by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 14, 2026 | Anton, Science Highlights
DNA strand wrapped around a series of protein-based nucleosomes (left) and an isolated nucleosome (right). DNA is orange, protein blue. Adobe stock. Simulations on Anton at PSC Suggest Cancer Mutations in Nucleosomes May Affect DNA Accessibility In our cells, over six...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 18, 2025 | Anton, Anton 3, Science Highlights
Atrial fibrillation is a disruption of the heart’s rhythm that can lead to life-threatening conditions. Simulations with Anton at PSC Show How Positive-Negative Pairing in Protein Is Broken, Opening A Membrane Channel Too Soon that May Contribute to Atrial...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 14, 2025 | Anton, Anton 2, Science Highlights
T and B white blood cells, central actors in the immune system’s response to microbes thanks to the Syk protein. Simulations on Anton Supercomputer Hosted at PSC Show How Critical Immune Protein Interaction May Be Disrupted The spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) protein is...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 9, 2025 | Anton, Anton 2, Science Highlights
An ensemble of four structures between which a membrane protein rapidly switches underlies a critical system for passing messages across the cell membrane. Anton Reveals Ensemble of Four Rapidly Interchanging Structures that Suggests Purpose to the Chaos as Well as...
by Emily Voelker | Apr 22, 2025 | Anton, Anton 3, Resources, Resources for Educators, Systems
The ACCESS Allocations team has released a new option for campus CI facilitators to connect your researchers and instructors directly to information about the NSF ACCESS program and its resources. An ACCESS On-Ramp is an inline JavaScript component that organizations...
by Emily Voelker | Apr 11, 2025 | Anton, Anton 3, Resources, Resources for Educators, Systems
Anton is a special-purpose supercomputer for biomolecular simulation, designed and constructed by D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES), that can perform molecular dynamics simulations roughly 100 times faster than any other general-purpose supercomputer. With the latest,...
