Computational Modelling Group

Seminar  16th September 2011 2 p.m.  27/2001

Molecular simulations of proteins undergoing fibrillation in neurodegenerative diseases

Professor Paolo Carloni
German Research School, Julich Research Center and RWTH – University of Aachen, Germany

Web page
http://www.grs-sim.de/research/computational-biophysics/team/carloni.html
Categories
AMBER, Bioinformatics, Biomathematics, Biomolecular simulations, C, C++, CASTEP, Catalysis, Complex Systems, Computer Science, Density functional Theory, e-Research, FFT, Fortran, GPU, HECToR, HPC, Linux, Materials, Molecular Dynamics, Molecular Mechanics, Monte Carlo, MPI, Multi-physics, Multi-scale, Multigrid solvers, Pervasive computing, Scientific Computing, Software Engineering, Structural biology
Submitter
Chris-Kriton Skylaris

Many neurodegenerative diseases are associated with the accumulation of fibrillar proteins. The unifying features of a fibril formation is the structural transition from an initial globular or intrinsically disordered state to a ?-structural form. Here we will describe our recent effort, based on atomistic simulations, at understanding how the presence of ligands affect the structural stability of proteins undergoing fibrillation in Parkinson’s and Prion diseases. Our calculations may help identify compounds which might affect fibrillation as well as uncover the role of specific cellular partners for protein fibrillation.

Contact

Dr Chris-Kriton Skylaris

http://www.soton.ac.uk/chemistry/about/staff/cks.page

http://cmg.soton.ac.uk/people/cks/