Seminar

Molecular models of DNA: can we still learn something… more?

Date:

Wednesday, 14th June 2017 at 9:30 am

Place:

Aula Seminari 3.20, Planta 3, Facultat de Física, University of Barcelona

Speaker:

Fabrizio Cleri, EMN-Université de Lille (France)

Abstract:

The results of record-long (1 microsecond) molecular dynamics simulations of DNA fragment wrapped around a whole histone core (a nucleosome) including double-strand breaks are presented. A recently developed technique allows to calculate the atomic-level stress in such a big, heterogeneous system. In the second part, the molecular model of DNA melting is reviewed, and recent results obtained on mismatch defects on short (25-bp) sequences from microarray techniques are discussed.