund, Marcus Wihelmsson, Gijs Wuite, Erwin Peterman, Jocelyne Vreede, Jan Lipert, Andrew Kellett, Felix Ritort, Enrico Carlon, Stephanie Kath-Schorr, AstraZeneca, LUMICKS, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, NanoTemper.

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Jocelyne Vreede is a professor at University of Amsterdam, using molecular simulation to study nucleic acids in atomistic detail. She will host 2 students within MeChaNiSM to characterise how modified bases and small molecules affect nucleic acid structure and dynamics. @vreedecompchem.bsky.social

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Vacancy — PhD Position in Molecular Simulation of New Materials Based on Molecular Motors and DNA Are you a creative chemist who enjoys working in an interdisciplinary environment to develop new materials based on light-driven molecular motors and DNA? The van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Scien...

There is a vacancy for a PhD position in my group!
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Adaptation of DNA to Protein Binding Revealed by Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulation DNA demonstrates remarkable structural diversity, transitioning between conformations such as B-DNA and A-DNA under specific environmental or protein-binding conditions. These transitions are relevant...

When a protein binds to DNA, it can locally change the DNA. We characterized such a process with molecular simulation and spectroscopy in our recent publication. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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