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  • Spinoza Prize for Nynke Dekker

    27 / 07 / 2020

    Prof. dr. Nynke Dekker Nynke Dekker is Professor of Biological Physics at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience of TU Delft. She uses methods and techniques from physics to study the functioning of individual molecules and proteins, which are essential for cellular processes such as copying and translating DNA and repairing ...

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  • First simulation of a full-sized mitochondrial membrane

    27 / 05 / 2020

    This has allowed them to zoom in on toxin-induced membrane budding and to simulate a full-sized mitochondrial lipid membrane. Their approach, which was published in the journal Nature Communications on 8 May, opens the way to whole-cell simulations at a molecular level. Molecular dynamics simulations are a powerful tool to ...

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  • ERC grants for BaSyC PI’s Cees Dekker, Gijs Wuite and Pieter Rein ten Wolde

    07 / 04 / 2020

    Cees Dekker – LoopingDNA – Bottom up biophysics approach to resolve the looping structure of chromosomes Gijs Wuite – MONOCHROME – Disentangling metaphase chromosome organisation one chromosome at a time Pieter Rein ten Wolde – OCP – Optimal Cellular Prediction Read more on the website of the TU Delft (Cees Dekker) Read more on the website ...

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