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We had an amazing week in Brno, Czech Republic, at the 2nd BioExcel Conference on Advances in Biomolecular Simulations! Leonie and Noora both presented posters, while Katharina gave an oral presentation.

Leonhard successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled “Integrity and stability of lipid and pure–protein membranes studied by molecular dynamics simulations” Congratulations!!

Johanna received the Best Poster Award at Les Houches-TSRC Protein Dynamics Workshop with her work “Validating the Protein Hydration Shell against Small-angle Scattering Data. Effects of Water Models, Force Fields and Surface Composition”.

Johanna received the Best Poster Award at Hünfeld 2024: Workshop on Computer Simulation and Theory of Macromolecules with her work “Influence of Temperature and Surface Composition on the Protein Hydration Shell”.

Katharina received the Best Poster Award at the 2024 Physical Modes of Action of Membrane‐Active Compounds in Bad Honnef. Congratulations!

Robert successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled “Conformational dynamics of DEAH-box helicases from molecular dynamics simulations” Congratulations!!

Lucas joined us as Master student. Welcome!

Paper How arginine derivatives alter the stability of lipid membranes: dissecting the roles of side chains, backbone and termini received European Biophysics Journal Prize.

Noora joined the group as postdoc. Welcome!