Death is just the beginning ....

Check out a nice paper from Lucendo et al, in PNAS, showing how TM helix dimerization plays a role in apoptosis. Featuring the Martini 3 beta release, corroborated by atomistic simulations and experimental data.

MDVoxelSegmentation

Working with large systems containing multiple bilayers or other dynamic macroscopic objects? Check out the new MDVoxelSegmentation tool.

Bottom up versus top down

Cool paper on the phase behavior of liquid crystals, demonstrating the transferability of Martini, outperforming bottom up models:

T.D. Potter, M. Walker, M.R. Wilson. Self-assembly and mesophase formation in a non-ionic chromonic liquid crystal: insights from bottom-up and top-down coarse-grained simulation models. Soft Matter, 2020. online.

Cholesterol artefacts

Be aware of using proper mdp settings when simulating cholesterol, as it might cause artificial phase separation if you don't, according to Javanainen et al: arXiv:2009.07767

Organic semiconductors

bhj-martini.jpgMartini is not only suitable to simulate biomolecular processes, but also increasingly to study material properties. Check the latest paper from our group on resolving the impact of polar side chains on electronic and structural properties of donor-acceptor (DA) interfaces of organic semiconductors:

Alessandri et al., Advanced Funct. Materials, 2020, online.

Piezo lipid fingerprints

piezo-martini.jpgInterested in mechosensitive channels or protein-lipid interplay ?

Read about specific protein-lipid interactions of Piezo1, a mechanically gated  ion channel, combining electrophysiology and mutagenesis experiments with CG simulations:

Buyan et al., Biophys. J., 2020, online