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We develop methods related to molecular dynamics simulations, with the aim to understand the relationship between structure, dynamics, and function of biological macromolecules. Please feel free to browse through the menu to find out more about our research.
Please find us at
Computational Biophysics GroupSaarland University
Theoretical Physics
Campus E2 6, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Master and Bachelor projects are available. Take a look at Jobs or send an e-mail to Jochen if you are interested.
Announcements
- Katja joined the group as a Bachelor student and Mareike as a Master student. Welcome!
- Alejandro has joined us as a PhD student. He will work on Malaria lactate transporter inhibition. Welcome !
- We obtained the Evaluation Price 2020 by the student council of the physics studies at Saarland University, based on the students' evaluations of our courses. Thank you for this repeated great feedback!
- Leonie and Johanna joined us as PhD students, Katharina, Lukas, and Tobias as Master students. Welcome!
- Our proposal for an Innovative Training Network, as part of Horizon 2020, has been accepted. Link to ITN website, still under construction.
- Leonhard joined us as a PhD student. Leonhard will work on a topic in membrane biophysics. Welcome!
- We obtained the Evaluation Price 2019 by the student council of the physics studies at Saarland University, based on the students' evaluations of our courses. Thank you for this great feedback!
- Chetan joined our lab first as a guest scientist, later by a regular postdoc, working on membrane-protein iteractions. Welcome!
- Gari joined our lab as PhD student, working on free-energy calculations of pore formation in membranes. Welcome!
- Jeremy joined our lab as a PhD student. He will work on large-scale conformational transitions of protein/nucletide complexes. Welcome!
- Maciej joined us as HiWi - he will work on our Gromacs extension for the interpretation of SAXS data. Welcome!
- Leonie joined our lab as Master student, modelling experiments at free-electron lasers. Welcome!
- Robert joined our lab as PhD student, working on RNA helicases. Welcome!
- News: Our group is moving to the Physics department of Saarland University, starting Feb. 1st
- The International Workshop: Proton and Proton-coupled Transport held in Berlin in May 2016 was a great success. Thank you to all participants for their inspiring contributions!
- Neha received the Best Poster Award at the Joint French/German Biophysical Societies Meeting in Bad Herrenalb. Congratulations!
- Great news: Poker's paper Interpretation of solution X-ray scattering data by explicit-solvent molecular dynamics will receive the Biophysical Journal Paper of the Year Award, granted by the Biophysical Society and Biophysical Journal. Related BPS press release.
- MemGen came online: a new web service for the setup of lipid membrane simulation systems.
- Interesting Master and Bachelor projects are available. Please contact Jochen for further details.
- WAXSiS came online: a new web service for SAXS/WAXS calculations based on explicit-solvent molecular dynamics
Contact
Prof. Dr. Jochen HubEmail: jochen.hub@physik.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 (0)681 302-2740
Fax: +49 (0)681 302-6604
Office: Bettina Lau
Email: b.lau@mx.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 (0)681 302-2748
Fax: +49 (0)681 302-6604
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