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,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 7, 2025 | Anton, Anton 2, Science Highlights
Adobe Stock 508244320 “Tucking In” of Viral Capsid Protein Allows Passage of Giant Structure through Nuclear Pore, Allowing Virus to Take Over The hepatitis B virus causes about 800,000 deaths per year, on par with HIV and the malaria parasite. However, as it spreads,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 3, 2025 | Anton, Science Highlights
Generated models of the AT1 receptors taken from Supporting Information: Structural Rearrangement of the AT1 Receptor Modulated by Membrane Thickness and Tension, Figure S11. G Protein-Coupled Receptor Triggered by Mechanical Tension as Well as Chemical Signals,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 22, 2024 | Anton, Anton 2, Research, Science Highlights
With Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid peptides combine to form fibrils, in turn forming plaques around neurons. Adobe Stock 421239213 Unexpected Way for Amyloid Peptides to Join Fibrils Explains Time Lag, then Accelerated Growth, in Fibril Formation and Disease...
